Five students in the College of Health Sciences will engage in impactful research projects after receiving funding for their studies from the URI Office of Undergraduate Research & Innovation.
The students are among 62 from across the university selected to receive funding to work on their independent projects, mentored by 37 faculty members. In addition to grants ranging from $600 to $1,400 per project, the students also gained valuable knowledge to help them in future research projects. The students learned to write a grant proposal, create a project budget and work with a faculty mentor on an original project. Proposals were evaluated by a faculty review panel for funding decisions.
The following College of Health Sciences students, along with their faculty mentors, received funding for these projects:
- Greta DelBonis and Sarah DelBonis, Psychology; faculty mentor, Nicole Weiss — Sexual Violence and Risky/Reckless Behavior Across College and Community Samples of Women.
- Jessica Nicole Williams, Psychology; faculty mentor, Nichea Spillane — Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol Use.
- Kara Manuelli, Human Development and Family Studies; faculty mentor, Sue Adams — Promoting Social-Emotional Learning and Development in Preschoolers: An Observational Study of Separation Anxiety at the URI Child Development Centers.
- Brett Gould, Psychology; faculty mentor, Nichea Spillane — Impulsivity and Alcohol Use: The Role of Hedonic Capacity.