CRF Announces 2018 Graduate Student Scholars - Grant Writing Program

CRF has developed a pilot program to facilitate and support graduate students in the development of successful graduate fellowship applications. This pilot program is a 9-month program designed specifically for NSF and NIH pre-doctoral fellowship proposals. Six selected graduate scholars will receive mentoring and support from CRF faculty, staff and peers throughout the grant development process, including: development, refinement and communication of research ideas, approach, and methodology.

CRF Announces 2018-2019 Student Awardees

The Center for Research on Families (CRF) is pleased to announce the recipients of this year's Student Research Awards. CRF is committed to supporting students engaged in family research — our student researchers are addressing family challenges such as opioid use among parenting women, ADHD in early childhood, Flint water crisis and community nutrition. Eight talented students received awards in four categories for a total of over $24,000 awarded.

Nilanjana Dasgupta (FRS '06-'07 & '12-'13) Interviewed for National Science Foundation's Women's History Month Feature

Nilanjana Dasgupta (FRS '06-'07 & '12-'13) describes her research in the National Science Foundation: One focus of our work has been on psychological and learning environment characteristics that influence young women’s entry into STEM-based academic majors in colleges and universities. We find that changes in the local culture of classrooms and academic departments can make a real difference in the likelihood that a woman will choose STEM. Interventions are most effective when students are at transition points, such as when they move from high school to college, or early in college when they choose an academic major. Read the article here.

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