The Fall 2025 round of the Student Scholarly and Creative Activities Grant will fund seven proposals totaling nearly $7,000.
These proposals were recommended for funding by members of the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee and ultimately approved for funding by Provost Scott Furlong.
Winners include:
- “40 Hz Prototype Medical Stimulation Device”
Students: Craig Bemis, Jose Dutan, Riley Thompson
Faculty Mentors: Adrian Ieta and Mustafa Ayad (Electrical and Computer Engineering) - “qPCR Analysis of Warfarin Embryopathy in Chicken Embryo”
Student: Evelyn Magee
Faculty Mentor: Poongodi Geetha-Loganathan (Biological Sciences)
- “Rational Design of Tetraarylphosphonium-Based Task-Specific Ionic Liquids with Exceptional Thermal Stability”
Student: Kylie Allen
Faculty Mentor: Arsalan Mirjafari (Chemistry) - “Disubstituted Cyclopropanated Lipid-like Ionic Liquids for High Energy Application”
Student: Raychell Jerdo
Faculty Mentor: Arsalan Mirjafari (Chemistry)
- “Mortality, Ecology and History in Riverside Cemetery”
Student: Rory Kemp
Faculty Mentor: Candis Haak (History) - “Application of new olivine-melt thermometry/hygrometry method to basaltic lavas from Neoproterozoic dikes crosscutting the Adirondack Highlands”
Student: Avery Reina
Faculty Mentor: Sarah Brehm (Atmospheric and Geological Sciences) - “Developing an Educational Game to Support Executive Functioning and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)”
Student: Shrishtika Bajracharya
Faculty Mentor: Helen Lee (Psychological Sciences)
For more information on these and other funding opportunities to support scholarly and creative activities, visit the Office of Research and Sponsored Program's Internal Grants website.
-- Submitted by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs