Maness, TJ. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Designing effective stewardship and post-restoration management plans through co-production to protect vulnerable Gulf of Mexico coastal birds (September 2021 - December 2022) Maness, TJ. National Science Foundation. From Discovery to Market: Integrating Interdisciplinary Skills through a Collaborative Research based Lab Curriculum (January 2018 - December 2022) Maness, TJ. State Wildlife Grant, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries: Overwinter survival of Henslow’s Sparrows in Louisiana. (June 2014 - June 2017) Maness, TJ. LA EPSCoR PFund, Louisiana Board of Regents, Secondary immune response and immunological memory in a free-living vertebrate. (Jan 2014 - April 2015).
Awards
US Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Director’s Conservation Partner Award 2020 Herbert McElveen Endowed Professor of Applied and Natural Sciences, Louisiana Tech University John D, Griffin Award for Outstanding Faculty Service, 2017. College of Applied and Natural Sciences, Louisiana Tech University Teaching Award for 300 Level and Above Courses. 2017. College of Applied and Natural Sciences, Louisiana Tech University
Student Grants
Wilburn, P.Charlotte Mangum Student Support Award, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2020 Loftin, B. Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Minorities in Natural Resources Conservation Award 2018 Saunders, S. Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. PCR sexing of Henslow's Sparrows. (March 2017-March 2018) McCarter, A. Charlotte Mangum Student Support Award, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2017 Johnson, JM. Applied and Natural Sciences Mini-grant. Using PCR to determine sex of Henslow's Sparrows (Jan 2015 - April 2015) Johnson, JM. Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. Overwinter survival of Henslow's Sparrows. (March 2014-March 2015)
Student Awards
Mitcham, J. Molecular Sciences and Nanotechnology Featured Student 2022 Fontenot, C. Second Place Student Poster Presentation, Louisiana Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, 2021 Ojo, V. Molecular Sciences and Nanotechnology Featured Student 2020 Edinger, E. Biological Sciences Featured Student 2017 Huff, J. Environmental Science Featured Student 2017 Stack, J. Environmental Science Featured Student 2017 Saunders, S.Best Student Poster Award, Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 2016 Saunders, S. Environmental Science Featured Student. 2016 Watson, K. Biological Sciences Featured Student. 2016 Evans, RC. Louisiana Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award. 2015 Evans, RC. Biological Sciences Featured Student. 2015 Johnson, JM. Louisiana Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Student Award. 2015