“The Climate Resilience Center in Piedmont Triad of North Carolina - PI: Bililign 

Department of Energy 

$950,000 

9/1/23-8/31/26 

“Studies of optical and chemical properties of aged and fresh biomass burning absorbing aerosols for climate models.” - PI: Bililign 

Department of Energy 

$123,000

9/1/22-2/28/24 

International networking, knowledge sharing and capacity building for improved air quality in Four East African Countries - PI: Bililign 

Department of State/Columbia University 

$292,729

10/20-9/21 

GP-UP: Enhancing Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities in Atmospheric Sciences at NCAT - PI: J. Zhang, Co-PI’s: Bililign, Lin and Mekonnen

NSF 

$ 349,793

9/1/21-8/31/24 

Excellence in Research: Biomass burning aerosol- molecular level characterization of aging conditions on optical and chemical properties - PI: Bililign

NSF 

$1,065,910 including 3 supplements) 

9/1/21-8/31/24 

Broadening Participation of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates in International Research - CO-PI: Bililign 

NSF 

$95,400 

9/7/18-7/20/18 

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 

$1,060,000 

9/1/19-8/31/21 

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 

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

NSF 

$ 488,281 

Feb 15, 2016-Jan 31-2019 

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 

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 

20013-2017 

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

NASA 

$658,903 

2011-2013 

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

NASA 

$408,391 

5/2010-4/2012 

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 

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 

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 

NOAA Interdisciplinary Scientific Environmental Technology (ISET) Cooperative Research and Education Center - PI: 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, Adewuyi, Homaifar, Ahmidouich, Danagoulian, Ilisa, Esterline, Roop, Zhang, Kyei

NOAA-EPP

$12.5 Million

9/ 1/06 –8/31/11

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

NSF-OISE-IRES

$149,000

1/1/07-12/31/10   

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 

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 

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

NSF-OISE 

  $15,500.00 

8/15/04-8/14/05 

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 

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

Sloan Foundation 

$180,000 

4/1/02-3-31-06 

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 

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 

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 

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