Kriddie Whitmore received a Student Research Grant from the Geological Society of America. Kriddie also received ‘outstanding mention’ for exceptional merit – one of the top 10 proposals among 348 winners. Kriddie’s research proposal was titled “Estimating Surface Area of … Continued
The US National Science Foundation awarded a $1.6 million grant to support a research project in Nepal led by UNC Geography Professor Conghe Song. This is an international interdisciplinary project with UNC being the lead institute, collaborating with North Carolina … Continued
This project examines the childhood geographies of youth caregivers under the age of 18 years old. Every day in the United States, more than 1.4 million youth caregivers support family members who have a chronic illness, disability, or other health … Continued
Associate Professor Clark Gray has been awarded an NIH award to investigate climate-induced migration in Africa. Project Summary This project will provide new insight into climate-induced migration in Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on how this process varies over space and … Continued
Please find following an Endeavors article about Chang Liu’s research that is supported by the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the Office for Undergraduate Research. Link.
Podcast – Geography faculty Dr.Arce-Nazario discusses IAH New Faculty Collaboration Grant with Senior Associate Dean Rudi Colloredo. Click here to listen.
Dr. Mike Emch won a huge grant, “Impacts of Environment, Host Genetics and Antigen Diversity on Malaria Vaccine Efficacy,” funded by the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health (NIH),1R01-AI137410-01, $3,632,091, 2018-22. This is an NIH … Continued
The NASA Land Cover/Land Use Change (LCLUC) Program awarded the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a three-year grant in the amount of $720,000 to examine the effects of social and ecological factors, particularly, human migration and tourism on … Continued
Andrew Curley recently received a research grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for the project “The End of Navajo Coal,” which builds on his dissertation work on the social nature of coal in the Navajo Nation (2013-2014). Andrew’s follow up project … Continued
Dr. Elizabeth Olson (UNC Geography and Global Studies), with Mr. Martin Hunicutt (Duke Clinical Research Institute), has been approved for a $25,000 funding award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to support a project on Bookend Caregiving, or intergenerational … Continued
