NCAA research grants awarded to four graduate students

The NCAA Research Committee has selected four research proposals to fund in the 2022 cycle of the NCAA Graduate Student Research Grant Program.

Now in its 16th year, the program is aimed at stimulating research on college sports by providing financial support to graduate students in social and behavioral science fields. 

Their work will help inform NCAA member schools and the public on key topics by introducing new studies to the field. Awards for these one-time grants are set at a maximum of $7,500. Recipients are expected to culminate their project in an article written for publication in a scholarly journal or in a completed thesis or dissertation. 

Grants were awarded to the following graduate students:

• Chris Boyer (NC State): "Perceptions of Division I college student-athletes on mental health strategies and support being offered by their universities."  
• Morgan Ferrara (Houston): "The development and validation of the student-athlete resource inventory."
• Hannah Kloetzer (Temple): "A holistic evaluation of transition from sport programming offered by NCAA athletic departments."
• Hannah Levy (Washington State): "A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life: The association between athletic staff and athlete perceptions on help-seeking."

Additionally, the committee awarded three NCAA Research Committee Scholar Awards, which are $1,000 scholarships intended to recognize outstanding topics and research. These were awarded to graduate students Daniel Fleming (Utah State), Grace Louis (Northern Illinois University) and Christina Sanzari (University at Albany). While the committee was unable to fund these projects through a research grant, it wanted to recognize these rising scholars for the contributions they are making in the area of intercollegiate athletics research.

It is anticipated that the 2023 Graduate Student Research Grant call for proposals will be released in February, with proposals due in May.