9/95 – 8/96 NIMH Fellowship Grant. Childhood Aggression and Chronic Illness: The Protective Mechanisms. Funded at $13,000. Principal Investigator.

 7/97 – 7/99 NIMH Research Training Award. Emotion Research Training. Funded at $47, 103. Post-doctoral Fellow. 

9/00 – 8/01 NIMH Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B Start). Infant Behavior Questionnaire – Revised: Reevaluation of Psychometric Properties. Funded at $25, 000 (direct costs), and $10,000 (indirect costs). Principal Investigator.

 6/03 – 7/03 National Science Foundation Women’s International Science Collaboration Program 2001-2003. Laboratory and Parent-report Assessment of Infant Temperament: An Evaluation of Physiological Correlates and Related Parental Variables. Funded at $4,000.00. Principal Investigator.

6/03 – 7/03 WSU 2002 International Program International Research and Development Award. Cross Cultural Study of Infant Temperament. Funded at $1,000.00. Principal Investigator.

6/03 – 7/04 WSU College of Liberal Arts 2002 Edward R. Meyer Project Award. Temperament development in the first year of life: A longitudinal study. Funded at $2,040.00. Principal Investigator.

 6/03 – 7/04 WSU College of Liberal Arts 2002 Initiation/Completion Grant. Temperament development in infancy. Funded at $600.00. Principal Investigator.

 8/03 – 8/05 NIMH Small Research Grant. Temperament and parent-child interaction in infancy. Funded at $100,000.00 (direct costs), and $40,000.00 (facilities & administrative costs). Principal Investigator.