Research Division announces awardees for 2024-25 OURC/Baker Fund fall cycle

The Ohio University Research Committee (OURC)/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at Ohio University.

The program supports projects that range in scope from initial stages to those that are near completion, with funding requests of up to $15,000.

Funding for this program is provided by the Vice President for Research office and an endowment from 1926 College of Arts and Sciences graduate Edwin L. Kennedy and his wife, Ruth, a 1930 graduate of the Patton College of Education.

The OURC/Baker Fund received a total of 18 proposals for a total funding request of $235,060. The committee selected eight recipients for the fall cycle, totaling $88,158 in funding. Those recipients and their proposals are listed below.

Awardees

Jeremy Webster, English
"Materiality, Manuscript Culture, and the Queerness of Satire in Late Stuart England"
Amount Funded: $8,463

Jeff Russell and Melissa Anderson, Athletic Training and Exercise Physiology
"Concussion History, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Vestibular-Oculomotor Function in Performing Artists and Athletes"
Amount Funded: $13,730

Jean Forney, Psychology
"Relationships between Exercise and Appetite in Women with Loss of Control Eating"
Amount Funded: $8,284

Kody Wolfe, Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environment
"Mechanochemical Degradation of Polyvinylidene Difluoride (PVDF) Binder for Direct Recycling of Li-Ion Battery Cathode Materials"
Amount Funded: $14,189

Donald Miles, Biological Sciences
"A Functional Trait-Based Analysis for Assessing the Impact of Wildfires on Lizards"
Amount Funded: $14,992

Jennifer Grant, Psychology
"Gambling in Rural Areas: A Focus on Appalachian Communities"
Amount Funded: $15,000

Glenn Matlack, Environmental and Plant Biology
"Forest in the City: Residual Effects of Historical Land Use and Soils"
Amount Funded: $6,165

Greg Springer, Earth and Environmental Geosciences
"A Paleoclimatic and Palaeoecological Record from the Buckeye Creek Cave Watershed, Greenbrier County, WV"
Amount Funded: $7,335

Proposals for the spring cycle have a deadline of Thursday, Feb. 13. Inquiries about the program should be directed to Carma West at westc@ohio.edu.