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The NAGAP Graduate Education Research Grant

The grant is designed to encourage emerging knowledge and understanding of the complexities of graduate enrollment management including all aspects of admissions and recruitment, enrollment, retention, and graduation in higher education.

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Congratulations to past research grant winners!

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2026-25
Gold Awards
Donna Su (Northwestern University): Metrics in Financial Value Transparency and Wellness in Graduate Education: Institutional Perspectives at Private Nonprofit Universities in the United States


 

2025-24

Gold Awards

Laura Look (University of North Dakota): Exploring Mentoring Expectations: A Quantitative Analysis of Faculty and Student Perspectives in Graduate Student Mentoring

 

Silver Awards

Nicole Hall (School of the Art Institute of Chicago): A social science approach to Graduate Enrollment Management: Leveraging Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for enhanced strategy in complex admissions markets


2022-23
Gold Awards
Dr. Matthew Bahnson (Penn State University): Measurement of Professional Identity and Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Degree Completion Intention: Opportunities for Student Retention

Silver Awards
Leah Fulton (University of Minnesota): The Childcare Needs and Experiences of Black Graduate Student Mothers


2020
Gold Awards
Janet Kim (University of Hawaii, Manoa): Understanding the Special Education Teacher Pipeline

Silver Awards
Kathryn Collins (Campbell University): The Impact of Mental Health First Aid Training on Faculty Perceptions, Competencies, and Helping Behaviors within a Health Sciences Graduate Student Population

2023-24
Gold Awards
Molly McAndrew (University of Kentucky): The Off-Campus Compromise: An Exploration of Graduate Students’ Housing Decisions and the Impacts of Commuting on Mental Well-Being

Silver Awards
Siqing Wei (Purdue University): Constructing and Developing Academic Identity in Engineering Education as International Graduate Students


2021-22
Gold Awards
Dr. Matthew Bahnson (Penn State University): Measurement of Professional Identity and Biological and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Degree Completion Intention: Opportunities for Student Retention

Silver Awards
Lauren Muñoz (University of Tennessee): Two Terminal Degrees: The Experience of Nurses with a Practice Doctorate Who Seek a PhD

Dr. Melissa Yeung (Bowling Green State University): Black, Indigenous, People of Color: Student Experiences in an Entry-Level Physical Therapy Education Program


 

2018

Stanley J. Kania III (Marywood University): The Use of Social Media and E-marketing in Graduate Student Recruitment: An Investigation of Graduate Enrollment Practices

Gavin Sanders (Wayne State University): Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Underrepresented Doctoral Students during the Dissertation Writing Process

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