S. Adam Smith, a graduate student in Cognitive Psychology, is a Spring 2017 Future Faculty Fellow. The Future Faculty Fellowship Program (FFFP) is a UNC Center for Faculty Excellence graduate student initiative. FFFP is a semester-long program that introduces graduate … Read more

Dr. Jessica Cohen, an Assistant Professor of Cognitive Psychology, is the recipient of a 2016 National Institutes of Health R61/R33 subcontract grant with the Kennedy Krieger Institute. The Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R61) provides support for the first phase of an award … Read more

Eleanna Varangis, a graduate student in Cognitive Psychology, is the recipient of a 2016 Baughman Dissertation Research Award. The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience at UNC offers the Earl and Barbara Baughman Dissertation Research Award annually to two of the … Read more

5 graduate students in the Cognitive Psychology Graduate Program were selected to receive a 2015 Dashiell Student Travel Award. Generous donor support to the Dashiell Research Fund allows our departmental graduate programs to support graduate student travel to conferences. Congratulations … Read more

Chris Foster, a graduate student in Cognitive Psychology, is the 2015-16 recipient of a Dashiell Dissertation Startup Award. The Dashiell Dissertation Startup Award honors John Frederick Dashiell, founder of the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, and is intended to support … Read more

Patrick Powell, a graduate student in Cognitive Psychology, is the recipient of the 2015 Baughman Dissertation Research Award. The purpose of this award is to promote and support innovative dissertation research in our department. Patrick’s research examines age-related changes in … Read more

Dr. Peter Gordon, a Professor of Cognitive Psychology, is the recipient of the 2015 James McKeen Cattell Award. The Cattell Award provides funds to psychologists to supplement the regular sabbatical allowances provided by home institutions. The Cattell Award will fund … Read more

Dr. Joseph Hopfinger, a Professor of Cognitive Psychology, and Dr. Kathleen Gates, an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology, are the recipients of a 2014 $150,000 Human Cognition Grant from Lumosity (Lumos Labs, Inc). This first-time Human Cognition Grant is a … Read more

Dr. Jennifer Arnold, an Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology, is the recipient of a 2014 National Science Foundation three-year grant. The National Science Foundation funds research and education in most fields of science and engineering through grants and cooperative agreements. … Read more

Jaclyn Ford, a graduate student in Cognitive Psychology, is the 2013 recipient of the Earl and Barbara Baughman Dissertation Research Award. The purpose of this award is to promote and support innovative dissertation research in our department. The award honors … Read more