Grants Received
Funding totaling $100,256 was recently received by the Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Nursing and the School of Education.
- Dr. Nancy Trun, Department of Biological Sciences, $6,017, on a subcontract from Juniata College from a National Science Foundation grant, for RCN-UBE-GCAT-SEEK: The Genome Consortium for Active Undergraduate Research and Teaching Using Next Generation Sequencing.
- Dr. Aimee Kane, School of Business Administration, $16,800 of Year 2 on a subcontract from Carnegie Mellon University from a National Science Foundation grant, for Voss Collaborative Research: Sharing Insights Across Multiple Virtual Organizations. This brings the total award amount to date to $33,600.
- Dr. Melanie Turk, School of Nursing, $9,939, from a Faculty Development Fund Award, for Exploring African Immigrants Perceptions and Practices Around Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Through Photovoice. Dr. Rick Zoucha, School of Nursing, is a co-investigator. The period of the award extends through April 30, 2015.
- Dr. Elizabeth Hughes, Department of Counseling, Psychology and Special Education, School of Education, $2,500, from the 2013 IRA Esther Zolt Academic Research Grant from the International Reading Association, for Motivating Students to Achieve: The Impact of a Pen Pal Program on Students’ Achievement and Motivation.
- The School of Education, $65,000 in additional funding, from The Heinz Endowments, to provide tuition to fund master’s level study for the Heinz Fellows Program. The funds will be administered by Education Dean Dr. Olga Welch. This brings the total award amount to date to $299,156.