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Research Administration announces grants for faculty, staff projects

The following is a compilation of grants awarded at Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵ during July 2019. The list is presented in unedited form, courtesy of WCU’s Office of Research Administration.

Title: A New Moon: Assessing the Petrogenetic Relationship and Global Distribution of Apollo Mg-suite to KREEP-free troctolites and Mg-anorthosites

PI: Amy Fagan

Funder: Rutgers the State University of New Jersey

Amount: $14,388

Description: to pursue petrologic investigations of lunar troctolites and other magnesium-rich materials to better understand the lunar interior and evolution

Title: Accelerating Economic Growth through Commercialization in Western North Carolina

PI: Patrick Gardner

Funder: US Department of Commerce

Amount: $118,000

Description: year 3 of a 5-year project to facilitate the commercialization of new products or implementation of new manufacturing processes through a comprehensive suite of engineering and business counseling services

A helicopter approaches a Jackson County blaze to drop a load of water during a drought-fueled outbreak of wildfires in fall of 2016. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓƵfaculty member Peter Bates has received funding from the U.S. Forest Service to continue research involving fire monitoring plots in the region. (Photo courtesy of the Sylva Herald)

Title: Conduct Fire Effects in the Southern Appalachians

PI: Peter Bates

Funder: USDA National Forest Service

Amount: $16,776

Description: to continue support of fire monitoring plots in the southern Appalachians

Title: Cultural Landscape Inventory and Report for the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and Unicoi Turnpike

PI: Brett Riggs

Funder: USDA National Forest Service

Amount: $16,982

Description: to continue historical research, investigations, analysis, evaluation, and treatment recommendations for the historic trails on National Forest land in GA, NC, SC, and TN

Title: FY 2017 BHWET Competition

PI: Pat Morse

Funder: DHHS Health Resources and Services Administration

Amount: $479,924

Description: year 3 of a 4-year program to recruit and train MSW students to work in team-based integrated care settings to expand the behavioral health workforce

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