U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2023

The Impact of Schooling on the Acquisition of “Little Words" in Brazilian Portuguese, Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois; Elaine Grolla, Universidade de São Paulo; Tania Ionin, University of Illinois.

The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Confluence of Two Geniuses of Amazonian Proportions, Iura Rezende, School of Music, University of Illinois.

Candinho, Olga Maslova and Julie Gunn, University of Illinois;  Co-Principal Investigator: João Guilherme Ripper, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2022

Overview of Child Labor in Brazil in Recent Years and the Possible Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic Mary Paula Arends-Kuenning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Marcos de Oliveira-Garcias, Universidade Federal de Lavras

How Communication Affects the Adoption of Digital Technologies in Soybean Production in Brazil Eric Morgan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Antonio Padula, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Candinho: Brazilian composer creates a new opera based on the childhood of famous Brazilian painter Olga-Maslova and Julie Gunn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and João Guilherme Ripper, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2021

Franck Delpomdor, Illinois State Geological Survey, Prairie Research Institute Project Title: Tracing the Global Climate Change in the Late Proterozoic Bambuí Group, Minas Gerais, East-Central Brazil

Carlos Inoue, Gies College of Business Project Title: Critically Examining Business Models for Private Higher Education Services in Brazil

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2020

Olivia Campos Coiado, College of Medicine/Bioengineering Project Title: Noise Pollution in Hospitals in Brazil and in the USA and its Impact on the Health Care Community and Patients coiado@illinois.edu

Olga Maslova, Theatre/Costumer and Design Project Title: Teatro, Opera, Pescadores. Universal Language of Singing and Fishing maslova@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2019

Arden Rowell, College of Law, University of Illinois Project Title: Essential Environmental Law in Brazil karowell@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2018

Gisela Sin, Political Science, University of Illinois Project Title: Order in Chaos: Political Parties and Preferencial PR Systems in Brazil gsin@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2015

Andrew Miller, Illinois Natural History Survey Carol Ann Shearer, Department of Plant Biology Project Title: Ecology, Systematics, and Functional Diversity of Brazilian Freshwater Ascomycetes soc1024@illinois.edu Michael Silvers, Illinois School of Music Project Title: Voices of Drought: Forró Soundscapes in Northeastern Brazil msilvers@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2014

Karen Margarett Tabb Dina Assistant Professor in School of Social Work Project Title: Postpartum Suicidal Ideation in Brazil ktabb@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2013

Ruth Aguilera Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration Project Title: The Trojan horse of Latin America: Multinational expansion into Brazil as a regional launching pad 1990-2010. agu@illinois.edu Gisela Sin Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science Project Title: Veto bargaining and the legislative process in Brazil gsin@illinois.edu Andrew Suarez Associate Professor, Department of Animal Biology Project Title: Evolution of traits associated with invasion success in Brazilian Linepithema ants avsuarez@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2012

Hayri Onal Professor, Department of Agriculture, Consumer Economics Project Title: An Economic Analysis of the Biofuel Mandats in the U.S. and Brazil and Intensification of the Brazilian Livestock Sector: Challenges and Opportunities h-onal@illinois.edu Matthew Winters Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science Project Title: Rouba, maz faz or not? Corruption, Information, and Accountability in Brazil mwinters@illinois.edu Marcelo Bucheli Associate Professor, Business Administration / History Project Title: National Elite, Multinational Corporations and Oil Policy in Brazil mbucheli@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2011

Carla Santos Associate Professor, Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism Project Title: Tourism and Socioeconomic Realities in Brazil: a framing analisys csantos@illinois.edu Ryan Shosted Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics Project Title: The Articulation of Nasalized Vowels in Brazilian Portuguese rshosted@illinois.edu Irene Small Assistant Professor, School of Art and Design Project Title: Situating Transmission: Hercule Florence and the invention of photography in Brazil ismall@illinois.edu David Wright Associate Professor, Department of English Project Title: And in the Ruined Houses, a novel. wright3@illinois.edu

U of I Faculty Members Awarded Research Grants in 2010

Flávia Andrade Assistant Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health Project Title: Life Expectancy and Healthy Life expectancy in Brazil fandrade@illinois.edu Merle Bowen Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Director, Center for African Studies Project Title: Economic Development and State Policies: Brazil’s Quilombo Communities bowen@illinois.edu Waïl Hassan Associate Professor, Program in Comparative and World Literature Project Title: Arab-Brazilian Literature and Culture whassan@illinois.edu