Fellowships, Grants, & Awards
(R. B. Walter P.I. unless otherwise indicated)
 

1983 & 1985 - Presented the Arnold Ravin Award for travel and speaking at the Annual Wind River Conference on Genetic Exchange, Estes Park, CO.

1985 & 1986 - Awarded National Research Council Research Associateship (Salary  and research support).

1988 - SWT Faculty Organized Research Grant, 1 year, $3,700,  "Use of Additive Transformation to Construct a Set of Haemophilus influenzae Strains Useful in Genetic Mapping"

1989 - National Science Foundation, Research Opportunity Award, Summer, $13,986,  "Origins and Evolution of Duplicated Enzyme Loci in Fishes"

1989 - National Science Foundation Grant (Eukaryotic Genetics Program), 3 years, $165,000, "Chromosome Localization and Molecular Characterization of DNA Repair Genes in Xiphophorus fishes", R.B. Walter, P.I., and D.C. Morizot, Co-P.I. (MD Anderson, Smithville, TX).

1989 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Applied Technology Program), 2 years, $150,000, "Production of Transgenic Bass (Micropterus salmoides) for Commercial and Research Use", R.B. Walter, P.I..

1990 - National Institutes of Health Grant (National Cancer Institute), 3 years, $365,000, "Development of Transgenic Fish for Biomedical Research", R.B. Walter, P.I..

1991 - Nominated for National Science Foundation Presidential Award.

1991 - Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities (Asst. Prof. level), SWT, $1,000.

1992 - SWT Faculty Organized Research Grant, 1 year, $5,500, "Effects of Map Location on Gene Expression in Haemophilus influenzae.".

1991 - Grant/Contract with Applied Genetics Inc., 3 years, ≈$160,000, "Use of DNA Markers for Molecular Diagnosis and Paternity Determination", R. B. Walter, P.I..

1993 - U.S. Department of Agriculture Grant, 2 years, $91,000 (SWT subcontract), "Genetic Linkage Map of Aquacultured Catfishes ", D.C. Morizot, P.I. (MD Anderson, Smithville, TX); R. Dunham (Auburn University) & R. B. Walter (SWT, San Marcos, TX), Co-P.I’s.

1993 - Tri-Beta Excellence in Scholarship Award, SWT.

1994 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Advanced Research Program), 2 years, $211,000, "Transgenic Fish for Assessment of Mutagen Exposure in Aquatic Environments", R. B. Walter, P.I.

1994 - Presidential Seminar Award, SWT, $1,000.

1995 - National Science Foundation (Laboratory Renovation and Improvement Program), $865,000 (this amount matched by Texas State University System, total $ 1.7 million), "Renovation of Research Laboratories", P.C. Cassidy, P.I.; R. B. Walter, Co-P.I.

1996 - National Institutes of Health Grant (Initiative for Minority Students Development), 5 years, $1,403,163 (direct costs), $503,283 (SWT subcontract), "Minority Scientist Development Program" D. C. Herbert, P.I. (UTHSC-San Antonio); R. B. Walter, (SWT San Marcos, TX) Co-P.I.

1997 - SWT Faculty Organized Research Grant, 1 year, $6,000, "Characterization of DNA repair activities in Xiphophorus fishes"

1997 - National Institutes of Health - National Center for Research Resources, R24 grant award (RR-12253), 5 years, $ 1,826,347 "Enhanced Development of the Xiphophorus Model System", R. B. Walter, P.I.).

1997 - National Institutes of Health Grant Application (A R E A Program), 3 years, $ 97,327, "Fungal Ferritins", C. J. Carrano, P. I; R. B. Walter, Co-P.I.

1997 - Presidential Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities (Assoc. Prof./Professor level), SWT, $5,000.

1997 - Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Advanced Technology Program, 2 years, $ 202,904, "Development of a Xiphophorus model for inducible neurofibromatosis", R. B. Walter, P.I.

1998 - National Institutes of Health - National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, RO1 grant award (ES-09136), 4 Years, $ 848,570 (direct costs), ≈$135,000 (SWT subcontract), "Germ Cells: DNA Repair, Mutation, and Environmental Agents" C. A. Walter, P.I. (UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX). Co-P.I.'s are R.B. Walter (SWT, San Marcos, TX) and John McCarrey (Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX).

1999 - National Institutes of Health - National Cancer Institute, Program Project (P01) Grant Award (CA-75137), 5 years, $ 6,357,122 (direct costs), "Genetic Determinants of Tumorigenesis". This Program consists of three research projects and two supporting cores units (administrative; Core A and animal; Core B). Two research projects are at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Smtihville) and 1 research project and the 2 cores are at SWT (San Marcos). R. B. Walter; Overall Program P.I., Project 2 Leader, Core A Leader, Drs. R. Nairn and D. Morizot (MD Anderson, Smtihville, TX) are Project 1 and 3 Leaders, respectively.

2000 - NIH-National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, (R01-ES-09136), 1 year, $69,616, "Germ Cells: DNA Repair, Mutation, and Environmental Agents", Administrative Supplemental funding for Special Initiative on Microarray Studies in Environmental Health, (C. A. Walter, P.I., UT Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX (Dept. of Cellular & Structural Biology). Co-PI's; are R.B. Walter (SWT, San Marcos, TX) and John McCarey (Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX).

2002 - NIH- National Center for Research Resources, National Scientific Research Resource Grant (P40-RR17072). 5 years, $1,322,060 (direct costs), “The Xiphophorus Genetic Stock Center”. R. B. Walter, P.I., Co-P.I.’s are S. Kazianis (SWT, San Marcos, TX) and T. Tiersch (L.S.U., Baton Rouge).

2002 - NIH- National Center for Research Resources, Exploratory Research Grant (R21-RR17412). 2 years, $ 200,000 (direct costs), “Transposon Active Transgenic Xiphophorus”, R. B. Walter, P.I., Co-P.I.’s are Tom Chen (U. Conn.) and Perry Hackett (U. Minnesota).

2003 - NOAA, National Ocean Program (Grant #11-478), 2 years with the University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Marine Laboratory, $2,500.000 (total costs) with SWT subcontract of $1,083,400. "The Aquatic Research Consortium: An Environmental Toxicogenomics Approach to Small Aquarium Fish Models", William Hawkins (USM-GCML), program coordinator; Principal Investigator - Maruis Brouwer (USM-GCML) and Ronald B. Walter (Texas State University).

2003 - NIH- National Center for Research Resources, Conference Support Grant (R13-RR018308).  1 years, $22,600 (direct costs), “Aquatic Animal Models of Human Disease”.  Michael Schmale, P.I (U. Miami) ., Co-P.I.’s are R.B. Walter,  (Texas State, San Marcos, TX),  D. Crawford (U. Miami), and E. Linney (Duke University).  This grant was to assist in supporting an international conference on Aquatic Animal Models of Human Disease (a second edition of the meeting initially hosted in San Marcos, 2000).  Aquatic Animal Models of Human Disease Conference  was held at ATCC in Manassas VA. Sept. 30-Oct.4, 2003.

2004 - National Institutes of Health Grant (Initiative for Minority Students Development: bridges to Doctorate), 3 years, $5,95,763 (direct costs), $178,059 (Texas State total subcontract), “South Texas Doctoral Bridge Program"  D. C. Herbert, P.I. (UTHSC-San Antonio); R. B. Walter, (Texas State, San Marcos, TX) Co-P.I.

2004 - NOAA, National Ocean Program (Grant #0648-0384), 2 years with the University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Marine Laboratory, $2,500,000 (total costs) with Texas State subcontract of $1,083,400.  "The Aquatic Research Consortium: Identification of Molecular Responses to Hypoxia Exposure in Xiphophorus", William Hawkins (USM-GCML), program coordinator; Principal Investigators - Marius Brouwer (USM-GCML) and Ronald B. Walter (Texas State). 2005 - NOAA, National Ocean Program (Grant #NA05NOS4261162), 2 years with the University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Marine Laboratory, $2,500,000 (total costs) with Texas State subcontract of $1,201,200.  "The Aquatic Research Consortium: A Comparative Approach to Identification of Gene and Protein Expression Patterns Related to Environmental Perturbation", William Hawkins (USM-GCML), program coordinator;  Principle Investigators - Marius Brouwer (USM-GCML) and Ronald B. Walter (Texas State).

2006 - NOAA, National Ocean Program (Grant # NA06NOS4260118), 2 years with the University of Southern Mississippi - Gulf Coast Marine Laboratory, $2,500.000 (total costs) with Texas State subcontract of $1,201,200. "The Aquatic Research Consortium: Proteomic and Organismal Reponses of Aquatic Organisms to Hypoxia and Toxic Metals". William Hawkins (USM-GCML), program coordinator;