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Student Grant Program

Student Research Award Grants Application Deadline October 15 and March 8

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Submit all materials, including the recommendation form, by email to SigmaXi@usf.edu.

The Sigma Xi 国产短视频chapter announced its first Student Grant Program to support research for both undergraduate and graduate students in Fall 2022.

Graduate Recipients - Fall 2024

  • Christine Bergmann, Ph.D. candidate, Advisors: Robert H. Tykot, Charles Stanish,  Department of Anthropology. "Creating a Pollen and Phytolith Reference Collection for Paleoenvironmental Studies in the Andean Region" ($700)
  • Khuloud Alrashdi, Ph.D. candidate, Advisor: Norma Alcantar, Department of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering. "Sustainable Photocatalytic Films: Enhancing TiO2 with ZnO and Cactus Mucilage for Water Purification" ($363.87)

Graduate Recipients - Spring 2024

  • Colin Goodman, Ph.D. candidate, Deban Lab, Department of Integrative Biology. 
    鈥淢uscles, motor patterns, and movement: what explains interspecific variation in thermal performance curves?鈥�
  • Fernanda Silva Pimenta, PhD student, Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering. 鈥淟andfill Gas to Produce Liquid Fuels and Chemicals using an Eggshell Catalyst鈥� 

Undergraduate Recipients - Spring 2024

  • Kira M. Ruiz-Houston, Bachelor of Science in Microbiology, Minor in Infection Control; Minor in General Public Health. 鈥淔unctional Analysis of Novel Holin Proteins in Mycobacteria Phage D29.鈥�
  • Daniela Zamora Alviarez, B.S. Mechanical Engineering. 鈥淐haracterization of Graphene Monolayer and Bilayers for Electrocatalysis鈥�

Graduate Recipient - Fall 2023

  • Sunhye Kim, Ph.D. Geology program. Research mentor: Dr. Patricia Spellman. Project title: Quantifying the impact of farming on karst spring water quality.

Undergraduate Recipient - Fall 2022

  • Lauren Trumbull, B.S. Integrative Animal Biology/ Research mentor: Dr. Mark Margres
    Award will be used for RP-HPLC runs at 国产短视频core facility for 61 venom samples.

Graduate Recipients - Fall 2022

  • Laura Calabro, Master in Geology, School of Geosciences. Research mentor: Dr. Bogdan Onac. Award will be used to cover the expenses for radiocarbon dating at the Beta Analytic radiocarbon dating lab in Miami
  • Niveditha Nerlakanti, Cancer biology PhD program, Dept. of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology (CMMB). Research mentor: Dr. Conor Lynch. Award will be used to travel to the Metastasis Research society conference