Posted on January 12, 2024

Participants at CYFCP's run holding a UNCG CYFCP banner

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

$1,307,579. Dr. Faith Freeman, Ipie. “IPIE Tutoring Collaboration with GCS (2023-2024).” Sponsor: Guilford County Schools.

$715,000 (continuing award, $2,129,462). Christine Murray, Center Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. “FY 2024 – NC Enhanced Mobile Crisis Pilot Program.” Sponsor: NCDHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services.

$373,116 (continuing award, $1,090,646). Dr. Sandra Hunter, TRiO Programs. “Student Support Services Program.” Sponsor: US Department of Education.

$371,995. Chunjiang Zhu, Computer Science; Qianqian Tong. “REU Site: Graph Learning and Network Analysis: from Foundations to Applications.” Sponsor: National Science Foundation 

$272,364 (continuing award, $1,058,028). Dr. Sandra Hunter, TRiO Programs. “TRIO-Student Support Services STEM-H Program.” Sponsor: US Department of Education.

$233,291. Ye (Jane) He, Teacher Education and Higher Education. “North Carolina Statewide Family Engagement Center.” Sponsor: National Center for Families Learning.

$150,000. Dr. Regina McCoy, Undergraduate Student Success. “Transfer, Accelerate, Complete, and Engage Grant.” Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$145,000. Dr. Kerui Wu, Nanoscience. “Engineering a smart nanovesicle for active antigen presentation independent of antigen-presenting cells.” Sponsor: U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity Award.

$62,500. Dr. Sherine Obare, Dean’s Office. “NC-VVIRAL – An academic-industrial partnership in the Research Triangle to Forge Next-generation Biomanufacturing of gene therapy products.” Sponsor: North Carolina State University.

$61,707 (continuing award, $123,414). Dr. Aileen Reid, Ed Research Methodology. “Ensuring success in academia for underrepresented faculty to advance biomedical science research.” Sponsor: Vanderbilt University.

$61,138. Dr. Linda Hestenes, Human Development and Family Studies. “UNCG Grow Outdoors SC Evaluation Subaward.” Sponsor: North Carolina State University.

$50,729. Lakshimi Iyer, Information Systems & Supply Change Management. “ADVANCE Partnership: ImPACT IT: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Information Technology.” Sponsor: College of William and Mary.

$32,340. Robert Cassell, Center for New North Carolinians. “Immigrant Health Access Project.” Sponsor: The Foundation for a Healthy High Point.

$25,000. Kerui Wu, Nanoscience. “Designing Intelligent Nanovesicles for Artificial Antigen Presentation in Lung Cancer Immunotherapy.” Sponsor: Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina.

$16,479 (continuing award, $90,353). Cameron Pugach, Psychology. “The Interplay Between Negative Emotion Differentiation and Emotion Regulation Problems in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.” Sponsor: National Institute of Health

$10,000. Harriette Bailey, Human Development and Family Studies. “EQuiPD to Lead.” Sponsor: Cemala Foundation.

$10,000 (continuing award, $50,000). Dr. Sherine Obare, Dean’s Office.  “AccelNet Implementation: International Network For Researching, Advancing and Assessing Materials for Environmental Sustainability (INFRAMES).” Sponsor: Duke University.

$5,895. Dr. Lucia Mendez, Communication Sciences and Disorders. “More PEAS Please! Bridging the GAP Between Preschool and K-12 Learning Environments.” Sponsor: North Carolina State University.

$3,600. Chesley Kennedy, Student Affairs. “Mental Health First Aid Extension.” Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$1,400. Linda Hestenes, Human Development and Family Studies. “Pyramid Model Intervention Enhancement for the Preschool Teachers of Children with Challenging Behaviors.” Sponsor: Cemala Foundation.


Photo by David Lee Row from “In the Aftermath of a Crisis” in the upcoming 2024 UNCG Research Magazine

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