Grants & Awards

Grants

• An examination into communication strategies on web and social media by Florida Nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Emily Huff (PI) and Lina Gomez-Vasquez (CoPi). Requested amount: $6,500. Awarded on February 25, 2022. Duration: Summer 2022.
• Research Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Grant, The University of Tampa, Leveraging connections: Using social media for professional networking, academic support and self-branding. Lina Gómez (PI) and Enilda Romero-Hall (CoPi). Requested amount: $13,739.80 Awarded on April 5th, 2021. Duration: 1 year.
• Teaching Innovation Grant, College of Arts & Letters, The University of Tampa. Awarded: $500, October 2019.
• Community Foundation of the Ozarks – Diversity and Inclusion Grant: Se habla español: Promoting awareness and inclusion of Hispanic diversity issues in Springfield, MO. Awarded: $16,100, November 27, 2018.
• Universidad Ana G. Mendez Recinto Carolina, Institutional Program for Research Promotion Grant: Social media and health communication: An analysis of Hispanic and North American communities. Awarded $15,000, August 17, 2017.
• MAPFRE Foundation – Research Grants Ignacio H. de Larramendi: Social media as a platform for health prevention.  Awarded: $18,010, December 22, 2014.
• Universidad Ana G. Mendez Recinto Carolina, Institutional Program for Research Promotion: University Social Responsibility: An integral component of institutional management.  Awarded: $15,000, December 9, 2014.
• University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, PINCEL: Research skills program for graduate students. Awarded: $2,500, May 9, 2005.

Awards

• 2024 ANA Educational Foundation Visitor Program – Selected to participate in this weeklong program, hosted by marketers, agencies, and media companies in NYC, enhances professor’s understanding of the latest developments and practices in advertising and marketing to inform their teaching and research. Awarded March 2024.
• Women’s History Month Recognition – Public Relations Society of America Tampa Bay blog. March 2023
• President’s Award – Chapter Recognition Awards, Public Relations Society of America Tampa Bay Chapter. Awarded in December 2021.
• President’s Award – Chapter Recognition Awards, Public Relations Society of America Tampa Bay Chapter. Awarded in December 2020.
• Outstanding Faculty Award, Department of Communication, Drury University, Springfield, Missouri. Awarded on May 10, 2019.
• Outstanding Faculty Award, School of Human and Social Sciences, Universidad Ana G. Mendez Recinto Carolina (former Universidad del Este). Awarded on May 4, 2018.
• Visiting Scholar (selected as one of the eight fellows that visited the lab between 2016-2017), Social Media Lab, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
• Recipient Travel Grant, Programa Institucional para el Fomento de la Investigación (PIFI), Universidad Ana G. Mendez Recinto Carolina, Puerto Rico. Awarded in February 2016.
• Outstanding Author Contribution 2014, Emerald Literati Network.
• Best Young Academician Award, 10th International Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Social Responsibility Journal – Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Awarded on May 20, 2011, New Orleans – United States.