Awards

Funded projects:

1. Anita R. Walz (Library), Lori Anderson (PCOB). Revision of Strategic Management Textbook. $10,000. July 1, 2024-May 1, 2025

2. Jim Dubinsky (CLAHS), Jason A. Higgins (Library). “Things They Still Carry”: Oral Histories with Virginia Tech Alumni who Served in the Vietnam War. $10,000. July 1, 2024-May 1, 2025

3. Eric Kaufman (CALS), Inga Haugen (Library). Digitization of Followership Collections: A Pathway to Sustaining Followership Discourse and Research. $10,000. July 1, 2024-May 1, 2025

4. Amanda MacDonald (Library), Stephanie Lewis (Honors College), Anne Brown (Library). Creating modular learning content on scientific communication skills and utilizing common data analysis tools. $5,000. July 1, 2024-December 20, 2024

5. Marcus Johnson (SOE), Corinne Guimont (Library), Jason Higgins (Library). Teaching Historical Racial Traumas. $10,000. July 1, 2024- May 1, 2025

6. David Hicks (SOE), Todd Ogle (Library). Obtaining 2D Positional and Pose Estimation Data from American Football Footage for 3D Simulations. $5,000. July 1, 2024-December 20, 2024

7. Ramah Steinruck (Cook Counseling Center), Kelsey Hammer (Library). The Effect of Facility Dog Interactions on Undergraduate Students. $5,000. July 1, 2024-May 1, 2025

8. LaDale Winling (CLAHS), Imma Mwanja (Library), Kara Long (Library). Covenants of Exclusion: Tracking Racial Restrictions in Metro Chicago Suburbs. $9,800. July 1, 2024-May 1, 2025

9. Chris Brown (CS), Jonathan Bradley (Library). Promoting Software Engineering Best Practices for Research Software Engineers at Virginia Tech. $10,000. July 1, 2024- May 1, 2025

10. Jean A. Parrella (ALCE), Jackson Hoch (Library). CRISPR Communication: A Scoping Review of Communication Strategies that Shape Consumer Perceptions of Gene Editing for Sustainable Agriculture. $10,000. July 1, 2024- May 1, 2025

 

_{We then randomly select 10 projects for funding. We contacted all co-PIs of the selected 10 proposals and they have accepted the funding.}