{"id":2585,"date":"2022-03-18T14:48:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T18:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/?post_type=ksasresearchprojects&#038;p=2585"},"modified":"2024-11-06T11:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:04:29","slug":"jeffrey-ma-shiu-and-emily-liu-endowed-aspire-award","status":"publish","type":"ksasresearchprojects","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/projects\/jeffrey-ma-shiu-and-emily-liu-endowed-aspire-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Ma Shiu and Emily Liu Endowed ASPIRE Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Jeffrey Ma Shiu &amp; Emily Liu Endowed ASPIRE Award (Arts and Sciences Projects, Investigations, and Research Endeavors) is designed to promote exploration among exceptional undergraduate students in the Krieger School of Arts &amp; Sciences who are determined to pursue original research in the brain sciences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual $4,000 award will be made available for students to conduct and present ground-breaking research that goes beyond their typical focus and to facilitate collaboration. The award was created to support innovation and exploration of developmental and behavioral psychology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Competitive applicants will be pursuing research in brain sciences and working in areas related to developmental and behavioral psychology in children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one of the undergraduate research awards administered by URSCA, you can apply for the Shiu and Liu Endowed ASPIRE Award along with the other awards offered to Krieger undergraduates annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ksas-block-ksas-callouts\"><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><br \/>Submit a pre-application by October 28, 2024 (optional but strongly recommended), and a final application by <strong>December 9, 2024<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/apply\/application-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for an overview of the application process<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/johnshopkins.smapply.io\/prog\/ursca_awards_application_2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply for an URSCA Research Award<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Jeff Shiu and Emily Liu<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2021\/06\/Shiu-Liu-Family-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Shiu\/Liu family with two kids\" class=\"wp-image-2177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2021\/06\/Shiu-Liu-Family-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2021\/06\/Shiu-Liu-Family-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2021\/06\/Shiu-Liu-Family.jpg 1249w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Shiu \/ Liu Family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff Shiu graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 2002 with a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science.&nbsp;Jeff and Emily live and work in Seattle where Jeff is the Senior Managing Director and the global head of Innovative Equity Ventures at Macquarie Group. Jeff serves on the Krieger School\u2019s Second Decade Society and the Center for Financial Economics Advisory Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeff and Emily were motivated to create this award to inspire students to take full advantage of a Johns Hopkins University undergraduate experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;They are also deeply passionate about creating opportunity for students to pursue research, for research to impact society, and to strengthen the university community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Current Shiu &amp; Liu Awardees<\/strong>&#8216; Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Impact of Functional and Social Motor Imitation on the Development of Social Communication in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders<br><strong>Karen Linares Mendoza &#8217;26<\/strong>, Cognitive Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toward a Clinical Trial in Rubinstein Taybi Syndrome: Designing a Cognitive Outcome Measure<br><strong>Rebecca Xu &#8217;26<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Chemistry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual $4,000 award will be made available for students to pursue original research in the brain sciences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","project_type":[93],"class_list":["post-2585","ksasresearchprojects","type-ksasresearchprojects","status-publish","hentry","project_type-natural-sciences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ksasresearchprojects\/2585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ksasresearchprojects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ksasresearchprojects"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ksasresearchprojects\/2585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4215,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ksasresearchprojects\/2585\/revisions\/4215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/ursca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_type?post=2585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}