Recent Student Funding Awards

2020 Dean's Challenge Award Winner - PHD Candidate

TO:

Claire Niehaus

TITLE:

2020 Dean's Challenge Award Winner - PHD Candidate

SPONSOR:

George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2020

GRANT TOTAL:

$6,000

 

2019 Dean's Challenge Award Winner - PHD Candidate

TO:

Catherine Byrne

TITLE:

2019 Dean's Challenge Award Winner - PHD Candidate

SPONSOR:

George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2019

GRANT TOTAL:

$5,000

2019 Dean's Challenge Award Winner - Master's Student

TO:

Kayla Keith

TITLE:

2019 Dean's Challenge Award Winner - Master's Student

SPONSOR:

George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2019

GRANT TOTAL:

$2,000

2018 American Psychological Foundation (APF) and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) Graduate Research Scholarship

TO:

Kris Gebhard

TITLE:

2018 American Psychological Foundation (APF) and the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP) Graduate Research Scholarship

SPONSOR:

APF and COGDOP

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$2,000

 

Effects of blood plasma transfusion from young mice to aged h-tau mice modelling Alzheimer's disease

TO:

Carlos Hernandez

TITLE:

Effects of blood plasma transfusion from young mice to aged h-tau mice modelling Alzheimer's disease

SPONSOR:

Cosmos Club Foundation

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$1,810

Exploring Athlete Resilience as a Dynamic, Daily Process During the Highs and Lows of a Division I Season

TO:

Jim Doorley

TITLE:

Exploring Athlete Resilience as a Dynamic, Daily Process During the Highs and Lows of a Division I Season

SPONSOR:

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

10/01/2017-11/01/2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$7,500

Exploring Athlete Resilience as a Dynamic, Daily Process During the Highs and Lows of a Division I Season

TO:

Jim Doorley

TITLE:

Exploring Athlete Resilience as a Dynamic, Daily Process During the Highs and Lows of a Division I Season

SPONSOR:

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

10/01/2017-11/01/2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$7,500

 

Exploring Athlete Resilience as a Dynamic, Daily Process During the Highs and Lows of a Division I Season

TO:

Jim Doorley

TITLE:

Exploring Athlete Resilience as a Dynamic, Daily Process During the Highs and Lows of a Division I Season

SPONSOR:

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

10/01/2017-11/01/2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$7,500

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

TO:

Joseph Wonderlich

TITLE:

The Relation Between Impulsive Behavior and Affect: Integrating Neuroimaging and Ecological Momentary Assessment

SPONSOR:

National Science Foundation

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

05/2015-05/2020

GRANT TOTAL:

$138,000

Dissonance Induced Attitude Change: Integration of Neuroimaging and Ecological Momentary Assessment

TO:

Lauren Breithaupt

TITLE:

Dissonance Induced Attitude Change: Integration of Neuroimaging and Ecological Momentary Assessment

SPONSOR:

P.E.O. Scholar Award

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2017

GRANT TOTAL:

$15,000

Neuromechanisms Involved in Cognitive Dissonance Attitude Change for Weight Stigma

TO:

Lauren Breithaupt

TITLE:

Neuromechanisms Involved in Cognitive Dissonance Attitude Change for Weight Stigma

SPONSOR:

Zeta Tau Alpha Foundation

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

08/2014 through 08/2019

GRANT TOTAL:

$9,000

Comprehensive Risk Evaluation for Anorexia Nervosa in Twins (CREAT): A Study of Discordant Monozygotic Twins with Anorexia Nervosa & Investigation of the Microbiome in Anorexia (IMA)

TO:

Lauren Breithaupt

TITLE:

Comprehensive Risk Evaluation for Anorexia Nervosa in Twins (CREAT): A Study of Discordant Monozygotic Twins with Anorexia Nervosa & Investigation of the Microbiome in Anorexia (IMA)

SPONSOR:

National Science Foundation and Swedish Research Council

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2016 through 2017

GRANT TOTAL:

$32,621

Neuromechanisms of Cognitive Dissonance

TO:

Lauren Breithaupt

TITLE:

Neuromechanisms of Cognitive Dissonance

SPONSOR:

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

2014 through 2017

GRANT TOTAL:

$198,000

SRCD Pre-Doctoral State Policy Scholar Program

TO:

Mayra Parada

DATE:

9/11/2017

TITLE:

Predoctoral State Policy Scholar Program

SPONSOR:

Society for Research in Child Development

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

09/01/2017 through 08/31/2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$25,000

American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program

TO:

Stephanie Hargrove

DATE:

8/24/2017

TITLE:

Predoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

SPONSOR:

SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

09/01/2017 through 08/30/2020

GRANT TOTAL:

$23,376 per year for up to 3 years

Charles Koch Foundation Dissertation Grant

TO:

Fallon Goodman

DATE:

4/5/2017

TITLE:

The Freedom to Choose: Psychological Flexibility and Well-being in Everyday Life 

SPONSOR:

Charles Koch Foundation

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

09/2016 through 08/2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$5,000

NIH Pre-Doctoral Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA)

TO:

Fallon Goodman

DATE:

4/29/2016

TITLE:

Motivational Underpinnings of Alcohol Use for People with Social Anxiety Disorder: A Daily Diary Study

SPONSOR:

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

PERFORMANCE PERIOD:

08/2016 through 08/2018

GRANT TOTAL:

$63,788