Awards & funding

Recognition and support for our research.

Awards

  • Awards

    Golden Apple Award — preclinical teaching

    Laura ShackelfordCarle Illinois College of Medicine · 2026

    Student-selected recognition for preclinical teaching.

  • Awards

    NCPE Annual Conference Student Scholar Award

    Sepehr Vaez AfsharNational Council for Preservation Education · 2026

  • Awards

    Golden Apple Award — preclinical teaching

    Laura ShackelfordCarle Illinois College of Medicine · 2025

    Student-selected recognition for preclinical teaching.

  • Awards

    NCPE Annual Conference Student Scholar Award

    Sepehr Vaez AfsharNational Council for Preservation Education · 2025

  • Awards

    C.C. Seetoo Award for Innovation in TESL Research and Practice

    Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · 2024

    Ogulcan Durmaz and Uliana Ovsiannikova were named recipients of the MATESL award.

Grants

  • Grants

    Increasing accessibility to field-based sciences for college students using wheelchairs (NSF 2021460)

    Laura ShackelfordNational Science Foundation · 2020

    Supported from 2020 to 2022.

  • Grants

    EXP: Social science education through virtual reality simulation of an archaeological research site (NSF 1736235)

    Laura ShackelfordNational Science Foundation · 2017

    Supported from 2017 to 2020.

Scholarships

  • Scholarships

    APT Student Scholar

    Sepehr Vaez AfsharAssociation for Preservation Technology International · 2026

    Selected for the APT Student Scholarship program in preservation technology.

  • Scholarships

    APT Student Scholar

    Sepehr Vaez AfsharAssociation for Preservation Technology International · 2025

    Selected for the APT Student Scholarship program in preservation technology.