{"id":332,"date":"2020-05-15T23:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T23:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/gci\/2020\/05\/15\/outstanding-research-publication-award\/"},"modified":"2020-05-15T23:05:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T23:05:16","slug":"outstanding-research-publication-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/gci\/2020\/05\/15\/outstanding-research-publication-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Research Publication Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce our first annual award for outstanding research publication by a Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow. The award is supported by alumni of the Grand Challenges Initiative Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Fellows Program.<\/p>\n<p>The selection committee, which included Drs. 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