News Release

Small Grants Recipients Announced

January 23, 2001

The Institute on Aging announced the names of recipients of its 2001 Small Grants program.

A total of 5 grants were awarded to faculty researchers from around the state. Grants of up to $7,500 were available to faculty researchers from any UNC school to support aging-related research projects. The review committee selected these five winners from the seventeen applications received:

Strategy Differences and Age Effects on Spatial Learning
Dunlosky, John T., UNC-G
$5,220

Walking and Talking: Shared Task Performance in Older Women
Hinton, Virginia, UNC-G
$7,310

Changes in Ability to Use Paretic Lower Extremity During Recovery From Stroke
Mercer, Vicki Stemmons, UNC-CH
$7,200

XBP-A Novel Protein of the Amyloid Precursor Complex
Teller, Jan K., ECU
$7,500

Older Adults Participation in and Barriers to Educational Activities
Uhlenberg, Peter, UNC-CH
$6,500

Congratulations to the recipients! For more information on the IOA Small Grants program, as well as lists of current and previous award recipients, visit our Funding & Grants page.