Student Grants

Current Student Grants

Madi Edwards, M.A.

Source: National Institute of Health/National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 
Type: F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
Role: Principal Investigator (Sponsor: Dr. DiLillo)
Amount: $99,925
Status: Awarded. Funding period July 2023 – July 2025

Past Student Grants

Alex Brockdorf, M.A.

Source: National Institute of Health/National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 
Type: F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
Role: Principal Investigator (Sponsor: Dr. DiLillo)
Amount: $104,701
Status: Awarded. Funding period February 2021 – July 2023

Shaina Kumar, M.A.

Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Type: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31HD101271)
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $109,018 (Total Direct Costs)
Status: Awarded. Funding Period: 05/2020 – 07/2022

Source: The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment
Type: Dissertation Research Award
Amount: $3,500

Hanna Grandgenett, M.A.

Source: National Instititue of Health (NIH) Great Plains IdeA-CTR Network
Type: NIH Great Plains IDeA-CTR Pilot Grant
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Amount: $50,000 (Total Direct Costs)
Status: Completed. Funding period 7/2019 – 6/2021

Michelle Haikalis, M.A.

Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (1F31AA024692-01)
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $129,360 (Total Direct Costs)
Status: Completed. Funding period 12/2015 – 12/2018

Molly Franz, M.A.

Source: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Type: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31HD089687-01)
Role: Principal Investigator
Amount: $94,692 (Total Direct Costs)
Status: Completed. Funding period 08/2016 – 08/2018

Anna Jaffe, M.A.

Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31 AA023456-01)
Role: Principal Investigator
Title: Effects of Peritraumatic Alcohol Intoxication on Intrusive Memories
Amount: $128,028 (Total Direct Costs)
Status: Completed. Funding period 07/2014 – 06/2017

Rosalita Maldonado, M.A.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) - F31
Principal Investigator
Title:  Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Neurocognitive Processing on Partner Violence
Total Direct Costs for 24 Months = $121,011
Status: Completed, Funding period 9/12 to 8/14

Laura Watkins, M.A.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) - F31
Principal Investigator
Title: Effects of Alcohol Intoxication and Rumination on Lab-Based Partner Aggression
Total Direct Costs for 24 Months = $87,207
Status: Completed, Funding period 3/12 to 3/14

Kate Walsh, M.A.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) - F31
Principal Investigator
Title: Revictimization, Emotion Regulation, and PTSD
Total Direct Costs for 24 Months = $93,207
Status: Completed, Funding period 9/08 to 8/10

Sarah Evans, M.A.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) - F31
Pre-doctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health Related Disciplines
Principal Investigator
Title: Resiliency to Child Maltreatment: The Role of Observational Spousal Social Support
Total direct costs for 24 months = $78,019
Status: Completed, Funding period 3/08 to 3/10

Emily Trask, M.A.

National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)
Grant #1F31MH080533 - 01A1
Principal Investigator
Title: Efficacy of Treatments for Sexually Abused Children: A Meta-Analysis
Total direct costs = $36,528
Status: Completed, Funding period 9/07 to 9/08

Sarah DeGue

Source: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Proposal: Examining a Predictive Model of Male Sexual Coercion
Type: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (F31 MH071081)
Role: Faculty Sponsor (PI – Sarah DeGue)
Amount: TDC = $42,788
Status: Completed, Funding period: 6/04 – 9/05