Student Awards & Grants Received at UVM

Kristin M. Baker

Title: Panic Attacks and Smoking
Dates: 11/2002-7/2003
Amount: $2,000 (direct costs) [$2,000 total costs]
Funding Source: University of Vermont/Stimulating Undergraduate/Graduate Research Program
Role: Sponsor [Kristin Baker (undergraduate student), PI]

Ronald Suiter Travel Award ($600; UVM)

Amit Bernstein

National Institutes of Health Pre-Doctoral National Research Service Award Fellowship ($75,018), 2004-2006

University of Vermont Graduate Student Advisory Council Grant, ($200), 2003

Marcel O. Bonn-Miller

McNeil Prevention and Community Psychology Fund: Research Travel Award, ($500), 2006

Mini-Grant Travel Award, ($400), University of Vermont Graduate College, 2006

Mini-Grant Travel Award, ($400), University of Vermont Graduate College, 2005

Ronald Suiter Travel Award ($600), University of Vermont, 2005

Meggan M. Bucossi

Title: Anxiety Sensitivity and Smoking: A Prospective Evaluation
Dates: 12/2004-5/2005
Amount: $3,000 (direct costs) [$4,000 total costs]
Funding Source: University of Vermont/Stimulating Undergraduate/Graduate Research Program
Role: Sponsor [Meggan Bucossi (undergraduate student), PI]

Jennifer Farber

Title: An Examination of Behavioral Inhibition Sensitivity in the Laboratory
Dates: 1/2001-1/2002
Amount: $3,152 (direct costs) [$3,152 total costs]
Funding Source: University of Vermont/Stimulating Undergraduate/Graduate Research Program
Role: Sponsor [Jennifer Farber (undergraduate student), PI]

Matthew T. Feldner

Principle investigator [(Feldner, M. T. (P.I.), & Zvolensky, M. J. (Sponsor)]. An empirical investigation of the cognitive repercussions involved in specific emotion regulatory attempts. (2002; Two-year NIMH-NRSA training fellowship; $74,000).

Research coordinator [Zvolensky, M. J. (P.I.), & Feldner, M. T. (Research Coordinator)], Relations among smoking and panic disorder. (2002; NIMH B-Start; $75,000).

Co-investigator [Leen, E. W. (PI), Feldner, M. T. (co-investigator), & Zvolensky, M. J. (co-investigator)]. Adolescent behavioral inhibition and response suppression: An experimental investigation. (2001; Child and Adolescent Psychology Training and Research Grant, $4,896.80).

Principle Investigator (Feldner, M. T.). An experimental test of a risk reduction program for the prevention of panic disorder. (2004; Department of Psychology at the University of Vermont; $500).

Principle Investigator (Feldner, M. T.). Training translational researchers: An interdisciplinary approach versus training “translators.” (2002; Graduate Student Advisory Council; $150).

Principle Investigator (Feldner, M. T.). Examining emotional reactivity among persons with panic who smoke. (2001; Graduate Student Advisory Council; $200).

Anxiety Disorders Association of America Trainee Travel Award ($1,500)

Ronald Suiter Travel Award ($600; UVM)

Kristin L. Gregor

UVM Graduate Student Advisory Council Travel Award (February, 2006, $300)

UVM Graduate Student Advisory Council Travel Award (November, 2004, $400)

National Institute on Drug Abuse Travel Award (June, 2004, $200)

Ellen Leen-Feldner

Awardee: Child and Adolescent Psychology Training and Research Grant. Principle Investigator: Leen-Feldner, E. W (2002). [Co-investigator: Zvolensky, M. J.]. An Experimental Examination of Anxiety Sensitivity in an Adolescent Population ($4123.20).

Awardee: Child and Adolescent Psychology Training and Research Grant. Principle Investigator: Leen-Feldner, E. W (2001). [Co-investigators: Feldner, M. T. & Zvolensky, M. J.]. Adolescent behavioral inhibition and response suppression: An experimental investigation. ($4896.80).

Awardee: Alumni Research Funding. Principle investigator: Leen-Feldner, E (2001). Behavioral inhibition sensitivity as a predictor of anxious and avoidance responding on a paced auditory serial addition task. ($275.00).

Alison C. McLeish

Principle Investigator (McLeish, A. C.). Evaluating the Moderating Role of Anxiety Sensitivity
on Smoking in terms of Panic Psychopathology: A Prospective Test. (2004; Psychology Department Dissertation Grant, $500).

Kathryn L. McMahon

Ronald Suiter Travel Award ($600; UVM)

Anka A. Vujanovic

Pre-doctoral National Research Service Award (NRSA: 1F31 DA21006-01)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
[Priority Score: 135; Amount of Award: $83,304; Funding Period: 3/06 – 3/08]

McNeil Fund Travel Award ($500), Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, 2005

Ronald Suiter Travel Award ($600), University of Vermont, 2004

Mini-Grant Travel Award ($400), University of Vermont Graduate College, 2004