Santina Contreras

Research Grants

• Contreras, S. & Lorenzo-Pérez, M.* Linking Planning Education, Research and Engagement in Puerto Rico: Understanding the Impacts of Managed Retreat and Resettlement of Informal Communities. Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Programming Grant. Ohio State University (declined).

• Lorenzo-Pérez, M.* & Contreras, S. (2020). Understanding the Impacts of Managed Retreat and Resettlement on Informal Communities. Mitigation Matters Research Grant. The Natural Hazards Center.

• Hull, N., Campbell, J., Contreras, S. (2020). Hamilton, M., Patterson, C., Waugh-Quasebarth, J. Systemic Interactions between Individuals and Drinking Water Quality in Appalachia. Sustainability Institute Seed Grant. Ohio State University.

• Headley, A., Contreras, S., Ganapati, E., Remington, C., & Witkowski, K.* (2020). COVID-19 and the Reprioritization of Responsibilities: Examining How Colliding Disasters Impact First Responders. Drug Enforcement and Policy Center Research Grant. Ohio State University.

• Niles, S.* & Contreras, S. (2018). Social Vulnerability and Health Care Workers’ Response after Hurricane Maria. Quick Response Grant. The Natural Hazards Center.

Fellowships and Awards

• NSF Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Fellowship Program (2020) 

• ACSP Junior Faculty of Color Workshop, Harvard University (2019)

• Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, supported by Ford Foundation, administered by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (2016-2017)

• Social Ecology Dean’s Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2016)

• Graduate Mentor Award, University of California, Irvine (2013/2016)

• Public Impact Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2015)

• Founding Fellows Award, Bill Anderson Fund for Hazard Education Research (2015)

• Dean’s Award for Community Engagement, University of California, Irvine (2015)

• Center for Organizational Research (COR) Grant, University of California, Irvine (2014)

• Martha Newkirk Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2012)

• Graduate Opportunity Fellowship, University of California, Irvine (2011-2012)

• Chancellor’s Fellowship for Graduate Study, University of California, Berkeley (2007-2008)

• Berkeley Edge Summer Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley (2007)

• Summer Undergrad Program in Engineering Research, University of California, Berkeley (2006)

• Thurgood Marshall College Provosts Honors, University of California, San Diego (2004-2006)

• Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, University of California, San Diego (2005-2006)

*Indicates collaborator is a graduate student.