Project Grant 1915961

The National Science Foundation awarded a $134,723 project grant to the University of Puerto Rico under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The two-year grant will support the creation of a diverse, quantum-ready workforce by funding two workshops at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from September 2021 through August 2023. The Colorado School of Mines will design workshop websites, manage registration and abstract submissions, advertise the events,...

This $234,639 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF MPS) will support the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Inc. (LCO) to develop the USA Sky Partners program. The program aims to expand access to authentic astronomy research experiences for undergraduates at Hispanic-serving and minority-serving institutions. Specifically, LCO will partner with Occidental College and the University of Puerto Rico-Rio...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $100,000 to the University of Texas at El Paso to organize an Inclusion Alliance Community Workshop. The workshop aims to bring together representatives from the first three cohorts of NSF Inclusion Alliances to leverage collective knowledge on broadening participation in STEM. Over two days, virtually, the workshop will facilitate discussion of lessons learned and specific activities to...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $700,000 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) to fund the "UPR-UW PREM: Center for Advancing Research and Training for STEM Success." This 6-year award, effective September 1, 2024, brings together researchers from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) at Mayagüez, UPR Medical Sciences Campus, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center...

This $194,264 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program establishes a 3-year Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Computational and Applied Mathematics at Cal Poly Pomona. The program will provide 10 undergraduates per year with faculty-mentored research projects focused on developing mathematical models and computational solutions for complex systems in areas such as optimization, graph theory,...

This $304,098 National Science Foundation project grant supports the acquisition of an x-ray diffraction system at the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey. The system will advance research and education activities in physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering. It enables over nine research groups to conduct diffraction techniques and studies of nanomaterials, thin films, and low diffracting materials. The university offers training and workshops to undergraduate students using this...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences provides $435,207 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to support the Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site: Combinatorics and Coding Theory in the Tropics. The REU Site is a collaborative effort between the University of Puerto Rico in Ponce, Williams College, and East Tennessee State University to offer undergraduate students research experiences in combinatorics and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to host a two-day conference titled "Improving the Research and Innovation Enterprise Across the Southwest Region". The conference aims to (1) enhance the collective understanding of challenges facing the research enterprise in the Southwest U.S., (2) formulate next steps for individual and collective action to...

This three-year, $619,214 National Science Foundation award under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program will support the Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site. The REU program will provide research opportunities for 14 undergraduate interns annually at Cornell University or Johns Hopkins University facilities. Interns may choose from eight general projects in areas such as...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) provides $300,000 to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to generate and evaluate culturally relevant computing resources for Latine students in undergraduate computer science programs. The key products to be delivered include creating a culturally relevant textbook for introductory programming and conducting controlled experiments to...