FY22 Second Quarter Awards

• New awards totaled $4,327,190
• Continuing awards totaled $2,012,874

???? During the second quarter, UNCG scholars submitted 96 proposals seeking $43,967,132 in new funding.

New Awards

New awards separated by school/college. Listings by total anticipated award amount, name of lead PI, additional PIs, title, and sponsor. Top four new awards in bold.

Arts & Sciences

• $682,500 – 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)
• $599,999 – 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
• $140,000 – Gray, Rosemery – Keane, Susan – – ” Providing Mental Health Counseling to Children from Guilford County Schools: A University/School Partnership” – Guilford County Schools
• $24,197 – Wasserberg, Gideon – – ” First detection of rickettsiae in a US chigger population and the potential risk to people” – North Carolina State University (NCSU)
• $23,668 – Wagoner, Kaira – – Pollinator driven intercropping: enhance yield and services for vegetable growers – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT)
• $22,500 – Wagoner, Kaira – – Enhancing selection and breeding for hygienic behavior and mite resistance – Bee Informed Partnership, Inc.
• $15,000 – Gray, Rosemery – – Newcomers UNCG Psychology Contract 2022 – Guilford County Schools
• $4,724 – Wagoner, Kaira – – An independent assessment of the Unhealthy Brood Odor (UBO) Assay in Saskatchewan Bees– Saskatchewan Beekeeper Development Commission

Business & Economics

• $13,320  –  Karpova, Elena  – –  Sustainability and Sourcing Decisions: Assessment of Student Knowledge, Attitudes, and Intention to Produce Cotton vs. Polyester Apparel  –  Cotton Incorporated

Education

• $453,897 – Patterson Zoch, Melody – He, Ye; Schissel, Jamie – – Project IGNITE: Innovation to Grow, Nurture, and Inspire Teachers of English-learners – ED Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
• $121,718 – Reid, Aileen – – BPC-AE: Equity in Computing Education Policies, Pathways, and Practices (ECEP 3) – University of Texas at Austin
• $50,000 – Luecht, Richard – – Item Difficulty Modeling: Engineering Secure, High Quality Assessment Tasks to Meet Large-Scale Assessment Demands – The UNCG Excellence Foundation, Inc
• $10,644 – Henner, Jonathan – – Center for Advancing Trauma Informed Care for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children – Gallaudet University

Health and Human Sciences

• $432,876 – Wyrick, David – – NCAA subaward 2021-2022 – Prevention Strategies
• $132,975 – Poole, Jay – – Partnership to Address Co Occurring Disorders 2021-2022 – Cone Health Foundation
• $117,695 – Pearson, Anne – Poole, Kelly – – Congregational Social Work Education Initiative (CSWEI 2021-22) – Cone Health Foundation
• $74,999 – McGuirt, Jared – – STTR: Good Bowls: Empowering Communities to Achieve Good Food Access and Health Equity – Equiti Foods, LLC
• $73,339 – Davis, Paul – – BELT Program (2021-2022) – Cone Health System
• $67,360 – Poole, Jay – – Addressing the Opiate Crisis through Harm Reduction – Cone Health Foundation
• $46,583 – Tanner, Amanda – – Exploring the consequences of food insecurity and harnessing the power of peer navigation and mHealth to reduce food insecurity and cardiometabolic comorbidities among persons with HIV – Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• $43,800 – McNeil, Jessica – – The Influence of Bed Temperature on Sleep Quality in Warm Conditions: A Feasibility Study – Bedgear
• $30,000 – Smith, Paige – Sechrist, Stacy – – NC LGBTQ Domestic Violence Response Initiative Statewide Community Voices Project – Laughing Gull Foundation
• $14,819 – Perko, Michael – – Greensboro Safe Routes to Schools – City of Greensboro Department of Transportation (GDOT)
• $14,402 – Harmon, Justin – – Arts and Economic Prosperity Study with Creative Greensboro – City of Greensboro
• $10,000 – 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 Association (ASHA)
• $4,220 – Rinker, Jeremy – – Graduate Assistant and Practice Coordinator, Landlord Tenant Dispute Program – City of Greensboro Human Relation Department

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

• $126,149 – Obare, Sherine – – STC: Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center – North Carolina State University (NCSU)
• $40,126 – Herr, Daniel – – Nano-Technology to Inspire the Next Generation of Skilled BioIndustry Workforce – BioMADE
• $35,386 – Wei, Jianjun – – Supplement-Carbon nanodots for antioxidative and radical scavenging reactions – North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
• $25,463 – Herr, Daniel – – NSE Conference Supplement – National Science Foundation (NSF)
• $10,000 – Obare, Sherine – – AccelNet: International Convergence Network for Environmental Nanotechnology (ICNEN) – Duke University

Nursing

• $25,000 – Kennedy-Malone, Laurie – – Enhancing Nurse Practitioner Competency- Based Education andAssessment with Innovative Video Simulations – American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
• $12,700 – Avorgbedor, Forgive – – DNA Methylation, Discrimination, and Structural racism, and Cardiometabolic Complications in pregnancy – SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Research and Engagement

• $334,900 – Murray, Christine – – Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Partnerships 2021-2022 – Sandhills Center Local Management Entity
• $80,005 – Thrift, Beth – – 21st Century Community Learning Centers 2022 Summer Mini Grant Competitive Grant Program – NCDPI Department of Public Instruction
• $66,021 – Thrift, Beth – – Grant Proposal Writing Workshops for Applicants of Competitive Grants Funded Through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Federal Program Monitoring and Support Division – NCDPI Department of Public Instruction
• $45,000 – Edmunds, Julie – – Evaluation of Opportunity Meeting Innovation Challenge Grant – The College of New Jersey (TCNJ)
• $39,999 – Goldstein, Evan – – Process-Guided Deep Learning for Informing Selection of Monitoring Locations in Priority Watersheds – Colorado State University
• $39,810 – Coyle, Victoria – – Evaluation of Opportunity Meeting Innovation Challenge Grant – Salem Community College
• $25,000 – Gruber, Kenneth – – Evaluation of Legal Aid/ Greensboro Housing Coalition Eviction Resolution Program – Legal Aid of North Carolina (LANC)
• $22,444 – Gruber, Kenneth – – Research and Technical Assistance Project (2021-2022) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT)
• $18,590 – Edmunds, Julie – – CTE Research Network (2021-2022) – American Institutes for Research (AIR)
• $15,000 – Arshavsky, Nina – – Using Smart Foodscapes for the Enhancement of Sustainability in Western Rangelands – Utah State University
• $12,000 – Rashwan, Naglaa – Sills, Stephen; Gruber, Kenneth – Refugee After School Program 2021-2022 – New Arrivals Institute
• $11,000 – Gruber, Kenneth – – Access to Integrated Care by the Uninsured in Greater Greensboro – Cone Health Foundation
• $7,000 – Gruber, Kenneth – – Evaluation & Technical Assistance to the Hinton Rural Life Center WNC Bridge Planning Project & Pilot – Hinton Center
• $5,500 – Gruber, Kenneth – – Addressing Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders – Cone Health Foundation

Student Affairs

• $75,660  –  Still, George  –     –  Peer Support Mental Health Expansion Project  –  University of North Carolina System Office (UNC SysOff)

Student Services

• $22,000  –  Whitney, Jennifer  –  Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (UNC Resilience Grants)  –  University of North Carolina System Office (UNC SysOff)

Continuing Awards

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

Arts & Sciences

• $381,224 – Oberlies, Nicholas – Cech, Nadja – Natural Product-Drug Interaction Research: The Roadmap to Best Practices. – Washington State University
• $216,195 – Mendez, Julia – – National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families – Child Trends
• $38,688 – Hall-Brown, Mary – – Continuing Internship with Guilford County GIS – Guilford County
• $26,574 – Kim, Min Jeong – – Chromatin mobility in response to DNA damage – Wake Forest University
• $20,026 – Tsui, Tsz-Ki – – Roles of Microplastics in Reclaimed Water – Enhancing Persistence and Bioavailability of Antimicrobials in Agricultural Soils – Clemson University
• $11,249 – Reggio, Patricia – – Molecular Determinants of GPR55 Activity – Temple University

Business & Econ

• $66,194 – Van Hasselt, Martyn – – Improving Models of Alcohol Consumption Mismeasurement and Burden of Disease – Research Triangle Institute (RTI International)

Education

• $318,575 – Ryndak, Diane – – The TIES Center: Increasing Time, Instructional Effectiveness, Engagement, and State Support for Inclusive Practices for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities – University of Minnesota
• $250,000 – Ryndak, Diane – Cavanaugh, Christie; Taub Sullivan, Deborah – LEAPS (Leadership in Extensive and Pervasive Support Needs) – ED OSERS Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)
• $137,580 – Wilson, Peter – – Guilford County Schools Math Tutoring Services 2021-2022 – Guilford County Schools
• $99,948 – Boyce, Ayesha – – NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Strengthening Pre-college Programs as a Mechanism to Promote Equitable Access to University Admissions and Persistence in STEM – University of Pittsburgh
• $62,410 – Reid, Aileen – – AI Institute for Adult Learning and Online Education (ALOE) – Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)
• $49,253 – Boyce, Ayesha – – BII-Implementation: GEMS: Genomics and eco-evolution of multi-scale symbioses – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)

HHS

• $74,517 – Hestenes, Linda – Hestenes, Steve; Mims, Sharon – – North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project – NCDHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE)

Nursing

• $22,544 – McGovern, Colleen – – School-Based Asthma Therapy (SBAT) to Reduce Disparities in Childhood Asthma: Pragmatic Process and Program Implementation Evaluation – University of Rhode Island

Research

• $143,975 – Abdo, Diya – Shelton, Terri – Immigrant Health ACCESS Project (2018-2021) – Cone Health Foundation
• $40,000 – Edmunds, Julie – – Evaluation of EQuIPD- Engaging Quality Instruction through Professional Development – University of Florida
• $38,000 – Edmunds, Julie – – Evaluation of EQuIPD- Engaging Quality Instruction through Professional Development – University of Florida
• $15,922 – Sechrist, Stacy – Weil, John – Support of Lexington Police Department’s Offender Focused Domestic Violence Initiative-Year 2021-2022 – City of Lexington Police Department