Lab Awards
- McKnight Foundation "Technological Innovations in Neuroscience" Award
- WFU "New Investigator" Award
- WFU Student Government Association "Graduate Faculty Excellence" Award
- "Outstanding Alumni Award", University of Alabama Birmingham
- NSF/Science Magazine "International Science and Engineer Visualization Challenge"
Trainee Awards
- 2000, Nuwan Kurukulasuriya, Society for Neuroscience Graduate Travel Award, SFN
- 2000, Nuwan Kurukulasuriya, Western North Carolina SFN Poster contest, 1st place
- 2000, Nuwan Kurukulasuriya, Society for Neurochemistry Travel Award
- 2000, Anita McCauley, Assoc. Neurosci. Depts. & Programs. graduate fellow
- 2000, Anita McCauley, Western North Carolina SFN Poster contest, 1st place
- 2001, Nuwan Kurukulasuriya, Norman Sulkin Award, Dept. Neurobiology and Anatomy
- 2002, Georgia Alexander, Western North Carolina SFN Poster contest, 1st place
- 2002, Anita McCauley, Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Wake Forest University
- 2003, Georgia Alexander, International travel award - 6th annual IBRO meeting - Prague
- 2003, Tiffany Fisher, NEURON summer course
- 2004, Georgia Alexander, Travel Award to Society for Neuroscience meeting, Fine Science Tools
- 2004, Tiffany Fisher, 1st place summer tutorial, interdisciplinary program
- 2004, Tiffany Fisher, Ion Channel Summer Course, Cold Spring Harbor Labs (competitive admission)
- 2005, Georgia Alexander, Norman Sulkin Award, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy
- 2006, Georgia Alexander, Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Wake Forest University
- 2006, John Graef, Travel Award to Society for Neuroscience meeting, Fine Science Tools
- 2006, Georgia Alexander PhD, Committee for Women in Neuroscience Travel Awardee
- 2006, Brian K. Nordskog PhD, SFN travel awardee, WNCSFN chapter and national awardee
- 2008, John Graef, Western North Carolina SFN Poster Contest, 1st Place (student)
- 2008, Tiffany Huitt, Western North Carolina SFN Poster Contest, 1st Place (postdoc)
- 2009, John Graef, Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates
- 2009, John Graef, Western North Carolina SFN Poster Contest, 1st Place
Trainee Independent Funding
- 2004-2006, Georgia Alexander (renewed) Sigma Xi: Grant-in-aid
- 2006-2007, Tiffany Fisher Sigma Xi: Grant-in-aid
Trainee Independent NIH Support
- Anita McCauley, Individual National Research Service Award, predoctoral, NIMH
- Georgia Alexander, Individual National Research Award, predoctoral, NINDS, (.4 percentile)
- Tiffany Fisher, Society for Neuroscience/NIH Individual National Research Service Award, predoctoral
- Dr. W. Breckinridge Carden, Individual National Research Award, postdoctoral, NIAAA
- Dr. Brian K. Nordskog, Individual National Research Service Award, postdoctoral, NIAAA
- Dr. Tiffany Huitt, Individual National Research Service Award, Postdoctoral, NIAAA
- John Graef, Individual National Research Service Award, predoctoral, NIAAA