Cooperative Agreement SLMAQM18CA2005

This $117,392 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund a 1.5-day workshop in 2023 to support aspiring principal investigators for the agency's Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace grants. The workshop will provide mentorship and guidance to help researchers strengthen proposal writing skills and develop comprehensive research plans through one-on-one mentor meetings, mock review panels, and drafting an executive summary....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) will fund a $300,000 study on ethical practices for research conducted in armed conflict zones. The project aims to map existing knowledge on research ethics in conflict settings, document current practices around research data collection, storage, and security, and develop best practices and guidelines to protect researchers, subjects, and affected communities. Outputs...

This two-year, $138,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program will fund an early career scientist's ethnographic research on social determinants of knowledge production. Under the sponsorship of researchers at Harvard University and Arizona State University, the grant recipient will conduct comparative multi-site ethnography across regional police departments and nonprofits. Through observations, document analysis, and...

This Project Grant award of $580,000.00 from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) under the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) Research Grants program (CFDA 12.024) is supporting a research project titled "Strengthening Accountability in Defense Procurement: What Makes Anti-Corruption Reforms Work?" The 24-month project, conducted by Transparency International (UK), will generate actionable insights to inform policy, practice, and workforce development related...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under CFDA 47.075 (Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) will provide $200,000 in funding to the University of Chicago to conduct collaborative research examining how organizations have sought to resolve international crises and strengthen governance and trust globally. The research will trace efforts from the end of World War I to the present, drawing on history, international relations, sociology, and political science to understand the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides approximately $450,000 over 3 years to support an undergraduate research program on ice nucleation in Austria. The program, led by Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, will engage a diverse cohort of 15 students in field and laboratory research on ice nucleation processes and their impacts, under the mentorship of researchers from Virginia...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award for $150,330 supports planning activities to engage Indigenous knowledge holders and create an innovative process to inform the goals of the Fourth International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP IV). The project, conducted by Dartmouth College, aims to develop more Indigenous-led strategies for researchers, universities, funders, and partner organizations to ethically and equitably integrate Indigenous knowledge into...

This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports a project led by Bryn Mawr College to develop recommendations for enhancing research development support at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The project will convene a series of regional workshops involving approximately 16 PUI representatives per workshop to examine the unique challenges and strengths of research development functions at PUIs....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will provide $100,000 to Nova Southeastern University in Florida to host a series of conferences focused on supporting early-career faculty and enhancing research infrastructure at emerging research institutions and minority-serving institutions. The conferences will bring together research development professionals, university administrators, and early-career faculty to capture...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program provides $725,796 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation for the "Collaborative Research: The ProQual Institute for Interpretive Research Methods in STEM Education" project. The project aims to build the capacity of the U.S. STEM education research workforce by providing training and support to approximately 48 STEM faculty to advance their knowledge, skills, and...