Posted on July 28, 2021

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New Awards

New awards separated by school/college. Listings by total anticipated award amount, name of lead PI, title, sponsor, and award type.

Bryan School of Business and Economics

  • $246,442.00 – Liang, Xueping; Smith, Kane – Cybersecurity Research on Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing Applications for Tomorrow’s Workforce in STEM – DOD DN Office of Naval Research (ONR)

College of Arts and Sciences

  • $1,785,635.00 – Santin, Joseph – Homeostatic plasticity mechanisms regulate behavior in vivo – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $396,040.00 – Petersen, Kimberly – Stereoselective Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Heterocycles via Brønsted Acid Catalysis – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $225,872.00 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Anti-Malarial Drug Leads from Fungi – NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • $180,000.00 – Raymann, Kasie; Hoopman, Alexis – The unintended antibiotic target: (honey bee) microbiome and fecundity – US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • $119,972.00 – Lewis, Thomas – Narrow-Stencil Numerical Methods for Approximating Nonlinear Elliptic Partial Differential Equations – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $35,000.00 – Soles, Jeffrey – Greek-American Excavation at Mochlos, 2021-2022 – Loeb Classical Library Foundation
  • $34,558.00 – Cech, Nadja; Winter, Heather – Metabolomics for Determining Mechanism of Action of Botanical Medicines – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $15,750.00 – Girma, Hewan – Ethiopian Migration – The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (Formerly Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation)
  • $5,100.00 – Wagoner, Kaira – Unhealthy Brood Odor Assay Trials, Arista Bee Foundation – Arista Bee Research Foundation
  • $1,750.00 – Jashari, Denisa – Latin American Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions – Duke University

Office of Research and Engagement

  • $127,688.00 – Sills, Stephen; Erausquin, Jennifer; Gruber, Kenneth; Payton, Erica; Strack, Robert – Guildford County COVID19 Vaccine Health Messaging – Guilford County Department of Public Health
  • $62,380.00 – Payton, Erica; Erausquin, Jennifer; Gruber, Kenneth; Sills, Stephen; Strack, Robert – Community Needs Assessment: Vaccine Confidence, Acceptance, and Health Messaging in African American Communities – RAO Community Health
  • $30,000.00 – Mazade, Noel – Consultation and Planning Assistance to Develop New Leadership Fellows Academy (LFA) in Rhode Island – Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH)
  • $25,000.00 – Sills, Stephen; Erausquin, Jennifer; Gruber, Kenneth; Strack, Robert; Weaver, Gracielee – Evaluation Planning for the Greensboro Downtown Greenway – Action Greensboro
  • $25,000.00 – Sills, Stephen – Technical Assistance in Geospatial Health and Housing Data for the City of Bloomington, Illinois – Economic and Community Development Department – National League of Cities
  • $16,000.00 – Murray, Christine – Promoting Infant and Toddler Early Development through Music in Guilford County through Kindermusik Programming and Resources – Cemala Foundation
  • $15,000.00 – Lewis, Karla – Gate City Coalition Evaluation – One Step Further, Inc.

School of Education

  • $116,582.00 – Kim, Kyung Yong; Henson, Robert – Special Projects in Development and Maintenance of Statewide Assessments – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
  • $24,997.00 – Ayoo, Sandra – Habitat retrospective and prospective homeowner study and Mortgage-related relief data analysis – Habitat for Humanity International
  • $18,000.00 – Kim, Kyung Yong – Experiential Measurement Training with Scantron Corporation (2021-2022) – Scantron Corporation (NC Office)

School of Health and Human Sciences

  • $1,611,921.00 – Mendez, Lucia; Laparo, Karen – Bilingualtek: An Integrated Science-Language Instructional Approach for Latinx Preschoolers – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $479,999.00 – Dyson, Yarneccia – FY 2021 BHWET COMPETITION – Integrated Behavioral Health & Racial Equity Scholars Program (IBHRES) – DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • $139,600.00 – Flynn, Perry – Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy – Phoenix Academy

School of Nursing

  • $547,275.00 – Snyder, Audrey – Transforming Primary Advanced Practice (TPAC): Serving Medically Underserved Communities (MUCs) – DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • $153,283.00 – Hill, Carrie – Leadership Education And Diversity (LEAD) in Maternal Child Health (MCH) – DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • $97,950.00 – Hill, Carrie – AHEC Ed Mobility 2021-2022 – Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
  • $35,175.00 – Krowchuk, Heidi – HRSA NAT student traineeships for 2020-2023 – DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

University Libraries

  • $2,000.00 – Barnes, Lois – Locks & HygenX Vray Portable UV Sterilizers – State Library of North Carolina (SLNC)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • $44,424.00 – Herr, Daniel – 2021 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Grantees Conference – National Science Foundation (NSF)

Continuing Awards

Continuing awards separated by school/college. Listings by quarter award amount, name of lead PI, title, sponsor, and award type.

College of Arts and Sciences

  • $380,736.00 – Keane, Susan – Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting the Training of Clinical Psychologists from Disadvantaged Backgrounds to Enter Primary Care Settings and Medically Underserved Communities – DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • $78,139.00 – Tsui, Tsz-Ki – Roles of Microplastics in Reclaimed Water – Enhancing Persistence and Bioavailability of Antimicrobials in Agricultural Soils – Clemson University
  • $72,965.00 – Cech, Nadja – Quorum sensing, diversity and skin inflammation – University of Colorado Denver
  • $51,884.23 – Tsui, Tsz-Ki – Storage, Reactivity, and Bioavailability of Mercury in Managed Forests – Balancing Mercury Toxicity and Wildfire Risks through Effective Fuel Reduction Techniques – Clemson University
  • $3,500.00 – Levenstein, Lisa – Collegeland: A Podcast Featuring Untold Stories from Higher Education – North Carolina Humanities Council

College of Visual and Performing Arts

  • $119,987.00 – Alexander, Peter – GCS Arts Professional Development – Guilford County Schools
  • $117,683.00 – Alexander, Peter – GCS Arts Professional Development – Guilford County Schools

Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

  • $161,979.00 – Herr, Daniel; Kalcounis-Ruppell, Matina – UNC Greensboro MARC USTAR Engage, Sustain, and Prepare – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Office of Research and Engagement

  • $290,999.00 – Shelton, Terri; Francis, Valera – Research Administration Modernization Program at UNCG (RAMP UNCG) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $255,560.00 – Edmunds, Julie – Exploring the Role and Effects of High School Advising on CTE Students’ Transitions to Postsecondary Education and the Workforce – DOED Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
  • $135,157.00 – Johnson, Bridget; Thrift, Beth – 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2021-2022 Cohort 15 Competitive Grant Review – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
  • $100,000.00 – Edmunds, Julie – Evaluation of EQuIPD- Engaging Quality Instruction through Professional Development – University of Florida
  • $71,500.00 – Hancock, George – National Technical Assistance Center for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NTACHE) – US Department of Education (DOED)
  • $30,791.00 – Frison, Sonja – NC Healthy Transitions for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental Disorders – North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS)
  • $30,000.00 – Mazade, Noel – Texas Leadership Fellows Academy 2020-2021 – North Carolina State University (NCSU)
  • $24,140.00 – Gruber, Kenneth; Andersen, Martin; Shelton, Terri – NC Promoting Integration of Primary and Behavioral Health Care (PIPBHC) Evaluation, 2021 – Sandhills Center Local Management Entity
  • $20,000.00 – Sechrist, Stacy; Weil, John – 2019 PSN Eastern District of NC (2020-2021) – North Carolina Gang Investigators Association
  • $18,493.00 – Murray, Christine – Child Care Equity Infrastructure and Investment Needs Assessment: City of San Jose/STIR Labs Challenge – City Innovate (STIR Labs)
  • $4,000.00 – Abdo, Diya – Evaluating the CNNC Community Centers: A Guilford College and UNCG CNNC Collaboration – Guilford College

School of Education

  • $3,000.00 – Smith, Tiffany – Evaluation of NCSU S-STEM program: Graduate scholarships in Biochemistry applied to agriculture and human health – North Carolina State University (NCSU)

School of Health and Human Sciences

  • $546,095.00 – Leerkes, Esther – Biopsychosocial predictors of obesity during the first 2 years of life – NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • $35,564.00 – Despard, Mathieu – Common Cents Lab – Washington University in Saint Louis
  • $9,459.00 – Hestenes, Linda – Outdoor Learning Environment Observational Evaluation: Infant / Toddler Shape NC Healthy Starts for Young Children Initiative – North Carolina State University (NCSU)

University Libraries

  • $184,730.00 – Gwynn, James – Digital Library on American Slavery Research Fellowship – Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • $748,309.00 – Lajeunesse, Dennis – Collaborative Research: DNA Mutation-oscillator Storage: DMoS – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT)
  • $75,600.00 – Hamilton, Andrew – GEAR UP NC – University of North Carolina System Office (UNC SysOff)
  • $50,000.00 – Mo, Yirong – Zoetis – Mo- Student support – Zoetis LLC
  • $6,000.00 – Raynor, Samantha – Transfer Credit in North Carolina – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Submissions

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

Bryan School of Business and Economics

  • $1,241,575.00 – Bray, Jeremy – Incorporating Health Related Quality of Life into Low-risk Drinking Guidelines – NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

College of Arts and Sciences

  • $2,197,705.68 – Petersen, Kimberly; Obare, Sherine; Phillips, Preston – UNC-Greensboro U-RISE: Engage, Sustain, and Prepare Future PhD Biomedical Scientists – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $1,801,419.05 – Raymann, Kasie – Deciphering the processes of adaptation and exaptation driving the evolution of opportunism in bacteria – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $888,586.00 – Murphy, Arthur; Hill, Jennifer – Recipe for Success – Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • $750,000.05 – Koerner, Sarah – Restoring soil health in the longleaf pine savanna by increasing the functionality and sustainability of native legume symbiose – US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • $749,999.03 – Raymann, Kasie – Investigating the impacts of in-hive treatments on the reproductive health of queens and drones – USDA NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
  • $723,275.52 – Amiri, Esmaeil – Characterization of natural queen-worker plasticity in virus susceptibility to identify mechanisms and markers for honey bee virus resistance – USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
  • $600,911.80 – Stein, Gabriela; Coard, Stephanie; Gonzalez, Laura; Martin Romero, Michelle – One Talk at a Time: A racial-ethnic socialization intervention for minoritized families to reduce mental health and academic inequalities – William T Grant Foundation
  • $523,140.79 – Osena, Ayalew – Enhancing the productivity of an orphan crop tef (Eragrostis tef) by silicon and unveiling the molecular mechanisms of Si uptake and assimilation – US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • $436,500.00 – Tomkiel Dean, John – The role of dTopors in Drosophila male meiosis – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $436,500.00 – Patel, Yashomati – Mechanism of Myosin Action in Glucose Uptake – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $349,051.65 – Remington, David – Genetic mechanisms of adaptive evolution in plant perenniality – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $284,050.00 – Koerner, Sarah – Collaborative Proposal: Do soil microbiomes and their functions track plant community alternate states in a hysteresis-borne system? – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $249,991.03 – Hematian, Shabnam – LEAPS-MPS: Photoactivation of Metal-Oxo Bonds in Heterobinuclear Systems for Oxidative Catalysis – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $222,766.82 – Schug, Malcolm; Reid, Aileen – Collaborative Research: Practices and Research on Student Pathways in Education from Community College and Transfer Students in STEM (PROSPECT S-STEM) – University of Nebraska at Lincoln
  • $180,000.00 – Koerner, Sarah; Young, Alyssa – Understanding symbiotic nitrogen fixation in longleaf pine savannas to enhance production – US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • $173,167.83 – Wagoner, Kaira – Do Varroa-vectored Deformed Wing Virus master variants elicit different hygienic behavioral responses by Honey bees?” – University of Minnesota
  • $164,103.63 – Stein, Gabriela – Succumbing, Surviving, and Thriving: The Development of Low-Income Students in the Long Shadow of COVID-19. – Georgetown University
  • $131,566.00 – Popova, Maia – Machine Learning for Automated Analysis of Students’ Explanations of Infrared Spectroscopy Concepts – Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
  • $87,300.00 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Novel Epigenetic Therapy for High-Grade Serous Cancer – University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
  • $86,384.00 – Wisco, Blair; Pugach, Cameron – The Interplay Between Negative Emotion Differentiation and Emotion Regulation Problems in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $81,371.41 – Koerner, Sarah – REEU program: Collaborative research and leadership training using a multidisciplinary experimental Patch Burn Grazing platform. – University of Wyoming
  • $76,168.00 – Praskievicz, Sarah – Modeling salinity changes in Pamlico Sound resulting from freshwater inflows and sea-level rise – NCSU North Carolina Sea Grant
  • $60,000.00 – Krueger, Derek – Monastic Desires: Masculinity and Longing for God in Byzantium – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $60,000.00 – Keith, Jennifer – The Arts of Exile: Anne Finch’s Challenges to England’s Revolution of 1688 – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $60,000.00 – Logan, Dana – Watch-Care: Baptists and Discipline in the Antebellum Upper South – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $60,000.00 – Grossi, Veronica – Transatlantic Dialogues in Sor Juana’s Enigmas (1695) – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $60,000.00 – Wharton, David – Latin Color Semantics – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $49,919.00 – Parsons, Anne – Remembering Resistance: The 1942 Tuchyn Ghetto Uprising – Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation
  • $45,000.24 – Workman, Cassandra – NSF Engineering Research Center for OneWASH (One Water, Sanitation, and Health) with Underserved Communities – North Carolina State University (NCSU)
  • $18,499.00 – Kopper, Regis – Augmented Reality Landscapes: African American Urbanism – Johnson C Smith University
  • $15,000.70 – Reynolds, Jeanie – Piedmont Voices: Youth Educators Writing, Thinking, and Making Our Practice Public – National Writing Project (NWP)
  • $6,470.00 – Baker-Russell, Levi; Brady, Ashlyn – Ashlyn Brady – Love Fellow Graduate Student Research Grant – The Love Consortium
  • $5,099.78 – Wagoner, Kaira – Unhealthy Brood Odor Assay Trials, Arista Bee Foundation – Arista Bee Research Foundation
  • $1,750.00 – Jashari, Denisa – Latin American Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions – Duke University

Division of Enrollment Management

  • $209,971.00 – Anastasiou, Maria – Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement Program, Fall 2022 Cohort – USAID International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)

Office of Research and Engagement

  • $959,540.00 – Edmunds, Julie – Engaging Quality Instructiion through Professional Development – University of Florida
  • $545,625.00 – Zhang, Qibin – Enteroviral 2C protein as a therapeutic target – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH)
  • $509,715.80 – Sills, Stephen; Gruber, Kenneth; Rich, Bruce – Increasing Housing Stability Among Vulnerable Households in Guilford County: A Countywide Program for Eviction Mediation, Housing Resource Navigation, and Tenant Capacity Building – Guilford County
  • $389,716.11 – Murray, Christine – Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Partnerships 2021-2022 – Sandhills Center Local Management Entity
  • $359,979.00 – Edmunds, Julie – Evaluation of EQuiPDoD – University of Florida
  • $299,266.00 – Hutchins, Bryan; Coyle, Victoria – Project APPLE Academic Partnerships Promoting Language Excellence: A consortium that Grows Bilinguals! – East Carolina University (ECU)
  • $294,967.00 – Edmunds, Julie – Enhancing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of the START Undergraduate Research Program – Wake Technical Community College
  • $286,321.00 – Edmunds, Julie – Evaluation of College and Career Readiness School Models Program – Research Triangle Institute (RTI International)
  • $242,574.00 – Shelton, Terri – Senior Advisor for Public Access – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $199,965.00 – Edmunds, Julie – NASA Science Activation Program (SciAct) – Research Triangle Institute (RTI International)
  • $165,712.00 – McColskey, Wendy; Johnson, Bridget – Extended Learning and Integrated Student Supports Competitive Grant Program – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
  • $126,508.00 – Sills, Stephen; Rich, Bruce – Needs Assessment & Analysis for Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina – Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina
  • $111,385.00 – Sills, Stephen; Gruber, Kenneth – Subaward for Cumulative Effects of Urban Exposure to Chronic Stress and Lead on Cardiovascular Dysfunction – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT)
  • $79,566.00 – Abdo, Diya; Sills, Stephen – Building Capacity, Increasing Housing Stability, and Improving Mobility Among Vulnerable, Female Headed Households – Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro
  • $78,658.00 – Janke, Emily; Haldeman, Lauren – LEAP Partnership (Lifetime Eating and Physical Activity Practices) (2021-2022) – Cone Health System
  • $65,468.00 – Sills, Stephen; Rich, Bruce – South Carolina Legal Needs Assessment 2021-2022; SC Equal Access to Justice – South Carolina Access to Justice
  • $60,000.00 – Murray, Christine – Randolph County Comprehensive Gang Assessment – Randolph County
  • $39,982.00 – Coyle, Victoria; Hutchins, Bryan – Student Success Through Engagement and Mentoring (S-STEM) – East Carolina University (ECU)
  • $38,632.00 – Abdo, Diya – Triad Vaccine Education and Access Project – New Arrivals Institute
  • $30,000.00 – Mazade, Noel – Consultation and Planning Assistance to Develop New Leadership Fellows Academy (LFA) in Rhode Island – Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals (BHDDH)
  • $25,799.05 – Payton, Erica; Gruber, Kenneth; Sills, Stephen – Project Resilience: A community empowerment approach to support victims of community violence. – Foundation for a Healthy High Point
  • $25,317.00 – Murray, Christine – Guilford County Fetal Infant Mortality Review: Quality Improvement Project – Guilford County Coalition on Infant Mortality
  • $25,000.81 – Sills, Stephen – Technical Assistance in Geospatial Health and Housing Data for the City of Bloomington, Illinois – Economic and Community Development Department – National League of Cities
  • $25,000.00 – Sills, Stephen; Gruber, Kenneth – Evaluation of Legal Aid/ Greensboro Housing Coalition Eviction Resolution Program. – Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC)
  • $21,852.00 – Sills, Stephen; Erausquin, Jennifer; Gruber, Kenneth; Strack, Robert; Weaver, Gracielee – Evaluation Planning for the Greensboro Downtown Greenway – Action Greensboro
  • $20,000.00 – Sechrist, Stacy; Weil, John – 2020 PSN Eastern District of NC (2021-2022) – North Carolina Gang Investigators Association
  • $10,000.00 – Abdo, Diya – WOMEN: Women’s Opportunities for Mentorship and Empowerment Network – Womens Professional Forum Foundation
  • $8,500.00 – Grebing, Eric – NEAAAT Standards-Based Grading Dashboard and Progress Reports – Northeast Academy for Aerospace and Advanced Technologies
  • $4,000.00 – Abdo, Diya – Reversing Learning Loss Among Refugee and Immigrant Elementary School Children in At-Risk Neighborhoods – Dollar General Literacy Foundation

School of Education

  • $4,470,973.00 – Hewitt, Kimberly – Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS) – NC Principal Fellows Program (NCPFP)
  • $2,811,316.00 – Patterson Zoch, Melody; He, Ye; Schissel, Jamie – Project IGNITE: Innovation to Grow, Nurture, and Inspire Teachers of English-learners – US DoED Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
  • $2,485,942.00 – Rock, Marcia; Bost, Julie; Chitiyo, Morgan; Rakap, Salih – Community Whole Child Researchers and Teacher Educators (Project CO-CREATE) – DOED OSERS Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
  • $1,169,896.00 – Ryndak, Diane – University Partners in Teaching in Inclusive Contexts (UPTIC) Project – University of Utah
  • $318,406.00 – Reid, Aileen – BPC-AE: Equity in Computing Education Policies, Pathways, and Practices (ECEP 3) – University of Texas at Austin
  • $283,845.08 – He, Ye – APPLE Academic Partnerships Promoting Language Excellence: We Grow Bilinguals! – East Carolina University (ECU)
  • $240,866.00 – Schissel, Jamie – Project ELEECT: English Learners’ Educational Excellence Capitol Teacher Training – Georgetown University
  • $116,582.00 – Kim, Kyung Yong; Henson, Robert – Special Projects in Development and Maintenance of Statewide Assessments – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
  • $112,579.00 – Lenstra, Noah – Rural Libraries Promoting Walking and Walkability in Their Rural Communities – Oregon Health and Science University
  • $34,595.00 – Kim, Kyung Yong – Accountability Support with Guilford County Schools 2021-2022 – Guilford County Schools
  • $24,997.00 – Ayoo, Sandra – Habitat retrospective and prospective homeowner study and Mortgage-related relief data analysis – Habitat for Humanity International
  • $20,000.00 – Chan, Christian – Lived Experiences of Institutional Betrayal among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Who Are Pretenured Faculty Members at Predominantly White Institutions – American Psychological Foundation (APF)
  • $19,820.00 – Kim, Kyung Yong – Experiential Measurement Training with American Board of Pediatrics (2021-2022) – American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)
  • $18,000.36 – Kim, Kyung Yong – Experiential Measurement Training with Scantron Corporation (2021-2022) – Scantron Corporation (NC Office)
  • $8,355.00 – Deaton, Jennifer – Needs Assessment for Family Services of the Piedmont – Family Service of the Piedmont

School of Health and Human Sciences

  • $2,469,002.10 – Floyd-Pickard, Melissa – Expanding MAT in the Piedmont of NC by decreasing physician hesitancy to prescribing, decreasing community stigma from misinformation, and increasing opportunities for clients to obtain low threshold MAT. – Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
  • $2,148,260.14 – McGuirt, Jared – “Friend for Health: A Contextualized and Artificial Intelligence-based Virtual Reality Avatar to Improve Health Equity among Minority Adolescents.” – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $1,580,887.71 – Morrison, Sharon; Abdo, Diya; Raymond, Samuel – NC HBCU Vision Research & Education Center: An Equitable Research Collaboration Model to Reduce Health Disparities and Increase Health Equity. – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT)
  • $908,424.89 – Erikson, Keith – Modeling individual differences in alcohol use disorder-related dysregulation of iron in the brain – University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • $727,500.00 – Obermeyer, Jessica – Treatment of lexical activation processes to improve word processing in aphasia – Temple University
  • $680,988.02 – Erikson, Keith – Genetic analysis of dietary obesity reveals dysregulation of brain iron, zinc and copper: implication for neurological disease – University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • $454,381.67 – Armah, Seth – Effect of almond consumption on iron status in inflammatory states – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $447,924.62 – Erausquin, Jennifer – Latent class analysis of syndemic factors associated with HIV care outcomes among women living with HIV in the South – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $436,500.00 – Dharod, Jigna – Cross-generational effect of food insecurity: Understanding the relationship between food insecurity and breastfeeding behaviors. – NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • $421,241.58 – Raisbeck, Louisa – Merging attentional focus and balance training to reduce fall risk in older adults – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $386,070.51 – Duffy, Donna; Rhea, Christopher – Retired Female Athletes and Neurotrauma (RFAN) – NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
  • $204,353.60 – Park, Kyoungshin; Etnier, Jennifer – Efficacy of Rhythmic Exercise with Music and Caregiving Education Program in Family Caregivers of Older Adults with Dementia (REMEdi-Care) – Retirement Research Foundation
  • $178,310.25 – Tanner, Amanda – Identifying and addressing critical social, ethical, and behavioral factors associated with COVID-19 testing and vaccination among Spanish speakers – Wake Forest University Health Sciences
  • $145,500.00 – Parry, Traci – Exercise as an adjuvant anti-cancer therapy – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $139,600.00 – Flynn, Perry – Speech Language Pathology Service Contract with Phoenix Academy – Phoenix Academy
  • $130,000.00 – McGuirt, Jared – Online healthy grocery shopping Cooperative Extension program among rural Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women Infant and Children (WIC) residents to improve food security and dietary intake. – University of Kentucky (UK)
  • $105,211.20 – Flynn, Perry – Exceptional Children State Speech-Language Consultant (2021-2022) – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
  • $100,897.50 – Floyd-Pickard, Melissa – Opioids & COVID: Supporting Justice Involved Individuals with SUD during COVID – NCDHHS Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (MHDDSAS)
  • $70,635.30 – Lundgren, Kristine – Exceptional Children State Deaf/Hard of Hearing Research Consultant (2021-2022) – North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)
  • $51,044.31 – Strack, Robert – Designing an ethnodrama and couples intervention to support young women’s PrEP use – Duke University School of Medicine
  • $29,997.74 – Shreeniwas, Sudha – The New “Doctor’s Orders”: Social Prescribing for Arts for Older Adults in the United States – National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
  • $25,000.00 – McGuirt, Jared; Enahora, Basheerah – Engaging low-income African American adolescents in a virtual avatar-based nutrition education program – DHHS Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
  • $23,155.00 – Scott-Little, Mary; Coleman, Heather – On-Line Leadership in Infant and Toddler Learning Post Baccalaureate Certificate Pilot – NCDHHS Division of Child Development
  • $10,000.00 – Obermeyer, Jessica – Treatment to improve multi-modality discourse production in mild aphasia, an extension of findings from Attentive Reading with Constrained Summarization-Written – American Speech Language Hearing Foundation
  • $8,700.00 – Fry, Douglas; Souillac, Genevieve – A Cross-Cultural Study of Conflict Management and Reconciliation: Humanity’s Proclivity for Resolving Conflicts without Violence – Wenner Gren Foundation
  • $1,860.00 – Vance, Jarod; Etnier, Jennifer – Doctoral Student Grant NSAPSPA – Jarod Vance – North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)

School of Nursing

  • $436,422.89 – Pickett, Stephanie – Reducing EmotioNal Eating among Black Women (RENEW) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $404,448.50 – Avorgbedor, Forgive – Reducing the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Postpartum Women with early Multicomponent Intervention – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $97,950.00 – Hill, Carrie – AHEC Ed Mobility 2021-2022 – Northwest Area Health Education Center (AHEC)
  • $2,000.00 – Kennedy-Malone, Laurie – GAPNA Research Grant – Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA)
  • $1,500.00 – Snyder, Audrey – Advances in Emergency Nursing Practice: A Historical Perspective – University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing

University Libraries

  • $175,500.00 – Gwynn, James – Digital Library on American Slavery Research Fellowship – Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)
  • $3,000.00 – Murphy, Margaret; Biggers, Frederick – Understanding Shifts in Disciplinary Terminology for Visuals – Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF)
  • $1,659.00 – Barnes, Lois – Locks & HygenXâ„¢ Vray Portable UV Sterilizers – State Library of North Carolina (SLNC)

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • $3,045,400.81 – Kepley, Christopher – Human mast cells as a platform for new cancer immunotherapy strategies – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $2,000,000.00 – Obare, Sherine – EFRI-DCheM Preliminary Proposal: Converging Technologies for Future Distributed Manufacturing of Novel Nanoscale Catalysts for Sustainable Chemical Production – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $1,733,265.87 – Obare, Sherine; Holland, Stephen; Johnson, Corey; Starobin, Joseph – Biomass Refinery Inter-Institutional Graduate student Hub for education and Training (BRIGHT) – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $501,493.40 – Herr, Daniel – Nano-Technology Delivery of Holistic STEM Education Through Soil Microbes – DOD Department of the Navy (DN)
  • $499,692.58 – Rathnayake, Hemali – Natural Polyphenols-Based Hierarchical Frameworks for Bio-based Point of Use Heavy Metals Filtration – US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • $420,120.00 – Lajeunesse, Dennis – Mechanism of Candida albicans rupture on biomimetic NSS – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • $256,203.00 – Wei, Jianjun – A Dual Signal Amplification in Biosensing for Visual Detection of Nucleic Acid Biomarkers – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $149,953.76 – Allen, Aaron; Kilcup, Karen – Watersheds for Place-Based, Experiential Education – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $44,423.58 – Herr, Daniel – 2021 NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSE) Grantees Conference – National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • $35,385.60 – Wei, Jianjun – Supplement-Carbon nanodots for antioxidative and radical scavenging reactions – North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
  • $6,000.00 – Raynor, Samantha – Transfer Credit in North Carolina – Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)

Weatherspoon Art Museum

  • $199,137.00 – Bianco, Juliette – For More Perfect Access: Expanding Our Digital Ecosystem – National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
  • $75,000.00 – Bianco, Juliette – Leading with Objects: Engaging the Community in Institutional Change – The UNCG Excellence Foundation, Inc

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