The Office of the Vice President for Research is proud to award 41 2025-2026 SPARC Graduate Research Grants to support graduate student researchers across 23 academic departments and 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Hiluf Abraha | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Ozgur Altintas | Physical Education |
| Samin Ashjaei | Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| Sravanthi Avula | Biological Sciences |
| Arianna Bastian | Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology |
| Samaneh Borji | Information Sciences |
| Ashita Bhan | Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences |
| Andrew Cerise | History |
| Lim Cheolho | Educational and Developmental Science |
| Hunter Cox | Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience |
| Alannah DiCintio | Biological Sciences |
| Matt Drew | History |
| Taryn Farrell | Health Services Policy and Management |
| Noelle Frambes | Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience |
| Carolina Bermejo Goodwin | Political Science |
| Roxana Gonzalez-Cortes | Economics |
| Adriana Halvonik-Sanchez | Biological Sciences |
| Olivia Hinds | Health Services Policy and Management |
| Mojtaba Kazemian | Health Services Policy and Management |
| Sabih Khan | Mechanical Engineering |
| Khushboo Khushboo | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Seonjin Lee | Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management |
| Diamonde McCollum | Psychology |
| Atefeh Mohseninia | Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences |
| Amir Motesharei | Philosophy |
| Arielle N’Diaye | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Courtney Ober | Social Work |
| Aidan Reilly | History |
| Jiyuan Ren | Languages, Literatures, and Cultures |
| Lola Renauer | Environmental Health Sciences |
| S.M. Rokonuzzaman | Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
| Jared Rose | Biological Sciences |
| Catherine Schlenker | Biological Sciences |
| Sophia Shaiman | Criminology and Criminal Justice |
| Can Sun | Mechanical Engineering |
| Jenna Thompson | Music |
| DeMarcus Turner | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Katherine Weaver | Psychology |
| Isaiah Williams | Biological Sciences |
| Grant Wong | History |
| Guyin Zhang | Psychology |