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, seven awardees were granted up to $2,000 each. The awardees are:

• Lois Bansah; Biochemistry; Advised by Stephanie Gates
• John Cullen; Nutrition and Exercise Physiology; Advised by Victoria Vieira-Potter
• Jessica George; Nutrition and Exercise Physiology; Advised by Elizabeth Parks
• Jada Nix; Animal Sciences; Advised by Bethany Redel & Kiho Lee
• Rose Paul; Plant, Insect & Microbial Sciences; Advised by Gurbir Singh
• Khatereh Shirani; Food and Hospitality Systems; Advised by Azlin Mustapha
• Yizheng Wang; Natural Resources; Advised by John Lory, Curtis Ransom, Stephen Anderson