{"id":1049,"date":"2022-02-22T11:46:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T16:46:38","slug":"january-2022-sponsored-program-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/research-sponsored-programs\/2022\/02\/22\/january-2022-sponsored-program-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"January 2022 Sponsored Program Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Congratulations!<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The following UTC Faculty and Staff have attracted <strong>$345,637 <\/strong>in external grant and contract awards:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Hill Craddock (Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science) has requested and received $10,000 from The American Chestnut Foundation for the project entitled, &#8220;Population genomics of diversity, adaptation, and gene flow in American chestnut.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jonathan McNair (Music) has received $2,500 from the CHI Memorial for the project entitled, &#8220;A Speck of Light: an Arts-based advocacy for Mental and Behavioral Health Services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Charles Mix and Nyssa Hunt (IGTLab) have requested and received $2,861 from the Lookout Mountain Conservancy for the project entitled, &#8220;Lookout Mountain Conservancy Conservation GIS Suitability Analysis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Elizabeth O&#8217;Brien Oden (Student Affairs) has received $99,883 from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services for the project entitled, &#8220;UTC GLS Suicide Prevention Project.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Skjellum (SIMCenter) in collaboration with the University of New Mexico (UNM) has received $230,393 from the National Nuclear Security Administration for the project entitled, &#8220;Center for Understandable, Performant Exascale Communication Systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Good Luck!<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The following UTC faculty and staff members submitted proposals for the potential to generate over <strong>$4,008,083<\/strong> in <\/em><em>external funding, if awarded:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Dr. Meredith Barbee (Chemistry and Physics) has requested $5,000 from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities for the project entitled, &#8220;Tracking single-chain polymer folding processes through colorimetric host-guest interactions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Drs. 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