{"661834":{"#nid":"661834","#data":{"type":"news","title":"A Record Four Researchers Win NIH Director\u0027s Awards","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) is investing nearly $12 million in four College of Engineering faculty members this fall through its \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commonfund.nih.gov\/highrisk\u0022\u003Eprestigious program for outside-the-box thinkers\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u0026rsquo;s the most recipients in a single year for Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBiomedical engineer \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Gabe-A.-Kwong\u0022\u003EGabe Kwong\u003C\/a\u003E will receive $5.5 million over five years through an \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commonfund.nih.gov\/pioneer\u0022\u003ENIH Director\u0026rsquo;s Pioneer Award\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026mdash; the first such award for a faculty member at the Institute. Three others have won \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commonfund.nih.gov\/newinnovator\u0022\u003ENew Innovator Awards\u003C\/a\u003E: \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/people\/john-blazeck\u0022\u003EJohn Blazeck\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chbe.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Felipe-Quiroz\u0022\u003EFelipe Quiroz\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/faculty\/young\u0022\u003EAaron Young\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E. Each will receive approximately $2 million to pursue creative, but risky ideas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe NIH funding is for high-impact ideas that might be too early in their development to secure other research grant funding.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The science advanced by these researchers is poised to blaze new paths of discovery in human health,\u0026rdquo; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/nih-award-over-200-million-support-potentially-transformative-biomedical-research-projects\/\u0022\u003Esaid Lawrence A. Tabak\u003C\/a\u003E, acting director of NIH. \u0026ldquo;This unique cohort of scientists will transform what is known in the biological and behavioral world. We are privileged to support this innovative science.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/record-four-researchers-win-nih-directors-awards\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead more about the four projects on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe high-risk, high-reward program supports \u0026lsquo;exceptionally creative scientists conducting highly innovative research\u0026rsquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The high-risk, high-reward program supports \u2018exceptionally creative scientists conducting highly innovative research\u2019"}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2022-10-04 21:36:51","changed_gmt":"2022-10-05 14:33:11","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-10-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"661833":{"id":"661833","type":"image","title":"NIH Director\u0027s Awards - Blazeck, Kwong, Quiroz, Young","body":null,"created":"1664918966","gmt_created":"2022-10-04 21:29:26","changed":"1664918966","gmt_changed":"2022-10-04 21:29:26","alt":"John Blazeck, Gabe Kwong, Felipe Quiroz, and Aaron Young, who have received NIH Director\u0027s Awards for high-risk, high-reward projects.","file":{"fid":"250693","name":"NIH-awards-thumb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/NIH-awards-thumb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/NIH-awards-thumb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":767270,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/NIH-awards-thumb.jpg?itok=d6TSs8rU"}}},"media_ids":["661833"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"10833","name":"NIH Director\u0027s New Innovator Award"},{"id":"191380","name":"NIH Director\u0027s Pioneer Award"},{"id":"2076","name":"NIH"},{"id":"2270","name":"National Institutes of Health"},{"id":"191381","name":"John Blazeck"},{"id":"108041","name":"Gabe Kwong"},{"id":"191382","name":"Felipe Quiroz"},{"id":"168835","name":"Aaron Young"},{"id":"249","name":"Biomedical Engineering"},{"id":"541","name":"Mechanical Engineering"},{"id":"5834","name":"chemical and biomolecular engineering"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"187991","name":"go-robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}