Barnard Faculty Awarded Research Funding

In the past month, Barnard faculty members have secured new grants to support their research in several fields. Below are the most recent for the Barnard community:

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Elizabeth Ananat received a National Science Foundation subaward from Duke University for “The Effects of Scheduling Regulation on Workers and Families.” She also received a Robin Hood Foundation subaward from Columbia University for “Return on Investment to Cash and Near Cash Programs.” 

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Sarah Morrison-Smith and Adam Poliak were awarded an unrestricted gift from Google’s exploreCSR initiative to launch a program called “Barnard BEARS: Better, Enhance, and Advance Research Series.” Barnard BEARS is a workshop preparing Barnard undergraduates for opportunities in computer science research.

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Reshmi Mukherjee received funding from NASA, via the New York Space Grant Program at Cornell University. The grant will support two SRI students each year for the next four years.

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Andrea Ritchie and Mariame Kaba received support from an anonymous donor for “Interrupting Criminalization: Research in Action,” a project with the Barnard Center for Research on Women's Social Justice Institute.