Posted on July 25, 2025

PPEERS researchers talk about the PLD Lite program

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$624,368 (continuing, $1,264,047). Christopher Kelly, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations. PPEERS Program: NC Principal Fellows Program (NCPFP) Additional Appropriation Request. Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$428,550 (continuing, $1,575,149). Kierra Sattler, Human Development and Family Studies. The Impact of Multisystem Risks on Parent and Child Well-Being in Early Childhood. Sponsor: NIH.

$50,000. Sherine Obare, Division of Research and Engagement. Warfighter to Scientist. Sponsor: BioMADE.

$29,950. Kerui Wu, Nanoscience. In Situ DC Engineering via Localized Nanovesicle Delivery Platform. Sponsor: Houston Methodist Research Institute.

$19,859. Kyung Yong Kim, Information, Library, and Research Sciences. Experiential Measurement Training with American Board of Pediatrics (2025-2026). Sponsor: American Board of Pediatrics.

$16,101. Holt Wilson, IPiE. IPie Partnership with Asheboro City Schools for the Dual Enrollment Program. Sponsor: Asheboro City Schools.

$5,000. Marc Rich, Communication Studies. Spartan Recovery Program Faculty Fellow. Sponsor: City of Greensboro ABC Board.


New Funding Opportunities 7/25/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a July 25, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Division of Research and Engagement. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Arts and Humanities

9/4/25, Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition, National Endowment for the Humanities. 

10/1/25, Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence, National Endowment for the Humanities.

12/3/25, Scholarly Editions and Translations, National Endowment for the Humanities.

Community Engagement

7/29/2025, Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life), NIH.

9/15/25, Institutional Challenge Grant, William T. Grant Foundation.

10/15/25, Grants Program, Richard S. Reynolds Foundation.

1/30/26, Education Grants, Cone Health.

Continuous, Culture Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Continuous, Education Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Continuous, Grants Program, Fidelity Foundation.

Continuous, Social Service Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Cybersecurity and Technology

8/29/25, Bilateral Academic Research Initiative Program – Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy, Department of Defense.

9/15/25, Faculty Innovation Award, Sony Research Award Program.

9/15/25, Focused Research Award, Sony Research Award Program.

10/10/25, Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, National Science Foundation. 

Health and Human Sciences

1/12/26, Engagement Award: Capacity Building, Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute.

1/12/26, Engagement Award: Dissemination Initiative, Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute.

1/12/26, Engagement Award: Convening Support, Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Continuous, Health Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

7/31/25, Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI), Department of Defense.

8/6/25, Translational Research Grant, NC Biotechnology Center. 

8/25/25, NC IDEA SEED: Growing Scalable Startups, NC IDEA. 

8/25/25, NC IDEA MICRO: Validating Innovative Startups, NC IDEA. 

9/5/25, FY 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative, Department of Defense.

9/10/25, Biological Technologies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

9/16/25, NSF Translation to Practice, National Science Foundation. 

9/17/25, Flash Grants, NC Biotechnology Center. 

9/25/2025, Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

10/1/25, Innovation Impact Grant, NC Biotechnology Center.

12/12/25, FY 2026 Department of the Navy Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program, Department of Defense.

8/7/28, Defense Security Cooperation University – Research Grants, Department of Defense.

Continuous, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs, NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering. 

Continuous, Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB), NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences.

Continuous, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) National Defense Education Program, Department of Defense. 


About the photo by University Communications: The PPEERS Program held its Performance Learning Day Lite, giving education students the opportunity to engage in mock scenarios that simulate real workplace experiences.

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