The College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Office of Research offers the CAFNR Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (C-DRIG) of up to $2,000 to support or partially support dissertation research projects proposed by doctoral students in the College. Eligible students will have completed their coursework and have advanced to candidacy or will advance to candidacy within six months of the C-DRIG awards.

Proposals are evaluated by the CAFNR Research Council, an advisory body that advises CAFNR Office of Research and is made up of representatives from each Division in the College.

This year, six awardees were granted $2,000 each. The awardees are:

• Matthew McDonald; Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Science, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology; Advised by Jill Kanaley
• Michael Molloy; School of Natural Resources, Emphasis in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; Advised by Sonja Wilhelm Stanis
• Nirmal Khadka; Division of Plant Science and Technology, Plant, Insect, and Microbial Sciences; Advised by Bing Yang
• Bo Lyu, Plant; Division of Plant Science and Technology, Plant Insect and Microbial Sciences; Advised by Qisheng Song
• Harmeet Singh,; Division of Plant Science and Technology, Plant, Insect and Microbial Sciences; Advised by Feng Lin
• Qianni (Jacqueline) Zhu, Division of Applied Social Sciences, Hospitality Management Program Food and Hospitality Systems; Advised by Pei Liu