Human development and family science investigators Sonja Winter, above, and Russell Ravert plan to use their Research Council grant to support a study that examines trends based on psychological distress scores and mental health service use among domestic and international student-athletes.
March 31, 2025
The University of Missouri Division of Research invested in 13 faculty projects with Research Council grants of up to $15,000 each for research, scholarship and creative endeavors leading to book contracts, juried performances, art exhibits, peer-reviewed articles and the generation of pilot data for grant proposals.
Anne Myers, associate professor of English, said her Research Council grant will allow her to travel to England to examine documents concerning the placement and interpretation of monuments. Her current project is focused on understanding the origins of present-day controversies surrounding the removal of public monuments in the United Kingdom and United States.
"I'm excited and grateful for this opportunity," Myers said. "I am hopeful that substantiating the connections I see between past and present ideas about monuments with more specific historical research and evidence will strengthen future applications for long-term residential grants for this project."
Investigators who submitted applications at the end of March for the last round of Research Council grants will be notified of an award by May 16. Grant applications will be accepted again during the 2025 fall semester. For more information, email Internal Funding staff.
Below are investigators with newly awarded Research Council grants. See who won the second round and first round of grants.
ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Associate Professor, Information Science and Learning Technologies (principal investigator)
Project — Broadening provenance research methods and training for veterans rehabilitating at-risk collections
Associate Professor, Religious Studies (principal investigator)
Project — No other world than this: a history of atheism in South Asia
Assistant Professor, Information Science and Learning Technologies (principal investigator)
Project — Going beyond stereotypes: fostering neurodiverse representation in gaming media
Assistant Professor, Black Studies (principal investigator)
Project — With friends like these: transnational carceral regimes and punitive anti-communism in New York City and Haiti
Assistant Professor, Visual Studies (principal investigator)
Project — Mourning objects archival research
Associate Professor, History (principal investigator)
Project — The devil comes to Hartford: the Connecticut witchcraft trials of the 1660s
Associate Professor, English (principal investigator)
Project — Texts and monuments in early modern England
Professor, Visual Studies (principal investigator)
Project — Summer research salary: Direktorenhaus exhibition
Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Science (principal investigator)
Project — Trends in distress and mental health service use among U.S. domestic and international student-athletes (2019-24)
Assistant Professor, Educational, School and Counseling Psychology (co-investigator)
Project — Trends in distress and mental health service use among U.S. domestic and international student-athletes (2019-24)
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
Graduate Student, Biomedical Sciences
(co-investigator)
Project — Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolates of dairy origin with a public health perspective
Associate Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery (principal investigator)
Project — Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolates of dairy origin with a public health perspective
Professor, Radiology, Neurology and Psychology; William and Nancy Thompson Endowed Chair, Radiology (principal investigator)
Project — Understanding the impact of protective genes for autism spectrum disorder
Assistant Research Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology (co-investigator)
Project — Understanding the impact of protective genes for autism spectrum disorder
Associate Clinical Professor, Veterinary Pathobiology (co-investigator)
Project — Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolates of dairy origin with a public health perspective
Assistant Research Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
(principal investigator)
Project — Pathophysiology and therapeutic targeting of dendritic cells in endometriosis
Paul K. and Dianne Shumaker Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
(co-investigator)
Project — Understanding the impact of protective genes for autism spectrum disorder
Professor, Physics (principal investigator)
Project — Transition matrix Monte Carlo analysis of CH4/CO2 co-adsorption in metal organic frameworks