Posted on October 14, 2022

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It’s new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that came through the Office of Sponsored Programs over the past week.

$600,000. Bruce Rich, Center for Housing & Community Studies; Jeremy Bray, Economics. Addressing Disparities in Home Ownership Exacerbated by the COVID-19 PandemicSponsor: North Carolina Policy Collaboratory.

$300,179 (continuing award, $1,808,385 total). Christine Murray, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. NC Healthy Transitions for Youth and Young Adults with Serious Mental DisordersSponsor: NC Department of Health and Human Services.

$143,972. Terri Shelton, Center for New North Carolinians. Immigrant Health ACCESS ProjectSponsor: Cone Health Foundation.

$117,695 (continuing award, $235,390 total). Fran Pearson, Social Work; Jay Poole. Congregational Social Work Education Initiative (CSWEI 2022-23)Sponsor: Cone Health Foundation.

$26,143 (continuing award, $117,086 total). Ayesha Boyce, Educational Research Methodology. Network for Computational Nanotechnology – Cyber Platform. Sponsor: Purdue University.

$15,000 (continuing award, $501,514 total). Julia Mendez Smith, Psychology. National Research Center on Hispanic Children and FamiliesSponsor: Child Trends.


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