I’m particularly excited about this one because it was is open-ended grant. I didn’t have to submit a proposal based around a particular topic and it did not need to be related to my degree. And it’s combines something I’ve always been curious about (altruism and charitable giving) with something I like to do (donate to charities) and aspects of public health (fundraising and educational interventions). It’s a nice thing to get money to do something you just kind of wanted to try out of curiosity.

I won’t go into too much detail about it yet. I am currently submitting my application to NYU’s IRB for approval and, hopefully, I’ll have the study up and running by September. Stayed tune though. This one will be interesting.

Until then, I leave you with a little song to celebrate: Albert Hammond Jr performing “Everyone gets a star.”