Kimberly Mitchell, of Blacksburg, Va., a second-year doctoral student in Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies Environmental Design and Planning Program, has been awarded an Early Doctoral Student Research Grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Mitchell's research, "Whose Choice Is It Really? An Analysis of Property Owner and Manager Characteristics and Their Impact on Housing Choice Voucher Acceptance," will investigate the impact of individual property owner and manager characteristics on voucher acceptance.