MPRC Announces Winners of the 2014 Summer Student Research Grant Competition

In its first year, this program drew proposals from 11 Student Research Affiliates. We congratulate the following three students, whose proposals were judged to be of the highest quality:

Hyeeun Chung, Family Science, “Asian American Subgroup Differences of Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems: The Role of Cultural Values and Family Functioning.”

Tyler Myroniuk, Sociology, “The Influence of Marital Status and Dissolutions on the Health of Older Individuals in a Rural African Context.”

Stephanie Rennane, Economics, “A double safety net? Interactions between government and family assistance for the disabled.”

MPRC Summer Research Grants are awards intended to provide promising MPRC Student Research Affiliates with summer research time or other research resources to complete work on a paper or extended abstract to submit to the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Conference. MPRC Summer Research Grants carry a total award amount of $4,000, which may be spent on a summer stipend or on other research resources (such as for data purchases or travel related to research objectives).