College of Social Sciences Research Support Awards
Each year, the College of Social Sciences (CSS) announces the availability of funds to support faculty efforts to develop and submit a nationally competitive research grant proposal. These funds are from overhead monies (RTRF) generated by extramural grants and contracts in the college’s portfolio. Awards will be made to support research activities leading directly to the development of a nationally competitive research proposal that has a strong potential for being funded.
Spring 2022 Award Recipients
Research Support Award Program
Katharina Heyer, Political Science & Daniela Bond-Smith, UHERO
Award Amount: $23,359
Building a participatory data infrastructure for community-driven, real-time monitoring of the Disabled community’s needs and priorities in Hawai‘i
Chiako Hung & Morgen Johansen, Public Administration
Award Amount: $13,386
The Impact of Nonprofit Commercialization on Inequities in Health Care Access
Karl Kim & Lily Bui, Urban & Regional Planning
Award Amount: $26,298
Something in the Water: The Red Hill Disaster
Michael Roberts & Ekaterina Sherstyuk, Economics
Award Amount: $26,377
Climate, Commodity Prices, and Storage: Can Public Policy Mitigate Price Volatility?
Helen Yu, Public Administration
Amount: $21,473
Community Policing and Community Trust: Overcoming Barriers
Fall 2021 Award Recipients
Research Support Award Program
David Beilman, Geography and Environment
Award Amount: $9,689
Pacific Island Climate Change: Wetlands in Fijias Long-term Rainfall Archives
Jennifer Darrah-Okike, Sociology
Award Amount: $10,000
Pathways to and out of Unsheltered Homelessness in Honolulu and in Comparative Perspective
Christian Peterson, Anthropology
Award Amount: $8,545
K2, Mapungubwe, and the Origins of Great Zimbabwe: Complex Society Emergence and Development in Iron Age Southern Africa
2020 Award Recipients
Research on Implications of COVID-19 for Hawaii
Emily Daubert, Psychology
Award Amount: $9,998
Parent-child Relationships and Child Academic Outcomes: Implications of COVID-19 for Hawaiian Families
Dan Milz, Urban and Regional Planning
Award Amount: $9,974
Public Participation and the Plague: How the State of Hawaii Can Carry Out Participatory Democracy Under Quarantine and Social Distancing
Lawrence Nitz, Political Science
Award Amount: $9,955
Resetting the Table - Keeping and Bringing Back Hawaii's Restaurants
Wei Zhang, Sociology
Award Amount: $10,000
Exploring the Relationship between COVID-19 Spread and Social Vulnerability at the Neighborhood Level: Implications for Policy and Practice
2018 - 2019 Award Recipients
Research Support Award Program
John (Jack) Barile, Psychology
Award Amount: $22,910
Identifying the Role of Participation and Reciprocal Social Support in
Enhancing Quality of Life Among People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Lisa Kelley, Geography
Award Amount: $22,442
Flooding and Land-Livelihood Transformations in Southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia
Justin Kim, Psychology
Award Amount: $22,929
Model-Based Approach on Assessing Individual Differences in Affective Processing in Style
Krysia Mossakowski, Sociology
Award Amount: $10,501
The Upstream Effect of Children's Education on Their Parents' Cognitive Health
Support for Undergraduate Research Assistants
Nori Tarui, Economics
Award Amount: $1,954
An Economic Analysis of Solar PV Diffusion: Investigating the Role of Community Characteristics and Economic Incentives Using Granular Data
2017 - 2018 Award Recipients
Research Support Award Program
Leah Bremer, UHERO/SSRI
Award amount: $14,376
Restoring Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services through Cost-Effective and Resilient Agroforestry Systems
Reece Jones, Geography
Award amount: $21,975
The Geography of the Constitution Free Zone: The Border Patrol and the Fourth Amendment in the 100-mile Border Zone
Aya Kimura, Sociology
Award amount: $15,397
Citizen Science in Agri-food System: Cooperatives as a Platform
Lester Lusher, Economics
Award amount: $11,501
Loss Aversion Point Structure
Mary Mostafanezhad, PI & Yi Qiang, Geography
Award amount: $21,750
Infrastructure and Rural Connectivity: The Socio-Ecological Impact of China’s Belt-Road Initiative in Northern Thailand
Support for Undergraduate Research Assistants
Mary Mostafanezhad & Yi Qiang, Geography
Award amount: $4,000
Tourismphobia: Understanding the Socioeconomic Drivers of Anti-Tourism Sentiments
Kristin Pauker, Psychology
Award amount: $3,760
Origins of Intergroup Perceptions and Attitudes across Diverse Contexts
Nori Tarui, Economics
Award amount: $2,255
An Economic Analysis of Electricity Demand in Commercial and Industrial Sectors and Solar PV Diffusion: Investigating the Role of Weather and Economic Incentives Using Granular Load Data