Each year, Portz Interdisciplinary Fellowships are awarded to honors students from NCHC member institutions, to support creative and innovative research endeavors that cross boundaries. Individual students who wish to undertake cross-disciplinary research, or a team of two students from different disciplines who propose a single collaborative project, could have their research funded for up to 18 months!
Only one proposal from each member institution is accepted - so please share this message with all interested students in your honors program or college, and nominate your very best project for consideration! Don't miss this opportunity for financial support AND national recognition of your student research.
2022 Award Winners
Collin Gallimore, University of Central Arkansas - $5,000
Project Title: "Familia de Jesus: A Film of Religious and Cultural Influence in Rural Peru"
Faculty Sponsor: John Gale
Kendall Kelley, Bellarmine University - $5,000
Project Title: The "Hurt" and The "Healing": An Artistic Investigation Into the Impacts of Stigma Surrounding Substance Use Disorder
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Laura Hartford
Srikar Satish, Texas A&M University - $5,000
Project Title: Deriving a Consistent Index for the Hegemony of States Using an Advanced Machine Learning and AI Approach
Faculty sponsor: Quan Li
Amy Enberg, Florida Gulf Coast University - $1,500
Project Title: From "Plusgood" to "Peacekeepers": Manipulation of Language in Dystopian Literature
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Myra Mendible
Emmanuel Epau, St. Edward's University - $1,500
Project Title: Understanding Social Media Use in Rural Uganda: An Exploratory Study of Barriers to Digital Communication in Three Communities
Faculty sponsor: Dr. Debra Zahay-Blatz
Anthony Lisi, Drexel University - $1,500
Project Title: Understanding the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Vascular Complications in the Context of Chronic Kidney Disease: A New Collaboration Between Drexel University Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and The University of Bologna Department of Experimental, Diagnostic, and Speciality medicine (DUniBo).
Faculty sponsors: Dr. Olimpia Meucci, Dr. Gianandrea Pasquinelli, Dr. Renato Brandimarti
