The Division of Research & Economic Development
and
URI Committee for Research and Creative Activities
Announce the
2024-2025 Career Enhancement Grant Awards

Patrick Baur, Fisheries, Animal and Vet Science, “Evaluating the Systemic Sustainability and Equity Dimensions of Controlled Environment Agriculture,” $9,920

Emily Diamond, Communication Studies, “Environmental Leadership: How Do Moral Frames and Rhetoric Interact to Foster Pro-Environmental Behavior,” $10,000 

Erik Loomis, History, “The United States Commission on Industrial Relations and the Creation of Modern American Labor, 1910-1920,” $10,000

Amanda Missimer, Nutrition and Food Sciences, “URI Free Farmers’ Market: A Campus Initiative to Improve Food Access and Food Insecurity,” $10,000

Michael Ortiz, History, “The People’s Olympiad and the Long Second World War,” $10,000  

Jessica L. Strubel, College of Business, “3D Body Scanning, Biometrics and Body Image Evaluation: Implications for Mental Health, Marketing, and Manufacturing,” $9,819

Hirotsugu Uchida, Environment and Natural Resource Economics, “The study on shrimp aquaculture in Hawaii and its impact on the local seafood market dynamics as well as on the communities,” $10,000