Congratulations to the 2024-25 OVPR Research Funding Program Awardees. Thirteen proposals were selected for funding by the University Research Council. Three of the 13 proposals funded were from the East Tennessee State College of Public Health Department of Health Sciences.
ETSU’s vision is to be recognized, through funding and program rankings, as one of the premier R2 research universities in the nation. In support of this vision, the University, through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR), is committed to financially supporting high-quality, rigorous, impactful scholarship. The OVPR Research Funding Program (RFP) Awards, awarded annually, fund proposals that likely lead to external funding, increased institutional reputation, and significant missional impact.
A maximum of $15,000 is given per individual award.
The following proposals were funded from the Department of Health Sciences:
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- Dr. Justin Ledogar - Mechanical compensation and trade-offs in the evolution of the primate-feeding apparatus: Implications for hominin craniofacial evolution
- Dr. Erik Petersen - Regulation of bacterial replication by a Salmonella environmental sensor
- Dr. Matt Zahner - Validation of viral infection of designer receptors to improve recovery of blood pressure regulation after spinal cord injury