Category: Awards

Three College researchers receive grants to boost innovative research

Three College researchers receive grants to boost innovative research Through two separate funding mechanisms managed by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, College of Arts and Sciences faculty Ronit Freeman, Igor Andreoni and Carl Rodriguez have received competitive grants to fund new or ongoing projects in their laboratories.   The RCSA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to catalyzing innovative scientific research… Continue reading Three College researchers receive grants to boost innovative research

Ronit Freeman Among 11 Cottrell Scholars Winning RSCA Bridge Award

Ronit Freeman Among 11 Cottrell Scholars Winning RSCA Bridge Award Research Corporation for Science Advancement has awarded $800,000 to 11 Cottrell Scholars through its RCSA Bridge Awards. This emergency initiative will help stabilize strong research programs that have experienced disruptions due to abrupt changes to their federal funding.    “These researchers are pursuing exciting and productive research programs that are, importantly, training the next generation of scientists,” said RCSA President Eric Isaacs. “The Bridge awards provide critical continuity to outstanding early-career scientists doing high-potential… Continue reading Ronit Freeman Among 11 Cottrell Scholars Winning RSCA Bridge Award

Ronit Freeman Named 2025 Mentor Awardee

Professor Freeman Named 2025 Mentor Awardee We are excited to announce that Ronit Freeman has been recognized this year as a faculty member that has exhibited outstanding graduate student mentorship. Dr. Freeman has led and continues to lead her students through their journeys into the field of science while instilling integrity, thoroughness, and professionalism.   Since… Continue reading Ronit Freeman Named 2025 Mentor Awardee

Freeman Lab Awarded NC Innovation Grant

Professor Freeman Awarded Grant Ronit Freeman, an associate professor of applied physical sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently awarded a NCInnovation research and development grant for a fibrosis treatment project.   NCInnovation is a nonprofit that helps unlock the innovative potential of North Carolina’s world class public universities. The organization recently approved… Continue reading Freeman Lab Awarded NC Innovation Grant

Creativity Hubs Award Funds New Implant Device To Revolutionize Chronic Disease Management

CREATIVITY HUBS AWARD FAST-TRACKS DEVELOPMENT OF IMPLANTABLE TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD DISRUPT HEALTHCARE IN NORTH CAROLINA, NATIONWIDE, AND GLOBALLY     A new implantable device termed Autonomous Living Therapies for Extended Results (ALTER) could change the way chronic diseases are managed by offering a promising solution to one of the biggest challenges in healthcare: poor medication… Continue reading Creativity Hubs Award Funds New Implant Device To Revolutionize Chronic Disease Management

Freeman Recognized as a Rising Star in Chemistry

Ronit Freeman Earns 2023 Cottrell Scholar Award Research Corporation for Science Advancement, America’s first foundation dedicated wholly to science, has named 25 early career scholars in chemistry, physics, and astronomy as recipients of its 2023 Cottrell Scholar Awards. Each awardee receives $100,000.  “The future of science depends on innovation, diversity, and commitment to student success,”… Continue reading Freeman Recognized as a Rising Star in Chemistry

Freeman Lab lauded for catalyzing SARS-CoV-2 Research

Funded by RCSA’s swift COVID-19 response, the biomolecular engineering expertise at the Freeman Lab is being lauded as a catalyzing project. Resulting from this award, the Freeman Lab has “developed, patented, and quickly brought to mass-market production a glycopolymer-based lateral flow assay for detecting SARS-CoV-2 and its rapidly emerging variants”. The COVID-19 Initiative is a… Continue reading Freeman Lab lauded for catalyzing SARS-CoV-2 Research

Freeman Lab receives Harrington Scholar award for game-changing pulmonary fibrosis drug discovery

In collaboration with James Hagood, Ronit Freeman has received funding for new drug discovery for the treatment of pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Currently, PF has no breakthrough treatment, and has an annual mortality on par with breast cancer in the US. This new funding is poised to help reverse the lung damage caused by PF. Read… Continue reading Freeman Lab receives Harrington Scholar award for game-changing pulmonary fibrosis drug discovery

Freeman and Hagood labs awarded grant by Eshelman Institute for Innovation

The Freeman Lab is excited to announce a new cross-campus grant awarded by the Eshelman Institute for Innovation to pursue research in lung fibrosis. Dr. Ronit Freeman and Dr. Jim Hagood of the UNC School of Medicine will receive $350,000 towards their interdisciplinary research into peptide-based fibrosis therapeutics. This exciting novel drug technology will have… Continue reading Freeman and Hagood labs awarded grant by Eshelman Institute for Innovation

Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19

Dr. Ronit Freeman’s proposals for the Research Corporation for Science Advancement’s COVID-19 Initiative, and her subsequent awards to research ways to capture and disable coronavirus spikes, have been featured on the UNC College of Arts and Sciences website. You can read the article here. Dr Freeman will be collaborating with Rommie Amaro, professor of chemistry… Continue reading Molecular approaches to detect and mitigate COVID-19

Freeman Lab Undergraduates Receive Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC)

We are happy to announce that two Undergraduates working in the Freeman Lab have received the Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC) for Undergraduate research this Summer 2020! Jade Dang will be using the award to explore fluorescent-based methods in probing the properties of peptide-DNA and catalytic material, while Dingyuan Liu will be tracking cell… Continue reading Freeman Lab Undergraduates Receive Summer Award for Research-Intensive Courses (SARIC)