Michael S. Engel
Grants & Awards

Current Grants
National Science Foundation (September 2007 - August 2010) Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic reclassification and generic revision of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). [co-PI].
National Science Foundation (January 2007- December 2008) Expansion of the collections of the University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodoversity Research Center. [co-PI].
National Science Foundation (June 2006-May 2009) Collaborative Research: Cretaceous Insects and the Origins of Modern Insect Diversity [PI].
National Science Foundation (December 2003-November 2008) AToL: Collaborative Research: Large-scale phylogeny of Hymenoptera [PI].

Past Grants
National Science Foundation (June 2005-May 2007) New insect cabinetry for the Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center [PI].
National Science Foundation (May 2001-April 2004) A specimen-level database of the North American and Mexican wild bees (Apoidea) at the University of Kansas; Co-PI with J. S. Ashe.
National Science Foundation Kansas EPSCoR (June 2002-August 2003) Hymenoptera in Cretaceous ambers and Mesozoic diversification of the order; [PI].
EEB General Research Fund (December 2002-June 2003) Cenozoic evolution of the insect order Hymenoptera.
New Faculty General Research Fund (December 2002-June 2003) Hymenoptera in amber from Myanmar (Burma).
Explorer's Award (1996) The Explorer's Club, New York.
Ernst Mayr Award (1996) Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Rawlins Award (1996) Department of Entomology, Cornell University.
Summer Research Travel Award (1994) Graduate School, Cornell University.
Lance Storie Foster Memorial Scholarship (1992-1993) University of Kansas.
Kelli Jo Fager Memorial Scholarship (1989-1990) University of Kansas.

Fellowships
Guggenheim Fellowship (2006-2007), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence (2006), William T. Kemper Foundation and the University of Kansas.
Short-Term Fellowship (1996) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá.
Predoctoral Fellowship (1995-1998) National Science Foundation.
Pew Undergraduate Fellow in Systematic Biology (1992-1993) University of Kansas.

Awards
Honorable Mention (2006), Biological Sciences, Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers, for Evolution of the Insects.
Book Honor Award (2006), in Teaching Resources, Skipping Stones (International Multicultural Magazine in Children's Education), for Evolution of the Insects.(2006), Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2006), Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, American Library Association, for Evolution of the Insects.

Distinction (Summa cum laude) (1993) College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Kansas.
Honors (1993) College of Liberal Arts & Science, University of Kansas.
Honors (1993) Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas.
Outstanding Research Award (1993) Division of Biological Sciences, University of Kansas.
Phi Beta Kappa (1993) University of Kansas.
Phi Lambda Upsilon (1993) University of Kansas.

November 2007