Project Grant 2134624

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $250,000 over 5 years to Oregon State University to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) that will develop four new Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) focused on topics such as bioinformatics, behavioral genetics, molecular biology, and developmental biology. The goal is to expand upon an existing...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Washington State University (WSU). The overarching goal is to transform academic culture by creating a network connecting universities with local tribes and building a collaborative framework to engage indigenous knowledge systems in biological research on systems resilience. Key products and services under this grant include:...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure provides $221,196 to Iowa State University of Science and Technology to support the "RCN-UBE: CASE-BASED ACTIVE SCIENCE EDUCATION (CASE) MENTORING NETWORK" project over 5 years from December 2023 to November 2028. The project aims to provide personalized teacher mentoring, training in using and writing effective and inclusive case studies, and sharing of authored resources to better...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $717,769 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to enhance climate change resilience in Indigenous communities in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The project will establish partnerships between UNM, tribal organizations, and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center to braid Western and Indigenous climate science approaches. Key activities include: Identifying...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $2,999,552 to the University of Nevada, Reno to quantify the phytochemical landscape of indigenous communities through knowledge integration, interaction diversity genomics, and network dynamics from 2022-2026. Key products include the development of an accessible website compiling edited video interviews with Kichwa and Waorani elders on plant-animal networks and interspecies...

The Ecological Society of America Inc. was awarded a $499,700 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on November 1, 2021 to develop the RCN-UBE program through October 31, 2025. The award is part of the NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and understanding of major challenges facing the country. Under this award, the Ecological...

The National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded a $2,141,750 project grant to the American Society of Plant Biologists to support the "LEAPS: ROOTING OUT OPPRESSION TOGETHER AND SHARING OUR OUTCOMES TRANSPARENTLY" program. The award period runs from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The grant supports the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote advancement in the biological sciences and strengthen the national scientific...

This $602,858 National Science Foundation project grant to Chapman University will evaluate the impact of the Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network on implementing the Vision and Change (V&C) framework for undergraduate biology education. Through a mixed-methods approach including surveys and interviews, the project aims to determine the extent to which V&C principles motivated participation in PALM, characterize perceptions of V&C among instructors involved, and...

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory was awarded a $359,148 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education under the STEM Education (47.076) federal grant program. The award will support the development of course-based undergraduate research experiences integrating advanced DNA sequencing technologies at minority-serving institutions from June 2022 to May 2024. Specifically, the Laboratory will partner with New York City College of Technology, Spelman...

This National Science Foundation award under the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education program will support a $301,982 research project at Colorado State University from June 2023 through May 2026. The project aims to foster more accurate and identity-affirming science teaching and learning at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. A team from Colorado State University, Florida International University, and Arizona State University will investigate how the norm of...