Research at Salisbury University

Opportunities Fulton School of Liberal Arts Fulton Student Research Grants * * * Henson School of Science & Technology Henson Student Research * * * Perdue School of Business Bernstein Business Plan Competition * * * Seidel School of Education & Professional Studies Annual Regional Professional Development Schools Conference and Gallery Walk * * * University-wide NCUR Travel Grant Award Program Salisbury University Student Research Conference (SUSRC) University Student Academic Research Award (USARA) Graduate Research and Presentation (RAP) Travel Grant Program National Fellowships Posters on the Hill (CUR) * * *

Student Research

Salisbury University promotes and supports student scholarly research activities and creative work across all academic disciplines. These endeavors are integral to the teaching and learning experience as they provide opportunities for students to become closely affiliated with a faculty mentor and to develop skills and knowledge that will enable them to reach their academic and career goals. The experiences of working closely with colleagues in a research group help students gain needed experience and discipline as they become professionals.

Click a link at the right for more information about student research opportunities at SU.

Student Research Award Spotlight

Graduate Research and Presentation (RAP) Grant Program - Spring 2012

• Stephen Giarratano: "Assessing the Environmental Impact of Dietary Protein Choices Through Ecological Footprint Accounting" ($500)
• Alexandra Guerrierio: "Creating Exigency in Students toward Writing: How Workpace Writing can Benefit WAC" ($500)
• Melissa Perry:"Service Learning in the Composition Class: Creating Courses that Shape Our Students and Our Communities" ($500)
• Amy Reese: "Temperature as a Cellular Stress of Chinook Salmon Embryo Cells" ($500)
• Elizabeth Rentz: "Species Diversity and the Succession of Dung Beetles to Horse Dung on Assateague Island" ($500)
• Kyle J. Ward: "Temporal Hierarchy of Membrame Restructuring during Cold Acclimation in Fish" ($500)
• Kyle Wilhite: "Sexual Selection in the Spring Peeper: Female mate choice in response to variation in male cell properties and mixed signals" ($500)
• Chad Willey: "BK Channels in the Larvae (Caterpillars) of the Tobacco Hornworm (Manduca Sexta)" ($500)

USARA Award Recipients - Spring 2012

• Sarah Blondeaux: "Oxidative Stress Responses in Caenorhabditis Elegans with Reduced mrck-1 Expression" ($400)
• Carolyn Hayden: "The Effects of Caffeine on the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) Test" ($400) 
• Michelle Herrera: "Analysis of the Nordihydroguaiaretic Acid in Larrea Tridentata by way of Citizen Science" ($400) 
• Bridget O'Connell: "The Effects of Caffeine on the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) Test" ($400)  
• Nicholas Pompa: "Fusing Parallel Regression Results for Chromatographic Calibration" ($400) 
• Stephen Rigoulot: "Oxidative Stress Responses in Caenorhabditis Elegans with Reduced mrck-1 Expression" ($400) 
• Kimberley Russell: "Multi-year Comparison of the Wicomico Creekwatchers Water Quality Monitoring Program Data" ($364) 
• Alyson Stafford: "Presentation of Threat Orientations and the Systematic Processing of Threat Messages" ($138) 
• Sarah Williams: "Presentation of Threat Orientations and the Systematic Processing of Threat Messages" ($138) 

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