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Principal Investigator (2014).  Reducing Gender-based Violence and Harassment among Syrian Refugees in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region ($414,826).  Through Warvin Foundation for Women’s Issues, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.  Project on reducing violence among female Syrian refugees in urban areas of the Kurdistan Region.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (2014).  Access to Justice for War Widows ($94,000).  Through Warvin Foundation for Women’s Issues, Sinjar and Dohuk, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.  Project on helping war widows gain their financial and documentation rights by law through home visitation, awareness, mass media, and mobile legal clinics.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (2010). Kurd, Arab, Yezidi, and Christian Communities in Northern Iraq:  A fresh look at the prospects for post-conflict peace-building, ($87,541).  Through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.  Project on using role-play and discussion groups for reducing inter-ethnic bias in the disputed areas in Iraq.  (completed)

Principal Investigator for Erbil component (2009)., through Louis Berger Group, and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ($215,471).  Assisting Small Business Development Centers with formalizing their business operations and reaching sustainability. (completed)

Principal Investigator for Erbil component (2009), through Louis Berger Group, and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, ($264,775).  Assisting focus groups of specialized agribusiness owners in learning from one another and from international experts to improve production.  (Completed)

Principal Investigator for Erbil component (2009), through Louis Berger Group,  and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. ($69,012). Training small groups of new beef cattle producers in the basics of production.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (2009), through Louis Berger Group, and through International Negotiation Institute, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq ($99,968), Assisting small and medium sized agribusinesses in Iraq with modern business techniques. (completed)

Consultant (2004-2005), Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, U.S. Department of Education. (completed)

Principal Investigator (2005-2008). through Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, and through University of Hawaii College of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii ($54,843). (completed)

Principal Investigator (2004-2008), ($390,213). University of Hawaii College of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii. (completed)

Principal Investigator (2004-2008). ($934,632). University of Hawaii College of Education, Honolulu, Hawaii.  (completed)

Principal Investigator (1998-2002) ($15.5 million over 5 years). The George Washington University Washington, D.C. (completed)

Principal Investigator (2001-2002) Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence, ($ 3 million) The George Washington University Washington, D.C. (completed)

School Cyber-crime Prevention Project. Principal Investigator (2001-2002), through the Business Software Alliance Washington, D.C. $200,000). (completed)

Principal Investor (1999-2000). Survey of State-Wide School Incident Reporting Statistics  ($85,000), Educational Statistics Series, Inc. (completed)

Senior Research Associate (1996-98) National Center for the Advancement of Prevention Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (DHHS) ($4.5 million per year for 5 years). Alan Cohen, Washington, D.C. (completed)

Coinvestigator (1995-96) Violence Prevention among Inner-City African-American Youth in 2 Lexington census tracts ($80,000) Rebecca Mercier, Principal Investigator Lexington/Fayette Co Dept. of Social Services (completed)

Kingery, Paul M., Keynote Research Presentation, Attitudes of Yezidis toward Babies of ISIS Rapes, Conference on Yezidi Genocide, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, August 15, 2018.

Kingery, Paul M., Priority Needs for IDPs and Refugees in Dohuk Province, BRHA Planning Meeting, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, October 2016.

Kingery, Paul M., Keynote Speaker as Chair of the Academic Committee, Opening Ceremony, American University Dohuk Kurdistan, December 1, 2014

Kingery, Paul M., The Role for NGOs in Healthcare.  Presentation at Iraq HealthCare Conference, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, May 27, 2013.

Restoring community center, school, and village homes for Christians with special needs.  7 houses completed by 2022, funding pending to renovate up to 33 more homes.

building a medical/dental/mental health/educational compound in Berseve 2 IDP Camp near Zakho for Habibi International NGO.  Completed Summer 2022

construction and operation of a 40-room residential facility to house 30 women, children, and babies surviving ISIS capture/rape.  Offering a range of mental health, livelihood, legal, social support, sewing, English, sheep wool production, spinning, weaving, traditional handcrafts, and streamlined immigration programs.  This is the only facility in northern Iraq where a Yezidi or other racial minority woman/girl can live with her child/children of ISIS rape.

sustained Winterization, Food, medical, dental, and other programs for relief of Christian and Yezidi IDPs in Seje Village, an ancient village in northern Iraq.

in programs such as the US State Department’s Iraqi Youth Leadership Exchange Program (4 Youths already assisted), and programs in Germany, Austria, and Finland.

Founding Chairman of the Academic Committee of American University Dohuk during the 7 month start-up phase, as full professor, and establishing the English Language Institute, Dohuk, Iraq.

Founding Chairman of the Board of Rwanga Charitable Organization, operated by Edris Barzani, son of PM Nechirvan Barzani, in the first months of start-up, Erbil, Iraq.

Founder of the Kingery Institute for Language and Computing, Ankawa District, Erbil, 10 years in operation, receiving a subcontract for instruction of female IDPs from the US Consulate in Erbil.

Board for Refugees and Humanitarian Assistance, Dohuk, Iraq, meeting all UN players and relevant KRG Directors to plan for 2017 aid efforts in Dohuk Province.

NGO Start-up Facilitator for such organizations as Genocide Research Organization, MedAir, PCCR, Hands of Hope, International Negotiation Institute, Warvin Foundation for Women’s Issues, Women’s Rehabilitation Organization, Women’s Empowerment Organization, Kurdistan Human Rights Watch, Soran Association for Care of the Handicapped, Thalassemia Association, Habibi International, and other Iraqi NGOs.  Some began under the umbrella of MedEast, while others received assistance in grant writing and project management.