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2026-2027 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) Awardees


The Graduate School is happy to announce the 2026-2027 Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship (AGGRS) recipients.

The AGGRS program provides small grants up to $5,000 to support the research and scholarship of doctoral or terminal research degree candidates for their dissertations or theses.

Congratulations to this exceptional cohort of recipients!

Danwyn Aranha- Chemical Engineering

Valeria Arteaga Muniz- Physics

Ali Barooni- Materials Science and Engineering

Zack Batsaikhan- Educational Studies

Rani Bawa- Psychology

Lily Brouder- Psychology

Journie Dickerson- Speech and Hearing Science

Fuyi Feng- Teaching and Learning

Acadia  Hall- Economics

Miriam Hazlett- Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

John Hurtado Cadavid- Spanish and Portuguese

Nidhi Jha- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Roma Karna- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Saroj Khatiwada- Animal Sciences

Joon Tai Kim- Mechanical Engineering

Minjung Kim- Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan Leopold- Environmental Science

Rachel Mason- Public Health

Gahyun Park- Educational Studies

Emily Pivovarnik- Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Natalia Provolo- Psychology

Shiddhartha Ramprakash- Materials Science and Engineering

Daniel Richie- Biomedical Engineering

Joselyn Sarabia- Social Work

Anneliese Schenk- Sociology

Hrithik Shetty- Food Science and Technology

Jaee Sonalkar - Teaching and Learning

John Tengatenga- Political Science

Adam Tjoelker- Geography

Abigail Underwood- Social Work

Chih Yu Wang- Nursing

Maria Weibel- Nursing

Yaolan Weng- Educational Studies

Rebecca Xie- Public Policy and Management

Yutong Yang- Chemical Engineering