Last fall, the Provost and the Office of Research and Engagement announced the release of funding for Giant Steps Research Development Grants. The goal of this program is to provide seed funding for projects that enhance UNCG’s external visibility, encourage research, and have the potential to leverage preliminary results to obtain significant future funding. A requirement of the award is the submission of at least one research proposal to an external funding source by the end of the award period.
Eleven projects received Giant Steps Research Development Grants this year.
Transforming workplace wellness: A strategic partnership and national research agenda.
Jeremy Bray, Dan Bibeau, Mike Perko, GracieLee Weaver, and Nilay Unsal.
Economics and Public Health Education.
Healthy Girls Initiative.
Susan Calkins, Laurie Wideman, Robin Bartlett, Kelly Rullison, Lenka Shriver, Sandy Shuultz, Gabby Stein, and Kelly Wester.
Human Development and Family Studies, Kinesiology, Nursing, Public Health Education, Nutrition, Psychology, and Counseling and Educational Development.
Tracking of head trauma in youth sports.
Donna Duffy, Chris Rhea, Jenny Etnier, Laurie Wideman, and Roger Mills-Koonce.
Kinesiology, and Human Development and Family Studies.
EQuIPing Us for Giant Steps: Developing a new measure for states to use in the quality ratings of early child programs.
Linda Hestenes, Sharon Mims, Karen LaParo, Danielle Crosby, Catherine Scott-Little, Mary Porterfield, Lia Rucker, Rebekah Pierro, and John Willse.
Human Development and Family Studies, and Educational Research Methodology.
Fundamental mechanisms of mercury-mediated development of cardiovascular disease.
Zhenquan Jia and Martin Tsz-Ki Tsui.
Biology.
Metabolic reprogramming of adipose tissue cells into tumor targeting mast cells for breast cancer immunotherapy.
Chris Kepley.
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering.
Building computational and data infrastructure for exploring honey bee diseases via text mining of scientific literature.
Prashanti Manda, Esmaeili Amiri, and Olav Rueppell.
Computer Science and Biology.
Leveraging Twitter and big data analytics for natural disaster management and recovery.
Somya Mohanty, Fred Sadri, Rick Bunch, Richard Cox, and Lynda Kellam.
Computer Science, Geography, and University Libraries.
Molecular engineered chemistry for health and wellness and vibrant communities.
Hemali Rathnayake, Mitch Croatt, Kim Petersen, and Dennis Lajeunesse.
Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering and Chemistry.
Tri-axial knee laxity measurement solutions.
Sandra Shultz and Randy Schmitz.
Kinesiology.
Characterization of Lyme disease spread.
Gideon Wasserberg, Malcolm Schug, Matina Kalcounis-Ruppell, and Clifford Smyth.
Biology, and Mathematics and Statistics.
