1997 Principal Investigator. Duke University Arts and Sciences Research Council Grant. "Variation in the Supporting Structures of Primate Teeth in Relation to Masticatory Force Production".

1995 Co- Principal Investigator. L.S.B. Leakey Foundation. "Craniofacial Form, Incisor Microwear and Anterior Tooth Use in Humans" (with Dr. Peter Ungar, Co-Principal Investigator).

1992 Co- Principal Investigator. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. "Masticatory System Configuration and Diet in Anthropoid Primates" (with Dr. Brigitte Demes, Co-Principal Investigator).

1992 Principal Investigator. Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. "Human Bite Force and Masticatory Muscle Activity as a Function of Bite Position".

1990 Principal Investigator. SUNY Stony Brook Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences Grant. "A three-dimensional analysis of primate masticatory system configuration".