The Futures Initiative is excited to announce the 40 FI grant winners of 2024! This year, we received a record-breaking 99 applications for the three grants that we offer, the Dr. Louise Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant, Paul C. Notari Environmental Studies Grant, and the Equity & Social Justice Grant. Out of these applications, we were able to support 40 students representing 21 fields at the Graduate Center with diverse and interesting research in subjects ranging from comparative literature to biology.

We thank all of the students who applied this round and look forward to sharing more about our 2024 grant recipients’ research next semester during our annual Digital Poster Showcase.

Check out our 2023 FI Grant Recipient Digital Poster Showcase [HERE].

Congratulations to our 2024 FI Grant Recipients!

Equity and Social Justice Grant

Jillian Crosby – Urban Ed
Jisoo Cho – Criminal Justice
Michael Rifino – Psychology
Jinuk Jeong – Criminal Justice
Favour Awah – Biochemistry
Caitlin Cacciatore – Digital Humanities (MA)

Paul C. Notari Environmental Studies Grant

Prajakta Sawant – Biology
Jah Elyse Sayers – EES
Anna Schlenz – EES
Zachary Del Rosso – Sociology
Pranabes Dutta – Economics
Enrique Valencia – EES
Ava Zwolinski – Psychology
Richard Rivera – EES
Samantha Delaney – Biochemistry
Alexandra Rego – Theater
Valerie Fryer-Davis – English
Louise Bonastre – French
David Monda Poli – Science
Renato Silva – EES

Dr. Louise Lennihan Arts & Sciences Grant

Quinn Schoen – Art History
Onur Ayaz – English
Ashleigh Washington – Social Welfare
Diana Higuera – LAILAC
Qiyao Pan – Sociology
Juliette Zhu – Sociology
Siobhan Pokorney – Sociology
Yuanyuan Zhang – Business
Kirsten Gill – Art History
Davine Edwards – Anthropology
Manon Hakem-Lemaire – Comparative Literature
Joni Sebastiano – Biochemistry
Keith Rosenthal – History
Hiji Nam – Psychology
Aria Walls – Biology
Anuja Mukherjee – Anthropology
Stefanos Milkidis – EES
Victoria Furtado – LAILAC
Yingshihan Zhu – Philosophy
Jui Chaugule – Biochemistry