Posted on November 19, 2015

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Awards

Awards separated by school/college. Listings by award amount, name of lead PI, title, and sponsor. 

Bryan School of Business and Economics Awards

$225,000 – Swann, Christopher – The Role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Child-Only TANF Cases: Evidence from South Carolina Administrative Data – USDA Economic Research Service (ERS)

$138,068 – Van Hasselt, Martyn – An Innovative Method to Account for Adherence in Treatment Evaluation – NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

$75,000 – Bray, Jeremy – Family Support Programs Evaluation Plan Development & Implementation – Purdue University

$44,000 – Bhadury, Joyendu – Economic Analysis of Vegetation Management Practices – North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT)

$28,134 – Byrd, Erick – Greensboro Tourism Leisure and Conversion Market Segment Study – City of Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

$9,785 – Bray, Jeremy – Special Analyses on the Effects of Paid Leave Policies – L and M Policy Research, LLC

$7,998 – Van Hasselt, Martyn – Evaluation of the Support and Services at Home (SASH) Demonstration – Research Triangle Institute (RTI International)

$3,000 – Iyer, Lakshmi – IT is for Girls – Aspire IT Program – National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)

$3,000 – Iyer, Lakshmi – We Make IT -Aspire IT – National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)

College of Arts and Sciences Awards

$273,281 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Anticancer agents from Diverse Natural products sources – Ohio State University

$203,834 – Shivaji, Ratnasingham – Collaborative Research: Mathematical and Experimental Analysis of Ecological Models: Patches, Landscapes and Conditional Dispersal on the Boundary – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$119,745 – Kalcounis-Ruppell, Matina – The effect of testosterone pulses and conditioned place preferences on social behavior in wild and laboratory Peromyscus mice – University of Wisconsin – Madison

$109,644 – Hodgkins, Christopher – The Digital Works of George Herbert – Northern Michigan University

$105,146 – Rueppell, Olav – Studies of the Plasticity of Stress Defense Induction in the Social Honey Bee Model – DOD DA Army Research Office (ARO)

$60,000 – Bramwell, Allison – Digital Underdogs: Emerging Advantage in Unexpected Places? – University of Toronto

$30,000 – Kalcounis-Ruppell, Matina – Rodent Population and Community Responses to Coarse Woody Debris Manipulations – USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station

$24,835 – Rueppell, Olav – Investigation of the unsaturated hydrocarbon linked to Varroa, DWV, and hygienic behavior in the honey bee (Apis mellifera) – Project Apis m.

$24,639 – Keane, Susan – Meeting the needs of veterans and the Families – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

$24,000 – Fabiano, Richard – Southeastern Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations 2015 – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$23,283 – Reggio, Patricia – Endocannabinoid Active Sites and Therapeutic Targets – Northeastern University

$20,000 – Jia, Zhenquan – Vascular Inflammation Inhibition by Dry Beans-Derived Phytochemical Genistein – Communique, Inc.

$14,900 – Filene, Benjamin – Where is Tobe? Unfolding Stories of Childhood, Race, and Rural Life – Levine Museum of the New South

$13,121 – Sills, Stephen – Housing Market Segmentation Study for the City of High Point – City of High Point

$12,500 – Pratap, Promod – Steady-State and Transient Kinetics of ATP Binding to the Sodium Pump: Effects of Protein Aggregation – Burroughs Wellcome Fund

$9,325 – Stine, Roy – GIS Research Internships with Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. – Syngenta Crop Protection Inc.

$6,050 – Rinner, Susanne – Campus Weeks 2015: 25 Years German Unity – German Embassy

$3,695 – Sills, Stephen – Parcel-Level Housing Hazards Assessment Study for Woodmere Park Neighborhood – Community Housing Solutions

$3,000 – Rychtar, Jan – Vaccination games – BYU Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics (CURM)

$2,800 – Jovanovic, Spoma – Evaluating Participatory Budgeting in Greensboro – Villanova University Waterhouse Family Institute

$117 – Stine, Roy – GIS Research Internships with Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. – Syngenta Crop Protection Inc.

Enrollment Management Awards

$301,381 – Foreman, John – Student Support Services Program – US Department of Education (DoED)

$3,838 – Foreman, John – NC Gear Up – Aspire and Senior Day – Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)

Health and Human Sciences Awards

$3,335,215 – Hestenes, Linda – North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project – NCDHHS Division of Child Development

$329,467 – Cassidy, Deborah – UNCG Partnership – Guilford County Partnership for Children

$320,407 – Floyd-Pickard, Melissa – JMSW Behavioral Health Workforce Education Training Grant – SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services

$124,769 – Flynn, Perry – Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy – Phoenix Academy

$71,750 – Dollar, Jessica – Childhood positive affect and anger as predictors of adolescent risky behavior – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$67,564 – Strack, Robert – Picture Me Fit – Prevention Strategies

$50,191 – Leerkes, Esther – Biological and Behavioral Predictors of Early School Success: Diversity Supplement – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$26,016 – Davis, Paul – EXTEND PC: Safety and Efficacy of Exercise Training in Men Receiving Enzalutamide in Combination with Conventional Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Hormone Naïve Prostate Cancer – Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center

$20,000 – Bibeau, Daniel – Project WELCOA and UNCG – Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

$12,005 – Matyok, Thomas – Visiting Research Professorship at the Peace & Stability Operation Institute – DOD DA Army War College

$8,000 – Bedini, Leandra – CITY OF GREENSBORO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR MAINSTREAM RESOURCES SUPPORT – City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department

$2,500 – Chen, Ang – Understanding Physical Education Teacher Motivation in Relation to Job Resources and Demands – Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE)

$1,868 – Davis, Paul – EXTEND PC: Safety and Efficacy of Exercise Training in Men Receiving Enzalutamide in Combination with Conventional Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Hormone Naïve Prostate Cancer – Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center

$500 – Shultz, Sandra – Hamstring stiffness is related to anterior tibial translation when transitioning from non-weight bearing to weight bearing – Force and Motion Foundation

Research and Economic Development Awards

$1,038,610 – Bowman, Diana – National Center on Homeless Education (NCHE – US Department of Education (DOED)

$500,000 – Toney, Bryan – Global Opportunities (GO) Center – City of Greensboro

$425,801 – Edmunds, Julie – The Impact of North Carolina’s Early College High School Model on Postsecondary Performance and Completion – US Department of Education (DOED)

$411,667 – Phillips, Lisa – North Carolina Homeless Education Program – NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI)

$410,706 – Payne, C. – Specialty Courts Staff Support – Guilford County Area Authority

$388,951 – Zhou, Zhanxiang – Lipotoxicity in Alcoholic Liver Disease – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$361,994 – Shelton, Terri – Intentional Futures – Learning to Learn – US Department of Education (DOED)

$342,246 – Daniel, Stephanie – Cognitive and Affective Mechanisms of Risk for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors – Duke University

$297,287 – Payne, C. – Bringing Out the Best: Supporting Young Children’s Social and Emotional Development – Guilford County Partnership for Children

$279,900 – Frison, Sonja – Juvenile Justice Substance Abuse Mental Health Partnerships – Trillium Health Services

$216,267 – Elobeid, Maha – Micro-Enterprise for Refugees in the Triad (MERIT) – DHHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

$48,162 – Weil, John – 2015-UNCG-Research on HST with Dream Center – Governors Crime Commission (GCC)

$41,692 – Payne, C. – Supporting Vulnerable Families through the Juvenile Court Infant Toddler Initiiative – Guilford County Partnership for Children

$20,400 – Elobeid, Maha – Newcomers CLASS ( Culture, Language and Adult Self Sufficiency ) – United Way of Greater Greensboro

$16,030 – White, Jacquelyn – Evaluation of OVW Grant Programs – US Department of Justice (DOJ)

$10,000 – Lewis, Karla – Capacity Building for Alamance Citizens for Education (ACE – Impact Alamance)

$8,525 – Moore, Stephen – Degrees Matter: Advisor and Volunteer Coordinator – Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

$6,425.74 – Sienkiewicz, Holly – OVW Research and Evaluation Initiative – US Department of Justice (DOJ)

$5,000 – Payne, C. – My Sister Susan’s House parenting workshops – Youth Focus

$1,500 – Lewis, Karla – Evaluation Technical Assistance – Impact Alamance

School of Education Awards

$1,164,280 – Wixson, Karen – Transforming Teaching through Technology (TTtT) – DOED Office of Innovation and Improvement

$276,029 – Wester, Kelly – Enhancing evidence-based clinical internships for 75 master’s-level counselors working with at-risk youth – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

$249,612 – Gillis, Margaret – Preparing Post-Baccalaureate Early Interventionists/Early Childhood Educators for Working with ALL Children – DOED OSERS Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)

$182,121 – Tan, Edna – Tools for Teaching and Learning Engineering Practices: Pathways Towards Productive Identity Development in Engineering [I-Engineering] – Michigan State University

$88,231 – Henson, Robert – Development of Accessible IRT-Based Models and Methodologies for Improving the Breadth and Accuracy of Item Option-Scored Diagnostic Assessments – University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

$49,020 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Salus University subaward for student doctoral Fellowship (tuition and stipend for Adeoye Sulaiman) – Salus University (SU)

$49,020 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Salus University subaward for student doctoral Fellowship (tuition and stipend for Taylor Hallenbeck) – Salus University (SU)

$49,020 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Salus University subaward for student doctoral Fellowship (tuition and stipend for Kimberly Hutter) – Salus University (SU)

$47,879 – Wilson, Peter – Contextual Research – Empirical: Building a Conceptual Model of Learning-Trajectory Based Instruction sub – North Carolina State University (NCSU)

$40,470 – Wilson, Peter – Project LEAD: Leading, Empowering, Assisting, and Developing Secondary Mathematics Teachers to Increase Student Achievement – Meredith College

$26,632 – Willse, John – OAERS contract with Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 2015-2016 (Austin Cavanaugh) – Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

$21,921 – Willse, John – OAERS contract with Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 2015-2016 – Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

$16,500 – Levin, Barbara – Innovative Learning Pedagogies: A Proposal for Case Studies of Current Practices, Goals, and Outcomes – Grable Foundation

$6,237 – Henson, Robert – Development of Accessible IRT-Based Models and Methodologies for Improving the Breadth and Accuracy of Item Option-Scored Diagnostic Assessments – University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

Student Affairs

$125,000 – Callahan, Cheryl – Collegiate Recovery Community – North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)

University Libraries

$15,901 – Gorman, Keith – Teaching with Primary Sources: Special Collections and Community Engagement in the Triad – North Carolina State Library


Submissions

Submissions separated by school/college. Listings by award amount, name of lead PI, title, and sponsor. 

Bryan School of Business and Economics Submissions

$1,706,912 – Bray, Jeremy – Quality Adjusted Life Years in Alcohol Cost-Effectiveness Research PA-15-251 – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$47,000 – Byrd, Erick – Greensboro Tourism Leisure and Conversion Market Segment Study – City of Greensboro Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

$9,785 – Bray, Jeremy – Special Analyses on the Effects of Paid Leave Policies – L and M Policy Research, LLC

$3,000 – Iyer, Lakshmi – IT is for Girls – Aspire IT Program – National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)

$3,000 – Iyer, Lakshmi – We Make IT -Aspire IT – National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT)

College of Arts and Sciences Submissions

$598,453 – Rychtar, Jan – EDT: Computational Mathematics with Applications – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$455,243 – Jia, Zhenquan – Novel Carbon Nanodots against Vascular Inflammation – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$423,697 – Croatt, Mitchell – Resorcylic acid lactones as anticancer leads by TAK1 inhibition – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$392,850 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Tackling Drug Resistance with New Drugs and Functional Nanoparticles – Boston University Board of Trustees

$311,370 – Pauli, Sebastian – Collaborative Research: Enumeration of extensions of local fields and computation of their invariants – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$297,707 – Knapp, Paul – A multi-century reconstruction of tropical cyclone rainfall magnitude and variability derived from longleaf pine in the U.S. southeast Atlantic coastal region – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$229,306 – Tsui, Tsz-Ki – Collaborative Proposal: Effects of Wildfire Severity on Distribution, Speciation and Mobilization of Mercury in northern California Forested Watersheds – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$218,250 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Natural product modulation of cellular metabolism and inflammation – University of Washington

$210,672 – Croatt, Mitchell – A Combined Experimental and Computational Mechanistic Investigation into Decarboxylation Reactions – East Carolina University (ECU)

$206,057 – Blanchet-Sadri, Francine – Combinatorics on Repetitions in Strings – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$138,000 – Silvia, Paul – Understanding Inner Music: Musical Imagery and Mental Control – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$138,000 – Kwapil, Thomas – Differentiating impulsivity dimensions using experience sampling and ambulatory psychophysiological assessment – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$138,000 – Schallhorn, Suzanne – Interaction of Additive Dopaminergic Genetic Variation & Acute Stress on Working Memory – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$138,000 – Stein, Gabriela – Exploring the emotional underpinnings of familism: the role of pride and shame in academic achievement among adolescents and young adults – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$110,000 – Croatt, Mitchell – Development of resorcylic acid lactone analogues as anticancer leads – North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC)

$94,064 – Pauli, Sebastian – UNCG Summer School in Computational Number Theory – NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

$86,757 – Rublee, Parke – Cyanobacterial blooms and toxin triggers: A novel approach for discovery and prevention – NCSU Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI)

$72,750 – Jia, Zhenquan – Synergistic Effect of Hypoxia on DEHP-Induced Alteration of Steroidogenesis – Campbell University

$70,000 – Zimmerman, Michael – Ignorance and Moral Responsibility – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$70,000 – Kilcup, Karen – “Stronger, Truer, Bolder”: Nineteenth-Century American Children’s Writing, Nature, and the Environment – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$70,000 – Ferguson, Sallyann – Theorizing Charles W. Chesnutt: Signifying Literary Darwinism, As Racial Healing – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$69,000 – Rueppell, Olav – “Social and Behavioral Science: Monitoring Resource Acquisition Behavior Under Stress in a Biological Social Model System” – DOD DA Army Research Office (ARO)

$60,000 – Bramwell, Allison – Digital Underdogs: Emerging Advantage in Unexpected Places? – University of Toronto

$55,000 – Soles, Jeffrey – Mochlos 2016: Publication and Site Conservation – Institute for Aegean Prehistory (INSTAP)

$46,550 – Oring, Sheryl – I Wish to Say: 2016 – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

$45,000 – Bouchard, Danielle – Ruins of the Human: Humanitarianism and Visual Cultures of Destruction – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$45,000 – McFadden, Cybelle – Race, Place, and the Republic: Immigration, Discrimination, and Citizenship in Contemporary French Film – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$45,000 – Eger, Alexander – Islamic Antioch: A History of a Medieval City from the 5th to 15th Centuries – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$45,000 – Jones, Jeff – Smoke, Mirrors and Memories: Varying Perspectives of the Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-2014 – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$39,720 – Gao, Xiaoli – Penalized Weighted Shrinkage for Robust Data Analysis and Signal Approximations – DOD National Security Agency (NSA)

$36,375 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Role of S. aureus agr-activation in diabetic skin infections – University of New Mexico Board of Regents

$35,000 – Levine, Emily – Exceptional Institutions: Cities, Capital, and the Rise of the Research University – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$35,000 – Tashima, Pauli – The Historicity of Authority: Status and Interpretation of the Zuo Tradition in Early Medieval China – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$35,000 – Cervenak, Sarah – Black Gathering: An Aesthetics of Un/holding – American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)

$35,000 – Nash, Donna – Imperial Styles: Changing Identities in the Wari Empire – Dumbarton Oaks Research Libarary and Collection

$34,920 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Graviola inhibits prostate cancer growth and progression via targeting NADPH oxidase activity – University of Colorado Denver

$33,800 – Jones, Jeff – Smoke, Mirrors and Memories: Varying Perspectives of the Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-2014 – National Humanities Center

$31,400 – Morrissette, Noelle – Anne Spencer: Letters and Legacy – National Humanities Center

$31,273 – Perrill, Elizabeth – Burnished: Crafting Global Markets of Blackware Pottery – National Humanities Center

$30,000 – Levine, Emily – Exceptional Institutions: Cities, Capital, and the Rise of the Research University – American Association of University Women (AAUW)

$29,887 – McFadden, Cybelle – Race, Place, and the Republic: Immigration, Discrimination, and Citizenship in Contemporary French Film – National Humanities Center

$28,824 – Gray, Rosemery – When Autism Speaks, What Does it Say? Incorporating the Perspectives of Autistic Adults into a Community-Based Support Program – Organization for Autism Research (OAR)

$28,586 – Eger, Alexander – Islamic Antioch: A History of a Medieval City from the 5th to 15th Centurie – National Humanities Center

$28,336 – Cervenak, Sarah – Black Gathering: An Aesthetics of Un/holding – National Humanities Center

$26,174 – Murphy, Arthur – Evolution of a Post-Disaster Coping Network – University of Texas at Houston

$25,000 – Levine, Emily – Exceptional Institutions: Cities, Capital, and the Rise of the Research University – American Academy in Berlin

$20,000 – Jia, Zhenquan – Vascular Inflammation Inhibition by Dry Beans-Derived Phytochemical Genistein – Communique, Inc.

$14,926 – Levine, Emily – Exceptional Institutions: Cities, Capital, and the Rise of the Research Universit – National Humanities Center

$10,000 – Jovanovic, Spoma – Evaluating Participatory Budgeting in the City of Greensboro – City of Greensboro

$6,000 – Rupert, Linda – Flight to Freedom: How Fugitive Slaves Shaped Colonial Policy in the Early Modern Caribbean (working title; may change for final NEH submission) – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

$5,000 – Krueger, Derek – Distinguished International Visitors Program – Australian Research Council (ARC)

$5,000 – Rogers, Eugene – Distinguished International Visitors Program – Australian Research Council (ARC)

$4,000 – Daynes, Sarah – A Something in the Process of Becoming: The Relationship between Prewar French and American Sociology – Rockefeller Archive Center

$4,000 – Huebner, Daniel – Creating Normal Schools: Institutional Factors in the Development of Teacher Education in the American South, 1865-1930 – American Philosophical Society (APS)

$4,000 – Huebner, Daniel – Creating Normal Schools: Institutional Factors in the Development of Teacher Education in the American South, 1865-1930 – Rockefeller Archive Center

$2,750 – Rueppell, Olav – The effect of Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus on the Apis mellifera queens – The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc.

$2,750 – Rueppell, Olav – Early Life Stress in Honey Bees – The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc.

Enrollment Management Submissions

$3,838 – Foreman, John – NC Gear Up – Aspire and Senior Day – Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)

Health and Human Sciences Submissions

$447,404 – Coakley, Tanya – Father intervention to prevent at-risk sexual behaviors in African American boys – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$438,399 – Schmitz, Randy – Biomechanical Factors in Knee Cartilage Health – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$436,426 – Washington, Tyreasa – Family’s Impact on the Development of African American Children in Kinship Care – NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

$422,521 – Raisbeck, Louisa – Merging attentional focus and balance training to reduce fall risk in older adults – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$400,000 – Milroy, Jeffrey – Increasing Concussion Disclosure among Athletes – National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

$390,268 – Rulison, Kelly – The Co-evolution of Social Networks and Alcohol Use: Developing a Comprehensive Model of how Social Networks Shape Alcohol Use during College – NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

$355,414 – Poole, Kelly – Partnership to Address Co-Occurring Disorders in Vulnerable Populations – Cone Health Foundation

$340,727 – Poole, Kelly – Congregational Social Work Education Initiative (CSWEI 2015-16) – Cone Health Foundation

$145,500 – Erikson, Keith – Altered brain iron due to obesity is linked with neurodegeneration – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$145,500 – Perry, Nicole – Trajectories of Maternal-Child Co-regulation Predict Children’s Emotional and Cognitive Self-regulatory Functioning – NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

$142,814 – Tanner, Amanda – Reducing sexual health disparities among Latino youth through CBPR – Wake Forest University School of Medicine

$82,340 – Milroy, Jeffrey – STTR: Increasing concussion disclosure among athletes – Prevention Strategies

$59,331 – Laparo, Karen – Facilitating and Enhancing Engineering Habits of Mind in Preschool Learners – Iowa State University

$28,888 – Erausquin, Jennifer – Community connectedness and participation in poverty reduction efforts: An evaluation of the role of diaper donation bins in public spaces – University of California at Davis (UCD)

$26,016 – Davis, Paul – EXTEND PC: Safety and Efficacy of Exercise Training in Men Receiving Enzalutamide in Combination with Conventional Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Hormone Na_ve Prostate Cancer – Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center

$20,000 – Bibeau, Daniel – Project WELCOA and UNCG – Wellness Council of America (WELCOA)

$10,000 – Helms, Heather – NCFR Innovation Grant – National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)

$9,000 – Pulliam, Regina – Graduate Experiential Learning Experience in Student Health and Wellness with the Thrive Program – Wake Forest University

$8,000 – Bedini, Leandra – City of Greensboro Professional Services Contract for Mainstream Resources Support – City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department

$5,000 – Floyd-Pickard, Melissa – HHS Social Work Department Agreement with Peacehaven Farm, Inc. – Peacehaven Community Farm, Inc.

$500 – Shultz, Sandra – Hamstring stiffness is related to anterior tibial translation when transitioning from non-weight bearing to weight bearing – Force and Motion Foundation

Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Submissions

$1,107,140 – Starobin, Joseph – Method for non-invasive cardiac health monitoring using wearable self-powered ECG micro-system – DOD DA Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity

$473,731 – Starobin, Joseph – High-density measurement and stimulation of peripheral nerve signals – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT )

$400,125 – Kepley, Christopher – Examination of the role of mast cells in alcohol-induced tissue damage – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$319,198 – Wei, Jianjun – Development of Stable and High Density Ligand Functionalized Surfaces for Sensing Applications – NineSigma, Inc.

$242,946 – Kepley, Christopher – Engineering and modeling a synthetic crustacean bait to restore ocean ecosystems through forage fish preservation – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$211,016 – Lajeunesse, Dennis – Control of Chitin self-assembly and organization – NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)

$207,423 – Starobin, Joseph – Noninvasive assessment of cardiac electrophysiological response to exposure of nanoparticles in mice – National Science Foundation (NSF)

$149,955 – Wei, Jianjun – A smartphone biosensing platform towards low-cost label-free diagnostic testing – University of Alabama in Huntsville

$105,000 – Kepley, Christopher – Bringing serum to the bedside; prototyping the B2S System – North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC)

$95,866 – Starobin, Joseph – Method for cardiac health monitoring using wearable self-powered ECG micro-system – North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC)

Research and Economic Development Submissions

$2,658,957 – Zhang, Qibin – Protein Markers to T1D Progression – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$1,982,520 – Shelton, Terri – Built to Last: Sustaining PSE through Student Driven Planning, Family Engagement, Personnel Development, and Policy Coordination – US Department of Education (DOED)

$1,374,004 – Edmunds, Julie – Project Evaluation – Central Ohio College and Career Readiness Partnership – Columbus State Community College

$998,253 – Elobeid, Maha – Micro-Enterprise for Refugees in the Triad (MERIT) – DHHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

$500,000 – Toney, Bryan – Global Opportunities (GO) Center – City of Greensboro

$399,569 – Penfield, Randall – Virtual Charter Schools and Education Outcomes – US Department of Education (DOED)

$360,000 – Shelton, Terri – NC Preventing Underage Drinking Initiative – NC DHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services

$149,999 – Noel, Lloyd – UNCG Virtual Proof of Concept Center(VPOCC) and Innovation Culture Change – Department of Commerce (DOC)

$149,874 – Edmunds, Julie – Skills for Success – Schools That Lead

$134,124 – Elobeid, Maha – Immigrant Health ACCESS Project – Cone Health Foundation

$64,639 – McColskey, Wendy – Building middle and high school principals’ capacity to implement a continuous improvement cycle around reducing student academic disengagement – Z Smith Reynolds Foundation

$60,000 – Sienkiewicz, Holly – Interpreters for Code Inspectors – Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

$58,300 – Zhang, Qibin – Identification of Protein Markers for Diabetic Complications – T1D Exchange Biobank

$29,290 – Elobeid, Maha – After School Academics program – United Way of Greater Greensboro

$25,000 – Elobeid, Maha – Road to College – GlaxoSmithKline Foundation

$21,368 – Gruber, Kenneth – Research and Technical Assistance Project – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT )

$20,000 – Sienkiewicz, Holly – Addressing Family Violence in Multi-ethnic Refugee Communities – North Carolina Council for Women

$11,000 – Gruber, Kenneth – Access to Integrated Care by the Uninsured in Greater Greensboro – Cone Health Foundation

$10,703 – Gruber, Kenneth – Adolescents and Barriers to Selecting More Healthy Food Choices Study – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT )

$10,000 – Lewis, Karla – Capacity Building for Alamance Citizens for Education (ACE – Impact Alamance

$5,760 – Hancock, George – Comprehensive Needs Assessment – Moore County School System

$5,500 – Gruber, Kenneth – Addressing Co-Occuring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders – Cone Health Foundation

$5,000 – Payne, C. – My Sister Susan’s House parenting workshops – Youth Focus

$5,000 – Biddle, Elizabeth – Community Centers Program – Mary Lynn Richardson Fund

$4,948 – Biddle, Elizabeth – Afternoon Academics – Kinder Morgan Foundation

$3,359 – Hancock, George – Comprehensive Needs Assessment at Southern Middle School – Moore County Schools – North Carolina – Moore County School System

$1,500 – Lewis, Karla – Evaluation Technical Assistance – Impact Alamance

School of Education Submissions

$1,598,824 – Rock, Marcia – eCoaching Feedback Loop Impact on Student Engagement: Exploring Mediator Variables – DOED Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

$1,499,385 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Building Math Readiness in Young Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Children: Teaming with Teachers (MRTT) – DOED Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

$1,498,814 – Williamson, Pamela – Learning from Expository Texts about Science: A Comprehensive School-based Cognitive Strategy Instruction Intervention for Adolescents with Autism (LETS CSI) – DOED Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

$256,491 – Gonzalez, Laura – Optimizing Optimism (LOI) – Character Lab

$230,909 – Mobley, Allen – Behavioral Outcomes of the Peer Hero Training Program: A Multi-Site Evaluation of Students in Residence Halls (NIH subcontract with UTexas) – University of Texas at Houston Health Sciences Center

$203,839 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Salus University subaward for student doctoral Fellowship (tuition and stipend for Adeoye Sulaiman) – Salus University (SU)

$203,839 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Salus University subaward for student doctoral Fellowship (tuition and stipend for Taylor Hallenbeck) – Salus University (SU)

$203,839 – Pagliaro, Claudia – Salus University subaward for student doctoral Fellowship (tuition and stipend for Kimberly Hutter) – Salus University (SU)

$42,355 – Willse, John – US Lacrosse Evaluation, OAERS Contract (2015) – US Lacrosse

$26,584 – Willse, John – OAERS contract with Winston Salem/Forsyth County Schools 2015-2016 (Austin Cavanaugh) – Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

$5,793 – Tillman, Ayesha – An exploration of restorative justice principles in evaluation: Creating collaborative community practices – The Faster Forward Fund

School of Music Theatre Dance Submissions

$25,000 – Rauer, Erika – UNCG Community Arts Collaborative – Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

$15,000 – Rauer, Erika – UNCG Community Arts Collaborative Arts After School Program – United Way of Greater Greensboro

$6,000 – Titus, Joan – Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Stalinist Cinema – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

School of Nursing Submissions

$1,000 – Krowchuk, Heidi – Gold-AACN White Coat Ceremony for Nursing – The Arnold P. Gold Foundation

Weatherspoon Art Museum Submissions

$72,750 – Gustafson, Elaine – Lucinda Devlin: Sightlines – National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

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Drollette wins 2026 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, tenure-track category

Drollette’s Exercise and Neurocognitive Health Laboratory uses neuroimaging to explore the relationship between physical activity ...

March 31, 2026

Science Everywhere Festival creates fun for all ages on UNCG Campus

Experience science like never before — talk to robots, witness honeybees in action, dive into colorful chemistry, and explore the ...