Awards
Funded projects:
Rachel Midura (History) & Michael J. Stamper (Library), Early Modern Digital Itineraries: Transforming Tools for Premodern Travel $5,000
Donna Sedgiwck (Sociology) & C. Cozette Comer (Library), Perceptions of a Pandemic: The Impact of COVID-19 on Society $5,000
Sarah Misyak (Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise) & Inga Haugen (Library), A Scoping Review of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (SNAP-Ed) Literature $5,000
Joe Forte (Library) & Andrea N. Baldwin (Sociology), Standpoints, The Podcast: Creating Community through Black Feminist Scholarship and Storytelling $5,000
John K. Aggrey (Science, Technology, and Society) & C. Cozette Comer (Library), A Scoping Review Protocol on the Influence of Contextual Factors on Risk Perception and Health Behaviors During Epidemics $5,000
Tonisha B. Lane (Higher Education) & Amanda MacDonald (Library), What are the Roles of STEM Department Chairs in Diversifying the Professoriate: A Scoping Review $5,000
Evan Lavender-Smith (English), Peter Potter (Library), & Carmen Giménez Smith (English), A Quarter-Century of Electronic Literature: Virginia Tech’s The New River: A Journal of Digital Art and Literature $5,000
Chreston Miller (Library), Dina Smith-Glaviana (Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management), Michael Adamo (Library), & Wen Nie Ng (Library), Analysis of Costume Core Vocabulary and Historical Descriptions of Costume Artifacts Using Natural Language Processing $4,716
Andy Scerri (Political Science & International Studies) & Nathaniel Porter (Library), Who is influencing climate and energy politics in the Central Appalachia/Piedmont states (VA, NC, TN, KY, WV, MD)? $5,000
Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq (English), Chris Lindgren (English) & Michael Adamo (Library), Planning the Digitization of the Caleb Pungowiyi Collection $4,716
We have received 14 proposals. During the scope review, program co-directors chose to put two loosely related proposals into a single slot. Then all eligible proposals are assigned a number from 2 to 14, we then use random.org to generate a random sequence, out of which the first 10 projects are awarded. The generation of the random sequence was conducted during a project co-directors Zoom meeting on Jan 8, 2022. At the meeting, co-director Xie continuously clicked on the “Again” button to regenerate random sequences, until co-direct Eska called “Stop” with her eyes blocked. The end result is shown on the following screenshot. On Jan 21, 2022, one selected project decided to decline the offer due to over-commitment. The open slot goes to the next in line based on the Jan 8 lottery results.