Here’s the current listing of recent competitive grant awards to UNC School of Medicine faculty.
The following is a list of new grants awarded to SOM faculty with project start dates from 1/1/2021 -1/15/2021 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000):
| PI | Project Title | Sponsor | Award Amount | Project Begin Date |
| Dotti, Gianpietro | Tuning CAR-T Cell Functions. | NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) | $496,990 | 1/1/2021 |
| Ramsey, J | Improved scalability, sensitivity, and interpretability of pathogen detection, including SARS-CoV-2, in wastewater using high-throughput, highly multiplexed digital array PCR technology | NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) | $997,507 | 1/1/2021 |
| Girdler, Susan | Caregivers at Carolina: Support for Physician Scientists | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation | $528,000 | 1/1/2021 |
| Carlough, Martha | Maternity Care Access and Quality in Chatham County: Mixed Method evaluation of the UNC Chatham Hospital Maternity Care Project | Duke Endowment | $347,369 | 1/1/2021 |
| Buchbinder, Mara | Physicians’ Moral Stress During COVID-19: A Qualitative Analysis of Systems Factors | Greenwall Foundation | $226,041 | 1/1/2021 |
| Philpot, Ben | Gene Therapy for Angelman Syndrome | Asklepios BioPharmaceutical (AskBio), Inc. | $1,500,000 | 1/1/2021 |
| Ribeiro, Carla | Evaluation of IRE1beta as a Novel Target for CF Airway Mucus Production | Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $125,000 | 1/1/2021 |
| Sparkenbaugh, Erica | Biased PAR1 Agonism in Sickle Cell Disease | NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | $349,875 | 1/10/2021 |
| Patel, Shetal | Metabolic reprogramming of the tumor microenvironment to enhance immunotherapy in lung cancer | Lung Cancer Initiative of North Carolina | $175,000 | 1/1/2021 |
| Scherrer, Greg | Mechanisms of affective states and drug discovery at the intersection of chronic pain and opioid addition | Brain Research Foundation | $150,000 | 1/1/2021 |