- $1,239 (2019-2020) Dr. & Mrs. Richard J. Matthews Award for Excellence in Scholarship Endowment to Attend the Qualitative Research Summer Intensive at the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina in 2020.
- $4000 (2019-2020). Research Development Grant from Penn State Scranton to explore Acute Care Nurses’ Perceptions of Palliative Care and the Impact it has a Palliative Care Referrals.
- $1000 (2019) Sustainability Grant from the College of Nursing for the project, titled “Creating a Caring Environment for the Penn State Scranton Campus.”
- $27,000 (2018-2021) from Moffat Foundation to hold children’s health fair at Penn State Scranton for the next three years.
- Swivel Lecture Capture (2018). Received an Ipad and Swivel device and stand from Penn State Scranton to record health assessment demonstrations to enhance student learning.
- $3000 (2018-2019). Research Development Grant from Penn State Scranton to explore Community Members’ Knowledge Regarding Palliative Care Before and After a Teaching Intervention.
- $2800 (2017-2018). Research Development Grant from Penn State Worthington Scranton to explore Somatic Awareness and Symptom Recognition in Informal Caregivers of Patients Living with Advanced Heart Failure.
- $250,000 (2016-2017). Penrod, J. L. (PI), Hill, N. (Co-I), Evans, M. (Co-I). Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Award. Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to establish coalitions of community based research nurses throughout the state.
- $35,733 (2017) from Moffat Foundation for simulation mannequin, Sim Junior.
- $10,000 (2017) from Moffat Foundation to hold children’s health fair on campus September ’17.
- $300 (2017-2018). Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Matthews Award for Excellence in Scholarship to support research with advanced heart failure patients.
- $15,000 (2017). Evans, M. & Frisch, P. General Education Seed Grant Award to develop a new integrated course titled, “Historical Perspectives on Healthcare Innovations”
- $975.00 (2016-2017). Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Matthews Award for Excellence in Scholarship to support dissemination of my dissertation research.
- $3500.00 (2016-2017). Research Development Grant from Penn State Worthington Scranton to explore Somatic Awareness and Self-Symptom Recognition in Advanced Heart Failure Patients.
- $10,000 (2016) from Moffat Foundation to hold children’s health fair on campus September ’16.
- $175.00 (2016) Certified Medical Surgical Registered Nurse (CMSRN) Recertification Grant for renewal of my CMSRN credentials from the Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses.
- $10,000 (2015) from Moffat Foundation to hold children’s health fair on campus in September ’15.
- $60,000 (2014) from the Moffat Foundation for the purchase of SimMan Essential to enhance our simulation lab and increase the use of simulation in our curriculum
- $250.00 (2013) from the Pennsylvania State University Research in Undergraduate Education Grant to support a collaborative undergraduate research project with Allyson Favuzza on Gastroesophageal Reflux in Infants.
- $150.00 (2012) from the Pennsylvania State University Research in Undergraduate Education Grant to support a collaborative undergraduate research project with Diana Kloss on Loss in Children.
- Doceri Grant (2012) – The Interactive White Board for the Ipad – Received an Ipad 2 and related accessories from The Penn State Interactive Technology Grant to enhance nursing education.
- $150.00 (2011) from the Pennsylvania State University Research in Undergraduate Education Grant to support a collaborative undergraduate research project with James Graham on Appendicitis.
- $352.00 (2011) from the Matthews Faculty Research Endowment to support research in critical thinking in undergraduate nursing students.
- $2150 (2011) from the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence to support research on the use of Asynchronous Discussion Boards to Increase Student Learning,
- $25,000 (2009), $16,050 (2010), and $30,000 (2011 – 2014 – 3 year grant/ $10,000/yr.) from Moffat Foundation to hold children’s health fair on campus and to continue with monthly geriatric health fairs.
