USAID ($1 Million)                        

2015-2018: Testing the Effectiveness of Tailored Non-Formal Education Interventions Promoting Critical Thinking and Emotional Literacy in the Middle East.

Role: C0-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

USAID/AmidEast ($250,000)  

2010-2015: Palestinian Faculty Development Program. 

Role: C0-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) and Co-Director

Howard Hughes Medical Institute ($2 Million)

2010-2014: Northwestern University Ventures in Biology Education.  

Role: C0-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

National Science Foundation ($230,000)

 2010-2013: Enhancing Critical Thinking in STEM Disciplines: A Faculty Development Model.

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

National Institutes of Health ($1.7 Million)  

2007-2012: Mentoring for Success: Developing Fundamental Skills for Biomedical Research. Role: C0-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

​National Science Foundation ($500,000)                                                     

2005-2010: Extended Science Workshop Program.

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

National Science Foundation ($1 Million)                                                     

2005-2010: National Center for Learning and Teaching: Nanoscale Science and Engineering: Undergraduate Education.

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

International Institute for Nanoscience ($40,000)           

2005: Research Experience for Teachers in Nanoscale Science and Engineering.

Role: Investigator

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($1.5 Million)                                               

2000-2007: Gateway Science Workshop Program: Impact of Peer Workshops on Student Experience and Academic Development in Gateway Science courses.

Role: Principal Investigator (PI)

​Institute of Health Services, Research and Policy Studies  ($12,500)

2001: Evaluation of the effectiveness of IHSRPS Fellowship Program.

Role: C0-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation ($135,000)              

1999-2002: Cost-Effective Uses of technology in Teaching.

Role: Investigator

Wye/Imperial College, University of London (£6,500)

1998: Review of the Course Structure and Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Education.

Role: C0-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)

Further National & International Research Roles

Professional Advisory Committee (2018-present)

OISE Continuing and Professional Learning

University of Toronto

Consultant/Advisor (2015-present)

Association of Palestinian Academic Developers

 National Advisory Board ( 2011-2016)

National Science Foundation: Critical Thinking Assessment (CAT) Tool 

Faculty Associate (2012-2016)

Initiative for the Development of Academic Innovation

LASPAU, Academic and Professional Programs for the Americas

Harvard University

Alumni Ambassador (2010-2016)

Institute of Education, University College London (UCL)

 National Advisory Board (2011-2015)

National Science Foundation: Collaborative Research: Integrating Cognition and Measurement with Conceptual Knowledge: Establishing the validity and diagnostic Capacity of Concept Inventories.

 External Advisory Board (2003-2012)

National Science Foundation: Center for Biophotonics, Science & Technology (CBST) (PI: Dennis Mathews, University of California, Davis)

 Faculty Consultant (2008-2009)

City Colleges of Chicago: Master Trainer and Faculty Seminar Program  

NSF Project Reviewer (2006-2009)

National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.

 Learning, Assessment, and Evaluation Consultant (1998-2006)                                     

National Science Foundation: VaNTH Engineering Research Center for Bio-Engineering Educational Technologies. (PI: Thomas Harris, Vanderbilt University)