Research

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  • Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research
    202-885-3753
    researchau@american.edu
    Leonard Hall Room 101-D

    Tubman, Jonathan G.
    Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research

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Council of Graduate Studies Outstanding Dissertation Award

Learn more about this competition to recognize outstanding PhD. dissertations submitted between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2012 for this $2,000 award and speaking opportunity.

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2013-14 Faculty Research Support Grant Award Winners

Congratulations to the faculty who have received funding to pursue their valuable research projects.

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Office of Research Integrity's Revamped Home

Click here to learn more about AU's Office of Research Integrity and use our new tool to determine if your project needs IRB approval.

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March 2013 Research Awards

In March 2013 (FY 2013), the Office of Sponsored Programs recorded the following grants for American University researchers.


PI: Jeremy Shiffman -- School of Public Affairs -- Title: Managing the Politics of Adolescent Sexuality Education in Nigeria and Mississippi -- Sponsor: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation -- Funds: $300,000


PI: Nancy Abramowitz -- Washington College of Law - Low Income Taxpayer Clinic -- Title: The Janet R. Spragens Federal Tax Clinic 2013 -- Sponsor: Internal Revenue Service -- Funds: $41,000


PI: Thespina Yamanis -- School of International Service - International Development -- Title: A Multilevel Intervention to Reduce HIV risk among Networks of Men in Tanzania -- Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Funds: $28,642


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Research at AU

American University, a Carnegie-classified research university, is deeply committed to creating knowledge, including creative and professional activity, in the arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and the professions. We strongly support research by our students and faculty.

Known as a college-centered research university, AU values scholar-teachers who are fully engaged both in research and in undergraduate and graduate teaching. Our most distinguished and accomplished scholars also teach.

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