Year	Topic
2009	Not Awarded
2008	Title: Tumeric and Ginger Extracts in the Prevention of Osteoclastic Bone Destruction." Purpose of the research is to determine relative efficacies of chemical components of turmeric and ginger in the inhabition of osteoclastic differentiation (arthritis)."
2007	Evaluation of nonanoic acid and Trichoderma harzianum as biocontrol agents in the suppression of Pythium spp. and Botrytis cinerea in Occimum basilicum L.
2006	Limiting similarity and species coexistence in the herbaceous layer of old growth and secondary forests
2005	Not Awarded
2004	Not Awarded
2003	Genetic diversity of Acorus calamus. Dissection of complex patterns of polyploid formation in Pycnanthemum.
2002	Relationships between Gingko biloba and Ginseng on apoptosis in Alzheimer's fibroblasts.
2001	Phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic status of narrowly endemic Monarda taxa.
2000	Preserving knowledge of traditional plants in the Houma Community of Louisiana.
1999	Localization and conservation of genetic variation in Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius): An imperiled American herb.
1998	No grant awarded.
1997	Traditional dye plants of the Huichol Indians of Mexico.
1996	Molecular biological analyses of herb action. Dramatic poisonings in Elizabethan England.
1995	Development of a DNA Probe for the detection of Fusarium in Basil.
1994	Herbs as inducers of protective proteins. Search for the nootropic saponin(s) in Panax quinquefolium
1993	Rascally verses and roguish tobacco: The tobacco polemic in Early Modern England. Winter survival and effects of pruning on Lavandula species and cultivars. Identifying genetic markers and their role in selecting chemotypes in perennial Lamiaceae.
1992	The in-activation of lipoxygenase and peroxidase activities by extracts of herbs. Herbalist to the King: The travels & writings of Philibert Commerson.
1991	Imagistic associations of garlic in Greek and Latin literature. Landscape uses and hardiness of herbs in Tennessee.
1990	Tropical herbs of Hawaii. Printing of three color plates for the Fuchs Herbal. Genetics of sex allocation in coriander.
1988	Tussie-mussies, nosegays, and sweet poseys. A taxonomic study of the genus Ocimum.
1987	Cell culture studies of pokeweed antiviral compound. On-site research of medieval plants and gardens in Hungary and Poland.
1986	Herbs in the landscape: A design and planting guide.
1985	A weaver's garden.
1984	Plants in the 14th and 15th century: Paintings of St. Sebastian.
1983	Final typing of manuscript - This Booke of Sovereigne Medicines Handbook on gardens: Archeological evidence.
1982	Susceptibility of herbs to air pollution. Transportation of collection of Mentha herbarium from Michigan to Delaware.
1981	Study of the taxa of Thymus.
1980	Transcription of vernacular medical manuscript in Folger Library. Louisiana kitchen gardens, 1750-1850.
1979	Completion of plant lists for the National Herb Garden, National Arboretum.
1977	Filming of vernacular medical manuscript in Folger Library.
1977-78	Plant lists for the National Herb Garden, National Arboretum.
1970-76	Genus Mentha.