Research Grants Received:

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Grant, New Perspectives on Classical Antiquity, Professor Bella Zweig-Vivante, Director, University of Arizona, 1996.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Grant, “Athenian Democracy,” Professor Charles Hedrick, Jr., Director, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1992.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Grant, “Science as Cultural Practice,” Professors Steve Fuller and Joseph Rouse, Co‑Directors, Wesleyan University, 1991.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Grant, “Periclean Athens,” Professor Albert Leonard, Jr., Director, University of Arizona, 1991 (declined).

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Grant, “Archaeology and Ancient History:  Ancient Greek Archaeological Excavation at Corinth/Isthmia,” Professor Timothy Gregory, Director, Ohio State University, 1991 (declined).

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Grant in Classics, “Religion and Society in Ancient Greece,” Professor Michael Jameson, Director, Stanford University, 1988.

National Endowment for the Humanities Individual Summer Research Grant in the History of Science:  “Re‑Appraising the Origins of Early Greek Science,” 1987.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Grant in the History of Science, “Re‑Appraisals of the Scientific Revolution,” Professor Robert Westman, Director, The University of California at Los Angeles, l985.

Summer Research Grant, Denison University, “Problems in Ancient Greek Science,” 1982.

Faculty Exchange Grant, Brandeis University, with The American College of Greece (Athens) January‑August, l980.

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Grant in Ancient Indian Philosophy, “(Sanskrit) Logic and Epistemology,” (Professor J. N. Mohanty, Director), The University of Oklahoma at Norman, l979.

Brandeis University Grant for organization of The Greater Boston Colloquium in Ancient Philosophy, l978‑81 (later named BACAP: Boston Area colloquium for ancient Philosophy).  (I created the conference series and served as Director for 3 years.)

Summer Research Fellowship in Ancient Philosophy, The University of Texas at Arlington, Summer l978.

University of California at Berkeley, Postdoctoral Research Grant supervised by Gregory Vlastos, Mills Professor of Philosophy.

Research Honors and Awards:

NEH Humanities Connections Grant: The Creation of a New Minor – Ancient Practices [I was a member of the team and created a new course for that program: Ancient Technologies and the Greek Philosophers]. Awards $100,000 for the development of a set of integrated courses designed to lure STEM students into concurrent study of the Humanities.

University Senior Nominee for NEH grant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2012-2013.

University Senior Nominee for NEH grant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1994‑95.

University Senior Nominee for NEH grant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1992‑93.

University Senior Nominee for NEH grant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1991-92.

University Junior Nominee for NEH grant, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1986-87.