Research Council Grant recipients Aileen Garcia and Libby Cowgill
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.
Third round of funded projects
Chosen from Research Council Grant proposals submitted by the Jan. 16, 2024, deadline. See first-round projects and second-round projects.
ARTS, HUMANITIES, SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
| Investigator | Project Title |
| Tasha Childs Assistant Professor, Social Work | Exploring Teacher Motivators and Detractors to Participation in PK-12 Teacher Racial Bias Interventions |
| Aileen Garcia Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science; State Specialist for Early Childhood Education, Development and Care for Health and Human Sciences Extension | Applying the Job Demands-Resources Theory in Examining the Job Satisfaction of Home-Based Child Care Providers in Missouri |
| Minseok Yang Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis | Demystifying Pathways to Principalships: Certification Acquisition, Job Application and Hiring Results of Principal Applicants |
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
| Investigator | Project Title |
| Libby Cowgill Associate Professor, Anthropology; Director of Graduate Studies | Ancestral Effects on Human Thermoregulation |
| Shramik Sengupta Associate Professor, Biological and Biomedical Engineering | Microfluidic Platform for On-Demand High Throughput Capture and Release of Circulating Tumor Cells |
| Carissa White Assistant Professor, Clinical Radiology | ScanBright: A Transformative Mobile App for Radiology Education |
| Yao Zhai Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Exploration of Optical Metamaterials for Sustainable Food-Energy-Water Nexus |