Four Ohio State reseachers have been awarded $1,500 grants from the Sports and Society Initiative to facilitate research where sport and society intersect.

The winners are:

• Peter Nencka, a PhD student in Economics, who will study "Play to Pay? Athletic Successes and College Economic Diversity".
• Leeann M. Lower, an assistant professor in Sports Management, who will study, "The Collegiate Sport Club Model: Examining How Sport Clubs Impact Positive Student Outcomes".
• Brian Turner (pictured), an associate professor in Sports Management, who will study "Sports apparel, voting ballots, and search engines: Consumer responses to athletes' political expressions".
• Frances Sutton, a graduate fellow in Anthropology, who will study, "Consumption of American Football Among Muslim Women in Dearborn, Michigan".