Contribute to the Young Professional Grant (YPG). Help celebrate the next great generation of young quallies!

This year, for the first time, the Young Professionals Grant (YPG) is opening sponsorship opportunities to ALL who want to give!

The YPG has been an integral part of growing and sustaining QRCA’s strength and dynamism since its inception in 2014. Over the past 10 years, the YPG has offered access to QRCA’s invaluable networking and educational offerings by covering Annual Conference registration fees plus one year of QRCA membership to more than 100 ambitious young qualitative professionals.

YPG winners have gone on to do great things within QRCA. The grant has become an engine driving the next generation of leaders. Past winners have become Chapter chairs, Committee leaders, SIG leaders and Board members.

At this time, the YPG is in need of new sponsors and supporters. Please help support this vital program by sponsoring the next class of winners to attend the Annual Conference in Philadelphia.

Your support will be recognized at the Conference Awards Luncheon and in promotional materials.

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*YPG Sponsorship is not considered a charitable donation and is not tax-deductible.

SEE PAST WINNERS

What's it like to attend the QRCA Annual Conference? Hear from past winners:

Shira Glickman, 2020 YPG Recipient

Sonya Shen, 2019 YPG Recipient

Vidhika Bansal, 2019 YPG Recipient

QRCA's 2025 Conference will be held in Philadelphia, PA, February 11-14, 2025. Learn more about the Conference.

Testimonials from Past Winners

FAtima GutiErrez Jhong, 2024

As someone new to the industry, attending the conference as a YPG member helped me ease into the experience. In addition, being in a qual research specific event with professionals from different sectors allowed me to see the bigger picture. I see more opportunities and possibilities for my career.

Jacob BerexA, 2024

QRCA YPG offers an excellent opportunity to meet people working in qualitative research across a range of industries. Those organizing it foster an incredibly warm, supportive, and encouraging environment for grantees to network, learn best practices in qual research, and understand where the industry is heading.

Sarah Diamond, 2024

I am so excited to be one of the YPG winners this year – it's so much more than a conference and membership but an amazing opportunity to progress in the qualitative space through networking, coffee chats, webinars and so much more; it's an invitation to be part of an amazing community of qualitative researchers.

Questions? Contact youngpro@qrca.org

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Past Young Professionals Grant Recipients

YPG winners

Read the 2024 Winners Press Release

The 2024 recipients are:

Jacob Berexa, Research Partnership

Emma Bonilla, MERCAPLAN

Tasheenah Brown, Lightbeam Communications

Ismabel Cueto, Peace Corps

Sarah Diamond, AIR MILES

Christine Davis, M/A/R/C

Paige Hendersen, Sylver Consulting

Pablo Gutierrez Soto, LEXIA Insights

Fatima Gutierrez Jhong, Code for America

Georgette Greenslade, Carnegie Learning 

Teresa Nguyen, Senior Design Researcher

Teresa Norman, Walters Art Museum

Tram Pham, Sysco 

Fiwany Wijaya, MMR Research

Larkin Willis, Learning Policy Institute

YPG winners

Read the 2023 Winners Press Release

The 2023 recipients are:

Alexandra Nguyen - Nuro

Benjamin Gersten - Strategic Research Insights

Brynn Frawley - Mattel

Clare Mitchell – Upwords Marketing Inc.

Delaney Rundell - IBM

Ipsita Bandyopadhyay – Quipper Research

Jenny Mays – Forward Group

Julian Borrego – CBB Research

Kellyn McNally – Now What

Keyona Osborne-Pannell – C Space

Nonah Olesen – Povaddo

Preeti Srinivasan - ServiceNow

Sharon Ngaira – The Home Depot

Stella Igweamaka - Perksy

Taylor Williams – Sysco

YPG winners

Read the 2022 Press Release

Out of 51 applicants this year, the 2022 recipients are:

Amanda Lester, Manager, Research Solutions at Screen Engine/ASI

Bhargavi Bhaskar, Associate Strategist, PMG Digital Agency

Carina Crabbe, UX Researcher at Insulet

Caroline Chu, Research Manager, Qualitative Insights at buzzback

Chiara Albanese, Research and Evaluation Analyst (Senior Account Executive), DCG Communications

Grace Phang, Senior User Researcher, Crunchbase and Adjunct Professor, New York Institute of Technology

Emily Harvey, Product Insights Researcher, Target

Frankie Lipinski, Insights Analyst, Escalent

Josephine Russo, Manager of Strategic Research at IEEE

Lauren Hall, Research Associate at MarketVision Research

Morgan Williams, Moderator, Qualitative Insights & Strategy at Chadwick Martin Bailey (CMB)

Paulina Fisher, Sr. Qualitative Research Associate, MarketVision Research

Sebastian Murdoch-Gibson, Co-Founder and CEO, QualRecruit

Srishti Mathur, Design Researcher at Target Corporation

Theresa Jones, Founder and director of Luminance Insight

Read the 2021 Press Release

YPG winners

Alice Rakotoarison, UX Researcher, Facebook, United States
Ami Jhaveri, Qualitative Researcher, Freelance, Canada
Ashley Paulson, Research Associate, MarketVision Research, United States
Chelsea Echiverri, UX Researcher, Facebook, United States
Daniel Day, Associate Research Director, Fulcrum Research Group, United States
Eustina Daniluk, Student, Carnegie Mellon School of Design, MPS, ’20, United States
Jasmin M. Goodman, Principal, The J. Michelle Group, United States
Lyric Metroplos, Design Researcher, Wondros, and MS in HCI Candidate at DePaul University, United States
Margot Lieblich, Senior UX Researcher, HubSpot, United States
Niki Gonçalves, Senior Qualitative Research Analyst, Collage Group, United States
Sophia Yanik, Senior Insight Manager, Manager of Global Partnerships, Olson Zaltman, United States
Thomas Ware, Analyst II, Liberty Mutual, United States
Toni Green, Research Whiz, Senior Analyst at Smarty Pants, United States
Tyler McDonald, Associate Director, BrandOutlook, United States

YPG

Darya Akulshyna, Co-Founder & Research Lead, Vayoola Inc., Canada
Zoë Billington, Associate Director, Research & Strategy, Kelton Global, United States
Ilana R. Borzak, Strategist & Project Director, RealityCheck, United States
Anna Budny, User Experience Architect, Mobiquity, United States
Arundati Dandapani, Founder & CEO, Generation1.ca, Canada
Shira Glickman, Independent Market Research Consultant & Chief Brainiac, Encompass Market Research, United States
LaiYee Ho, Co-Founder & Researcher, Delve, United States
Brittney Hopgood, Product Designer (UX), CDW, United States
Joseph Kelner, Research & Innovation Director, Freelance, United States
Jenna McFarland, Manager, Barry Callebaut, United States
Kristin Minzenmayer, Associate Director, Egg Strategy, United States
Shadae Pickett, Research Advisor, dscout, United States
Melissa Reinbold, Research Manager, Psyma International, United States
Andre Eduardo Sanabia, Senior Analyst, Federal Marketing Practice, PSB, United States
Allyson Sovinsky, Qualitative Research Associate, MarketVision Research, United States

See full bios and photos of 2020 winners.

Vidhika Bansal, UX Research & Strategy Lead, CARFAX
Katy Carew, Research Manager, KNow Research
Kari Casciano, Marketing Researcher & Strategist, Founder, Elevate Insights
Kelly Donohue, Design Researcher, Credit Karma
Annette, Esquibel, Design & UX Researcher, The Brightly Co.
Saransh Gupta, User Experience Researcher, Department of Work and Pensions
Molly Hagan, Qualitative Associate, Corona Insights
Jack Fleming, Product Designer, Academia.edu
Allison Kuperman, Product Designer, Medisas
Meghan Lazier, Design Researcher and Strategist, US Federal Government
Tyler Maltbie, Senior Consultant, C Space
Abby Miller, Sr. Qualitative Research Manager, Magid
Barb Paszyn, Research Management Associate, Sklar Wilton & Associates
Sonya Shen, Independent Research Consultant & Storyteller
Erin Wagner, Research Analyst II, Edge Research

See full bios and photos of 2019 winners.

Philippe Boutros, Senior Research Analyst, Cascade Insights, United States
Warren Ciabattoni, Director, Qualitative Research, 7th Sense Research, United States
Elizabeth Dengal, Senior Project Manager, Fulcrum Research Group, United States
Aimée Douglas, PhD, Senior Specialist, Qualitative Research, Bain & Company, United States
Jessica Fennell, Research Manager, Northstar Research Partners, United Kingdom
Reece Jones, Senior Research Analyst, Qualitative Insights, Buzzback, United States
Anne Lee Groves, Director, Lee Groves Consulting, Canada
Marlena Mattei, Manager, Research & Insights, KUDZU Research & Insights, United States
Amye Parker, Research Manager, Northstar Research Partners, United Kingdom
Jeanne Penn, Research Executive, Cello Health Insight, United States
Meagan Peters, Qualitative Director, Solution Partners Consulting, United States
Angel Requena, Associate Project Director, InsightsNow, United States
Andrew Russell, Design Researcher, Sylver Consulting, United States
Rebecca Bukele Samour, Associate Director of Research & Insights, Collage Group, El Salvador
Dr. Brittany L. Stalsburg, Founder & President, BLS Research & Consulting LLC, United States
Leigh Wright, Research Manager, Bad Babysitter Productions, United States

See full bios and photos of 2018 winners.

Sarah Brown, Senior Analyst, Qualitative Researce, Kelton, Los Angeles, CA
Russ Edwards, PhD Candidate, University of South Florida and Research & Customer Experience Analyst, Precision Dialogue, Tampa, FL
Rebecca Fowler, Senior Marketing Specialist, FedEx Services, Memphis, TN
Caitlin Homstad, Research Analyst, Research Partnership, Philadelphia, PA
Bernadette Lockamyier, Consumer Insights, Rochester, New York
Jennifer Myers, Project Manager, Ipsos RDA, Macomb, Michigan
Brandon Richard, Research Manager, The Link Group, Durham, North Carolina
Keith J. Romer, Research Consultant, The Garage Group, Cincinnati, Ohio
Daniela Rubio, Independent Bilingual/Bicultural Qualitative Consultant, San Francisco, California
Kelsey Segaloff, Qualitative Associate Researcher, Chadwick Martin Bailey, Boston, Massachusetts
Nathalia Vega, Project Director, Blackstone Group, Chicago IL
Ashleigh Williams, Senior Qualitative Analyst, C+R Research, Chicago, Illinois

Laura Albers, Kaleidoscope LLC, Santa Monica, California
Tory Rebecca Gentes, The Palmerston Group, Lebanon, New Hampshire
Kayte Hamilton, Brado Creative Insight, St. Louis, Missouri
Ellen Hart, Vivisum Partners, Durham, North Carolina
Heather Hilgenkamp, iModerate Research Technologies, Denver, Colorado
Emily Hoffman, Research Partnership, Ambler, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Marconi, GfK, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Margaret Mariani, The Strat Lab, Tampa, Florida
Meghan Morales, Cocker Fennessy, Seattle, Washington
Shatha Richards, PSEARCH Associates Company Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica

Colleen Berg, The Sound Research
Karin Chrisville, Edge Research
Katie Davis, Hall & Partners
Chelsea Gibbons, iModerate
Karlene Hanko, Slover Linett Audience Research
Susan Lackey, Fulcrum Research Group
Alexa Megna, The Pert Group
Beth Preece, Burke, Inc.
Peter Schamp, Market Dynamics Research Group
Kim Schonfeld, Lieberman Research Worldwide
Anisha Shetty, HawkPartners
Sarah Tax, Research Partnership
Arielle Trammel-Fisher, Galileo Research & Strategy LLC
Berkley Wooten, The Link Group
Anya Zadrozny, Self-Employed

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Young Professionals Grant

Contribute to the Young Professional Grant (YPG). Help celebrate the next great generation of young quallies!

>Select for Other Amount (You will be contacted shortly after filling out the "Other Amount" form with an invoice and payment instructions.)

What's it like to attend the QRCA Annual Conference? Hear from past winners:

Testimonials from Past Winners

Past Young Professionals Grant Recipients

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(You will be contacted shortly after filling out the "Other Amount" form with an invoice and payment instructions.)