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Faculty Student Summer Research

Summer Research

This grant is intended to support joint faculty-student scholarship and must involve the student in collaborative research with faculty for a period of 10 weeks during the summer. Although the grant application will be submitted by the faculty member it must include identified student(s) who will be an active participant in the research team. Preference will be given to faculty not teaching in the summer.

Scope of acceptable projects

Any creative/scholarly activity by 麻豆原创 undergraduate students and faculty is appropriate for funding. This opportunity is viewed as a professional development experience for both faculty and student and should not be considered as only an educational training opportunity for the students. Please note that an off-campus presentation and/or publication of the results is expected.

Funding

Faculty

  • Summer stipend of $1,500 to $3,000, depending on the time commitment for the research. This payment can be received as salary (taxable) or as reimbursement for project related expenses (nontaxable).

Student

  • Summer stipend up to $4,000, depending on number of hours required for the research, plus on campus housing.
  • A maximum of $1,000 is available for expendable supplies and travel associated with presenting the results of the research.

 

Grant Recipients

Summer 2025

Research in Discrete Mathematics
Faculty Searcher: Tim Brauch, Professor of Mathematics
Student Researcher: Jonah Richards

Synthesis of Dual Action Sulfa-Drug Antibiotics
Faculty Searcher: Kyle Watson, Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Amy Linan

Summer 2024

Faculty Researcher: Diane Calinski, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmocogenomics
Student Researcher: Emily Burdick
The Mechanistic and Structural Functions of RITA on HDM2-p53 Interactions and DNA Crosslinking and its Role as an Anti-Cancer Prevention Drug

Faculty Researcher: Kathy Davis, Professor of Chemistry
Student Researchers: Caleb Simerman
Quantum Mechanical Modeling in Chemistry Classroom

Faculty Researcher: Jeff Osborne, Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Margaret Slover
Towards Polystyrene Biodegradation: Development of Assays for 1,3-Diphenylpropane Metabolism

Faculty Researcher: Gabriela Ramalho, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Student Researcher: Madalyn Jagger
Comparative Welfare Entitlement Project (CWEP) – Latin America

Faculty Researcher: Kyle Watson, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Henry Blakely
The Synthesis and Analysis of Styrene Fragments for Biodegradation Studies

Summer 2023

Faculty Researcher: Marcie Coulter-Kern, Professor of Psychology
Student Researcher: Hannah Thomson
Improving Qualitative Research Instruction in an Undergraduate Program

Faculty Researcher: Kathy Davis, Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Rachael Pickett
Problem-based Curriculum Design and Assessment for Chemistry Laboratory Courses

Faculty Researcher: Anuj Gurung, Professor of Peace Studies
Student Researcher: Jackson Lunsford
Conflict Management Styles and Their Influence on Employee Relationships

Faculty Researcher: Jeff Osborne, Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Logan Hughes
Characterization of Styrene Oligomer Novel Biodegradation Pathways

Faculty Researcher: Jennifer Robison, Assistant Professor of Biology
Student Researcher: Madison Hilliker
A Timeline of Wound-Induced Transgenic Protein Expression Across Soybean Leaves

Summer 2022

Faculty Researcher: Tim McKenna-Buchanan, Associate Professor of Communications
Student Researcher: Danielle Carlson
Exploring Communication Privacy Management Strategies of LGBTQ K-12 Teachers

Faculty Researcher: Jeff Osborne, Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Madison Downes
Characterization of 1,3-Diphenylpropane, Ritalinic Acid, and Alendronate Sodium Novel Biodegradation Pathways

Faculty Researcher: Gabriela Tafoya, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Student Researcher: Jennette Olvera
Comparative Welfare Entitlements Project (CWEP) 2022

Faculty Researcher: Kyle Watson, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Student Researcher: Natalie Kotlin
Using Hetero Diels-Alder Cycloadditions to make Biologically Useful Molecules

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