Category: Awards

April 27, 2023

Center for Families announces 2023 Funding Recipients

Center for Families announces the 2023 Funding Recipients – Congratulations faculty and students focused on research about families!

December 16, 2022

MFRI Research award finalists contribute diverse solutions and innovations for military families’ mental, physical healthcare

The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University (MFRI) has announced five finalists for its 2022 Barbara Thompson Excellence in Research on Military and Veteran Families Award. The finalists come from a variety of academic fields and a wide range...

October 24, 2022

Faculty and students invited to apply for funding for research about families

The Center for Families’ annual funding program supports the study of families from a cross-disciplinary, life course perspective. Faculty and students from all departments and colleges are encouraged to apply.

October 24, 2022

Nominations sought for Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families

The Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families recognizes outstanding family research being conducted by Purdue Faculty.

April 20, 2022

Congrats to 2022 Funding Recipients!

Lorene Burkhart Award for Excellence in Research about Families Rosie Shrout, PhD, Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Sciences Breast Cancer Survivors' Satisfying Marriages Predict Better Psychological and Physical Health: A Longitudinal Comparison...

July 14, 2021

Congratulations to CFF Funding Recipients

2021 Faculty Awards Kontos Faculty Fellowship – Dr. Xiang Zhou, Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology in the College of Education, Burmese refugee adolescents’ psychosocial development: A longitudinal follow-up study Research Enhancement Grant – Dr. AJ Schwichtenberg, Associate Professor, Human Development...

February 28, 2021

WINNER: Reconceptualizing what and how women negotiate for career advancement

2020 Kanter Award Winner Announced: The Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work & Family are delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research. Hannah...

June 29, 2020

CFF recognizes funding recipients for 2020-2021

Faculty Awards Burkhart Faculty Fellowship – Trenton D. Mize, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of Liberal Arts. Attenuating the Commitment Penalty: How Organizational Policies and Workplace Culture Affect Perceptions of Workers Who Take Parental Leave Research Enhancement Grant –...