Posted on February 03, 2026

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ARCADE (Applied Research in Computer Arts, Digitization, and Esports) is pleased to announce our internal Incubator Grants are now live!

Incubator Grants aim to support faculty research in gaming, esports, and interactive media technologies with real-world industry applications.

Three funding opportunities are available for January–June 2026: Applied Research Seed Grants (up to $10,000 for individual faculty conducting industry-relevant research), Sponsored Research Collectives (up to $5,000 for interdisciplinary teams of 3+ faculty building industry partnerships), and Curriculum Development grants (up to $2,500 for designing workforce-ready courses with industry engagement, prioritized for non-VES departments).

All full-time faculty and EHRA non-faculty researchers are eligible to apply for projects in areas including virtual production, AI content creation, esports analytics, healthcare simulation, manufacturing technologies, and more!

Apply on HERE on InfoReady — deadline 2/23.

Email jwborchert@uncg.edu with questions.

Posted on January 30, 2026

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It’s funding Friday! Below is our January 30, 2026 roundup of funding opportunities curated by the UNCG Office of Strategic Initiatives and Research Development.

OpportunityDeadlineFunding AmountDescriptionWho should considerAdditional Info
UNCG Internal Funding
CAS Office of Research – Ignite Transdisciplinary Research FundMarch 1, 2026$10,000–$25,000Supports the development of transdisciplinary research teams across UNCG colleges and schools. Proposals must include at least two researchers from different academic units.Faculty building new collaborations; interdisciplinary teams; faculty seeking pilot data for external proposals.
Federal Agency Funding
NEH Endowments for Advancing the Humanities (20260210-CHE)February 10, 2026$1,000,000 – $5,000,000Funds long-term endowments strengthening humanities research and teaching in civics, history, and Western civilization.History, English, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
NEA Grants for Arts Projects 1, FY 2027 (2026NEA01GAP1)February 12, 2026Up to $10,000 (Challenge America) and $10,000 – $100,000 (all other art projects)Supports arts projects across disciplines with a required 1:1 cost share.Music, Visual Art, Theater, Dance, Creative Writing
NIH Engineering Improved Stem Cell-Derived Islet Cells for Replacement Therapies (R01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-DK-26-306)March 6, 2026Up to $500,000This funding supports engineering stem cell–derived islet cells to enhance durability and function in type 1 diabetes therapies.Nursing, Psychology, Biology, Chemistry, JSNN, Kinesiology
NIH Collaborative Research using Biosamples and/ or Data from Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Studies (R01 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (RFA-DK-26-007)March 6, 2026Up to $1,200,000This NOFO funds collaborative research on the causes and mechanisms of type 1 diabetes to improve prevention.Biology, Chemistry, Psychology, Nursing, Kinesiology, JSNN
NIH NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)(PAR-23-183) February 26, 2026Up to $75,000This NOFO solicits grant applications for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other works of academic and/or public health policy value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences.Faculty developing major scholarly publications with broad relevance to health professionals or public audiences. (Biology, Nursing, Psychology, Chemistry, Kinesiology, JSNN)
EPA Environmental Education (EE) Grant Program (EPA-EE-25-01)March 3, 2026$200,000–$250,000 per awardFunds projects that promote environmental education.Faculty engaged in environmental education and community-focused outreach initiatives.Informational Webinar: Access the webinar on this page

Date: February 5, 2026 @ 1 pm E.T.
NIH New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial not Allowed) (RFA-DK-26-009) March 6, 2026$200,000 ($100,000/year for 2-years)Supports early-stage investigators conducting preliminary T1D research while embedded in collaborative research consortia.New faculty in Nursing, Biology, Chemistry, Kinesiology, JSNN
VETS Homeless Veteran’ Reintegration Program (HVRP), Incarcerated Veterans’ Transition Program (IVTP), and the Homeless Women Veterans’ and Homeless Veterans’ with Children Reintegration Grant Program (HWVHVWC) (Referred to Collectively as HVRP) (FOA-VETS-26-01)March 6, 2026$150,000 – $500,000 (annually). Up to $1,500,000 for the 3 year award period.Supports employment-focused, case-managed services to help veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness transition to stable, high-quality employment.Center for Housing and Community Studies, Joint Programs in Social Work
OVC FY25 Housing Assistance for Victims of Human Trafficking (O-OVC-2025-172519)February 24, 2026Up to $1,200,000This NOFO funds housing and support services for survivors of human trafficking.Center for Housing and Community Studies, Joint Programs in Social Work
OVC FY25 Services for Victims of Human Trafficking (O-OVC-2025-172520)March 11,2026Up to $440,000 (Category 1) and Up to $950,000 (Category 2)This NOFO supports capacity-building and service delivery programs for adult and youth survivors of human trafficking.Joint Programs in Social Work
Foundations & Non Profit Funding
Spencer Foundation – Research Grants on Education: LargeFebruary 24, 2026 @ 12 PM CT (Pre-Proposal); June 23, 2026 (Full-Proposal by Invitation Only)$125,000 to $500,000 for projects ranging from one to five yearsSupports ambitious, multi-year education research that advances theory, informs practice, and shapes educational discourse.Faculty and interdisciplinary research teams pursuing rigorous, large-scale education research.
W.K. Kellogg FoundationAlways OpenVariesA flexible philanthropic grant process supporting nonprofit-led work aligned with the foundation’s priorities.Faculty and research teams partnering with community or nonprofit organizations on projects aligned with foundation priorities.
Call for Letters of Inquiry: Early-Career Faculty Support for Interdisciplinary Energy System Research (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) March 17, 2026$150,000 – $250,000Energy and Environment program for early-career faculty.Chemistry, PhysicsInformational Webinar: Register Here
Date: February 3, 2026 @ 1 pm E.T.
Webinars & Info SessionsDateRegistrationRegistration Deadline
PCORI 2026 & Beyond WebinarFebruary 5, 2026 @ 2:30 pm E.T.Sign Up Here for the February 5, 2026 webinar
Proposers Day: Promethean Clay (DARPA)February 25, 2026Promethean Clay Proposers DayFebruary 18, 2026
Student & Scholar OpportunitiesDeadlineFunding AmountDescriptionWho should consider
NC Space Grant Scholarship/Fellowship ProgramMarch 3, 2026$8,000 (Undergraduates) and $10,000 (Graduates)Supports scholars research NASA-aligned STEM ResearchFaculty mentoring Undergraduates and/or Graduated students in STEM research.
Army HBCU-MI SPARK ProgramFebruary 25, 2026Army research internship programSTEM Undergraduate Students

Posted on December 13, 2024

Willow Burgess-Johnson speaks with a teen at the NC Voices Amplified photovoice exhibit

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


$4,000,000. Willow Burgess-Johnson, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. Family Peer Specialist Workforce Development FY25. Sponsor: NC DHHS Division of Child and Family Well-Being

$1,071,446. Kari Eddington, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships. Strong Minds, Strong Communities Continuation. Sponsor: NC DHHS Department of Health and Human Services.

$157,998. Daniel Burridge, NC Safe Communities. PSN Middle District of NC FY 2021. Sponsor: Governor’s Crime Commission.

$74,517 (continuing award, $10,317,522). 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.

$30,000. Erick Byrd, Center for Industry Research and Engagement. Creating Outdoor Recreation Economies (UNCG – CORE). Sponsor: NC Department of Commerce.


New Funding Opportunities 12/13/2024

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a December 13, 2024 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Sponsored Programs, Research Development, and Research and Engagement offices. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Upcoming Alzheimer’s Research Funding

The FY25 Defense Appropriations Act is anticipated to provide funding for the Peer Reviewed Alzheimer’s Research Program to support impactful, solution-oriented research to address critical needs and improve the quality of life for Service Members, Veterans, their Families, and the public who are living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. More information about these opportunities can be found here.

Internal

12/13/24, Research Excellence Awards, Office of Research and Engagement.

1/21/25, HHS Faculty Research Grants, HHS Office of Research.

External

1/15/25, Social Psychology, NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences,

1/16/25, Small Project Grants, North Carolina Humanities Council.

2/1/25, Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, Medieval Institute.

2/3/25, Perception, Action, and Cognition, NSF Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.

2/13/25, Addressing Evidence-Based Health Benefits of Human-Animal Interaction, Human Animal Bond Research Institute.

4/25/25, Large Project Grants, North Carolina Humanities Council.

9/24/25, Archeological and Ethnographic Field Research, NEH.

Continuous

Biological Technologies, DOD Defense Advanced Research Project Agency.

Environmental Engineering, NSF Directorate for Engineering.

Humans, Disasters, and the Built Environment, NSF Directorate for Engineering.

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Synthetic Biology for Biomedical Applications, NIH.

Project Planning Grants, North Carolina Humanities Council.

Sociology, NSF Directorate for Social Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.

Find More Funding Opportunities In our databases


About the photo by David Lee Row: Willow Burgess-Johnson speaks with a teen participant in NC Voices Amplified, which recently received $3.75 million in new funding. Read more about the event in “Voices, Seen” from the 2024 Research Magazine.

Posted on June 06, 2025

Interior Architecture students present to executives at Wild Dunes Resort

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$232,500. Kista Mansell, Interior Architecture; Travis Hicks. IARC: NC Commerce Main Street Renewal 2025-28. Sponsor: NC Department of Commerce.

$199,998. Kerui Wu, Nanoscience; Jianjun Wei. ERI: Bioengineering Synthetic Antigen-Presenting Cells for Controlled Immune Modulation. Sponsor: NSF.

$154,937 (continuing, $780,216). Lisa Anders, Professional Nursing Education. Leadership Education And Diversity (LEAD) in Maternal Child Health (MCH). Sponsor: Health Resources and Services Administration.

$120,525. Jill Bender, History. Visiting Associate Professorship, 2025-2026. Sponsor: University of Notre Dame.

$103,473. Perry Flynn, Communication Sciences and Disorders. Exceptional Children State Speech-Language Consultant (2024-2025). Sponsor: NC Department of Public Instruction.

$25,000. Yvonne Eaves, Dean’s Office – Nursing. AHEC CSD 2025-26. Sponsor: Greensboro Area Health Education Center.

$20,000. Wanda Williams, Dean’s Office – Nursing. AHEC CSD 2025-26. Sponsor: Greensboro Area Health Education Center.


New Funding Opportunities 6/6/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a June 6, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Sponsored Programs, Research Development, and Research and Engagement offices. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

AI

11/20/27, Advanced Learning-enabled Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

11/20/27, AI Model Optimization for Real-Time, Scalable Data Analytics, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

11/20/27, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning with Extremely Sparse Data, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

11/20/27, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Managing Massive Data Sets, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

6/9/25, Policy Analysis Research, Smith Richardson Foundation.

7/1/25, Research Grant Awards, EMDR Research Foundation.

7/1/25, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Broad Agency Announcement for Basic Research (Fiscal Year 2026), Department of Defense. 

7/15/25, Research Grants, Louis S. B. Leakey Foundation.

9/11/25, Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

9/15/25, Fulbright U. S. Scholars Program, Fulbright Scholar Program.

10/15/25, Exploring Equitable Futures, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Health and Human Sciences

6/10/25, Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (P30 Clinical Trial Optional), NIH.

6/16/25, Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health, NIH.

8/15/25, Discovery Grants, American Hearing Research Foundation.

8/27/25, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program—Clinical Outcomes and Biomarkers Award, Department of Defense.

8/27/25, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program—Pilot Clinical Trial Award, Department of Defense.

8/27/25, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program—Therapeutic Idea Award, Department of Defense.

9/19/25, Mathers Grant Awards Program, G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.

10/6/25, Rare Cancers Research Program—Concept Award, Department of Defense.

10/6/25, Rare Cancers Research Program—Idea Development Award, Department of Defense.

10/6/25, Rare Cancers Research Program—Resource and Community Development Award, Department of Defense.

10/31/25, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

7/17/25, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program – Foundational and Applied Science program, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

7/23/25, NSF CAREER Program, NSF.

8/1/25, Beckman Young Investigator Program, Arnold and Mable Beckman Foundation.

8/6/25, Translational Research Grants, NC Biotechnology Center.

9/30/25, Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship: STEM, Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

10/15/25, NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships, NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.

11/19/27, Advanced Energy Materials Program, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

11/20/27, Biochemistry, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

11/20/27, Energy Awareness, U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory.

Continuous, Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science, NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering.

Continuous, Infrastructure Cluster, NSF Directorate for Geosciences.

Continuous, Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research, NSF.

Continuous, Lead Agency Opportunity on Understanding and Exploiting Quantum Information in Chemical Systems, NSF.

Continuous, Measurement Science and Engineering Research, Department of Commerce.

Continuous, Targeted Grants in Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Simons Foundation.


About the photo by Sean Norona, University Communications: Interior Architecture students, led by professor Travis Hicks, visited Wild Dunes Resort to pitch redesigns to the executives for the resort’s sports pub and one of their restaurants

Posted on June 20, 2025

A red fungus sits in a Petri dish

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$327,375 (continuing, $436,500). Qibin Zhang, Center for Translational Biomedical Research. Enteroviral 2C Protein as a Therapeutic Target. Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

$214,526 (continuing). Chesley Kennedy, Student Health Services. Spartan Recovery Program at UNCG. Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$101,831 (continuing, $126,725). Yvonne Eaves, Dean’s Office – Nursing; Linda Stone. NAT Traineeship 2023-7. Sponsor: HHS Health Resources and Services Administration.

$51,855 (continuing). Edna Tan, Teacher Education and Higher Education. RCN: Equity Making Network: Coordinating Research for Critical Making Cultures and Practices. Sponsor: Boston University

$25,000. Yvonne Eaves, Dean’s Office – Nursing. AHEC CSD 2025-26. Sponsor: Greensboro Area Health Education Center.

$5,000. Eric Drollette, Kinesiology; Praveen Astalakshmi Pasupathi, Tsz Lun Chu. Optimizing Anxiety Regulation in Youth Sports: Acute Effects of Mindfulness and Physical Activity. Sponsor: Association for Applied Sport Psychology.

$4,125. Maria Anastasiou, Global Engagement Office. IIE American Passport Project. Sponsor: Institute of International Education, Inc.


New funding opportunities 6/20/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a June 20, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Sponsored Programs, Strategic Initiatives and Research Development, and Research and Engagement offices. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Health and human sciences

8/15/25, Discovery Grants, American Hearing Research Foundation.

8/27/25, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program, Department of Defense.

8/29/25, Alzheimer’s Research Program—Transforming Care Award, Department of Defense.

9/2/25, Changemaker Research Grant, Appendix Cancer Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Research Foundation.

9/19/25, Mathers Grant Awards Program, G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.

10/6/25, Rare Cancers Research Program, Department of Defense.

10/16/25, Rare Diseases Clinical Research Consortia, NIH.

10/17/25, Toxic Exposures Investigator – Initiated Research Award, Department of Defense.

10/21/25, Intervention Research to Improve Native American Health, NIH National Cancer Institute.

10/31/25, Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study Biospecimen Access, NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Continuous, Costco Wholesale Corporate Grant Application, Costco Wholesale. 

Humanities and social sciences

7/1/25, Research Grant Awards, EMDR Research Foundation.

7/1/25, U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Broad Agency Announcement for Basic Research (Fiscal Year 2026), Department of Defense. 

7/15/25, Research Grants, Louis S. B. Leakey Foundation.

Continuous, Costco Wholesale Corporate Grant Application, Costco Wholesale. 

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

7/17/25, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program – Foundational and Applied Science program, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

7/23/25, AI for Privacy, Safety, and Security, Google Academic Research Awards. 

7/23/25, Trust, Safety, Security, and Privacy Research, Google Academic Research Awards. 

8/1/25, Beckman Young Investigator Program, Arnold and Mable Beckman Foundation.

8/1/25, Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology – Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (CREST-RISE), NSF. 

8/6/25, Translational Research Grant Program, NC Biotechnology Center.

8/7/25, Quantum Characterization, Calibration, and Control, Department of Defense.

8/25/25, Verticals-enabling Intelligent Network Systems (VINES), NSF.

6/2/26, Defense Sciences Office Office-wide BAA, Department of Defense. 

5/18/28, Research Interests of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Department of Defense. 

Continuous, Cyberinfrastructure for Public Access and Open Science, NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering.

Continuous, Directorate for Geosciences (GEO) Opportunity for Graduate Students Supplemental Funding to Link Geosciences and Human Health (GeoHealth INTERN), NSF Directorate for Geosciences.

Continuous, Energy and Environment Grants, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 

Continuous, Facilities for Atmospheric Research and Education, NSF Directorate for Geosciences.

Continuous, Infrastructure Cluster, NSF Directorate for Geosciences.

Continuous, Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research, NSF.

Continuous, Lead Agency Opportunity on Understanding and Exploiting Quantum Information in Chemical Systems, NSF.

Continuous, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) National Defense Education Program, Department of Defense. 


About the photo by David Lee Row, University Communications: A fungus sample in Dr. Huzefa Raja’s lab, part of the Oberlies Research Group. The research initiative analyzes different fungi in search of a compound that could be used in cancer drugs and beyond.

Posted on June 27, 2025

Dr. Kaira Wagoner holds up part of a honeybee hive

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$937,751 (continuing, $3,656,693). Tiffany Gibson, Dean’s Office – Nursing. Nurse-led Mobile Health Units: Improving Health Outcomes with Data Science. Sponsor: HRSA.

$648,870 (continuing, $1,943,047). Wanda Williams, Dean’s Office – Nursing. Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Program. Sponsor: HRSA.

$553,567. Kaira Wagoner, Biology. Exploration, Optimization, and Expansion of NC-based Honeybee Health Technologies. Sponsor: NCInnovation.

$253,000. Liam Duffy, Chemistry and Biochemistry. Development of a Quadrupole Mass Starkometer: A Novel Platform Technology for Identifying Molecular Isomers and Conformers by their Mass to Dipole Moment Ratios. Sponsor: NCInnovation.

$45,500. Karla Strong, SERVE. Evaluation of the Nash Community College NSF Grant: Cultivating Cyber Safety Across Disciplines. Sponsor: Nash Community College.

$40,000. Bryan Hutchins, Early College Research Center. Collaborative Research: IUSE: HER: Using Affordable Hardware and Student-Centered Personalized Learning Pedagogy to Advance Undergraduate Robotics Education. Sponsor: Kennesaw State University.

$4,220. Jeremy Rinker, Peace and Conflict Studies. Graduate Assistant and Practice Coordinator, Landlord Tenant Dispute Program 2025-2026. Sponsor: City of Greensboro Human Rights Department.


New Funding opportunities 6/27/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a June 27, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Sponsored Programs, Strategic Initiatives and Research Development, and Research and Engagement offices. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Chemical, life, and physical sciences

7/15/25, Social Psychology, NSF.

9/10/25, Biological Technologies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

9/17/25, Flash Grant, NC Biotechnology Center. 

10/1/25, Innovation Impact Grant, NC Biotechnology Center. 

6/2/26, Defense Sciences, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

2/4/26, Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG), NSF.

Continuous, Education and Broadening Participation in Earth Sciences (EAR EBP), NSF.

Continuous, Transitions to Excellence in Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research, NSF.

Cybersecurity and technology

7/1/25, RAMP’ing UP: Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development, National Institute of Standards and Technology 

9/29/25, Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0), NSF.

10/29/25, Information Innovation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

11/14/25, Strategic Technology, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

1/21/26, Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI), NSF.

Health and human sciences

7/22/25, Social and Economic Development Strategies, Administration for Children and Families, Health and Human Sciences 

8/19/25, NIH Directors New Innovator Award Program (DP2 Clinical Trial Optional), NIH.

9/7/25, Support for Research Excellence (SuRE) Award (R16 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH. 

10/1/25, New Generation of Glucose Control Technologies Incorporating AI/ML Tools/ Strategies, Department of Health and Human Services.

1/7/28, Focused Technology Research and Development (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), Department of Health and Human Services.

9/7/28, Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16- Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.


About the photo by Bert VanderVeen, VanderVeen Photographers: UNCG alum and research scientist Dr. Kaira Wagoner is finding new ways to identify and breed healthier bees.

Posted on July 11, 2025

UNCG researcher Jeff Milroy speaks with youth athletes and their parents at a focus group

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$2,334,548 (continuing). Tara Royster, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships; Kristen Christman, Sherrell House. NC High Fidelity Wraparound Training Program FY 2026. Sponsor: NCDHHS Division of Child and Family Well-Being.

 $425,253. Nicholas Kochmanski, Teacher Education and Higher Education. Practical Measurement for 1:1 Math Coaching. Sponsor: The Gates Foundation.

$320,834. Jeffrey Milroy, UNCG Center for Athlete Well-Being; Amanda Tanner, David Wyrick. Preventing Drug Use Onset and Progression Toward Addiction during a Critical Transition Period: Optimizing an Online Intervention for High School Seniors. Sponsor: NIH Prevention Strategies.

$26,539. Kyung Yong Kim, Information, Library, and Research Sciences. Psychometric Graduate Assistant for the PA Education Association (PAEA) 2025-2026. Sponsor: PA Education Association.

$19,997. Kyung Yong Kim, Information, Library, and Research Sciences. Experiential Measurement Training with Meazure Learning (2025-2026). Sponsor: Meazure Learning.

$15,000 (continuing, $75,000). Nina Arshavsky, SERVE. Using Smart Foodscapes for the Enhancement of Sustainability in Western Rangelands. Sponsor: Utah State University.

$461. Erin Reifsteck, Kinesiology; Yeongjun Seo. The Development and Preliminary Validation of the Athletic Identification, Prominence, and Exclusivity Scale (AIPEx). Sponsor: North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity.


New Funding Opportunities 7/11/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a July 11, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Sponsored Programs, Strategic Initiatives and Research Development, and Research and Engagement offices. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Arts, humanities, and community engagement

7/17/25, Grants for Arts Projects, National Endowment for the Arts.

9/1/25, Digital Art History Grants Programs, Samuel H. Kress Foundation. 

9/9/25, Artist Grants, Jim Henson Foundation.

10/1/2025, Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence, National Endowment for the Humanities.

12/3/2025, Scholarly Editions and Translations, National Endowment for the Humanities.

Continuous, A. O. Smith Foundation Grants, A. O. Smith Foundation.

Continuous, Culture Grants, Hearst Foundations.

Continuous, Education Grants, Hearst Foundations.

Continuous, Social Service Grants, Hearst Foundations.

Chemical, life, and physical sciences

7/31/2025, Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI), Department of Defense.

8/6/2025, Equid Health, Morris Animal Foundation.

9/10/25, Biological Technologies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

2/4/2026, Collaborations in Artificial Intelligence and Geosciences (CAIG), National Science Foundation.

3/2/26, Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB), NSF.

3/2/26, NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM), NSF.

Continuous, Infrastructure Cluster (AGS-IC), NSF.

Continuous, Public Understanding of Science & Technology – Books, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 

Continuous, Water, Landscape, and Critical Zone Processes (WaLCZ), National Science Foundation.

Cybersecurity and technology

7/23/25, AI for Privacy, Safety, and Security, Google Academic Research Award.

7/23/25, Trust, Safety, Security, and Privacy Research, Google Academic Research Award.

9/29/25, Security, Privacy, and Trust in Cyberspace (SaTC 2.0), NSF.

10/10/2025, Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, National Science Foundation.

1/21/26, Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI), NSF.

2/5/2026, Artificial Intelligence, Formal Methods, and Mathematical Reasoning, National Science Foundation.

4/8/2026, Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS), National Science Foundation 

Continuous, Generative AI: Training and Model Development, NVIDIA. 

Continuous, Generative AI: Alignment and Inference, NVIDIA. 

Continuous, Robotics and Edge AI, NVIDIA. 

Health and human sciences

By invitation only, 7/22/2025, Strengthening Analytic Capacity for Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases in Low-and-Middle Income Settings, Gates Foundation. 

7/22/25, Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort Data and Biospecimen Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

10/16/25, Joint NINDS/NIMH Exploratory Neuroscience Research Grant (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

3/6/26, Collaborative Research Using Biosamples and/or Data from Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Studies (R01 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

3/6/26. New Investigator Gateway Awards for Collaborative T1D Research (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

9/7/28, Support for Research Excellence First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16- Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

Continuous, Health Grants, Hearst Foundation.


About the photo by Martin W. Kane: Dr. Jeffrey Milroy is improving athlete health outcomes through education for coaches, parents, school administrators, and athletes.

Posted on July 25, 2025

PPEERS researchers talk about the PLD Lite program

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$624,368 (continuing, $1,264,047). Christopher Kelly, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations. PPEERS Program: NC Principal Fellows Program (NCPFP) Additional Appropriation Request. Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$428,550 (continuing, $1,575,149). Kierra Sattler, Human Development and Family Studies. The Impact of Multisystem Risks on Parent and Child Well-Being in Early Childhood. Sponsor: NIH.

$50,000. Sherine Obare, Division of Research and Engagement. Warfighter to Scientist. Sponsor: BioMADE.

$29,950. Kerui Wu, Nanoscience. In Situ DC Engineering via Localized Nanovesicle Delivery Platform. Sponsor: Houston Methodist Research Institute.

$19,859. Kyung Yong Kim, Information, Library, and Research Sciences. Experiential Measurement Training with American Board of Pediatrics (2025-2026). Sponsor: American Board of Pediatrics.

$16,101. Holt Wilson, IPiE. IPie Partnership with Asheboro City Schools for the Dual Enrollment Program. Sponsor: Asheboro City Schools.

$5,000. Marc Rich, Communication Studies. Spartan Recovery Program Faculty Fellow. Sponsor: City of Greensboro ABC Board.


New Funding Opportunities 7/25/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is a July 25, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Division of Research and Engagement. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Arts and Humanities

9/4/25, Rediscovering Our Revolutionary Tradition, National Endowment for the Humanities. 

10/1/25, Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence, National Endowment for the Humanities.

12/3/25, Scholarly Editions and Translations, National Endowment for the Humanities.

Community Engagement

7/29/2025, Relationships, Education, Advancement, and Development for Youth for Life (READY4Life), NIH.

9/15/25, Institutional Challenge Grant, William T. Grant Foundation.

10/15/25, Grants Program, Richard S. Reynolds Foundation.

1/30/26, Education Grants, Cone Health.

Continuous, Culture Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Continuous, Education Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Continuous, Grants Program, Fidelity Foundation.

Continuous, Social Service Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Cybersecurity and Technology

8/29/25, Bilateral Academic Research Initiative Program – Ministry of Trade Industry and Energy, Department of Defense.

9/15/25, Faculty Innovation Award, Sony Research Award Program.

9/15/25, Focused Research Award, Sony Research Award Program.

10/10/25, Mathematical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence, National Science Foundation. 

Health and Human Sciences

1/12/26, Engagement Award: Capacity Building, Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute.

1/12/26, Engagement Award: Dissemination Initiative, Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute.

1/12/26, Engagement Award: Convening Support, Patient-centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Continuous, Health Grants, Hearst Foundation.

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

7/31/25, Department of Defense Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI), Department of Defense.

8/6/25, Translational Research Grant, NC Biotechnology Center. 

8/25/25, NC IDEA SEED: Growing Scalable Startups, NC IDEA. 

8/25/25, NC IDEA MICRO: Validating Innovative Startups, NC IDEA. 

9/5/25, FY 2026 Department of Defense Multidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative, Department of Defense.

9/10/25, Biological Technologies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. 

9/16/25, NSF Translation to Practice, National Science Foundation. 

9/17/25, Flash Grants, NC Biotechnology Center. 

9/25/2025, Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

10/1/25, Innovation Impact Grant, NC Biotechnology Center.

12/12/25, FY 2026 Department of the Navy Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions Program, Department of Defense.

8/7/28, Defense Security Cooperation University – Research Grants, Department of Defense.

Continuous, Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE): Core Programs, NSF Directorate for Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering. 

Continuous, Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB), NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences.

Continuous, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) National Defense Education Program, Department of Defense. 


About the photo by University Communications: The PPEERS Program held its Performance Learning Day Lite, giving education students the opportunity to engage in mock scenarios that simulate real workplace experiences.

Posted on August 08, 2025

A $1.2M NIH-funded UNCG study led by Dr. Jessica McNeil explores the relationship between insufficient sleep and body weight among Black emerging adults.


It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$2,998,267 (continuing, $4,470,974). Christopher Kelly, Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations. Principal Preparation for Excellence and Equity in Rural Schools (PPEERS). Sponsor: University of North Carolina System Office.

$1,500,000. Samantha Durrance, SERVE. Federal Programs Consultancy: GADOE Phase 2. Sponsor: Georgia Department of Education.

$1,255,923 (continuing, $1,928,033). Jessica McNeil, Kinesiology; Laurie Wideman, Stephanie Pickett, Kathleen Edwards, and Aubrey Kehoe. Linking Insufficient Sleep with Body Weight in Black Emerging Adults. Sponsor: NIH.

$568,643. Kristen Christman, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships; Gayle Rose. NC Enhanced Mobile Crisis Pilot Program- FY 2026. Sponsor: NCDHHS.

$115,239. Richard Cox, University Libraries; Lisa Withers. People Not Property – N.C. Slave Deeds 2025 Extension Project. Sponsor: North Carolina Library Services and Technology Act.

$86,864 (continuing, $260,000). Ratnasingham Shivaji, Mathematics and Statistics. Collaborative Research: Mathematical and Experimental Analysis of the Interaction between Competitors and a Shared Predator – from Patches to Landscapes. Sponsor: NSF.

$35,000. Tiffany Tovey, Information Library and Research Sciences. Evaluation of the Learning Actively Mentoring Program (LAMP). Sponsor: University of Wyoming.

$25,000. Beth Thrift, SERVE. High Point Collaborative Cohort 2 Evaluation (2025-2026). Sponsor: Hayden-Harman Foundation.


New funding opportunities 8/8/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is an August 8, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Division of Research and Engagement. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Arts, Humanities, and Community Engagement

9/1/25, Grants Program, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

9/10/25, Public Humanities Projects, NEH.  

9/15/25, Institutional Challenge Grant, William T. Grant Foundation.

10/1/25, Humanities Research Centers on Artificial Intelligence, National Endowment for the Humanities.

Continuous, Grant Program, William Talbott Hillman Foundation.

Entrepreneurship and Technology

8/25/25, MICRO Grant, NC IDEA, Information Session Webinar Recording.

8/25/25, SEED Grant, NC IDEA, Information Session Webinar Recording.

9/10/25, Biological Technologies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

Continuous, AWS Cloud Credit for Research, Amazon Web Services. 

Health and Human Sciences

9/26/25, Research Grants, Alpha-1 Foundation.

9/29/25, Support for Research Excellence – First Independent Research (SuRE-First) Award (R16 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.  

9/30/25, General and Dedicated Research Grants, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Foundation.

11/4/25, Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Cohort Data and Biospecimen Access (X01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.  

12/1/25, Early-Career Scientific Research Grants program, National Blood Foundation of the American Association of Blood Banks.

Continuous, Information and Practice Needs Relevant to Late Talking Children (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

Continuous, Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (Parent K01- Independent Clinical Trial Required), NIH.

Continuous, NIH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

Continuous, NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed), NIH.

Science and Mathematics

9/15/25, Faculty Innovation Award, Sony Research Award Program.

9/15/25, Focused Research Award, Sony Research Award Program.

10/1/25, Mathematical Biology, NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 

11/16/25, Computational Mathematics, NSF. 

3/2/26, Emerging Mathematics in Biology (eMB), NSF. 

Continuous, Long Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB), NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences.

Continuous, Research and Education Program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions (HBCU/MI), Department of Defense. 

Continuous, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) National Defense Education Program, Department of Defense. 


About the photo by University Communications: Dr. Jessica McNeil’s NIH-funded study investigates the relationship between insufficient sleep and body weight among Black emerging adults.

Posted on August 22, 2025

Dr. Paul Davis and his students conduct research for the clinical exercise physiology program

It’s a new funding Friday! Check out some of the grants that recently came through our Office of Sponsored Programs AND find your next funding opportunity.


$504,946. Sherrell House, Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships; Janet Howard, Kristen Christman. Bringing Out the Best Funding Cycle 2025-2026. Sponsor: Guilford County Partnership for Children.

$453,136. Harriette Bailey, Human Development and Family Studies; Linda Hestenes. Education, Quality Improvement and Professional Development (EQuIPD). Sponsor: Guilford County Partnership for Children.

$392,856 (continuing). Paul Davis, Kinesiology. BELT Program 2025-2026. Sponsor: Cone Health System.

$300,000. Kerui Wu, Nanoscience. Screening of Natural Foods Rich in Chlorogenic Acid to Combat Bone Metastasis in ER-Positive Breast Cancer. Sponsor: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

$259,870 (continuing, $784,369). Jigna Dharod, Nutrition; Jasmine DeJesus. Breastfeeding Intervention to Prevent Obesity Among Children. Sponsor: NIH.

$112,500 (continuing, $531,228). Tiffany Tovey, Information, Library, and Research Services. SCALE External Evaluation 2025 Renewal. Sponsor: Purdue University.

$100,000. Grecia Navarro, Center for New North Carolinians. Thriving at Three. Sponsor: The United Way of Greater Greensboro.

$24,763 (continuing, $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. East Carolina University.

$9,027. Kimberly Miller, Community and Therapeutic Recreation. Supporting Adapted and Inclusive Recreation Program in Greensboro Parks and Recreation (2025-2026). Sponsor: City of Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department.


New Funding Opportunities 8/22/2025

Find your next funding opportunity here. Below is an August 22, 2025 roundup of recently announced funding opportunities curated by the Division of Research and Engagement. Interested in having recent funding opportunities come directly to your inbox?  Subscribe to our Funding Opportunities @UNCG weekly email.

Arts, Humanities, and Community Engagement

8/28/25, Private Higher Education, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. 

8/28/25, Public Educational Media, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. 

9/1/25, History of Art Grants Program, Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

9/10/25, Public Humanities Projects, NEH.

9/24/25, Dan David Prize, Dan David Foundation. 

9/30/25, American Dissertation Fellowships, American Association of University Women.

11/1/25, Howard Fellowships, The George A. and Eliza Gardner Foundation.

11/5/25, Archival Projects, National Archives and Records Administration.

11/10/25, Grant Program, Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.

2/2/26, General Project Funding, Federal Cultural Foundation. 

Continuous, American Art Program Responsive Grants, Henry Luce Foundation.

Continuous, Cultural Outreach Grant, Hearst Foundations. 

Continuous, Preparing Students to Thrive in a Global Society Grant, Hearst Foundations. 

Continuous, Social Service to Challenge Chronic Poverty Grant, Hearst Foundations. 

Health and Human Sciences

8/28/25, Palliative Care, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. 

9/16/25, Development of Antibodies and Antibody-derived Proteins for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases with Epidemic Potential, European Commission. 

9/16/25, Facilitating the Conduct of Multinational Clinical Studies of Orphan Devices and/or of Highly Innovative (“Breakthrough”) Devices, European Commission. 

9/16/25, Tackling High-burden for Patients and Under-researched Medical Conditions, European Commission. 

9/19/25, Grant Program, The G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation. 

12/1/25, Early-Career Scientific Research Grants program, National Blood Foundation of the American Association of Blood Banks.

Continuous, Continuing Human Enabling, Enhancing, Restoring, and Sustaining (CHEERS), Department of Defense. 

Continuous, Increasing Access to Healthcare for High-need Populations Grant, Hearst Foundations. 

Science and Mathematics

8/28/25, Environmental Solutions, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. 

9/1/25, Research Grants, Whitehall Foundation. 

9/30/25, American Dissertation Fellowships, American Association of University Women.

9/16/25, National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP), NSF. 

10/29/25, Simons Collaborations in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, Simons Foundation. 

11/1/25, Edward B. and Phyllis E. Reed Research Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution.

1/22/26, Launching Early-Career Pathways in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences, NSF. 

Continuous, AWS Cloud Credit for Research, Amazon Web Services. 

Continuous, Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development (GRANTED), NSF. 

Continuous, NSF-NIST Interaction in Basic and Applied Scientific Research, NSF. 

Continuous, Public Understanding of Science and Technology – Books, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. 

Continuous, Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (RISBS), NSF.

Continuous, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) National Defense Education Program, Department of Defense. 


About the photo by University Communications: Dr. Paul Davis researches the impact of exercise on overweight and obese young women’s chance of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.