Project Grant 2125798
- This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.074 - Biological Sciences) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) supports research to investigate the role of environmental factors in the development of antibiotic resistance among bacteria in municipal wastewater treatment plants. The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: Conducting integrated field, laboratory, and computational studies to...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $477,340 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education program (CFDA #47.076). The grant will support the collaborative research project "Improving Students' Computational Thinking Skills in Construction Engineering and Management" between June 1, 2021 and May 31, 2024. The project aims to develop new curriculum and teaching methods to...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $493,499 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The award will support research from December 2021 through November 2024 under the NSF Engineering (ENG) program (CFDA #47.041). Specifically, Virginia Tech will conduct experimental and computational modeling of bacteria transport and adhesion in the microvasculature....
- This $290,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to transform cultures of responsible research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). The key products and services to be delivered include: Conducting research on ethics expertise, self-efficacy, and research climates among STEM faculty at Virginia Tech. Based on this research, the project will develop educational interventions to empower...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $181,968 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program to conduct collaborative research on quantitative-sequence experiments from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The grant aims to provide systematic solutions for designing, modeling, quantifying uncertainty, and applying active learning techniques to experiments involving both quantitative and sequence...
- The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) received a two-year, $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to develop nanoplasmonic mesh-based biosensors for in situ spatiotemporal monitoring of biofilm activities. The goal is to incorporate uniform nanoplasmonic hotspot arrays within microbial biofilms to enable real-time, spatially-resolved surface-enhanced Raman...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. The award will support research from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). Specifically, Virginia Tech will conduct research titled "III:MEDIUM:PHYSICS-GUIDED MACHINE LEARNING FOR PREDICTING CELL...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia TECH) was awarded a $523,102 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology on March 1, 2022 to fund research under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) through February 28, 2025. The grant will support research investigating the relationship between limits to evolvability and the maximal sustainable niche of generalist species. Specifically, the funding will enable scientists at...
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education (formerly Education and Human Resources) federal grant program (CFDA 47.076). The two-year project aims to address cognitive and instructional challenges in introductory proofs courses, with the goal of improving access and success in advanced STEM studies. Through curriculum development and...
- The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $351,670 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on multi-scale investigation of SARS-CoV-2 infection from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. Under this award, Virginia Tech researchers will examine SARS-CoV-2 infection across multiple scales, from virus-cell interactions to transmission dynamics between...
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) was awarded a $3 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support the project "NRT-HDR: Convergence at the Interfaces of Policy, Data Science, Environmental Science and Engineering to Combat the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance." This five-year project, running from September 2021 through August 2026, will leverage Virginia Tech's multidisciplinary expertise to develop new approaches and train the next generation of scientists needed to address the growing crisis of antibiotic resistance. As the STEM Education program aims to strengthen STEM education from pre-K through graduate study, this grant is expected to advance understanding of antibiotic resistance through research and the training of graduate students in integrated policy, data science, and engineering solutions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $3.0m | 8/27/21 |