Outreach & Funding

Outreach: If you are a local (WNY) junior high or high school teacher in the Buffalo Public School system, check out our WNY STEM Forum for information about opportunities to get professional development credit for attending lectures and field trips about STEM topics. Additionally, the Lacy laboratory has limited opportunities for paid internships for junior and high school students – contact WNY STEM Forum staff for more information.

Current Support
Natural Science Foundation (NSF); CAREER award #1847933 (ends June 2025)


National Institutes of Health (NIH); R21 GM141685-01; ended June 2024.


Past Support
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Foundation (ACS PRF); #57861-DNI3; ended 2019.