Small Project Grants

Past Recipients

2008

None funded.

2007

Paper presentation at the North American Society for Sport History Conference ($125)

Pilot study: “Sensation-Seeking: The role of hormones and social roles in the expression of a sex-specific trait” ($250)

2006

Transcription of ethnographic interviews, incentives to participants, and research supplies for a study, “Social Meaning of Food: Focused Ethnographic Interviews of Middle-Aged and Older Adults Living with Diabetes ($500)

2005

Leadership experience for 14- to 17-year-olds at Shaver’s Creek, “Project Yourself! Small Project Leadership Training Experience” ($500)

2004

Data collection, coding, and entry; and purchase of pedometers for study to examine time use, physical activity, and its effect on the health and well-being of a group of college students ($500)

Meals, materials and supplies for RPM 476 project: development of a leisure education program to benefit families at-risk in the Bellefonte area ($480)

2003

Survey to determine factors related to the provision of AAC services by speech language pathologists ($500)

Research assistant funding and supplies for a study to develop a multidimensional athletic training self-report outcomes assessment ($500)

2002

Funding for study exploring female acid attack victims’ experiences of leisure in Bangladesh ($500)

2001

Development of a business/program plan for a six-week day camp, implementation and evaluation of the camp, and feasibility analysis ($500)

Study to examine how children’s food intake is influenced by the presence or absence of other activities

2000

Re-print of the Gerontology Center’s Senior Guide ($500)

Promoting safety among Amish children of Lancaster County ($500)

1999

Children’s Electrode Cap for a pilot study on the act of prehension (grasping) ($500)

Development of a Kinesiology Club speaker series ($500)

1998

Development of a Kinesiology Club peer mentoring program ($500)

Developing nursing strategies for working with the Amish ($500)

1997

Evaluation of a new and innovative type of housing for individuals suffering from Alzheimers Disease or other chronic mental impairments and their caregivers

1996

Project to bring nationally- or regionally-recognized women or minority health care executives to campus for a day to discuss contemporary health care issues ($500)

1995

MRI scans for study, “Quantifying Lumbar Spine Compression” ($500)