FNNR provides mini-grants to researchers, conference travel awards for students and selects the recipient of the BrainMaster Technologies Joe Kamiya First-Person Science Award.
Mini-Grant Winners
Peiyuan "Boki" Wang, Arizona State University, AZ
Title: “Frontoparietal Coherence as EEG-neurofeedback Training Target for Enhancing Motor Learning”
Mentors: Dr. Sydney Schaefer, Dr. Sarah Wyckoff (Arizona State University, AZ)
Jessica Claire Gregory, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Title: “Predictors of Neurofeedback Outcomes Following qEEG Individualized Protocols for Anxiety”
Mentors: Dr. Mark Jones (University of Texas, San Antonio, TX)
2018 Mini-Grant Winner
Michelle E. Roley-Roberts, PhD post-doc, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Title: “Pilot Trial of Neurofeedback for Adolescents with PTSD”
Mentors: Dr. Gene Arnold (The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH) and Dr. Roger deBeus (University of North Carolina Asheville, NC)
2017 Mini-Grant Winners
Ashlie Bell, PhD candidate, Saybrook University, Oakland, CA
Title: “Treating PTSD with LORETA Z-score neurofeedback and heart rate variability biofeedback”
Mentor: Dr. Donald Moss (College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, Saybrook University, CA)
Title: “Neurofeedback treatment in response to males arrested for domestic violence: A pilot study”
Mentor: Dr. Karen Neil (School of Nursing, Idaho State University Pocatello, ID)
2015 Mini-Grant Winners
Ann Webb and Liza Barros Lane, PhD candidates, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Title: “The effect of neurofeedback intervention on academic and behavioral successes”
Mentor: Dr. Monit Cheung (College of Social Work, University of Houston, TX)
Robert Guiles, MS, Joint FERB-FNNR grant
Title: “Psychophysiological markers of trauma: Investigating the absence of vagal brake in veterans with a history of interpersonal trauma”
Mentor: Richard Gevirtz, Ph.D. (Alliant International University/ California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, CA)
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2014 Mini-Grant Winners
Matthew S. Goodman, graduate student, Joint FERB-FNNR grant
Title: “The combined effects of neurofeedback and biofeedback training for treating children with autism spectrum disorder”
Mentors: Dr. Jaime A. Pineda (University of California, San Diego, CA), Dr. Richard Gevirtz (Alliant University, San Diego, CA)
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Sommer Christie, PhD Candidate, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Title: “The Effect of Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Training on Shooting Performance in Young Ice-Hockey Players”
Mentor: Kinesiology Faculty, University of Calgary, Canada
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Markus Rogan, graduate student at Antioch University, LA: Masters in Clinical Psychology; Max Sutton-Smolin, BA, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Title: “Exploring the effects of neurofeedback and mindfulness training on cognitive and vestibular functioning in elite athletes”
Mentor: Leslie Sherlin, Ph.D. (SenseLabs, Mesa, AZ), Faculty Advisor: Michelle Craske, Ph.D. (University of California, LA, CA)
2013 Mini-Grant Winner
Elizabeth Friedrich, PhD, post-doc fellow, University of California, San Diego, (Jay Gunkelman named grant winner)
Title: "Increase of appropriate behavior, cognition and emotions in social situations for children with autism spectrum disorder.” Mentor: Dr. J. Pineda. (University of California, San Diego, CA
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2012 Mini-Grant Winners
Jeffry La Marca, MA, PhD Student, University of California, Riverside
Title: “Neurofeedback as an Intervention to Improve Reading Achievement in Students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Inattentive Subtype”
Mentor: Dr. Michael Linden
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Alycia Roberts, graduate student, University of South Carolina, Columbus, SC
Title: “Effects of neurofeedback on cognitive profiles of college students with ADHD”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Decker, University of South Carolina, Department of Psychology, Columbia, SC
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BrainMaster Technologies Joe Kamiya First-Person Science Award
2017 Recipient: Jon Frederick, PhD
2016 Recipient: Mark Johnson, PhD
2015 Recipient: Judson Brewer, MD, PhD
2014 Recipient: Patricia Norris, PhD
Gerald Gluck Travelship Award
Conference Awards
In 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 FNNR provided travel grants to the students presenting at the ISNR Conference.