The University of Missouri Division of Research, Innovation and Impact awarded the third round of four rounds of Research Council grants last month, bringing the total number of funded projects to 36.
These internal awards of up to $15,000 are available for faculty activities leading to book contracts, juried performances and art exhibits, peer-reviewed articles in AAU-endorsed journals, the generation of pilot data for grant proposals and other work aligned with institutional priorities.
Ginny Ramseyer Winter, associate professor of social work and director of the Center for Body Image Research and Policy, was one of last year's award recipients. Focused on understanding the effects of weight stigma and health among obese women seeking primary care, she sees Research Council grants as a great way to fund small seed projects.
"I applied for the grant to build knowledge to support a large-scale proposal," Ramseyer Winter said. "The data we collected are rich and have incredible depth. We are currently analyzing the first round of data for our first publication and plan to collect survey data in the next couple of months."
Apply through InfoReady by 5 p.m. March 12 to be considered for the final round of Research Council funding available this academic year. For more information, email Internal Funding staff.