Computer Science Prof. Cindy Chen was among the four faculty recipients of a Joseph P. Healey Endowment Grant.

Four members of the UMass Lowell faculty, each representing a different department, have been named as recipients of funding under the Joseph P. Healey grant program, which supports research and scholarly activities that “enhance the quality of the academic and intellectual life at the University.”

The four were chosen from a pool of 18 applicants, with a total of $17,000 in funding available. All four received equal funding of $4,250.

The recipients, and their project proposals, are:

• Prof. Cindy Chen of Computer Science for her proposal, “A Spatio-Temporal Knowledge Discovery System for Nuclear Physics Application;”
• Prof. Michaela Wyman Colombo of the Graduate School of Education for her proposal, “Improving Academic Literacy for Fourth-Grade English Language Learners;”
• Prof. Ashleigh Hillier of Psychology for her proposal, “Evaluation of an Interdisciplinary Music Intervention for Adolescents and Young Adults on the Autism Spectrum;” and
• Prof. Ellen Wetmore of Art for her proposal, “The Joys of Motherhood.”

In considering the grant applications, Vice Provost for Research Partha Chowdhury wrote in his letters to the awardwinners: “The review committee gave priority to projects that demonstrated potential for external funding and involved newer faculty.”