UNC Greensboro School of Education (SOE) faculty members and initiatives were awarded an impressive $8,865,473 in external grants and funding through over 44 awards during the 2023-24 academic year.
The SOE also reported over $7.9 million in research expenditures in 2023-24, an increase over the $7 million in expenditures the previous year.
“The grant-supported activities in the School of Education at UNCG continue to be impressive and speaks to the high caliber of faculty and staff that we have here as well as the impactful research work they are doing,” said Associate Dean of Research Bob Henson. “This external support allows our faculty to continue to make a strong impact in the community and region while also being able to mentor and support our students.”
Among the projects that received funding in 2023-24 were:
• Nearly $1 million toward the ETIPP (Extending the Trauma-Informed Professional Pipeline) program that will increase the number of trauma-informed clinical supervisors and expand and enhance the training opportunities for clinical mental health counseling students (Dr. Jennifer Deaton, Department of Counseling and Educational Development).
• A five-year grant that includes work from Dr. Ye He (Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education), along with the National Center for Families Learning and other North Carolina partners, to build upon the state’s family engagement infrastructure to improve learning outcomes for children and their families.
• A two-year project that will allow Dr. April Dawkins (Department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences) to work in conjunction with Dr. Lucy Santos Green at the University of Iowa to help train library practitioners and organizations in techniques for community collaboration and civic engagement along with professional soft skills not typically addressed in LIS curriculum.
• Ongoing work being done by the Institute for Partnerships in Education (IPiE), including tutoring with Guilford County Schools students, Math and Science Teachers of Tomorrow, and the North Carolina Math Collaborative.