Dr. Thompson has won numerous grants to support his research, continuing education, and teaching, including a U-M-Center for Research on Learning and Teaching Faculty
Development Fund to support «Teaching Private Piano Lessons using Video
Game Piano Transcriptions,» a UMOR Small Grant to Support
Major Conferences to help fund «Hosting the 5th annual North American
Conference on Video
Game Music at U-M in 2018,» a U-M Center for Japanese Studies Faculty Research Grant to support «Recording of Recently Composed Japanese Oboe / Piano Duos,» an SMTD Faculty Block Grant to support «Translation of Japanese Video
Game Piano Collections,» and multiple Arts at Michigan Course Connection grants that have allowed integration of live performances into his classroom teaching.
Develop: Brighton is the
major game development business
conference in the UK, featuring talks, interviews, an expo, the Develop Awards and many opportunities to network with hundreds of other
games developers and publishers.
Lately, in addition to running a new
development house, 22 Cans, he's become something of a pundit, showing up to console announcements and E3 press
conferences to offer his view for
major games publications.