- Dr. Stacey Harper received a five-year, $3.3 million award from the National Science Foundation to study the risks of micro- and nanoplastics to aquatic organisms in the pacific northwest.
- Lauren Crandon won the Best Poster award at the 27th Annual Conference of the Pacific Northwest Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry held March 2018
- Matt Slattery won the Best Platform Presentation award at the 27th Annual Conference of the Pacific Northwest Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry held March 2018
- Dr. Stacey Harper received a five-year, $1.9 million award as an Outstanding New Environmental Scientist (ONES) from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and was selected as 2013 recipient of the L.L. Stewart Faculty Scholars Award which recognizes an outstanding faculty members at Oregon State University.