Participants will develop research dissemination plans for their own community-engaged research projects, focusing on sharing findings with stakeholders, communities, and partners directly rather than through academic publications.
Colleen Ann Kling
Illinois Science Explorers Awarded for Community-Focused Family STEM Nights
Illinois Science Explorers is thrilled to share that Paige Duncan, CSBS Community Engagement Specialist, has been selected to receive the Champaign Park District’s Community Partner Award—one of the district’s annual honors, awarded in December 2025. This award recognizes Paige’s outstanding leadership and collaboration with the Champaign Park District in launching and growing monthly Family STEM Nights […]
Meet CSBS Communications Coordinator Cris Perez Molina
The Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) is pleased to welcome Cris Perez Molina (he/him) as our new Communications Coordinator, joining the team in January. Cris brings more than 15 years of experience in strategic communications, design, and brand management across public-sector and community-focused organizations. Most recently, he served as Branding and Design Manager for the City of […]
Fall 2025 CSBS Small Grant Awardees
In Fall 2025, the Center for Social & Behavioral Science Small Grant Program awarded funding for four projects that advance innovative and timely social and behavioral science research. Selected through a competitive review process, these projects employ diverse methods to generate insight into pressing societal issues. The funded projects focus on the topics of health and environmental co-benefits of climate solutions, […]
Celebrating excellence: 2025 SBSI award recipients
Last year, the Center for Social & Behavioral Science (CSBS) launched the Social and Behavioral Science Impact Award to recognize faculty whose research advances social and behavioral science while tackling critical societal challenges. The award is open to all tenure-system faculty on the Illinois campus conducting social and behavioral science research. This year, we are proud to recognize three exceptional scholars: Dr. Catherine Corr, Associate Professor […]
Announcing the Kellner Center Small Grant Awardees
The Kellner Center for Neurogenomics, Behavior, and Society is dedicated to advancing research at the intersection of genes, brains, behavior, and society, with the goal of understanding how biological and environmental processes shape mental health. The Kellner Center is a collaborative effort between the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, CSBS, and the School of Social Work […]
Insights from Innovation Day
On October 17, 2025, the Center for Social & Behavioral Science (CSBS) and the Police Training Institute (PTI) co-hosted a day-long Innovation Day for researchers and law enforcement professionals focused on advancing police training research. The event, hosted with support from Arnold Ventures, welcomed 23 participants from diverse disciplines including political science, statistics, advertising, engineering, and anthropology. PTI instructors—many of whom are active-duty officers—joined campus […]
Emerging Investigators Lunch: Conducting High Impact Research on a Shoestring | February 2
The Emerging Investigators series continues this semester with a focus on moving your research forward in the current funding landscape. The first lunch will feature a panel of social and behavioral science faculty who have been impressively effective at conducting impactful research with relatively few funds.
Announcing the NSF CAREER Club Cohort
We are excited to welcome the second-year cohort of the NSF CAREER Club, a program designed to support prospective applicants to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) in the social and behavioral sciences. Building on a successful first year, the CAREER Club offers focused guidance, practical resources, and sustained writing support to help faculty develop competitive proposals. The 2026 cohort will […]
Assistant Professor Gathering | May 2
Join us at our Bi-annual Assistant Professor Gathering! This is an opportunity to share your research with other assistant professors in the social and behavioral sciences and hear about their research. The gathering also allows for informal conversations with colleagues and CSBS staff. More to come on this event.