Posted on June 30, 2023

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

$781,017. Hemali Rathnayake, Nanoscience. HBCU/MI: Fundamental Investigation on the Capacitive Charge-Injection at the Interface of E-Coli/MIL-88(Fe)-MOFs using Molecular Magnetism. Sponsor: Department of Defense.

$551,693 (continuing award, $1,644,114 total). Audrey Snyder, Family and Community Nursing. Transforming Primary Advanced Practice (TPAC): Serving Medically Underserved Communities (MUCs). Sponsor: HHS Health Resources and Services Administration.

$321,246. Eric Grebing, SERVE; Bryan Hutchins, Nina Arshavsky, Laura Rosof. Evaluation of the Urban College Acceleration Network (UCAN). Sponsor: University of Indianapolis / Indiana Dept of Ed (IDOE).

$218,250 (continuing award, $400,125 total). Eric Josephs, Nanoscience. A Molecular Grammar for Guide RNAs (gRNAs) with Engineered Secondary Structures. Sponsor: NIH.

$175,000 (continuing award, $525,000 total). Tetyana Ignatova, Nanoscience. Advanced Tunable and Functional Materials for Soldier Protection. Sponsor: Department of Defense

$126,725. Yvonne Eaves, Nursing; Linda Stone. NAT traineeship 2023-7. Sponsor: HRSA.

$50,000. Tammy Hall, Nursing. Enhanced access, Telehealth, Rural, and Public Health Competencies for Nurses. Sponsor: Piedmont AHEC.

$25,000. Noel Mazade, Office of Research & Engagement. Texas LFA FY2023. Sponsor: UNCW (TX Health & Human Services Commission).

$25,000. Kenneth Gruber, Center for Housing and Community Studies. NC Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) Evaluation. Sponsor: Sandhills Center Local Management Entity (NCDHHS Division of Mental Health).

$11,595. Autumn Henson, Nursing; Amber Vermeesch. AHEC CSD NP site development. Sponsor: Piedmont AHEC.

$11,138 (continuing award, $61,138 total). Chesley Kennedy, Student Health Services. Bioinformatic Guided Discovery and Characterization of New RiPP Natural Products. Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$10,849. Bruce Rich, Center for Housing and Community Studies; John Crowder. Evaluation of the Triad Goodwill Employment Empowerment Project. Sponsor: Held GSO, Inc.


Photo by Martin W. Kane from “When Replication Runs Awry” in the Spring 2020 UNCG Research Magazine

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