Small Research Grant Award Recipients
2025 Recipients
Aaron Bauer, PhD, Biology, CLAS
Rediscovering Historical Type Specimens in the University of Wrocław, Poland
Andrew Liu, PhD, History, CLAS
The Big Tiger: The Pearl River Delta, socialist China, and the capitalist Asia-Pacific, 1949-1997
Kyoungyong Kim, PhD, Management and Operations, VSB
Exploring the Impact of Survival-Enhancing Work Practices on Entrepreneurial Firm Success
Laura Sandez, PhD, Spanish, CLAS
Josefina Baez's papers
Barry Selinsky, PhD, Chemistry and Biochemistry, CLAS
Confirming the biological role of a dual function dioxygenase/peroxidase in the bacterium Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
Gabriel Rockhill, PhD, Philosophy and Global Interdisicplinary Studies, CLAS
Spanish Language Immersion & Professional Collaborations
Ryan Almeida, PhD, Geography and the Environment, CLAS
Characterizing the contributions of Pennsylvania’s reptile and amphibian trade shows to regional pet trade networks
Megan Cardwell, PhD, Communication, CLAS
Storybook Survey Inquiry Method: Opening the Public Library
Zeynep Yom, PhD, Economics, VSB
Technology creation and monetary transmission
Itay Ravid, PhD, Law School, School of Law
On Our Behalf? Exploring Public Perception of Police Action and "State Action" Doctrine
2024 Recipients
Nathan Badenoch, PhD, Global Interdiscipliary Studies, CLAS
Endangered Ecologies of Orality: Human-Nature Interactions in Northern Laos
Heidi Grundetjern, PhD, Sociology and Criminology, CLAS
Adverse childhoods and women’s opioid use in Philadelphia
Amanda Hess, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE
Initial Data Gathering for Stormwater Management of Revegetated Riparian Areas
Vincent Lloyd, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies, CLAS
Harold Cruse: Contraian Radical
Matthew Matell, PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences, CLAS
Temporal anticipation in fruit flies
Tyler Milfeld, PhD, Marketing & Business Law, VBS
Rhetorical Questions in Green Advertising
Pankaj Patel, PhD, Management, VSB
Employee Wage Theft in Family firms
John Schmidt, PhD, Biology, CLAS
Regulation and Function of Fliz1 Oncogene
Dorothy Skaf, PhD, Chemical & Biological Engineering, COE
The Use of Shrimp Shell Waste and Eggshell Waste in Wastewater Treatment Applications
Erica Slotter, PhD, Psychological and Brain Sciences, CLAS
Media Representation, Identity Clarity, and Well-Being Among Non-Heterosexual Couples
Rachel Smith, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies, CLAS
Foucauldian Confession
Catherine Wilson, PhD, Public Administration, CLAS
Citizenship as Travel: Immigrant Integration in the City of Brotherly Love
Matt Youngman, PhD, Biology, CLAS
RNA sequencing to identify genes regulated by ARID-1 during aging in C. elegans
2023 Recipients
Chiji Akoma, PhD, Global Interdisciplinary Studies and English, CLAS
Copyright Permission for Translation of Obidiya
Kelly-Anne Diamond, PhD, History, CLAS
Images of the Blind Harpist in Ancient Egyptian Art
Isabel Hong, PhD, Geography and the Environment, CLAS
What's in the water: an environmental assessment study of tidal wetlands in Delaware Bay
Jacky Huang, PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, COE
Investigation of Interaction between ABuC compounds and Nrf2 Repressor
Bo Li, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
In-situ Observation of Sintering Process for 3D Printed Ceramics
Krista Malott, PhD, Education and Counseling, CLAS
How Counselor Educators Conceptualize and Embody Decolonizing Therapy Practices
Dron Mandhana, PhD, Communication, CLAS
Defining and Operationalizing Social Flow
Kerry San Chirico, PhD, Theology and Religious Studies, CLAS
Intensive Advanced Malayalam Course
Raka Shome, PhD, Communication, CLAS
Cleansing the Nation: Hindu Nationalism and the 'Clean India' Campaign
Saad Siddiqui, PhD, Accounting and Information Systems, VSB
The Deman for Audits: Evidence from SPACs
Michael Smith, PhD, Chemical and Biological Engineering, COE
Commissioning and Startup of Donated Infrared Spectrophotometer
Jiafeng Xie, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE
Side-Channel Attack Tools for Post-Quantum Cryptographic Engineering
2022 Recipients
Sherry Burrell, PhD, RN,CNE & Meredith MacKenzie Greenle, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, CNE, Nursing, CON
Trajectories of Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adult Survivors of Colorectal Cancer
David Cereceda, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
Enhancing the bonding strength of dental restorations: a bioinspired approach
Charles Coe, PhD, Chemical & Biological Engineering, COE
A new adsorbent offers a path to improved CO2 capture and air separation
Raúl Diego Rivera Hernández, PhD, Spanish, CLAS
Transnational Maternal Activism and the Search for the Disappeared: A Documentary Project
Scott Dietrich, PhD, Physics, CLAS
Structural Phase Nanopatterning of van der Waals Materials
Aimee Eggler, PhD, Chemistry, CLAS
From Accidental Discovery to Anticancer Treatment: Combining Two Distinct “Antioxidants” to Selectively Kill Cancer Cells
Xun Jiao, PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, COE
Fuzzing-based Security Vulnerability Discovery of Mission-Critical Software Systems
Adrienne Perry, PhD, English, CLAS
Who Notices? Setting and Mixed-Race Black Experience in See-Through Girls
Shelly Rathee, PhD, Marketing Business Law, VSB
Luxury Advertising
Benjamin Sachs, PhD, Psychological & Brain Sciences, CLAS
Evaluating the Impact of 5-HT Deficiency and Stress on Amphetamine Responses in Mice
Aaron Wemhoff, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
Comparison of the blue water footprint associated with food at home versus food away from home in the United States
Jie Xu, PhD, Communication, CLAS
The Impact of Gender-Themed Empowerment Advertising: When Commodity Meets Social Cause
Wenging (Vicky) Xu, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE
Tailored Carbonaceous Materials as Biofilter Amendments for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Removal in Stormwater Runoff
2021 Recipients
Samer Abboud, PhD, Global Interdisciplinary Studies., CLAS
Fear, Insecurity and Erasure in Contemporary Syria
Anil Bamezai, PhD, Biology, CLAS
Develop Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Use Orally delivered Oxysterol, a Lipid Membrane-Order (Lo) Disruptor, to Inhibit gut inflammation
Grant Berry, PhD, Romance Languages & Literatures, CLAS
Automatic classification of discourse features in conversational speech
Christa Bialka, Ed.D, Education & Counseling & Irene Kan, PhD, Psychological & Brain Sciences, CLAS
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Special Olympics International’s Athlete Leadership Program
Michael Curran, PhD, Economics, VSB
Private Sector Influence on Monetary Policy
Aimee Eggler, PhD, Chemistry, CLAS
Dose-Equivalence/Zero-Interaction (DE/ZI)
Gang Feng, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
Nanomechanical Characterization of Ultrasoft Materials and Self-Sharpening Mechanism of Urchin Teeth
Xun Jiao, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE
Energy-Efficient Artificial Intelligence via Approximate Computation Bypass
Christopher Kilby, PhD, Economics, VSB
United Nations General Assembly Voting
Bo Li, PhD, Mechanical Engineering, COE
3D Printing Nanoparticle Reinforced Responsive Gel
Crystal Lucky, PhD, English, CLAS
“He Came Back to Get Us: The Story of Debbie, Michael, and Michael Africa, Jr.”
Seri Park, PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering, COE
Understanding Cognitive Control of Driving Behavior with functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Jennifer Ross, PhD, RN, CNE, Nursing, CON
The Effect of a Multi-Patient Simulation on Baccalaureate Nursing Students’ Anxiety and Self-Confidence
Sally Scholz, PhD, Philosophy, CLAS
Solidarity as Sanctuary
Pritpal Singh, PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE
Multiphysics Modeling of Novel Lithium Ion Battery Testing Method
Jie Xu, PhD, Communications, CLAS
Comprehensive Meta-Analysis
Peter Zaleski, PhD, Economics, VSB
Powerball and Megamillions