Dr. Kim Komatsu Receives New Grants from NSF and USDA
Dr. Kimberly Komatsu, an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology, has received two new federal grants.
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Funding Friday | July 12, 2024
New funding for UNCG research, scholarship, and creative activity – see some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs.
Koerner and Komatsu Receive USDA Seed Grant
Dr. Sally Koerner (lead PI) and Dr. Kimberly Komatsu (Co-PI), both Associate Professors in the Department of Biology, recently received a $300,000 grant from the USDA.
Munroe Research Fund Report, 2023-2024
In the 2023-24 academic year, the College of Arts & Sciences Office of Research supported 20 UNCG students with nearly $20,000 in grants from the Dorothy Levis Munroe Research Fund.
Dr. Zhenquan Jia Receives New $300K USDA Grant To Study Hawaiian Tea Leaves
Dr. Zhenquan Jia, Professor of Biology, has received a new $300,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture for his proposal, “Exploration of bioactive components in Hawaiian mamaki tea with potential to modulate vascular inflammation.”
Dr. Kevin Wilcox Receives New NSF Award to Study Biodiversity in the Face of Extreme Climate Events
Dr. Kevin Wilcox (Biology) has received a new award from the National Science Foundation for the project “IntBIO COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Integrating trait diversity across hierarchical scales to predict biological resilience in an era of extreme environmental change.”
Dr. Amanda Gale Receives Grant From Interior Design Educators Council
Dr. Amanda Gale (Interior Architecture) has received a grant from the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) for the project “Immersive Recycling: The Merging of Art and Audits to Encourage Behavioral Change.” The project is a collaboration with the University of Kentucky.
Dr. Nicholas Oberlies Receives NEw Grant From USDA And Project Apis M.
Dr. Nicholas Oberlies (Chemistry and Biochemistry) has received a new grant from the USDA Agricultural Research Service for the project “Harnessing fungal natural products for scalable and sustainable honey bee therapeutics.”
Comparing The Data: UNCG Research Provides Multi-Faceted View of Families’ HealtH
With $1.6M in NIH funding and the iGrow child obesity study data set, UNCG researchers are investigating how the pandemic impacted parents – psychologically, socially, and economically. Project lead Dr. Kierra Sattler hopes their findings will help future public health professionals dealing with multi-system disasters.
Dr. Clifford Smyth Receives NSF Grant For Combinatorics Conference
Dr. Clifford Smyth, Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, has received a National Science Foundation conference grant to support the “Triangle Lectures in Combinatorics.” The three-year, $50,000 grant will fund twice-yearly gatherings of mathematics faculty and students from across the state.