Research and Sponsored Programs

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On behalf of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty’s Office, ORSP provides professional support and services for research, scholarly projects & creative endeavors by faculty, students and staff.

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Associate Dean Kelly Neiles and Associate Professor Daniel Chase Awarded $1 Million NSF Grant

February 6, 2024

Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Chemistry Kelly Neiles and Associate Professor of Chemistry Daniel Chase were recently awarded a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE) titled “Broadening Instructional Innovation in the… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Tobiansky published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

August 14, 2023

Daniel Tobiansky (assistant professor of neurobiology) and colleagues recently published an article titled, "Neurosteroids and the mesocorticolimbic system" in the high-impact journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews.
The paper reviews the most recent and cutting-edge research on how… Find Out More

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Cassie Gurbisz Leads SMCM's Participation in $3.5 Million NSF Grant Collaborative

April 28, 2023

St. Mary’s College of Maryland is part of a collaboration of six institutions that was recently awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The project, led by Penn State, focuses on how aquatic plants and animals, such as clams, salt marshes and seagrasses, affect carbon… Find Out More

Empowering Diverse, Equitable, Inclusive, Just and Accessible Systems for Teaching and Learning

December 8, 2022

St. Mary’s College of Maryland has been announced as a recipient of a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in the Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) program. The grant will support SMCM in reflecting upon and ultimately restructuring the way it facilitates, evaluates and rewards teaching… Find Out More

Professor Julia King Receives National Park Service Grant

November 2, 2022

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is proud to announce that Julia King, professor of anthropology, was recently awarded a two-year grant through the American Battlefield Protection Program of the National Park Service. The American Battlefield Protection Program awarded 1.1 million… Find Out More

Professor Kelly Neiles awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

October 26, 2022

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is proud to announce that Associate Professor Kelly Y. Neiles was recently awarded a three-year grant through the National Science Foundation to develop and then implement Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) that use inexpensive and… Find Out More

Professor Julia King Receives Prestigious Fellowship in Landscape Studies from Dumbarton Oaks

March 8, 2021

Julia King, professor of anthropology and chair of that department at St. Mary's College of Maryland, has been awarded a prestigious residential fellowship at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C.

Administered by the trustees for Harvard University, Dumbarton Oaks… Find Out More

Research Administrator Adam Malisch Certified

December 20, 2019

Adam Malisch, research administrator in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, earned his professional accreditation in December. Only 38% of U.S. research administrators have such a professional accreditation, Certified Research Administrator.

Danielle Spaulding '20 Awarded Research Grant from Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid Research Program

September 1, 2019

Danielle Spaulding presenting her SURF research at St. Mary's College of Maryland, July 2019.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland student Danielle Spaulding ’20 was awarded a research grant from the Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program for her research titled “Can Glyphosate and Polyethoxylated Tallowamine Inhibit Cytochrome P450 Enzymes?” Spaulding, who is a double major in biology and… Find Out More

Villadsen Receives National Radio Astronomy Observatory Grant to Support Student Research

August 15, 2019

Jackie Villadsen, assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a $13,000 grant from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). The funds will provide stipends, conference travel support, and research computing for students participating in research with Villadsen.

Their research… Find Out More

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