Office of the Provost

Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Provost Research Grant Recipients!

August 21, 2019

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to share a summary of the Provost Research Grants that have been awarded for 2019-2020 This year more than 40 faculty requested $1.3M in support of their research and creative activities. The selection committee made eleven awards, totaling nearly $300,000, to support projects in a broad spectrum of disciplines. Projects ranged from anthropology and biology to music and physics, united by a shared commitment to conduct early-stage inquiry on a topic of compelling originality and promise The recipients and the titles of their projects follow below.

The Research Award Evaluation Committee included the following members:

  • Ed Hackett, Vice Provost for Research (chair)

  • Gannit Ankori, Division Head, Creative Arts

  • Linda Bui, Senior Associate Dean, International Business School

  • Wendy Cadge, Division Head, Social Sciences

  • Fernando Rosenberg, Division Head, Humanities

  • Cindy Thomas, Associate Dean for Research, Heller School

  • John Wardle, Division Head, Sciences

Congratulations to all those funded!

Lisa M. Lynch, Provost