New grants could help protect the environment and create new therapy for Parkinson's New grants from the State University of New York could help researchers at Binghamton University create a new therapy to provide relief to Parkinson's patients and help locate abandoned oil and gas wells. Binghamton University researchers Christopher Bishop and Timothy de Smet have each received grants from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund, which helps faculty inventors and scientists turn their research into market-ready technologies. The technologies that our researchers are developing have the potential to assist people in pain and to protect our environment. I'm proud of the accomplishments that our faculty have made so far and am pleased that this funding will help support such important, potentially life-changing initiatives."