Grants

Funded Proposals

Proposal title

Funding agency

Amount funded

Funding period

Ab Initio Studies of Metal-Rare Gas and Metal-Hydrogen Interaction Potentials- PI- Bililign

NSF Program 1954: Quantum Calculations

$137,628.00

09/01/96- 08/31/99

Effects of Electronic Orbital Alignment in Laser Induced Metal-H2 and Metal-CH4: PI Bililign

NSF-CAREER      

$359,465 

PLUS Supplement; $14,000

3/1/98-02/28/02

ITR/ Computational Geometry for Structural Biology and Bioinformatics-

Collaborators: UNC Chapel Hill, Stanford University, Duke University and NCAT

NSF-ITR /Duke University

$524,874

9/15/00-8/31/05

Quenching of excited states of  lithium by H2,D2,N2 , and alkane and alkene hydrocarbons: Kinetics and Dynamics-PI Bililign

NSF-Chemistry

$285,738

 

3/1/02-2/28/05

The A&T Physics Scholars Program – An On-Track Feeder-PI Bililign

Sloan Foundation

$180,000

 

4/1/02-3-31-06

Acquisition of a multi-source reflection time-of-flight mass spectrometer: PI- Bililign Co-PI’s: Adenayi, Harp (NCA&T) Duffy UNCG

NSF-MRI

 

$447,635

 

09/01/03-08/31/05

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION WITH ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY (ETHIOPIA)PI-Bililign

NSF-OISE

  $15,500.00

8/15/04-8/14/05

AfricaArray: Imaging the African Superplume, building African partnerships and enhancing diversity in the geosciences: - PI: Andy Nayblade (Penn State), Collaborators:  University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, NCAT,

NCA&T sub award: PI-Bililign, Co-PI-Tang

NSF-OISE-PIRE

$635,600.00

1/06-12/13

The Sloan A&T Physics Scholars Program: Preparing undergraduates for a Ph.D. in the sciences. -PI Bililign

Sloan Foundation

$210,000.00

 

9/1/2005-8/31/2008

International Research in Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences in Ethiopia._PI-Bililign

NSF-OISE-IRES

$149,000

 

1/1/07-12/31/10 

NOAA Interdisciplinary Scientific Environmental Technology (ISET) Cooperative Research and Education Center “I-Bililign

Partners: NCSU, CUNY, UNCP, University of Alaska Southeast, FISK University, University of Minnesota, California State-Fresno

NCA&T Co-PI’s- Schimmel, Assefa, Tang, Anewuyi, Homaifar, Ahmidouich, Danagoulian, Ilisa, Esterline,Roop, Zhang, Kyei

NOAA-EPP

 

$12.5 Million

9/ 1/06 –8/31/11  

Kinetics and Thermochemistry  Sudies of Carboxylic and Other Acids Using Negative Ion Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometry (NI-PTRMS)-PI-Bililign

NSF-Atmospheric Chemistry

 

$330,000

6/1/08-5-31-11

Collaborative Research: Track 2 – Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences through the Africa Array (AA) Educational Alliance-PI- Bililign

Co-PI- Tang, Schimmel

NSF-Geosciences

671,500

9/1/09-8/31/14

Laboratory determination of optical properties of aerosols using cavity ring down spectroscopic technique-

Pi- Bililign, Co-PI- Fiddler

DoD

$575,000

5/1/11-4/30/14

Enhancing Earth System Science Education in Guilford County Schools Central Region Secondary Schools (Co-PI)- PI- Schimmel

NASA

$408,391

5/2010-4/2012

Effective Global Climate Change Education and Research for Minorities (Co-PI) PI- Schimmel, Co-PI- Bililign, Lin et.al

NASA

$658,903

2011-2013

REU Site: Collaborative Earth system science research- Atmospheric modeling, sensing and societal impacts: PI-Bililign

Co-PI’s Keith A Schimmel, SHYAM ARAVAMUDHAN, Zerihun Assefa, William Edmonson, Manoj Kumar Jha,Yuh-Lang Lin, Liping Liu, Ademe Mekonnen, George W. Stone

 

NSF

$361,390

2013-2017

GP-EXTRA: Pathways to atmospheric science through immersion in geosciences research, PI-Bililign, Co-PI: A S Denning; Manoj K Jha, Yuh-Lang Lin, Jing Zhang, Melissa A. Burt, Keith Schimmel, Ademe Mekonnen

NSF

$456,000

August 2016-July 2019

Studies of Optical and chemical properties of Biomass Burning Aerosols, PI-Bililign, CO-PI- Fiddler

NSF

$ 488,281

Feb 15, 2016-Jan 31-2019

IRES-International Research in Geosciences (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences) in Ethiopia, Recommended for Funding: PI-Bililign, Co-PI- James Sherman

NSF

$249,898

July 2016-June19 2016

NSF-HBCU-UP Research Excellence: Radiative effects of Biomass Burning Aerosols: Laboratory and Field Measurements and Modelling of Climate and health impacts:

PI: Bililign

NSF

$1,000,0000

9/1/19-8/31/21

Broadening Participation of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates in International Research

CO-PI-Bililign

 

NSF

$95,400

9/7/18-7/20/18

Toxicity of Complex Aerosols from Combustion

PI-S. Bililign

UNC-CH

19,000

1/1/19-12/31/20

 

UNDER REVIEW PROPOSALS

GP-EXTRA- Enhancing Pathways to Atmospheric Sciences Through Collaborative Asynchronous Research and Mentoring, Co-PI’s Lin, Zhang, Mekonnen, Jha, Schimmel

Amount Requested $420,000