The latest grants awarded to UNC School of Medicine faculty with project start dates from May 1 – 15, 2023, and award amounts greater than $100,000.
Below is a list of new grants awarded to UNC School of Medicine faculty with project start dates from May 1 – 15, 2023. Awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000:
| PI | Project Title | Sponsor | Award Amount | Project Begin Date |
| Bahnson, Edward | Build Research Capacity through a Multi-Institution Research of Antihypertensive Properties of Peanut Protein Hydrolysate Derived from Defatted Peanut Flour | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NCAT) | $159,086 | 5/1/2023 |
| Calabrese, Mauro | A computational approach to identify non-linear sequence similarity between lncRNAs | National Science Foundation (NSF) | $662,630 | 5/1/2023 |
| Li, Yun | Study of Selective Cell and System Vulnerability in Alzheimer’s Disease | NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) | $1,356,754 | 5/1/2023 |
| Cohen, Sarah | Assessing the role of APOE in glial lipid droplet metabolism and function | NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA) | $585,570 | 5/15/2023 |
| Hodge, Clyde | Pathological AMPA receptor adaptations governing dependence-escalated alcohol self-administration | NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) | $130,585 | 5/1/2023 |
| Aymes, Shannon | Preventive Medicine Residency | DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | $395,792 | 5/1/2023 |
| Strauss, Joshua | Acquisition of ThermoFisher Scientific MicroED Package for 200 keV Talos Arctica CryoTEM | North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) | $131,710 | 5/1/2023 |