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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October 2012 Research Awards

In October 2012 (FY 2013), the Office of Sponsored Programs recorded the following grants for American University researchers.


PI: Sarah Irvine Belson -- College of Arts and Sciences - School of Education, Teaching, and Health -- Title: From the Laboratory to the Classroom: Building Capacity for Math and Science Teaching in DC (Lab2Class) -- Sponsor: National Science Foundation -- Funds: $1,884,606


PI: Caroline Cooper -- School of Public Affairs - Justice Programs Office -- Title: Adult Drug Court-Specific Technical Assistance Program -- Sponsor: US Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Assistance -- Funds: $1,200,000


PI: Richard Wilson -- Washington College of Law -- Title: Human Rights Teaching and Research Partnership Program: Alianza Valle del Cauca -- Sponsor: Higher Education for Development -- Funds: $1,000,000


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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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