Dr. Kaira Wagoner, a research scientist in the Department of Biology, has received a new $39,000 grant from Project Apis m. for her proposal, “Identification of hygiene-associated protein markers to improve selection for honey bee pest and disease resistance.” Project Apis m. is a non-profit that funds honey-bee research in … Continued
The American Association of Geographers has named Dr. Selima Sultana as a 2024 AAG Fellow. The AAG Fellows program applauds geographers who have made significant contributions to advancing geography. A professor in the department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability, Dr. Sultana is the first UNCG faculty member to receive the … Continued
The latest National Science Foundation guidance imposes new requirements around mentoring graduate students. Experienced NSF grant applicants are familiar with current requirements around mentoring postdoctoral scholars, but the new guidance broadens the PI’s mentoring obligations to include graduate students — both masters’ and PhD. Beginning May 20, 2024, if postdocs … Continued
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. Wilcox, who joined the UNCG faculty last year, began the project at … Continued
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 (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.” The Oberlies lab is a collaborator on this USDA ARS project, which is funded by Project Apis m., a … Continued
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. Each conference will feature four speakers who … Continued
Dr. Art Murphy, Professor in the Department of Anthropology, was awarded a new contract with the NC Department of Health and Human Services to continue funding the long-running “Recipe for Success” program. The one-year contract, for $1.04 million, will support the program’s on-going efforts to improve nutrition education in low-income communities in the region.
Dr. Huzefa Raja, a Research Scientist in the Oberlies Research Group in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has a received a one-year, $15,000 grant from the Indianapolis Zoo to study freshwater ascomycete fungi from submerged wood in aquatic habitats of Marion County, Indiana. The abstract below provides additional info. … Continued
Dr. Ayalew Osena, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, recently received 2 new grant awards. The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Osena a four-year, $818,000 grant for the project “Boosting Agrobacterium-mediated transformation efficiency in the orphan crop tef (Eragrostis tef) for trait improvement.” This project involves research at … Continued