The Brock University Office of Research Services has announced the results of two of its internal research funding competitions.

Eight researchers have received seed grants under the Brock SSHRC Institutional Grant (BSIG).

The faculty and their research programs are:

• Kimberley Gammage, Department of Kinesiology: “I hate bathing suit shopping: Men’s experiences shopping for bathing suits”
• Ivan Medovikov, Department of Economics: “Macroeconomic News Index: A Quantitative Measure of Key Economic News”
• Michael Savage, Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies in Education, “Teachers’ and school staff’s perceptions of mental health and wellness”
• Samir Trabelsi, Department of Accounting, “IFRS Adoption, Real Earnings Management, Governance Attributes, and IPO Failure Risk”
• Ebru Ustundag, Department of Geography, “Peer Research in Sex Work: Street Level Assessment in St. Catharines”
• Tony Volk, Department of Child and Youth Studies, “Redefining Bullying: A Cross-Cultural Pilot”
• Katharine von Stackelberg, Department of Classics, “Hortus inclusus: Expanding boundaries of Space and Time”
• Kai-Yu Wang, “Counterfactual Thinking, Construal Level and Product Attribute Preferences”

Seven researchers received seed grants under the Brock University Advancement Fund (BUAF):

• Joanne Crawford, Department of Nursing, “A pilot study to assess colorectal cancer screening beliefs, attitudes, benefits, barriers, knowledge, and uptake using the Colon Cancer Screening Survey”
• Andrea Josse, Department of Kinesiology, “Effects of a weight management intervention with increased dairy intake on body composition and bone health in overweight and obese girls”
• Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy, Department of Nursing, “Item Generation of the Prodromal Symptoms Screening Scale (PS_SS): A Focus Group Study”
• Dawn Prentice, Department of Nursing, “Self-triage in the emergency department: Validation of the sensitivity and reliability of patient self-report”
• Lynn Rempel, Department of Nursing, “Making the Invisible Visible: Educating Emergency Room Nurses to Provide Compassionate Miscarriage Care”
• Karyn Taplay, Department of Nursing, “Reflection through simulation: Experienced from the perspective of the vented patient”
• Dawn Zinga, Department of Child and Youth Studies, “The Lived Experiences of Youth Engaged in Performance Arts”

“We are pleased to support our researchers as they prepare their various funding applications,” says Vice-President, Research Gary Libben. “The committee was impressed by the variety of innovative and creative applications. It was a tough choice to make.”

The Brock SSHRC Institutional Grant (BSIG) consists of funding from the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to help Brock develop and maintain a solid base of research and research-related activities in SSHRC-supported disciplines.

Seed grants from this fund provide researchers with up to $5,000 funding for one year for projects aimed towards developing an application for submission to a SSHRC competition. Funds can be used for a pilot research project, hiring a student to assist with the research project or other research expenses.

The Brock University Advancement Fund (BUAF) provides faculty from all disciplines with seed research funding in preparation for future submission to an external funding agency and funding for special pursuits. This grant provides seed funding for small-scale research or pilot projects that will be developed into mature research proposal submissions.