Elizabeth Cox discusses benefits of Fall Competition Award on collaborations and extramural funding

Dr. Elizabeth CoxElizabeth Cox recently discussed the benefits that the UW Fall Research Competition has had on her research career in a UW-Madison news article. As a multi-time recipient of the award, Dr. Cox has found that the funding can be a great way to start new collaborations or support mentoring a graduate student. She has also used the funding to conduct a pilot test of an intervention to address barriers to self-management for youth and teens with type 1 diabetes, and then went on to secure a 3-year extramural award to evaluate the impact of the intervention in a multi-site randomized, controlled trial.

The deadline to apply for the next cycle of the Fall Research Competition is September 21, 2018. For more information and to apply, see here.