We are pleased to announce the projects that received funding through the competitive FY25 Internal Funding Program.
Arts and Humanities Subcommittee
Anne Parsons and John Borchert, Beyond Nuremberg
Cassandra Workman, Space, Time and Water: Uncovering Risk Perception in Greensboro
Lisa Levenstein, The Diaper Brigage: The Incredible Story of the Women Who Built a First-class Childcare System for the Army–and Why the Rest of Us are Still Scrambling
Creative and Performing Arts Subcommittee
Billie Feather, From Inspiration to Creation: Advancing Songwriting and Composition Skills through Guitar and Banjo Works
Emilia Phillips, Writing “Planned Obsolescence: Poems” on the Arctic Circle Residency
Gayle Cole, Oceans of Light
Janinah Burnett, Ancestors Talking to Me
Marielis Garcia, Desirable Wait
Robin Gee and Maurice Watson, Baldwin in Motion
Physical and natural sciences subcommittee
Carlos Aparecido Da Silva Jr., Mapping the Genetic Architecture of the Expiratory Breathing Oscillator
Daniel Rabinovich, New Silver Compounds with Potential Anticancer Activity
Denise Tucker and Lisa McDonald, Hearing Aid Connections: Online Group Auditory Rehabilitation Therapy for Adult Hearing Aid Users
Jianping Sun, The Efficiency of Markov Chain Composite Likelihood in Genetic Recombination Model
Jing Deng, Mixture of Experts (MoE) in Mobile Edge Computing
Kimberly Petersen, Novel Ring Expansion via Carbon Insertion to Form Highly Substituted Heterocycles
Nick Ader and Kyle Nowlin, Establishing an Interdepartmental Pipeline from Acquisition to Analysis for Electron Tomography Data of Biological Samples
Jia Zhenquan, Examining the Fundamental Mechanisms of Nano- and Microplastic-Mediated Development of Cardiovascular Disease
Social and Behavioral Sciences Subcommittee
Ana Dominique Sucaldito, Te Thet Nge Eh Htya: A Culturally Relevant, Community-Led Intervention to Increase Refugees’ Ability to Make Informed, Empowered Decisions Regarding Research
Christian Chan, International Students of Color Leveraging Community Cultural Wealth in Master’s Counseling Programs: A Narrative Inquiry
David Osworth, The Role of Support Networks in LGBTQ School Leaders’ Experiences
Dayong Huang and Jay Li, City Commitment to Climate Change
Hu Dishi, Examining Emerging Challenges in the Contemporary Workplace
Doris Kroiss and Ye He, Partnership to Build Educator Capacity for Newcomer Families
Etsuko Kinefuchi, Sustainability of Woody Biomass Energy: Accounting for Environmental Justice and Ecological Wellbeing
Jaclyn Maher, Jessica Dollar, Sandra Echeverria, Erica Payton Foh, and Laurie Wideman, Studying Multilevel Determinants of Adolescent Girls’ Physical Activity: A Community-Engaged Approach
Jiyoung Hwang, Time Perception in Gamified Loyalty Programs
Julia Burlaka and Viktor Burlaka, Individual and Professional Effects of War on Mental Health Providers During War in Ukraine
Justin Harmon and Meredith Powers, Environmental Stewardship: Residents’ Knowledge of Appropriate Behavior and Habits While Living in Bear Country
Madelynn Stackhouse, “Prosper Well” Pilot Project: Organizational Cultural Assessment for Workplace Wellbeing and Training
Maia Popova and David Von Dohlen, Bridging Education Research and Practice Development of an Intervention to Support Organic Chemistry Student Representational Competence and Reasoning with Multiple Representations
Martin Anderson and Blair Wisco, Apps for Mental Health: Classification and Effectiveness?
Motahareh Pourbehzadi and Hamid Nemati, SMART-Diabetes: Self-Management Using Agentic Recommendations Tool for Diabetes
Rachel Boit, Develop and Pilot Dual Language Videos to Promote Shared Book Reading Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Refugee Communities
Sherita House and Susan Letvak, Military and Civilian Nurses’ Intent to Stay in the Military Health System
Ting Wang and Li Wenilang, Geo-Social Study of Anti-Asian Hate Crime Victimization and Reporting in North Carolina
Xiang Gao, Asian Americans’ Experiences with Violence: Exploring the Connection to Mental Health
Yeongsu Kim, Career Success for Underrepresented Groups through Effective Mentorship Pairing
Omar Ali, Ali Askarov, Marcia Hale, Michele Lemonius, Lalenja Harrington, Michelle Vance, and Nadja Cech, Pilot Storytelling Festival: Positive Youth Development through Constructive Storytelling
