Cooperative Agreement R17AC00087

The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $173,918.43 Cooperative Agreement (R24AC00671) to The Great Basin Institute under the Youth Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 15.546) on August 29, 2024. The purpose of the award is to recruit and manage qualified college-aged interns (Resource Assistant Interns and Standard Interns) to support the Bureau of Reclamation's Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in New Mexico. The interns will engage in 11-18 week internships...

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) awarded a $615,057.78 cooperative agreement under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) to American Conservation Experience (ACE), a non-profit organization. This agreement, effective from September 11, 2024 to July 27, 2027, will provide approximately seven 52-week internships for ACE members to support BLM's minerals and natural resource management efforts in New Mexico. The ACE interns will contribute to various...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $100,000 provides funding to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) to host a new 3-year Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site focused on materials science and engineering. The REU site will support 10 undergraduate students per year for 10 weeks of hands-on research and learning experiences related to the structure, processing, properties, and performance of materials and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $995,075 to Portland State University (PSU) to establish 56 competitively compensated, 9-month internships within the semiconductor-microelectronics industry in the Portland metro area. The "Diverse Internships for Semiconductor Careers (DISC)" project aims to address a projected shortage of highly skilled workers in this...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under CFDA 47.076 - STEM Education provides $500,000 in funding to the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) to increase the number of summer undergraduate research and internship opportunities available to students attending a Hispanic Serving two-year college. The key products and services to be delivered include: Offering a multi-pronged approach that combines research experiences, exposure to diverse STEM research...

This $287,364.95 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the Youth Conservation Opportunities on Public Lands program (CFDA 15.243) is designed to provide work experience and career development opportunities for four youth in New Mexico. The project, implemented by the non-profit organization Gem Environmental NFP, will engage participants in hands-on natural resource management activities such as habitat restoration, invasive species removal, recreation site...

This $599,994 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program award to Clarkson University supports research investigating the long-term durability and sustainability properties of belitic calcium sulfoaluminate (BCSA) cement. The primary aims are to: (1) characterize the hydration chemistry of BCSA cement over long time periods, (2) examine time-dependent mass transport and corrosion processes in BCSA cement composites, and (3) clarify mechanisms of...

This $215,631 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth). The REU site will provide hands-on research experience for ten community college students each summer in interdisciplinary materials research relevant to the maritime economy. Students will receive training in lab safety,...

This $364,499 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Engineering Education and Centers will fund the REU Site: CHEME-NYC program at Columbia University from March 2022 to February 2025. The program will engage undergraduate students from across the country in individualized summer research projects related to climate and health solutions through hands-on experiences in Columbia's facilities for electrochemical energy, soft matter, catalysis, in situ battery...

This three-year, $398,283 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Education and Centers Division will support an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Louisville. The REU site will provide multidisciplinary research experiences in solid waste recycling and reuse of construction materials to 24 undergraduate students from institutions with limited research opportunities in established EPSCoR states like Kentucky and West Virginia....