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Eighteen Brock University researchers across a variety of disciplines recently received nearly $45,000 in funding through two internal programs created to assist Brock faculty advance their research agendas.<\/p>\n
The Brock University Advancement Fund (BUAF)<\/a> provides Brock researchers in all faculties with funding to complete preliminary research in preparation for a submission to an external granting agency.<\/p>\n BUAF Research Seed Grants assist faculty members develop a program of research that is innovative and worthy of funding by external research sponsors and to promote the research agenda of individual researchers and research teams. This internal award also provides modest financial support for special pursuits related to research interests, called special purpose grants.<\/p>\n The other program is the Brock SSHRC Institutional Grant (BSIG)<\/a>, a research seed grant designed to assist faculty members develop a program of research that is innovative and worthy of funding by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.<\/p>\n The Office of Research Services<\/a> holds two competitions each year for these internal awards.<\/p>\n The next deadline will be Monday, Nov. 21.<\/p>\n Researchers who earned grants, and their project titles: <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kathryn Belicki<\/a><\/strong>, Psychology: \u201cInvestigating the Relation of Forgiveness to Well-being, both Emotional and Physical\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Joe Engemann<\/a><\/strong>, Education: \u201cInvestigating Multiple-Choice Assessment: Can it be Improved?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Jarold Cosby<\/a><\/strong>, Physical Education and Kinesiology: \u201cA Qualitative Evaluation of the Global Health Data Charter\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Diane Mack<\/a><\/strong> and<\/span> Philip Wilson<\/a><\/strong>, Physical Education and Kinesiology: \u201cNeed Supportive Environments: An Examination of Self-Determination Theory in Individuals with Osteoporosis Enrolled in a Structured Exercise Program\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Wendy Ward<\/a><\/strong>, Physical Education and Kinesiology: \u201cEffect of Parental Obesity on Musculoskeletal Development in Rat Offspring\u201d<\/span> Dan Malleck<\/a><\/strong>, Community Health Sciences: \u201cTry to Control Yourself: The Regulation of Public Drinking in Post-prohibition Ontario 1927-1944\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n R. Angus Smith<\/a><\/strong>, Classics: \u201cOur Cups are Full: Poetry and Society in the Aegean Bronze Age. Studies in Honour of Jeremy B. Rutter on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Rebecca Raby<\/a><\/strong>, Child and Youth Studies: \u201cSchool Rules: Obedience, Discipline and Elusive Democracy\u201d<\/span> Wing-Cheuk Chan<\/a><\/strong>, Philosophy: \u201cMou Zongsan\u2019s Typology of Neo-Confucianism\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Barbara Seeber<\/a><\/strong>, English: \u201cJane Austin and Genre: The Early Writings, Short Fiction and Poetry\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Georgii Nikonov<\/a><\/strong>, Chemistry: \u201cXIX EuCHEMS Conference in Organometallic Chemistry\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n Katerina Koka<\/a><\/strong>, Economics: \u201cVoting for Health: The Effect of Changing Demographics on the Choice of Capital and Labour Taxes\u201d<\/p>\n Kai-Yu Wang<\/a><\/strong>, Marketing, International Business and Strategy: \u201cThe Counter Factual Thinking and Consumer Information Processing\u201d<\/p>\n Felipe Ruan<\/a><\/strong>, Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures: \u201cThe Book Merchant and the Inquisitorial Censor: Two Literary Intermediaries in the Book Market of Early Modern Madrid (1570-1640)\u201d Barbara Burrell<\/a><\/strong> and Katharine T. von Stackelberg<\/a><\/strong>, Classics: \u201cFeminism and Classics VI: Crossing Borders, Crossing Lines\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nBUAF Research Seed Grant<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nBUAF Special Purpose Grants \u2014 Manuscript Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nBUAF Special Purpose Grants \u2014 Travel to International Conferences<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nBSIG Seed Grants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
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\nBSIG Conference Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n