Grant Awards
See what research Merrimack College’s faculty have been awarded grants to conduct.
2023 Federal Grants

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

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

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

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)

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)

The Translocation Mechanism of Nanomaterials in Plants by Azam Noori
Funded by: National Science Foundation

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

University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Service by April Bowling
Funded by: University of Massachusetts-Worcester/National Institutes of Health

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

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

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

Development of Research to Inform the Design and Improvement of Mathematics Education for Teachers by Julia St. Goar
Funded by: National Science Foundation

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

Evaluation of Universal Free School Meals in Massachusetts by Juliana Cohen
Funded by: Project Bread

Lauri Kurdziel, Katelyn Kurkul
Funded by: Davis Educational Foundation