The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to award 33 2024-2025 SPARC Graduate Research Grants to support graduate student researchers across 20 academic departments and 5 colleges and schools. Through the Support to Promote Advancement of Research and Creativity Graduate Research Grants, graduate students receive up to $5,000 in internal funding to engage in research, scholarly and creative projects over a 15-month period.
This grant program is designed not only to sponsor meritorious research but to strengthen student skills for a career in research through the extramural research funding proposal process.
Please join us in congratulating this cohort of SPARC recipients.
| Recipient Name | Recipient Department |
|---|---|
| Julia Budiongan | Health Promotion, Education and Behavior |
| Mark Canavera | History |
| Mikayla Carty | Biological Sciences |
| Chih-Yu Chen | Political Science |
| Jiasong Duan | Statistics |
| Kristen Figas | Psychology |
| Salome-Joelle Gass | Health Services Policy and Management |
| Macie Goodman | Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences |
| Marion Granger | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Natalie Grantham | Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences |
| Gourab Gupta | Biological Sciences |
| Gaurav Harshe | Leadership, Learning Design and Inquiry |
| Alec Helm | Mathematics |
| Sierra Jaeger | Biological Sciences |
| Xiangxiang Jiang | Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences |
| Brian Kessler | Biological Sciences |
| Elizaveta Korunova | Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences |
| Buddhima Maldeni | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Sarah Miller | Psychology |
| Harshita Negi | Biological Sciences |
| Adebusola Ogunnaike | Health Promotion, Education and Behavior |
| Ibitein Okeafor | Health Services Policy and Management |
| Christina Plakas | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| Habib Rostaghi Chalaki | Mechanical Engineering |
| Reza Tavasoli | Computer Science and Engineering |
| Gabrielle Tellier | Chemistry and Biochemistry |
| Jill Thornton | Geography |
| Justine Truc | History |
| Han Wang | Educational and Developmental Science |
| Juan Wang | Social Work |
| Christian Wohlfeld | Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience |
| Yunhang Yin | Psychology |
| Yuanzhen Yue | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |