The URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards Program recognizes promising early-career faculty at UC who are proposing transformative, future-shaping ideas that are either discipline-focused or interdisciplinary in nature. Different from all other internal funding programs offered by the UC Office of Research, the URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards is not a grant, but rather an honorific award for excellence in research and scholarship.
Each year, following a two-stage application and evaluation process, eight UC faculty members within the areas of Arts & Humanities, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Life Sciences, and Physical Science & Engineering are awarded $25,000 for 24-months. Awardees are expected to be announced the week of March 4, 2024.
URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards Program 2024 Finalists
Matthew Bayliss
Physics
Expanding Access to NASA's James Webb Space Telescope By Building a New Student-Focused Hub for Data Analysis
Patrick Beymer
Psychology
Piloting a Weekly Self-Regulation Intervention in Applied Calculus
Wayne Black
Sports Administration
A Narrative History on Historically Black Colleges and University College Athletics from 1852-1954
Emily Jane Braun
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Test-retest reliability of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for language tasks in adults with post-stroke aphasia
Shelina Brown
Composition, Musicology and Theory
Queen of Noise: Yoko Ono's Music and Feminist Activism
Sriparna Ghosh
Business and Economics
Effect of socio economic determinants on cancer survival in Cincinnati
Kathleen Grogan
Anthropology
Acclimatization to extreme climate events in the ring-tailed lemur
Orlando Hoilett
Biomedical Engineering
MyA: A Multi-Biometric Sensor Vest for People Living with Angelman Syndrome (AS), Autism, and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Joss Kiely
School of Architecture and Interior Design
Master Plan: Soft Power and the Rise of Architectural Expertise
Donghoon Kim
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Next-Gen Torque Generator for High-Efficiency Applications
Eunjee Kwon
Department of Finance
Effectiveness of Housing Voucher Program: Evidence from Small Area Fair Market Rent
Christopher Platts
School of Art
Diversifying Medieval Venice and Its Artistic Traditions: Towards a More Inclusive, Global Middle Ages
Stacey Schutte
Biomedical Engineering
Uterine Fibroids: The Role of Mechanotransduction
Katie Winters
Communication Sciences & Disorders
Caregivers' insights into their children's intervention for concomitant stuttering and speech sound disorders
Xiaomo Xiong
Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences
Using Real-World Data to Reveal the Hidden Economic Burden of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias with Machine Learning
Benjamin Yavitt
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Closed Loop Recycling of Biobased Plastic Packaging