Posted on May 12, 2023

Stephanie Pickett wearing labcoat with student wearing blue in back of white arrow and graph

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

$7,982,777. Tina McEntire, Enrollment Management. GEER – UNC Summer Accelerator Plus 2023. Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$3,136,989. Jessica McNeil, Kinesiology; Laurie Gold, Michael Hemphill, Thomas McCoy, Stephanie Pickett, Kathleen Edwards. Linking insufficient sleep with body weight in Black emerging adults. Sponsor: NIH. 

$394,727. George Still, Student Affairs. UNCG 2022-2024 Collegiate Recover Programs and Services. Sponsor: NC Dept of Health & Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services. 

$107,000. Noah Lenstra, Library & Information Science. Bringing culture to the food justice table: Understanding and strengthening networks between public librarians and the food justice community: A planning grant proposal. Sponsor: Andrew W Mellon Foundation. 

$70,000. Nick Oberlies, Chemistry/Biochemistry. P.O. from P&G regarding the purification of a compound from a plant for hair care. Sponsor: Procter & Gamble. 

$18,000. Kyong Yong Kim, Ed Research Methodology. Experiential Measurement Training with Meazure Learning (2023-2024). Sponsor: Meazure Learning. 

$8,010 (continuing award, $39,346 total). Clinton Allred, Nutrition. Evidence-based Nutrition Education and Research Guidance (ENER-G). Sponsor: NIH. 

$7,128. Kyong Yong Kim, Ed Research Methodology. Experiential Measurement Training with American Board of Pediatrics (2022-2023 amendment). Sponsor: ABP. 

$5,000. Kaira Wagoner, Biology. Towards a sustainable and productive apiculture: Selection of more resilient honeybees. Sponsor: University of Basque – Spain. 


Photo by Martin Kane: Dr. Stephanie Pickett in the Spring 2019 issue of UNCG Research Magazine

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