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U.S. North Carolina Durham
Population 308,745,538 9,535,483 268,454
Total recovery funding $522,082,377,600 $15,205,543,291 $730,033,191
Funding per Capita $1,691 $1,595 $2,719
Unemployment
7/2008
6.2
6.5
5.2
7/2009
+3.6
9.8
+4.6
11.1
+3.3
8.5
7/2010
-0.2
9.6
-1.2
9.9
-0.9
7.6
7/2011
-0.6
9.0
+1.0
10.9
+1.4
9.0
7/2012
-0.9
8.1
-1.1
9.8
-0.8
8.2
Unemployment Rate, 7/08 – 7/12

This site was updated in September 2012. It includes recipient-reported data through the second quarter of 2012, which was released in July 2012.

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Funding by Federal Agency and Department

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Health and Human Services, Department of $254,921,335
Energy, Department of $192,670,224
Commerce, Department of $92,205,999
Education, Department of $71,124,836
Transportation, Department of $30,389,481
Small Business Administration $18,793,159
Housing and Urban Development, Department of $18,471,357
Department of Veterans Affairs $12,721,330
National Science Foundation $11,453,121
Social Security Administration $8,970,750
Army, Department of $6,430,349
Justice, Department of $3,046,302
Employment and Training Administration $2,030,190
Treasury, Department of $2,000,000
Agriculture, Department of $1,764,196
Environmental Protection Agency $1,490,350
Interior, Department of $896,813
Department of the Air Force $275,900
General Services Administration $250,000
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities $100,000
Independent Agencies $25,500
Federal Communications Commission $2,000

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Projects

Stimulus contracts, grants and loans in Durham County, N.C. Data last updated on September 2012.
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Note: For some programs where states do not report where money will be distributed across the state, we do not have the allocation for individual counties. Those programs include: Medicaid, unemployment benefits and food stamps. Those amounts are included in the totals for where the state agency receiving that money is located.

Durham County has more than 200 stimulus spending items. View the top 200 items by expenditure amount. View the lists by federal department and agency in the top-right corner of this page.

Amount refers to both the amount of stimulus funding going toward the project and the face value of the loan.

Recipient Amount Type Description Federal Dept./Agency Date
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $167,671,796 Grant Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Application The overall objective of this project is to mitigate the technical risk associated with scale up of the warm syngas cleaning and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technologies, enabling subsequent commercial deployment. To demonstrate the warm syngas... Show more
This spending item is part of a $168,824,716 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 9/17/2010
MCNC $61,409,900 Grant Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) The Golden LEAF North Carolina Rural Broadband Initiative (GLNCRBI) will build high speed access to broadband infrastructure and direct fiber connections to community colleges, libraries, schools, health and safety facilities and other community ancho... Show more
This spending item is part of a $75,757,289 allocation. See details
Commerce, Department of / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 7/21/2010
MCNC $28,225,518 Grant Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) MCNC will build a sustainable broadband network infrastructure connecting urban central North Carolina (NC) with underserved rural southeastern and western NC. The project is supported by an $11.76M cash and in-kind match. The design, construction, ... Show more Commerce, Department of / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1/15/2010
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. $16,352,099 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund- for the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as, applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
This spending item is part of a $1,161,931,564 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/20/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $14,916,552 Grant National Center for Research Resources, Recovery Act Construction Support Duke researchers whose current or past investigations have required significant use of USDA-covered species are responsible for $20,407,773 in annual direct costs from the National Institutes of Health. Strength of these progra... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 3/04/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $13,529,199 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Millions of Americans develop chest pain suggestive of coronary heart disease each year and often require non-invasive diagnostic testing. However, currently available tests are imprecise, robust evidence regarding optimal test choice is limited, and test
This spending item is part of a $13,613,141 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY $12,946,252 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund- for the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as, applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
This spending item is part of a $1,161,931,564 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/20/2009
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SELF- HELP $11,763,353 Grant Neighborhood Stabilization Program (Recovery Act Funded) The Self-Help Foreclosure Recovery Initiative will provide at least $11.76 million in financing to finance the purchase and redevelopment of approximately 300 units of NSP-eligible homes and residential properties in select communities in Calif... Show more Housing and Urban Development, Department of 2/11/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $8,733,750 Direct P Social Security Economic Recovery Act Payments Social Security Administration 6/30/2009
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. $7,517,233 Grant Special Education Grants to States, Recovery Act Assist States in providing special education and related services to children with disabilities in accordance with Part B of the IDEA.
This spending item is part of a $314,410,039 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services 8/31/2009
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. $7,425,562 Grant Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, Recovery Act Improve teaching and learning for students most at risk of failing to meet State academic achievement standards
This spending item is part of a $257,444,956 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 8/31/2009
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIV $6,404,689 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 7/09/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $6,000,000 Contract This proposal to AHRQ from the Duke Evidence-Based Practice Center (EPC) is in response to the ''ARRA 2009 - Comprehensive EPC Comparative Effectiveness Reviews for Effective Health Care' request for task order. Awarding of this Task Order would allow the Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 10/26/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $5,984,293 Contract RTI will provide support to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) to plan, coordinate, and facilitate meetings at the national and regional levels for the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC) in it Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 3/31/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $5,575,120 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 12/17/2009
CREE, INC. $5,423,450 Contract The purpose of this Task is to develop silicon carbide (SiC) device technologies used in advanced Army platform power systems. Improvements in components technologies under this task will allow Army power systems in wheeled and mobile platforms to meet p
This spending item is part of a $12,150,000 allocation. See details
Army, Department of / U.S. Army Research Laboratory Command 4/09/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $4,999,899 Contract The purpose of this contract is to support selected State Consortiums in the development and implementation of solutions to privacy and security issues preventing or impeding the interstate exchange of health information. Health and Human Services, Department of / Program Support Center 3/31/2010
GREENLAND ENTERPRISES, INC. $4,682,196 Contract Design-Build Advanced Utility Metering of Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 Department of Veterans Affairs 5/20/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $4,595,669 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal is the first step in a major paradigm shift leading to global acceptance of evidence-based protocol-driven care as the optimal approach to treatment of pediatric rheumatic diseases by families, patients, and health care providers. Through th
This spending item is part of a $6,824,989 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. $4,575,609 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Race-to-the-Top Incentive Grants, Recovery Act The purpose of the Race to the Top Fund is to encourage and reward States that are creating the conditions for education innovation and reform; achieving significant improvement in student outcomes; and implementi... Show more
This spending item is part of a $399,465,769 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 9/24/2010
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF DURHAM INC $4,357,497 Grant Public Housing Capital Fund Stimulus (Formula) Recovery Act Funded Capital Fund Program Grant assistance is to be used for the purpose of assisting Durham Housing Authority to carry out modernization activities at twelve public housing developments in order to ensure that such developments continue t... Show more Housing and Urban Development, Department of 3/18/2009
CITY OF DURHAM $4,257,465 Grant Federal Transit_Formula Grants Invest in public transportation by purchasing several new Light-duty Transit Vehicles (LTV's) to improve our paratransit service delivery, a Real-Time Passenger Arrival System for our fixed route service, increased Preventive Maintenance activity for both Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 7/20/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $4,213,882 Grant National Center for Research Resources, Recovery Act Construction Support The long-term objective of the proposed project is to create a unique, state-of-the-art facility for bioengineering and biomedical research within the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied S... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $3,996,278 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Vexing questions in the field of genomic biomarkers are: How do we build the evidence to support their clinical use? And what is their clinical value? The objective of this proposal is to develop an innovative framework for clinical effectiveness research Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $3,900,986 Contract ICF Macro was awarded a contract to support multiple evaluation components of the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) initative in communities and state. These multiple components will emply both quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.
This spending item is part of a $11,696,162 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 9/09/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $3,835,029 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 12/17/2009
OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH, INC. $3,800,400 Grant Weatherization Assistance for Low-Income Persons The Weatherization Assistance ProgramG??s mission is to enhance the well-being of low-income residents, particularly those persons who are most vulnerable such as the elderly, the handicapped, and children, through the installation of energy efficient ... Show more
This spending item is part of a $131,954,536 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 4/01/2009
CREE, INC. $3,774,450 Grant Advanced Research and Projects Agency Energy Financial Assistance Program The objective of this program is to develop 15 / 20 kV Silicon Carbide (SiC) Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor's (IGBTs), a high voltage semiconductor-based power switch, which will then be used to demonstrate a 100 kVA Transfo... Show more
This spending item is part of a $5,200,003 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of 9/01/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $3,606,822 Contract The purpose of this project is to assist the Office of the National Coordinatorfor Health IT (ONC), the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC), and the current 60 Regional Exchange Centers (RECs) with identifying and developing 'best practi Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 3/31/2010
TRIANGLE J COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS $3,470,069 Grant Conservation Research and Development The Carolina Blue Skies & Green Jobs Initiative is a bi-state effort to increase availability and use of alternative fuels simultaneously deploying alternative fuel vehicles and advanced technology vehicles in North and South Carolina. It will pursue a G?
This spending item is part of a $12,004,175 allocation. See details
Energy, Department of / National Energy Technology Laboratory 5/01/2010
DURHAM'S PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN $3,425,970 Grant ARRA - Early Head Start The Durham Early Head Start (DEHS) program will provide full, comprehensive services to 120 infants and toddlers (0-3) and English and Spanish-speaking pregnant women via two modalities: Center-based: full-year, full-day program at partnering licensed c Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration for Children and Families 12/04/2009
ECC CONSTRUCTION LLC $3,210,600 Contract HVAC Replacements F-wing Department of Veterans Affairs 9/01/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $3,198,204 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This Grand Opportunity (RC2) grant is written in response to NHLBI call for proposals on Large-scale DNA Sequencing and Molecular Profiling of Well-phenotyped NHLBI Cohorts and the addendum portion describing Molecular Profiling. The identification of mol Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $3,111,693 Grant Advanced Research and Projects Agency Energy Financial Assistance Program The goal of this early stage R&D project is to develop a novel single-step catalytic biomass pyrolysis process with high carbon conversion efficiency to produce stable bio-crude with low oxygen content (<10%). RTI will lead thr... Show more Energy, Department of 12/18/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $3,102,008 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support RFA-OD-09-004 Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure G?Grand OpportunitiesG? (RC2) Large-scale genetics studies on schizophrenia to date have failed to discover a substantial contribution of common genetic va
This spending item is part of a $3,132,972 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $3,042,659 Contract The purpose of this task order is to conduct evaluation case studies for purposes of identifying patterns in effective implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies. Significant deliverables include: - Analysis Plan, - OMB Package, - Site Visit Health and Human Services, Department of / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 7/16/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $3,000,000 Contract The RTI International-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Evidence-based Practice Center (RTI-UNC EPC) conducts four major types of comparative effectiveness activities for AHRQ, with a special focus on mental health. Area 1 includes the developme
This spending item is part of a $6,000,000 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 10/23/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY $2,773,709 Grant Federal Transit_Formula Grants Invest in public transportation by purchasing new heavy-duty transit buses, new paratransit vans, a Real-Time Passenger Arrival System, repaving the Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility parking lot, and various transit enhancements throughout the regio Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 7/10/2009
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY $2,748,823 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 5/12/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,709,326 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Palliative care, a relatively new subspecialty, needs to build its evidence base supporting clinical practice. The Institute of Medicine has identified palliative care as a comparative effectiveness research priority, but increased scientific productivity
This spending item is part of a $7,175,320 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $2,658,263 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 6/16/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,552,732 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The fundamental roles of innate and adaptive host responses are to recognize and eradicate invading antigens, pathogens or altered self components with the purpose of restoring tissue integrity and homeostasis. While resolution can occur when the host re
This spending item is part of a $2,941,248 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/11/2009
DURHAM, COUNTY OF $2,535,384 Grant ARRA Child Care and Development Block Grant ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF): Provide child care financial assistance to low-income working families and fund activities to support the quality of child care. Child care subsidy funds were used to fund direct
This spending item is part of a $67,543,134 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration for Children and Families 4/09/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $2,499,436 Contract The mission of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Conducted on a periodic basis from 1971-1988, and annually since 1990, the Natio Health and Human Services, Department of / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 9/30/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $2,449,667 Contract The purpose of this task order is to compare the effectiveness of traditional evidence-based tobacco cessation interventions to newer and innovative interventions used by Comprehensive Cancer Control (CCC) Programs across several states. Health and Human Services, Department of / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 7/16/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,433,915 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We propose an interdisciplinary CER KM1 training program, focused on Biostatistics, Cancer, and Cardiology that matches mentors from diverse CER methodological backgrounds with mentees committed to a career in CER. A leadership team of experienced Duke CE Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $2,293,037 Contract RTI will develop an authoritative Nanomaterial Registry to provide consistent and curated information on the biological and environmental interactions of well-characterized nanomaterials.
This spending item is part of a $2,899,367 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/02/2010
ECC CONSTRUCTION LLC $2,235,500 Contract Change out old generator and replace with new generator with an up grade. Department of Veterans Affairs 9/01/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,202,608 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Millions of Americans develop chest pain suggestive of coronary heart disease each year and often require non-invasive diagnostic testing. However, currently available tests are imprecise, robust evidence regarding optimal test choice is limited, and test Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $2,200,000 Grant Advanced Research and Projects Agency Energy Financial Assistance Program RTI International, with its partner BASF Corporation is developing a novel non-aqueous solvent system and process to capture CO2 from pulverized coal based power plants. This solvent system uses a unique reversible CO2G??solven... Show more Energy, Department of 7/01/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,187,874 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Psychostimulant (methamphetamine [METH] and cocaine) abuse has reached an epidemic proportion in the US and worldwide, presenting profound socioeconomic, legal and medical problems. In addition, it is a significant comorbid factor for other psychiatric di Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $2,180,731 Contract As part of the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC), RTI International will identify, develop, and disseminate educational tools and resources to assist 60 to 70 regional extension centers (RECs) nationwide work with providers in their co Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 3/31/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,162,731 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Full Human Genome Sequencing in ALS - The causes of most neurodegenerative disorders (ALS, Alzheimer and Parkinson disease) are poorly understood, despite remarkable advances in delineating the molecular pathology in the rare forms of these diseases that
This spending item is part of a $3,608,339 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $2,118,330 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support .Abstract G?Metabolomics Network for Drug Response PhenotypeG? Response to Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research and Research Infrastructure G?Grand OpportunitiesG? (RC2), RFAOD- 09-004-Linking Metabolomics to Pharmacogenomics Cardiova
This spending item is part of a $4,507,931 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
Triangle Veterinary Emergency Center, PLLC $2,000,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 7/02/2009
LATINO COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION $2,000,000 Grant Community Development Financial Institutions Program This award is to support the opening of new branches and increased convenience through enhanced remote access technology to better reach and serve Latino Community Credit Union's Target Market of low-income and/or Latino individuals in North Caroli... Show more Treasury, Department of / Community Development Financial Institutions 7/28/2009
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY $1,978,526 Grant Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) Technology Assisted Legal Instruction and Services, or TALIAS, expands access to the NCCU School of Law's nationally-ranked legal education and clinical programs. TALIAS employs a fully immersive telepresence environment to offer both undergraduate c... Show more Commerce, Department of / National Institute of Standards and Technology 9/16/2010
SWAHS Management, LLC $1,975,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 7/28/2009
DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION, INC. $1,966,153 Grant School Improvement Grants, Recovery Act Provide support to eligible schools that demonstrate the greatest need for the funds and the strongest commitment to use the funds to raise substantially the achievement of their students to enable those schools to make adequate yearly progress.
This spending item is part of a $77,001,055 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 12/03/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,964,256 Contract Poor outcomes are common for heart failure (HF) patients with 1-year readmission rates over 50% and 1-year mortality greater than 30% among Medicare Beneficiaries hospitalized with heart failure.} Heart failure is also the top diagnosis for hospitalizatio
This spending item is part of a $2,073,232 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 7/13/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,950,066 Grant Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) proposes a Mentored Comparative Effectiveness Research Scholar Program (MCERSP) in response to the AHRQ ARRA Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition RFA-HS-10-007. For over 30 years, Duke has been a world leade... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/15/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $1,946,021 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 5/13/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,878,670 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The need for a more efficient and effective infrastructure for clinical research has been articulated by ARRA, as well as by the NIH clinical roadmap initiative. One of the greatest national inefficiencies of the current model of clinical research is the
This spending item is part of a $2,630,773 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,845,644 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Heavy habitual consumption of alcohol leads to progressive injury and fibrosis in several tissues, including the liver. However, many heavy drinkers do not develop advanced liver fibrosis (i.e., cirrhosis) despite years of alcohol abuse. More modest consu
This spending item is part of a $1,975,573 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $1,771,284 Contract The mission of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. Conducted on a periodic basis from 1971-1988, and annually since 1990, the Natio
This spending item is part of a $2,500,562 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 7/16/2010
DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE $1,753,537 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 6/09/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $1,726,416 Contract This three year (with one option year) contract was awarded to provide technical assistance to CMS on the EHR incentive program. The techincal assistance consists of two separate activities. First, RTI will conduct data analyses on the functional measure Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Care Financing Admin. (was Medicare and Medicaid Serv.) 9/26/2011
Comfort Inn Durham $1,659,000 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 4/30/2010
Rajesh Manickam R.Ph and Vipul Patel R.P $1,600,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 4/19/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,551,891 Grant ARRA Accelerating Adoption of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) We know from existing comparative effectiveness research that certain feeding practices and therapeutics result in overall harm to preterm infants. We have shown that a large number of preterm infants are currently exposed to thes... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,841,474 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Office of Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation 9/20/2010
MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS $1,540,146 Loan Very Low to Moderate Income Housing Loans - Guaranteed Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loans - ARRA Agriculture, Department of / Rural Housing Service 3/31/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,534,052 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Making HIV testing routine is one of the major HIV prevention strategies in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended that prevention counseling not be required as part of HIV screening programs in medical care
This spending item is part of a $12,292,823 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,518,013 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer related death in the United States. 75% of patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer will have early stage disease and despite surgical resection for curative intent, Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,513,285 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of the death in the US and, in concert with the epidemic of obesity and diabetes, is becoming the leading cause of death in many developing countries. The genetic predilection of CAD is well-established. Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
Best Western Inn & Suites $1,495,000 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 9/18/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,473,447 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application is in response to RFA-OD-09-004, 'GO' grants program area: ARRA Medical Sequencing Discovery Projects. Despite clear evidence for the importance of genetics in susceptibility to epilepsy, only limited progress has been made in identifying
This spending item is part of a $2,000,025 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,430,176 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term goal of this research project is to improve the efficacy of anti-nicotine vaccination/immunotherapy for smoking cessation. The proposal relates to the special interest of NIDA in RFAOD- 09-004: G?Nicotine and Tobacco ResearchG? and addresses
This spending item is part of a $2,583,504 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,378,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The nascent interdisciplinary field of Neuroeconomics harnesses the computational rigor of economics and the technological advances of modern biology to advance discovery in the decision sciences. Since pathologies of decision making are endemic to addict Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $1,362,051 Contract Under the direction of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RTI International will refine, calibrate, validate and apply computer models to assess and forecast the effectiveness of strategies adopted as part of Communities Putting Preventi Health and Human Services, Department of / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 5/17/2010
CITY OF DURHAM $1,317,711 Grant WIA Dislocated Workers The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998 created a nationwide federally funded employment and training program and provides resources to states and to local Workforce Development Boards to assist jobseekers and employers with a number of workforce devel
This spending item is part of a $79,827,136 allocation. See details
Employment and Training Administration 2/17/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,302,120 Grant ARRA - Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care Project Title:Consortia for University-based Training of Health IT Professionals in Health Care. Duke University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) are partnering on this University-based Training Grant. Our near te... Show more
This spending item is part of a $2,167,121 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of 4/02/2010
LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INCORPORATED $1,300,770 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The ARRA Capital Improvement Program (CIP) grant award provided the opportunity to renovate the 6,848 square feet patient care area at the main site of Lincoln Community Health Center. The project included the upgrade of the radiology ... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 6/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,272,879 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DESCRIPTION: Fumonisin (FB1) is a mycotoxin produced by a common fungal contaminant of corn (maize) . An association has recently been observed between ingestion of FB1-contaminated maize during early pregnancy and increased risk for having a child with a
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/24/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,244,977 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Few studies have examined the relationship with gene on the DNA repair and apoptosis pathways. Our preliminary data support associations with several single nucleotide polymorphism in genes in these pathways but a larger sample size is needed to confirm t
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/04/2009
CREE, INC. $1,225,000 Grant Advanced Research and Projects Agency Energy Financial Assistance Program Widespread adoption of plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) is critical to reducing America's dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse gas emissions. Charging modules for PHEVs are essentially grid-tie power electronics that draw ab... Show more
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Energy, Department of 9/14/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $1,210,112 Contract The purpose of this task order is to collect and analyze data related to the direct costs incurred by community activities funded under the Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW) Initiative. The CPPW Initiative has funded 44 communities and states Health and Human Services, Department of / Program Support Center 6/17/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $1,205,694 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The project is providing support for 10 jobs at RTI international (1 full time 9 part-time), 2 part-time jobs at UNC Chapel Hill, and 2 part-time consultants from Yale University. In particular the project supports In this methodological study we will d
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2010
Lamb Kids of RTP Inc. $1,201,000 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 8/25/2009
DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE $1,118,163 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 5/12/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,094,922 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Abstract Recent increases in HIV diagnoses, sexually transmitted infections, and risk behavior indicate that research is needed to identify effective positive prevention interventions integrated within HIV primary care settings to reduce transmission ris
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 6/08/2009
GLOBAL VACCINES INC $1,069,641 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The impportance of the innate immune response as both the first line of defense against infection and a powerful trigger of adaptive immunity, and the definition of signaling pathways involved with this response, have led to intense testing of individual Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/28/2009
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $1,040,000 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 8/23/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $1,016,785 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal responds to the (09) Health Disparities broad challenge area and the specific challenge topic: Building Trust Between Researchers and Communities Through Capacity Building in Environmental Public Health (09-ES-101*). African Americans have t Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE $1,012,985 Grant State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) - Education State Grants, Recovery Act Education Fund- for the support of public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as, applicable, early childhood education programs and services.
This spending item is part of a $1,161,931,564 allocation. See details
Education, Department of / Office of Elementary and Secondary Education 5/20/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $999,860 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Millions of individuals world-wide use aspirin for cardioprotection yet clinicians currently lack a reliable tool to accurately identify those patients who will develop myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke despite aspirin use. Our long-term goal is to per Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $998,996 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Three major trends in medicine offer a tremendous opportunity for Duke University and Durham County, NC to develop a model for population health that will provide insights applicable to the CTSA program and to create a novel, sustainable source of jobs fo Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $998,978 Contract This project, funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will improve methods for assessing and synthesizing evidence about the quality and efficacy of health care services. It will also promote use of these methods by AHRQ Evi Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/25/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $998,978 Contract This project, funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will improve methods for assessing and synthesizing evidence about the quality and efficacy of health care services. It will also promote use of these methods by AHRQ Evi Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/25/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $998,978 Contract This project, funded by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), will improve methods for assessing and synthesizing evidence about the quality and efficacy of health care services. It will also promote use of these methods by AHRQ Evi Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $998,487 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (06) Enabling Technologies and specific Challenge Topic, 06-HD-101 Improved interfaces for prostheses to improve rehabilitation outcomes. Considerable progress has been made during the last decade in the dev Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $998,459 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support 'This application addresses broad Challenge Area Biomarker Discovery and Validation (03) and specific Challenge Topic Imaging Biomarkers (03-AR-104) We desire to detect important biomarkers associated with the onset of skin cancers, with a particular emph Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $996,472 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses Broad Challenge Area (03) Biomarker, Discovery and Validation, with specific Challenge Topic, 03-MH-101, Biomarkers in Mental Disorders. We propose to leverage an ongoing collaboration among faculty from several disciplines to i Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $992,651 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support (03) Biomarker Discovery and Validation general challenge Area and the 03-MH-101 Biomarkers in mental disorders specific challenge topic. Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a terrifying and perplexing disorder. Eating disorders, in general, rank among the top ten c Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $977,569 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 2/26/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $977,459 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (04) Clinical Research and specific Challenge Topic 04-AI- 102: The human immune response to infection and immunization - Profiling via modern immunological methods and systems biology. The ability to monito Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/23/2009
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE $975,000 Grant National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program Southern Research Institute was awarded a Clean Diesel Emerging Technology Program Grant to fund a retrofit project or program targeting on-highway and nonroad diesel vehicles in Durham, NC. The general purpose of the grant is to reduce diesel emission... Show more
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Environmental Protection Agency 8/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $963,318 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (15) Translational Science and specific Challenge Topic, 15- HL-101: Develop improved biocompatible surfaces for implantable blood-contacting medical devices. More than five million Americans, and increasing
This spending item is part of a $990,260 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $962,616 Contract RTI is to create a public query tool (application) to enhance the research capability of the the NIDDK data repository, and will modify the NIDDK CDR portal . Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 3/08/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $960,790 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 12/17/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $955,027 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Similar to dopamine, glutamate regulation of the reward circuitry involves inputs to the ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens. Functional dysregulation of the circuits has been proposed as neural substrates of drug dependence. Since neuroadapt Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/01/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY $934,000 Grant Federal Transit_Formula Grants Invest in public transportation by purchasing new heavy-duty transit buses and a new vanpool van. Transportation, Department of / Federal Transit Administration 9/25/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $916,378 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Newborn screening with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) has been expanded to detect a number of inherited disorders of metabolism, including lysosomal storage disorders. MS/MS allows the pre-symptomatic detection and early treatment of infants with inheri Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/07/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $913,698 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is an application for support from the Recovery Act Limited Competition for NIH Grants: Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders (R01) RFA-MH-09-170. We propose to leverage ongoing collaboration among faculty at Duke Univers
This spending item is part of a $1,616,415 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $898,926 Grant Office of Science Financial Assistance Program UNC-CH Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC): Solar Fuels To address the challenges of creating a sustainable energy future, the UNC Energy Frontier Research Center was established at the University of North Carolina at Cha-?pel Hill, one of the top 5 p... Show more
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Energy, Department of / Office of Science 8/18/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $889,200 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Neuroendocrine or immune events occurring within the perinatal environment often produce effects on brain and behavior that endure throughout an organism's life span. An estimated 1/3 of pregnancies suffer complications involving infection or trauma of th Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 6/08/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $872,224 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplemental funding will extend and enhance communication, coordination and outreach efforts under way to develop a set of consensus standard measures used in genetic/genomic research to describe various phenotypes and exposures (the PhenX project). Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/30/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $872,224 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This supplemental funding will extend and enhance communication, coordination and outreach efforts under way to develop a set of consensus standard measures used in genetic/genomic research to describe various phenotypes and exposures (the PhenX project). Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/30/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $867,333 Contract RTI responsibilities fall into three broad categories: (1) prepare necessary documentation and conduct follow-up activities as needed to obtain OMB clearance for the non-use valuation survey, (2) design and implement the survey and analyze survey data, an Interior, Department of / Bureau of Reclamation 12/22/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $852,821 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This is a combined project led by the American College of Cardiology (ACCF) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) to compare two procedures to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass gr
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $843,464 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy (CIVM) is an NCRR National Resource, now in our 19th year dedicated to the development of novel methods for small animal imaging and the application of those methods to important biomedical questions. We propose acce
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
CITY OF DURHAM $827,000 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 9/22/2009
OPERATION BREAKTHROUGH, INC. $825,512 Grant ARRA - Community Services Block Grant North Carolina's ARRA Supplemental Funding for the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Program funds were allocated to a network of eligible organizations (Community Action Agencies) to support employment related services that primarily created and sust
This spending item is part of a $26,243,124 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Administration for Children and Families 4/10/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $823,873 Grant Recovery Act Comparative Effectiveness Research - AHRQ DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Fellowship will provide both didactic and practical training in health services research for both MD and PhD post-doctoral fellows. The faculty, MD and PhD... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 7/01/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $819,998 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area (08) Genomics and specific Challenge Topic, 08- AG-101: Genetic factors affecting rates of change in disease risk factors with age. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most critical unmet need in neurological me Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $816,679 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The therapeutic utility of inhibiting/modulating progesterone receptor (PR) transcriptional activity in uterine fibroids has been well validated both in preclinical models of this disease and in several definitive clinical studies. Indeed, both antiproges Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/28/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $811,739 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Five million patients suffer from heart failure in the United States. Clinical trials of stem cell therapy, initiated because of the severity of this problem, have yielded modest results. Understanding the epigenetic programs that induce differentiation o
This spending item is part of a $1,273,672 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
C. N. CLARK COMPANY $800,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 10/05/2009
DURHAM, CITY OF $789,101 Grant Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (Recovery Act Funded) The City of Durham awarded funds to Durham County Department of Social Services to provide homelessness prevention to at least 125 individuals or families who are at risk of becoming homeless and to rapidly re-house at least 6... Show more Housing and Urban Development, Department of 7/21/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $783,292 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This proposal, entitled ICD Therapy in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure, examines the current use of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in clinical practice. Although randomized clinical trials have established the ICD a
This spending item is part of a $793,292 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $780,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Development and function of the ocular lens depends on controlled proliferation of epithelial cells, and on migration, elongation, adhesion, and cytoarchitecture of the resulting fiber cells. Neither the identity of the molecular mechanisms that regulate Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 6/03/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $780,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support 'The overall goal of the proposed research is to further elucidate mechanisms of allogeneic stem cell education in patients with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) given transplants of rigorously T cell- depleted HLA-identical or haploidentical relat Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $780,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Understanding the mechanisms of limbic epileptogenesis may lead to novel disease modifying therapies. We have discovered that epileptogenesis is associated with enhanced activation of TrkB in the mossy fiber pathway of hippocampus. We have also discovered Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/09/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $780,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project concerns the role of ectopic dentate granule cells in temporal lobe epilepsy. The dentate gyrus is believed to act as a gatekeeper or filter to inhibit the propagation of synchronized discharge through the limbic circuit. In both temporal lob Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $780,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The emergence of serum antibody responses only after early cellular immune responses have suppressed HIV replication has led to doubts regarding the importance of humoral immunity in controlling HIV infections. Nonetheless, rare, broadly cross-reactive an Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/11/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $779,806 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Individuals diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) smoke more than the general population, initiate use at a younger age, and in general report more difficulty trying to quit. Several converging lines of work suggest that the high Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $779,601 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Contraction of cardiac and skeletal muscle depends in large part on the amount of calcium released from the intracellular calcium store called the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR).The regulation of this SR calcium is therefore fundamental to heart and muscle p Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 6/01/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $779,421 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The broad, long-term objective of the proposed research is to elaborate an approach for a comprehensive analysis of data on health-related changes in aging individuals by developing tools for integrative analyses of distinct types of longitudinal data and Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $777,500 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 5/13/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $767,680 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The actions of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) to control blood pressure are primarily mediated by type I (AT1) angiotensin receptors. In work done during the previous funding period using a kidney cross- transplantation model, we demonstrated distinct Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/10/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $761,727 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses Challenge Area (04) Clinical Research and specific Challenge Topic 04-HL-114: Using existing datasets to plan effectiveness trials in pediatric cardiology. Most of the treatments used in children undergoing congenital heart surg
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $753,280 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of this proposal is to understand how ectopic signaling through the acetylcholine pathway results in changes that eventually influence adult learning and behavior. This will involve looking at the influences of exciting acetylcholine activate Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/20/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $750,486 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The long-term goal of this project is to understand the fundamental aspects of outer membrane vesicles produced by Gram-negative bacteria: How and why are they made? Outer membrane vesicles represent 0.1 to 1% of total outer membrane protein in a growing Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
XINRAY SYSTEMS INC $734,814 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support ARRA - Nanotechnology enabled desktop image-guided microbeam radiation therapy system Today, state-of-the-art radiotherapy provides excellent benefits for patients with early stage and radiosensitive cancers. However, these benefits diminish for patients
This spending item is part of a $1,657,876 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $732,237 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Explore and establish a web service or platform that serves as a common user interface. Current software was developed indepently by various labs using different third party libraries and coding languages ( C++, Java, Matlab and R) and using a variety of Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 4/23/2010
TRANSPORTATION, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF $732,133 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 3/26/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $724,692 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Although there is mounting evidence that strategically designed and targeted public service announcement (PSA) campaigns can reduce drug abuse by adolescents, a recent report by the Government Accountability Office concluded that the $1.4 billion National Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
MDC INC $712,479 Grant Program of Competitive Grants for Worker Training and Placement in High Growth and Emerging Industry Sectors The goals of this project are to help over 700 workers in fields relating to green technology to receive industry-recognized credentials; to place approximately 400 workers into training-relat... Show more
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Employment and Training Administration 1/29/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $704,541 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application, to be supported for 1 year with bridge funds from ARRA, explores the long term outcomes of thymus transplantation. Over the last 15 years, our laboratory has established that thymus transplantation is a successful therapeutic strategy f Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/11/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $702,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Note: This project is being supported with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which resulted in a reduction in the research aims and scope. A revised abstract has been provided. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a late-onset, Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/20/2009
Mitt's Nitts, Inc. $699,400 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 2/26/2009
LINCOLN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INCORPORATED $698,961 Grant ARRA Health Center Integrated Services Development Initiative[g1] The ARRA Increased Demand for Services (IDS) grant has enabled Lincoln Community Health Center (LCHC) to achieve its goal to hire additional provider and patient support staff to expand existing health center services by extending dail... Show more Health and Human Services, Department of / Health Resources and Services Administration 3/27/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $695,811 Grant ARRA - Health Information Technology Professionals in Health Care The need for trained health IT workers has never been greater. Without the efforts proposed by the Office of the National Coordinator, the shortage of Health IT workers in the United States will worsen and inhibit much needed improveme... Show more
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Health and Human Services, Department of 4/02/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $682,887 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The CALGB will implement an initiative from the Clinical Trials Evaluation Program (CTEP) to incorporate new tools/technologies into the NCI/CTEP-sponsored Cooperative Group and Consortia infrastructure supporting multi-institutional clinical trials. Thi Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/18/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $681,214 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer among men in the U.S. One important strategy to address this public health concern is to prevent the disease. Two large randomized clinical trials, The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) and The Reducti
This spending item is part of a $3,978,770 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DURHAM, COUNTY OF $676,143 Grant Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program / Grants To Units Of Local Government The disparate jurisdictions consisting of Durham County and the city of Durham will share their Recovery Act JAG funds to hire personnel and upgrade an emergency notification system. Bot... Show more
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Justice, Department of 7/16/2009
HOUSING FOR NEW HOPE INC $673,412 Grant Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (Recovery Act Funded) The North Carolina Homelessness Prevention and Rapid ReHousing Program provides services to households in 57 of North Carolina's 100 counties. The State program predicts preventing homelessness for 1600 households and rapidly... Show more
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Housing and Urban Development, Department of 9/01/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $650,467 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application addresses broad Challenge Area #8, Genomics, and specific Challenge Topic 08-HL-101, which seeks to identify causal genetic variants associated with heart, lung, and blood diseases by application of targeted DNA capture and massively para
This spending item is part of a $999,815 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/21/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $647,400 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support HDAC inhibitors (HDACI) are promising anti-tumor agents that have just entered the clinics. Despite their potent activity, the fundamental question of how HDAC inhibitors achieve their anti-tumor effects remains poorly understood. It is not known which of Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/16/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $647,400 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is a major contributor to genome stability. MMR corrects DNA biosynthetic errors, ensures the fidelity of genetic recombination and is required for the cellular response to certain classes of DNA damage, including lesions induced Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/30/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $647,400 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in the United States. Gene expression profiles in non- small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) reflect unique aspects of individual tumors and provide precise prognostic information. In previously published Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
Carousel Dentistry $646,000 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 9/30/2010
DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE $645,598 Direct P Federal Pell Grant Program GRANT PROGRAM Education, Department of 10/27/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $643,805 Contract Under the direction of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office on Smoking and Health, RTI International will provide expertise and technical assistance to support CDC-OSH and states in the production and maximum utilization of high-qu
This spending item is part of a $1,075,625 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 8/30/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $643,208 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The regulatory nature and physical structure of chromatin are dynamically regulated by post- translational modifications of core histone proteins. The recent discovery of histone demethylases has initiated a rapid increase in our knowledge about the regul Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 6/05/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $641,358 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The overall goal of this proposal is to develop a novel local drug delivery system for cancer radiotherapy by direct intratumoral administration of a thermally sensitive macromolecule conjugated to a therapeutic radionuclide of interest. Thermally sensiti Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $638,919 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support We propose to study US trends in the prevalence of cognitive impairment and dementia by performing a new Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS 2010) that uses a similar methodology to that employed for the original NIA-funded study performed in 200
This spending item is part of a $1,100,000 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $637,594 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The purpose of this predoctoral and postdoctoral research training program is to provide rigorous training in the general fields of social, medical, and economic demography of aging. A major focus is placed on five substantive areas: a) biodemography, inc Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
Learning and Beyond LLC $634,000 Loan 504 Certified Development Loans TO ASSIST SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS BY PROVIDING LONG TERM FINANCING THROUGH THE SALE OF DEBENTURES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR Small Business Administration 3/15/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $629,385 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The risk for developing end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in African Americans is more than 3-fold higher than European Americans. This disproportionate risk is apparent for virtually all forms of kidney disease, but only a minor portion can be explained by
This spending item is part of a $999,385 allocation. See details
Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/22/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $626,638 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support Virtual cloud computing is emerging as a promising model for Information Technology (IT) management of complex server systems. The cloud vision is that the computing, networking, and storage resources offered by the service providers are multiplexed on de National Science Foundation 9/03/2009
SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE $623,875 Contract Joint Demonstration and Verification of the Performance of Microturbine Combined Heat and Power Generation
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Army, Department of / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, except civil program financing 9/19/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $621,343 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Chronic diseases of the brain such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) impact an estimated 5 million individuals in the US. While progress has been made in identifying specific mutated genes that initiate a neurodegenerative disease process, we have limited infor
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/24/2009
Gelder & Associates, Inc. $618,544 Contract Resurface asphalt parking lot
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Department of Veterans Affairs 8/21/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $614,162 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The murine antibody repertoire experiences a series of expansions and contractions that coincide with specific stages of B-cell development and differentiation. The initial repertoire of antibody specificities generated by V(D)J recombination is reduced d Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/22/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $614,162 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Interleukin 7 (IL-7) has been demonstrated to provide signals via the IL-7 receptor which are required at many stages of lymphocyte development. IL-7 receptor is composed of two different cytokine receptor subunits; the IL-7 receptor alpha chain and the c Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/17/2009
ENDACEA, INC $609,126 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Despite the availability of newer antimicrobial agents, improved supportive care, and the introduction of an FDA approved adjunctive therapy for sepsis, (Xigris(r), drotrecogin alfa), the mortality rate for severe sepsis and septic shock of 30-60% remains
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/01/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $608,023 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Cdk/Cyclin complexes drive progression through the eukaryotic cell cycle. Entry into mitosis is triggered by Cdk1 (Cdc2)/Cyclin B complexes, while M phase exit requires Cyclin B degradation and dephosphorylation of mitotic phosphoproteins. The destruction Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/17/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $608,021 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support To survive within the hostile environment of the infected host, pathogenic microorganisms must be able to sense and adapt to changing environmental conditions. This adaptation requires a coordinated regulation of multiple factors for growth and survival. Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $605,065 Contract The purpose of this contract is to designate a national public relations firm to create a Publicity Center to enhance the ongoing AHRQ efforts to publicize and market comparative effectiveness research reports and associated materials to specific audience
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Health and Human Services, Department of / Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 9/30/2010
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $603,558 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this program is to develop safe neurotransmitter releasers as potential treatments for drug abuse and addiction without the undesirable side effects seen with releaser medications such as Fen-Phen. It is believed that such side effects are in Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $601,040 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support 1. Instrument development: We will design and implement new coherence imaging instrumentation to enable examination of colorectal tissues for ex vivo studies. For the a/LCI surveillance studies, we will develop new fiber optic probe designs suitable for
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 5/21/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $599,581 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This application is in response to the NCRR Administrative Supplements for Research Workforce Development and Dissemination. Training in Health Informatics for practitioners, clinical and translational scientists, and healthcare leaders is critical to two Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/17/2009
CITY OF DURHAM $595,696 Grant Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG) The City of Durham will use funds in two tracks: (1) improving energy efficiency and conservation in city-owned facilities and (2) developing and implementing a residential energy efficiency retrofit program. Goals and objectives for thi... Show more
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Energy, Department of 9/08/2009
DURHAM CRISIS RESPONSE CENTER $591,722 Grant Recovery Act Transitional Housing To develop and strengthen effective responses to violence against women by promoting safety followed by economic recovery by employing victim advocates, counselors and other personnel to assist victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assaul Justice, Department of 9/03/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $585,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Millions of Americans develop chest pain suggestive of coronary heart disease each year and often require non-invasive diagnostic testing. However, currently available tests are imprecise, robust evidence regarding optimal test choice is limited, and test Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/29/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $584,753 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The goal of this project is to establish an effective, practical, and widely available medical countermeasure to mitigate radiation-induced lung injury by utilizing metalloporphyrin antioxidant mimetic based strategies. This project is strongly focused on
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/09/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $580,000 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support Electronic structure calculations provide fundamental information of molecular structure and interaction, and the potential energy surfaces necessary for studying complex dynamical processes. Density functional theory (DFT) is the method of choice for lar National Science Foundation 6/16/2009
CITY OF DURHAM $579,977 Grant Highway Planning and Construction Highway Infrastructure Investment Grants Transportation, Department of / Federal Highway Administration 9/22/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $579,258 Grant Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Application As part of a research program to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide (CO2), which are considered harmful to the atmosphere, RTI in partnership with Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR) and S++d-Chemie (SCI) will demonstrate a technology that converts... Show more
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Energy, Department of 1/15/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $577,453 Direct P Federal Work-Study Program CAMPUS-BASED /FWS Education, Department of / DOED - Student Financial Assistance Programs 4/01/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $576,978 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The primary objective of the activities proposed in this application is to provide optical coherence tomography (OCT) Reading Center support to the Comparison of Age Related Macular Degeneration Treatment trials (CATT). The long term goals of this project Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/14/2009
BLOM RESTAURANT GROUP LLC DBA SUNSET GRILL $570,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 6/04/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $568,481 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support This project will develop the chemical tools that will enable researchers to study certain proteins in the body to better understand their reactions to various chemicals and interactions with each other. By understanding these protein interactions, improv Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 5/14/2009
HAMNER INSTITUTES, THE $567,456 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is the major adverse drug event that leads to regulatory actions on drugs, including failure to approve, restricted indications, and withdrawal from the marketplace. The most problematic form of DILI is ?idiosyncratic?, m
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 9/28/2009
IDEAL PRECAST INC $565,000 Loan 7(a) Loan Guarantees TO AID SMALL BUSINESSES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO OBTAIN FINANCING IN THE PRIVATE CREDIT MARKETPLACE Small Business Administration 10/26/2010
DUKE UNIVERSITY $564,635 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)-Duke University REU Site will provide a research program for undergraduates during the summers of 2009-2014. A diverse group of 10 students will be selected each year to participate in an intensive eight-week m National Science Foundation 6/30/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $562,095 Grant Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support This CAREER proposal presents a plan to use data and Monte Carlo from the Super-Kamiokande detector to optimize a 500-kiloton scale water Cherenkov (WC) detector sited at the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) for long-baseline ne National Science Foundation 6/09/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $561,435 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support The proposed project will promote expanded and improved community engagement (CE) by academic medical centers (AMCs) through two related activities: 1) collaboratively rewriting the CDC's seminal 'Principles of Community Engagement' (PCE), and 2) implemen
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/13/2009
DUKE UNIVERSITY $558,593 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support Our long-term goal is to understand the organization of the brainstem auditory pathways in terms of connections among the multiple neuronal types that form them. The objective of the proposed studies is an analysis of the origins and terminations of speci
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Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 8/14/2009
RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE $550,000 Grant Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support A consortium of obstetric researchers recently has been brought together, with NICHD support, to investigate the genomic and proteomic basis for adverse pregnancy outcomes in nulliparous women (Preterm Birth in Nulliparous Women: An Understudied Populatio Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health 7/13/2010