Faculty Profiles

2025

• Queiroz de Farias, Mylene Christine, Fritts, Sarah Rebecah, Tesic, Jelena. 2025 ExpandAI Catalyst Award, Texas State Center for Analytics and Data Science (TXST CADS), Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: December 2, 2024, Funded: 2025 - Present). Grant.

2024

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Field testing of a bat deterrent, Vestas Energy, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $15863. (Funded: August 2024 - December 2024). Grant.

2023

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal). Small and Meso-Mammal Surveys on Camp Bowie and Camp Maxey Training Centers, Texas Military Department, State, $85000. (Submitted: August 2023, Funded: November 2023 - December 2025). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Rodriguez, David (Co-Principal). Population monitoring and assessment of risks to Brazos and Concho water snakes with an emphasis on reservoir populations, Texas Comptroller, State, $499910. (Submitted: September 2022, Funded: August 2023 - December 2025). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah, Solick, Donal (Supporting). Statewide status, phenology, and habitat use of bats with particular focus on Perimyotis subflavus and Myotis velifer, Texas Comptroller, State, $124995. (Funded: August 2023 - December 2025). Grant.

2021

• Weaver, Sara P (Principal), Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %100, Hale, Amanda (Co-Principal), Katzner, Todd (Co-Principal), Nelson, Dean (Co-Principal). Understanding interspecific differences between male and female bat collision risk to inform minimization strategies, Wind and Wildlife Research Fund, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $149875. (Submitted: August 2020, Funded: April 2021 - December 2023). Grant.

2020

• Weaver, Sara Patricia (Co-Principal), Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Morton, Brogan (Co-Principal), Durish, Nevin (Co-Principal). Comparing thermal imaging cameras to acoustic detectors for pre-construction bat risk assessments, Duke Energy, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $69913. (Submitted: November 2020, Funded: December 2020 - December 2021). Grant.
• Rodriguez, David (Principal), Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Forstner, Michael R (Co-Principal). Population monitoring and assessing disease risk in Concho water snake, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $196620. (Funded: February 2020 - Present). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Rodriguez, David (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. Conservation in the canopy: informing future corridor placement via non-invasive monitoring of vertebrate movement, Texas State University, Texas State University, $15992. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - June 2021). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %20, Rylander, Rebekah Janelle (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %80. Comparison of black-crested titmouse family function, reproductive success, and territory size between urban and rural populations, Texas EcoLab, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $8618. (Submitted: April 2019, Funded: January 2020 - December 2020). Grant.

2019

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal). Occupancy and distribution of summer bats in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $499988. (Funded: November 2019 - December 2024). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %65, Straw, Bethany (Principal), Weaver, Sara (Co-Principal), Hein, Cris (Co-Principal), Norstrand, Tom. Evaluating deterrent stimuli for increasing species-specic effectiveness of an advanced ultrasonic acoustic deterrent, National Renewable Energy Lab/Department of Energy, Federal, $489532. (Funded: October 2019 - January 2022). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %95, Weaver, Sara (Co-Principal), Hale, Amanda (Co-Principal). Evaluating deterrent stimuli for increasing species-specific effectiveness of an advanced ultrasonic acoustic deterrent, Texas Christian University/NextEra, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $179470. (Funded: August 2019 - April 2020). Grant.
• Rylander, Rebekah Janelle, Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Comparison of black-crested titmouse family function, reproductive success, and territory size between urban and rural populations, EcoLab, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $9996. (Funded: January 2019 - December 2019). Grant.

2018

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Dabbert, Brad (Principal), Percent Contribution: %34, Grisham, Blake (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. Assessing Scaled Quail declines in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, State, $536890. (Funded: September 2018 - September 2021). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Bioindicators of habitat fragmentation caused by oil palm in Malaysian Borneo, International Research Accelerator Program, Texas State University, $5832. (Funded: June 2018 - July 2018). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal). Roost ecology of bats on the Texas coast, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal, $24116. (Submitted: October 2017, Funded: April 2018 - December 2019). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Rylander, Rebekah (Co-Principal). Comparison of black-crested titmouse family function, reproductive success, and territory size between urban and rural populations, Ecolab, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $9667. (Submitted: October 15, 2017, Funded: January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018). Grant.

2017

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah, Stevens, R. Ft. Wolters bat surveys, Texas Military Department, State, $29945. (Submitted: 2016, Funded: 2017 - December 2019). Grant.
• Farmer, M. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %25, Verble, Robin (Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Kingston, Tigga (Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Weindorf, D. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %5. An international field research experience for students to establish long term ecological monitoring of a tropical agroforestry program in the rural Borneo Highlands, International Research Experiences for Students (IRES), National Science Foundation, Federal, $249883. (Submitted: August 16, 2016, Funded: June 1, 2017 - May 31, 2020). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Stevens, Richard (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Dittmer, Drew (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. Camp Maxey herpetofauna surveys, Texas Military Department, State, $50914. (Submitted: December 23, 2016, Funded: May 15, 2017 - December 31, 2018). Grant.

2016

• Grisham, B. A. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %34, Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33, Green, D. (Principal), Percent Contribution: %33. Identification of current conservation actions needed to preserve lesser prairie-chicken populations in the context of land management practices and environmental variation, Pheasants Forever, $100000. (Submitted: March 1, 2016, Funded: March 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017). Grant.

2015

• Moorman, C. E., Hazel, D. W., Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Directing wildlife-friendly forest bioenergy development in North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Science, $157559. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal), Grabowski, T. B. (Principal), Grisham, B. A. (Principal), Mayes, K. (Principal), Bean, P. (Principal). Recruitment dynamics and reproductive ecology of blue sucker in Texas, with a focus on the Big Bend region of the Rio Grande, Texas Parks and Wildlife, $276850. (Funded: May 29, 2015). Grant.

2013

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah, Moorman, C., Hazel, D., Homyack, J., Castleberry, S., Pollock, K., Farrell, C., Grodsky, S. Amphibian response to experimental biomass harvesting guidelines, Student Travel Grant, The Wildlife Society, $500. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
• Moorman, C. E., Grodsky, S., Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Undergraduate research grant funding student research on distribution of downed wood in urban environments, North Carolina State University Office of Undergraduate Research. Dr. Moorman, S. Grodsky and S. Fritts conceptualized the project and assisted the undergraduate in writing the grant, $1000. (Funded: 2013). Grant.

2012

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah, Grodsky, S., Moorman, Dr. C. (Principal), Hazel, Dr. D. (Principal). Evaluating biomass harvesting practices with respect to wildlife sustainability, Biofuels Center of North Carolina Research Grant, $100000. (Funded: 2012 - 2015). Grant.

2011

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Assessment of southern toad habitat selection at multiple spatial scales, North Carolina Society for Environmental Professionals Grant, $1000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Assessment of southern toad habitat selection at multiple spatial scales, North Carolina Fish and Wildlife Federation Grant, $1000. (Funded: 2011). Grant.

2007

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Ayers Scholarship, Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Summer for Integrated Watershed Management course in Austria, $1000. (Funded: 2007). Grant.

2003

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Forestry Alumni Scholarship, $4000. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. An inventory and assessment of medicinal flora and fauna used by traditional healer in Limpopo Province, South Africa, Regents Work and Study Abroad Stipend, $1500. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. An inventory and assessment of medicinal flora and fauna used by traditional healer in Limpopo Province, South Africa, Joshua Laerm Undergraduate Research Award - Georgia Museum of Natural History, Summer, $500. (Funded: 2003). Grant.
• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. An inventory and assessment of medicinal flora and fauna used by traditional healer in Limpopo Province, South Africa, Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunity Fellowship and Award - University of Georgia Honors Program, Summer, $1000. (Funded: 2003). Grant.

2002

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. Forestry Alumni Scholarship, $4000. (Funded: 2002). Grant.

1998

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah. HOPE Scholarship, $18000. (Funded: 1998 - 2003). Grant.

• Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Principal). Confirming presence of Perimyotis subflavus across potential expanded range in west Texas, Texas Comptroller, State, $278356. (Submitted: December 2024). Grant.
• Queiroz de Farias, Mylene Christine (Principal), Tesic, Jelena (Co-Principal), Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Supporting). Advancing the Automation of Bat Monitoring for Sustainable Wind Energy Development, TXST Center for Analytics and Data Science, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: November 2024). Grant.
• Waltson, Leroy (Principal), Hamada, Yuki (Co-Principal), Fritts, Sarah Rebecah (Co-Principal). A Holistic Study of Avian-Solar Interactions at Photovoltaic Solar Energy Facilities in Multiple U.S. Regions, Department of Energy, Federal, $2000000. Grant.