Posted on November 04, 2022

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It’s new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that came through the Office of Sponsored Programs over the past week.

$42,194. Michael Hemphill, Kinesiology. Restorative Youth Sports in Schools Initiative. Sponsor: Communities in Schools of Greater Greensboro.

$42,000Maya Chhetri, Mathematics & Statistics. Singular problems in bounded and unbounded domains. Sponsor: Simons Foundation.

$26,784 (continuing award, $49,228 total)Kenneth Gruber, Center for Housing & Community Studies. Research and Technical Assistance Project (2022-2023). Sponsor: North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

$21,205. Noah Lenstra, Library & Information Science. Rural Libraries Promoting Walking and Walkability in Their Rural Communities. Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University.

$20,000. Bryan Hutchins, Serve Center. Collaborative Research: IUSE: HER: Using Affordable Hardware and Student-Centered Personalized Learning Pedagogy to Advance Undergraduate Robotics Education. Sponsor: East Carolina University.

$7,000. Kaira Wagoner, Biology. Analysis of the utility and cost effectiveness of the UBO assay for breeding VSH in the absence of Varroa in an Australian commercial environment. Sponsor: The Bee Lady Apiaries.

$3,453 (continuing award, $25,453 total)Tiffany LS Tovey, Educational Research Methodology. OAERS Evaluation for the UNC System Office Equity Fellows Pilot Program. Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.


The story behind the photo: Restoring peace – kinesiology and peace studies researchers launch a restorative justice program at Dudley High to build trust, inclusivity, and skills in conflict resolution

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