{"id":33450,"date":"2020-10-13T14:25:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T18:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=33450"},"modified":"2020-12-02T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T14:49:17","slug":"chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_33456\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"33456\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/chyanne\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1562750747&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.442&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;51&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000214&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chyanne\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-33456\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chyanne Smith will use her grant money to study degus, small rodents that live in Chile.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Good news usually doesn\u2019t come at 1 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Phone ringing or text dings! at that time of night usually conjure thoughts of: \u201cOh no, something\u2019s terribly wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not the case with Chyanne Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, she had applied for a Graduate Research Fellowship Program grant (GFRP) from the National Science Foundation. The grant provides a graduate student $34,000 in research money and $12,000 for tuition and fees each year for three years.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s heady amount of money for any student, graduate or otherwise, and it\u2019s hard to win, especially for someone attending a school the size of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I applied, everyone said, \u2018Don\u2019t get your hopes up. Don\u2019t get your hopes up,\u2019\u201d she recalled. \u201cAnd I thought, \u2018Well, I might as well apply.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pursuing a master\u2019s degree in environmental science, Smith was supposed to hear back in April on whether she was awarded the grant. But when the month rolled around, she hadn\u2019t heard anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy husband was asleep and I was not sleeping, so I thought, \u2018Well, I\u2019ll just check my application status.\u2019 I looked on my phone and under my application status it said \u2018Offer awarded.\u2019 I thought, \u2018No, it can\u2019t be real.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She headed downstairs in her Utah home to her computer and navigated to the grant\u2019s home page. In the list of winners was her name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI woke my husband up. It\u2019s two a.m. now and I told him I got it. He was kind of tired and didn\u2019t realize until the next morning what was going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A first-generation college student, she beat formidable odds to win the grant. According to an analysis by <em>Science <\/em>magazine, in 2019, 10 schools won 31 percent of the GFRP grants, and 14 percent of those went to the University of California Berkeley, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost awards go to students in graduate programs at research-intensive institutions,\u201d said Loren Hayes, associate professor in biology, geology and environmental science at UTC, who has worked with Smith over the past few months researching the lives of degus, small, guinea-pig-like rodents from Chile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChyanne\u2019s successful proposal indicates her exceptional critical thinking skills, ability to come up with exciting questions and potential to emerge as a leader in behavioral ecology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With her husband, Caleson, still living in their home in Utah, Smith moved to Chattanooga specifically to work Hayes. She and her husband agreed to have a long-distance marriage while she earned her master\u2019s, she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Chyanne could have used the award to go just about anywhere, she chose to come\u00a0to UTC,\u201d he said. \u201cThis speaks volumes about the quality of the environmental science program and opportunities for student research at UTC.<\/p>\n<p>Her research proposal for the GRFP was developed under the supervision of Hayes and Carolyn Bauer, an assistant professor of biology at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, who also researches degus.<\/p>\n<p>The original plan was to travel to Chile to study the animals in their only habitat, then share the information with other students from across the world. COVID-19 stepped in and prevented that. Now Smith plans to use abut 15 years of previously published data to research degus\u2019 social organization habits and determine factors that might drive those instincts.<\/p>\n<p>In general, Smith said, she \u201creally enjoys rodents\u201d and has traveled to Mongolia to research various species there. She understands that, when most people hear \u201crodents,\u201d they tend to immediately picture rats and think \u201cgross.\u201d But mammals under 11 pounds make up 90 percent of the mammals on Earth, she explained, \u201cand they\u2019re really important to the ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think they\u2019re cute for some reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1105,"featured_media":33545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8244,64,48007,661],"tags":[99248,94171,99249,70426],"class_list":{"0":"post-33450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-honors-and-awards","8":"category-news","9":"category-research-academics","10":"category-students","11":"tag-chyanne-smith","12":"tag-first-generation-graduates","13":"tag-graduate-research-fellowship-program","14":"tag-loren-hayes","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-13T18:25:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-02T14:49:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"286\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shawn Ryan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\"},\"headline\":\"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-13T18:25:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-02T14:49:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":648,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne.png\",\"keywords\":[\"chyanne smith\",\"First-Generation Graduates\",\"Graduate Research Fellowship Program\",\"Loren Hayes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Honors and Awards\",\"News\",\"Research\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/\",\"name\":\"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-13T18:25:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-02T14:49:17+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\"},\"description\":\"Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne.png\",\"width\":444,\"height\":286},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942\",\"name\":\"Shawn Ryan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Shawn Ryan\"},\"description\":\"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/hqv743\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2020-10-13T18:25:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-12-02T14:49:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":444,"height":286,"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Shawn Ryan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shawn Ryan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/"},"author":{"name":"Shawn Ryan","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942"},"headline":"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents","datePublished":"2020-10-13T18:25:42+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-02T14:49:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/"},"wordCount":648,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","keywords":["chyanne smith","First-Generation Graduates","Graduate Research Fellowship Program","Loren Hayes"],"articleSection":["Honors and Awards","News","Research","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/","name":"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","datePublished":"2020-10-13T18:25:42+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-02T14:49:17+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942"},"description":"Chyanne Smith receives grant that usually goes to bigger schools than UTC.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","width":444,"height":286},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2020\/10\/chyanne-smith-wins-46000-grant-often-reserved-for-bigger-schools\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Student wins $46,000 grant to study rodents"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c7532013925b3412f8142e378b04942","name":"Shawn Ryan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fd3380969898eaf8c8a869d0a88ec19c46f2edd41319a7a40d9c63946c900aa9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Shawn Ryan"},"description":"Shawn Ryan is the executive staff writer in the Office of Communications and Marketing at UTC.","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Shawn Ryan","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/hqv743\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2020\/10\/chyanne.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33450"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33544,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33450\/revisions\/33544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}