Grant Awards
See what research Merrimack College’s faculty have been awarded grants to conduct.Â
2023 Federal Grants
![DSC_0013 Students working in the MitoCure Lab.](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/DSC_0013-qadf9sq1rck9eiinh1duc01swqafrpwiik0rfkx0r4.jpg)
The Impact of Insulin Sensitivity on the Potential of Metformin to Delay Age-Related Inflammation by Leena Bharath
Funded by: University of Kentucky/National Institutes of Health
![DSC_0029 Nutrition student working on data for Gamerfit.](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/DSC_0029-qa8djxf4qx8imky5ea21vthx2abyj94ufb3gdsm1ow.jpg)
GamerFit: A Digital Intervention to Improve Physical Activity and Sleep Behaviors in Youth with Psychiatric Diagnoses by April Bowling
Funded by: National Institutes of Health
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Evaluation of a District-Wide Initiative to Improve School Meal Consumption and Physical Activity Levels among Elementary Students in Anchorage, Alaska by Juliana Cohen
Funded by: National Institutes of Health
![labs-36 Science Lab, 2019](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/labs-36-qao3bvdb6xexzxdhwxnhwjfpnhc079gfr9l4t2uyvk.jpg)
Basin Effects in the Central and Eastern United States: Collaborative Research with Tufts University and Merrimack College by Jim Kaklamanos
Funded by: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
![21826_science-engineering.rev.1601321329 Merrimack College science and engineering project](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/21826_science-engineering.rev_.1601321329-q7jcn1enddyntkez8cxhn3r112vw7yn23w3kq3t9u8.jpg)
HVSR Site Terms for Nonergodic Ground Motion Models: Collaborative Research with Tufts University and Merrimack College by Jim Kaklamanos
Funded by: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
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The Translocation Mechanism of Nanomaterials in Plants by Azam Noori
Funded by: National Science Foundation
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Validation of Real-Time Field-Based Markers of Circadian Phase by Melissa St. Hilaire
Funded by: The Brighams and Women's Hospital/NIH
2022 Federal Grants
![18688_education-card.rev.1519701630 18688_education-card.rev.1519701630](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/18688_education-card.rev_.1519701630-q7je3t2h1k75lhrm3o2i4adlksspc94l12jvmbkmj4.jpg)
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service by April Bowling
Funded by: University of Massachusetts-Worcester/National Institutes of Health
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Evaluation of a District-Wide Initiative to Improve School Meal Consumption and Physical Activity Levels among Elementary Students in Anchorage, Alaska by Juliana Cohen
Funded by: National Institutes of Health
![19077_libarts_environmental.rev.1528823267 Student in a laboratory](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/19077_libarts_environmental.rev_.1528823267-q7jdq3l7djfma7of58rd98wlpid035pi581yo1wb9s.jpg)
Coastal Plain Amplification and Hazard Model for the National Seismic Hazard Model: Collaborative Research with University of Memphis, North Carolina State University, and Merrimack College by Jim Kaklamanos
Funded by: United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2021 Federal Grants
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Financial, Academic, Social, and Mental Health Supports to Improve STEM Undergraduate Student Retention and Graduation by Rickey Caldwell Jr
Funded by: National Science Foundation
2020 Federal Grants
![Instructor and Student Teacher pointing to paper of a student](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Instructorteacher-q7jb6j57lk319qoou5uquur2f7or8n6uk064mnnzf4.jpg)
Development of Research to Inform the Design and Improvement of Mathematics Education for Teachers by Julia St. Goar
Funded by: National Science Foundation
![Photo of a Merrimack Student walking past a sign that reads, "We Are One."](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Seasonal-August-21-qbqavxiakgn5moq4jr3rztppxp9hy7nr4sxlrcz30w.jpg)
The VESTA Longitudinal Twin Study of Cognition and Aging by Ruth MzKenzie
Funded by: Boston University/National Institutes of Health
2023 Privately Funded, State Awarded & Foundation Grants
![Photography for Merrimack College web site and publications. Student in dining hall.](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/10-30-18Meri21048-qbs1mv76z0yf6fhty6uq7sgvlj98bvh8dhxpijmln4.jpg)
Evaluation of Universal Free School Meals in Massachusetts by Juliana Cohen
Funded by: Project Bread
![Photography for Merrimack College. Photography for Merrimack College.](https://www.merrimack.edu/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/9-28-22Meri41381-qbs1oo222lf7fivmfgvzhu3ol4dk2zmpmey7mmyfps.jpg)
Lauri Kurdziel, Katelyn Kurkul
Funded by: Davis Educational Foundation