ISU Bioethics Program Small Grant Competition, title: “Why
Civilizations Fall: Reductionism and Holism in Theories of
Ecological and Social Collapse”, for one month of summer
support in 2006.
Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities
Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Grant (w/ Arnold van
der Valk), title: “Holism and Reductionism in Theories of
Ecological Change”, for one month of summer support in 2006.
ISU Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities Research
Scholarship Grant. For travel expenses to Towson University,
MD, for a workshop on strategies for integrating holistic and
reductionistic approaches to ecological succession, 2004.
ISU Council on Scholarship in the Humanities Research Grant.
For expenses relating to research on methodological issues in
biocomplexity and agroecology, 2003.
ISU Research Fellowship in Ethics and Plant Sciences. For
expenses relating to research on life-based approaches to
environmental value theory, 2001.
ISU Foreign Travel Grant. For travel expenses to the
Philosophy of Science Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia, April
10-14, 2000.
Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada
(SSHRCC) doctoral fellowship awarded for academic years
1994/1995 through 1996/1997.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship Award (OGS), 1992/1993.
Special University Scholarship, University of Western
Ontario, 1991/1992 through 1996/1997.
Ontario Graduate Admission Scholarship, University of Western
Ontario, 1991/1992.
Graduate Tuition Award, University of Western Ontario,
1994/1997.