Shape the Future Today Fund in Psychology
Funds raised will be used for timely or most-pressing needs within the Department of Psychology. Most recently, the Shape the Future Today Fund has been used to support graduate student conference travel and research. Research support is also vital for graduate students who conduct independent pilot studies to help develop their dissertation proposals, purchase equipment, and/or pay subjects to participate in their research.
Travel Award Beneficiary: Daniel Storage
I attended the 2016 SPSS Conference and met with several widely renowned "big wigs" in our field that not only provided invaluable feedback on my studies but also brainstormed ideas for next steps in future studies. Since that time and thanks to this feedback, I have made signifcantly more progress on the two projects that I presented on had I not attended SPSS. One of these projects is now published, while the other is in its final stages of the writing process and should be submitted for publication soon. Given that publications are the key to getting a job in academia after graduate school...
To learn more about investing in the future of our students, faculty, research, and more, please contact:
Mindy Brand
Assistant Director of Development
217.300.9913 |
brand@illinois.edu