NC TraCS Award Announcements

The NC TraCS Institute is pleased to announce awardees for $5K-50K matched pilot grants and $2K pilot grants related to the COVID-19 pandemic that were advanced for expedited review from the current cycle of proposals under review.

During this unprecedented time, we felt it was important to respond nimbly in funding pilot projects relevant to the current COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish this goal we convened an ad hoc panel (Drs. Tim Carey, Janet Rubin, and Adaora Adimora) to review COVID-19 related $5K-$50K proposals 36 days ahead of schedule. For the $2K proposals, our regular review committee convened 10 days ahead of schedule.

In total, 5 applications were reviewed and 4 were chosen for funding. Awardees include investigators from UNC's Eshelman School of Pharmacy and School of Medicine. The $5K-$50K awards are comprised of NC TraCS funding matched by funds from UNC Schools, Departments and Centers, and funding from partner organizations. The 4 projects are listed alphabetically below by program and by the PI's last name.

TraCS $5K - $50K Matched Pilot Grant Program

• Natalie Bowman, Dept. of Medicine, School of Medicine
  Project Title: Epidemiological and immunological aspects of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in North Carolina

• Jessica Lin, School of Medicine
  Project Title: COVID-19 Household Transmission Study (CO-HOST) - Epidemiology Of Sars-cov-2 Transmission Within the Household

TraCS $2K Pilot Grant Program

• Delesha Carpenter, Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
  Stephanie Kiser, Practice Advancement & Clinical Education, Eshelman School of Pharmacy
  Project Title: Documenting the Ability of Rural Community Pharmacies to Respond to COVID-19

• Clare Harrop, Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine
  Aaron Dallman, Allied Health Sciences, School of Medicine
  Project Title: The Impact of COVID19 on Families with a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Behavioral Inflexibility, Anxiety and Quality of Life

View a complete list of Pilot awardees at tracs.unc.edu/pilot.