Funding Friday: Rural Schools, Foodscapes, and Tenant Advocacy

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

$3,790,465 (continuing award, $7,580,930.) Linda Hestenes, Human Development and Family Studies; Steve Hestenes, Sharon Mims. “North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project.” Sponsor: NCDHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education.

$988,860. Jennifer McAvoy, Counseling and Education Development. “Expanding the Trauma-Informed Professional Pipeline: Bridging the Gap for Underserved CAYs in Health Professional Shortage Areas (ETIPP).” Sponsor: HHS Health Resources and Services Administration.

$749,949 (continuing award, $4,470,973). Christopher Kelly, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundation. “Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools.” Sponsor: UNC System Office.

$725,471. Renee Norris, Center for Housing and Community Studies. “Tenant Education Advocacy & Mediation Project.” Sponsor: Guilford County.

$510,749. Harriette Bailey, Human Development and Family Studies. “Education, Quality Improvement and Professional Development (EQuIPD).” Sponsor: Guilford County Partnership for Children.  

$453,000. Christine Murray, The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. “Bringing Out the Best Program.” Sponsor: Guilford County Partnership for Children.

$224,102. Christie Tongier, Human Development and Family Studies; Mary Catherine Scott-Little. “Access to Childcare Enhances Student Success (ACCESS) Project.” Sponsor: US Department of Education.

$199,986. Kyoung Shin Park, Kinesiology. “Music stimulation for physical activity of older adults at risk of dementia.” Sponsor: Alzheimer’s Association.

$182,500 (continuing award). Brian Clarida, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations; Tiffanie Lewis-Durham. “UNCG Equity-Focused Assistant Principal Leadership Academy (EFLA), 2021-2026.” Sponsor: Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools.

$165,000 (continuing award, $825,000). Sherine Obare, Nanoscience. “NNCI: Southeastern Nanotechnology Infrastructure Corridor (SENIC).” Sponsor: Georgia Institute of Technology.

$111,999. Linda Hestenes, Human Development and Family Studies. “UNCG: Visioning for Nature-Based Programs and Spaces in North Carolina.” Sponsor: North Carolina State University.

$100,957 (continuing award, $498,749). Aileen Reid, Department of Educational Research Methodology. “BII-Implementation: GEMS: Genomics and eco-evolution of multi-scale symbioses.” Sponsor: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

$100,782 (continuing award). Tyler Paul, UNCG Center of North Carolinians; Rob Cassell. “23-24 Immigrant Health Access Project.” Sponsor: Cone Health Foundation.

$93,082 (continuing award). Jay Poole, Social Work. “Partnership to Address Co-Occurring Disorders.” Sponsor: Cone Health Foundation.

$83,218. Amanda Tanner, Public Health Education; Thomas McCoy. “Exploring and Intervening on Multilevel Factors of Medical Mistrust among Hispanic/Latino Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (HLMSM) for HIV Prevention in the US South.” Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

$75,018 (continuing award). Paul Davis, Kinesiology. “BELT Program (2023-2024).” Sponsor: Cone Health System.

$74,517 (continuing award, $223,551.) Linda Hestenes, Human Development and Family Studies; Steve Hestenes, Sharon Mims. “North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project.” Sponsor: NCDHHS Division of Child Development and Early Education.

$72,965 (continuing award, $364,825). Nadja Cech, Chemistry and Biochemistry. “Quorum sensing, diversity and skin inflammation.” Sponsor: University of Colorado Denver.

$61,309 (continuing award, $177,329). Richard Leucht, Ed Research Methodology. “Task Modeling Research for Next Generation Science Assessments.” Sponsor: Northwest Educational Associates.

$50,000. Chesley Kennedy, Student Health Services. “UNC System Collegiate Recovery Community Program-FY2023-2024.” Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$47,152 (continuing award). Jay Poole, Social Work. “Addressing the Opiate Crisis through Harm Reduction.” Sponsor: Cone Health Foundation.

$45,562 (continuing award, $199,836). Julie Edmunds, SERVE Center. “Enhancing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of the START Undergraduate Research Program.” Sponsor: Wake Technical Community College.

$30,774. Christina Yongue, Public Health Education. “ACURE4Moms.” Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

$20,344 (continuing award, $97,186). Sara Porter, Teacher Education and Higher Education. “The Phenomenal Genome: Evolving Public Understanding of Genetics in the Post-Mendelian Era.” Sponsor: Exploratorium.

$17,541 (continuing award, $100,345). Marcia Hale, Peace and Conflict Studies. “Focused CoPe: Supporting Environmental Justice in Connected Coastal Communities through a Regional Approach to Collaborative Community Science.” Sponsor: East Carolina University.

$15,000 (continuing award, $45,000). Nina Arshavsky, SERVE. “Using Smart Foodscapes for the Enhancement of Sustainability in Western Rangelands.” Sponsor: Utah State University.

$12,576. Tiffany Tovey, Information, Library, and Research Science. “UNCSA Wolf Method Evaluation Project.” Sponsor: University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

$12,000. Amber Vermeesch, School of Nursing. “Impact of Perceived Discrimination on Health Outcomes.” Sponsor: American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

$11,374. Benjamin Hickerson, Community and Therapeutic Recreation. “Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Graduate Assistantship – Community Rec GA.” Sponsor: City of Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks Department.

$11,374. Joan Sutton, Community and Therapeutic Recreation. “Winston-Salem Recreation and Parks Graduate Assistantship – Community Rec GA.” Sponsor: City of Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks Department.

$8,528 (continuing award, $52,449). Jasmine DeJesus, Psychology. “The Development of Eating Behavior in Infancy: Associations with Behavior, Diet, and Growth to Age 6 years.” Sponsor: University of Michigan.

$7,000 (continuing award, $21,000). Kenneth Gruber, The Center for Housing and Community Studies. “Guilford Health/Guilford Community Care Network Evaluation.” Sponsor: Guilford Adult Health, Inc.

$5,895. Lucia Mendez, Communication Sciences and Disorders. “More PEAS Please! Bridging the GAP Between Preschool and K-12 Learning Environments.” Sponsor: North Carolina State University.

$5,505. Yvonne Eaves, Nursing. “NAT traineeship 2023-7.” Sponsor: HHS Health Resources and Services Administration.

Photo by Sean Norona from “Child Care Stars” in the Fall 2023 UNCG Magazine