The University of Maryland School of Social Work is proud to celebrate our MPower Early Scholars Award recipients, whose work exemplifies research in service of equity, justice, and community impact.
UMSSW Awardees
Two School of Social Work PhD candidates — Jihyeong Jeong and Tural Mammadli — are among the 29 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty awarded nearly $1.3 million in the inaugural rounds of the MPower Early Scholars Awards across UMB. Jeong’s research explores what it means to age well in place, while Mammadli’s Project Transcendence focuses on supporting pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence among Black transgender women to improve behavioral health in minoritized communities.
About the MPower Awards
The MPower Early Scholars Awards were created to support emerging researchers at UMB and the University of Maryland, College Park who have been directly affected by recent cuts to research funding. Funded through the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State, the program is providing $7.5 million over three years to sustain the scholar pipeline and ensure that critical research advancing health, justice, and community well-being continues.