Providence College's Committee on Aid to Faculty Research (CAFR) has awarded over $83,000 in grant monies to seventeen faculty members. The purpose of the competitive awards program is to enhance the academic quality of the College by supporting faculty in scholarly pursuits.  Since its inception over 30 years ago, the College has awarded more than $1.3 million to PC faculty members.

The CAFR grant recipients, project titles, and grant amounts are as follows:

• Dr. Nuria Alonso García, associate professor of Spanish, and Dr. Piotr Chelminski, assistant professor of marketing, "Consumer Behavior and Sociolinguistics," $4,857.
• Dr. Elisabeth Arévalo, associate professor of biology, "Reproductive Behavior and Conflicts of Interest in the Social Wasp Polistes erythrocephalus," $7,615.66.
• Rev. Nicanor P.G. Austriaco, O.P., assistant professor of biology and adjunct instructor of theology, "Genetic Analysis of Calorie Restriction and Apoptosis in the Budding Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae," $8,700.
• Dr. Joseph L. Bartoe, assistant professor of biology, "Developmental Regulation of Netrin-1-mediated Axon Guidance," $10,000.
• Dr. John J. Colby, professor of psychology, "College Students' Evaluations of Problem Drinking Behavior: A Test of the Theory of Planned Behavior," $2,000.
• Rev. Edward L. Cleary, O.P., professor of political science and director of the Latin American Studies Program, "Catholic Lay Renewal in Latin America: The Catholic Charismatic Movement," $2,965.
• Dr. Charles F. Duffy, professor of English, "An Examination of the Manuscript of J.P. Marquand's The Late George Apley," "Graham Green's Reading for the End of the Affair," and "The Background to E.B. White's Once More to the Lake," $2,112.
• Dr. Deborah P. Goessling, associate professor of education, "The Careers of Teachers with a Visible Disability in Ireland and the United States," $2,456.
• Dr. Thomas J. Guilmette, associate professor of psychology, "The Effects of Negative Performance Expectations on Neuropsychological Test Scores," $4,465.
• Dr. Robert I. Krasner, professor of biology, "20th Century Microbe Hunters," $5,650.
• Dr. Michelle D. Jones, assistant professor of management, "Effectively Using Groups and Teams in Undergraduate Management Education," $7,978.49.
• Dr. Peter Morgan, assistant professor of education, "Transition to Teaching: Meaningful Reflective Practice for Elementary Mathematics and Science Teaching Candidates," $1,470.
• Dr. Jay D. Pike, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry, "Promoting Aptoptosis Using Small Molecule Inhibitors," $6,975.
• Dr. Pamela D. Sherer, associate professor of management, "Undergraduate Research Program Development," $2,700.
• Dr. Thomas F. Strasser, assistant professor of art history, "The Excavation at Priniatikos Pyrgos (Crete, Greece) & The Cretan Celt Project, $7,000.
• Dr. Yinsheng Wan, associate professor of biology, "Cell Signaling Pathway Leading to UV-Induced Cataract," $6,399.85.