Research Affairs is pleased to announce the awardees of the Grants for Research and School Partnerships (GRASP); the Grant to Promote Collaborative & Translational Research (GCAT); and the new Strategic, Innovative and Meaningful Science (SIMS) awards for 2024. This year we had 22 competitive and unique applications that were submitted for review from different co-principal investigators across various LLU schools. These applications were evaluated by a panel of experienced researchers who rigorously discussed and scored the applications. Awardees were selected based on the combined scores of the reviewers.
Please join us in congratulating the following awardees:
GRASP Award sponsored by Research Affairs - $75,000 (24-month term)
Shu-Wei “Richard” Sun, PhD
Victoria K. Maskiewicz, PhD
Oral SlgA immunoglobulin treatment to prevent gastrointestinal mucositis caused by chemotherapy
GCAT Award sponsored by School of Medicine - $75,000 (24-month term)
Styliani Goulopoulou, PhD
Andrea Salcedo, DO
Circulating extracellular vesicles in patients with uterine fibroids
SIMS Award sponsored by Institute for Genetics and Translational Genomics -$100,000 (24-month term)
Johnny Davis Figueroa, PhD
Arpana Gupta, PhD (University of California at Los Angeles)
Gut Microbial Mechanisms Contributing to Food Addiction and Obesity
SIMS Award sponsored by Research Affairs - $100,000 (24-month term)
Cameron L. Neece, PhD, MA
Gazi Azad, PhD (Columbia University)
Behavioral Parent Training: A Community-Driven Implementation Study
All applicants should have received copies of the reviewer’s comments to guide them in preparing future grant applications. We encourage all our applicants to continue their passion and pursuit of research.
We would also like to extend our sincere appreciation to all our reviewers for their time and tireless support of research here at LLU.