The Office of the Vice President for Research has announced the 2017/18 winners of the REACH Grant Program.
REACH grants are designed to promote innovative research, scholarship, and creative projects that enhance UVM’s reputation as an incubator for cutting-edge ideas; encourage faculty members to reach the next level of achievement in their research trajectory; and leverage institutional investment by providing the building blocks to support a larger application for competitive extramural funding.
This year’s award winners and the research project for which they received funding are:
- Appala Badireddy, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department; Reactive Electrochemical Membrane (REM) Filtration for Ex Situ PFOA and PFOS Groundwater Treatment.
- Reuben Escorpizo, Rehabilitation and Movement Science Department; A Community-Based and Interdisciplinary Project on Spinal Cord Injury Based on a Biopsychosocial Model of Health.
- Sayamwong Hammack, Psychological Science Department; Peptide Interactions in Opioid Relapse.
- Eric Roy, Rubenstein School for the Environment and Natural Resources; Resource Recovery and Reuse to Support Phosphorus Management and Sustainable Development Goals in Sri Lanka.
- Alice Schermerhorn, Psychological Science Department; Parent Physiology during Interparental Interactions: Improving Prediction of Children’s Risk of Adjustment Problem Development.
- Lance Smith, Leadership and Development Science Department; Process and outcome evaluation of restorative practice implementation: School based factors influencing fidelity and effectiveness.
- Donna Toufexis; Psychological Science Department. Dorsolateral striatal pathway effects on habit.
Descriptions of the winning projects can be found on the Reach Grant Program website.
The Reach Grant program is supported with funding from the Office of the Vice President for Research. Applications and application due dates for next year’s awards will be posted on the REACH website.
Source: UVM News