Pauline Karanja Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Research Grant

2021 Mar 11

Pauline Karanja, of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been selected as a 2021 recipient of a Graduate Research Grant by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi-the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The grants of up to $1,500 are designed to support graduate students who are active Society members seeking funding for research in support of career development opportunities. Karanja is one of 20 recipients nationwide to receive the award.

Karanja, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, will use funds from the award to support her research in community resilience following natural disasters that leave the built environments and social institutions of communities with disruptive and permanent damage.

Established in 2018, the grants are part of the Society's robust awards program, which gives $1 million each year to outstanding students and members through study abroad grants, graduate fellowships, funding for post-baccalaureate development, member and chapter awards, and grants for local, national and international literacy initiatives.

To learn more about the Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Research Grant and this year's recipients, please visit www.phikappaphi.org/graduateresearch.

About Phi Kappa Phi

Founded in 1897, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Phi Kappa Phi inducts approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni annually. The Society has chapters on more than 325 select colleges and universities in The United States and the Philippines. Membership is by invitation only to the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students and 7.5 percent of juniors. Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also qualify. The Society's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." For more information, visit www.phikappaphi.org.