This $199,167 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology will support research to develop a data-driven model of imperfect immunity against COVID-19. The University of Southern California will receive funding to build upon data on COVID-19 reinfections and vaccine breakthroughs to better understand how imperfect protection affects SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics and the long-term risks of resurgence. The project directly supports the NSF's Biological...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $249,680 Project Grant to Minnesota State University Moorhead to expand the ImmunoreacH network and develop new tools for teaching immunology in college biology courses. This grant, funded through NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, aims to make immunology concepts easier to understand and help instructors feel more comfortable teaching this important topic across different course levels. The project will...
This Project Grant award of $549,983 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research to analyze public health crisis response and backlash experienced by state and local officials during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research aims to develop a conceptual framework for understanding variation in crisis response and backlash, testing hypotheses through qualitative interviews, social media analysis, and other data...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $2 million Project Grant to Columbia University for the "COVID INFORMATION COMMONS EXTENSION FOR PANDEMIC RECOVERY" project. The grant was awarded on October 1, 2021 under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to enhance capacity for science and engineering and broaden participation in STEM research and education. Columbia University will use the funding over a four-year period ending September 30,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will provide $199,097 to fund a comparative research study investigating how participatory science can help counteract the crisis of trust in public health and medical expertise. The research will document the dynamics of disease advocacy, contestation, and cross-country collaboration, and develop an analytical framework to identify factors shaping the...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $100,000 to The Johns Hopkins University for planning activities related to establishing an academic research center focused on developing "socially astute" epidemic management infrastructure. The project aims to blend social and biological sciences with community knowledge to understand and promote epidemic control strategies that affected...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $200,000.00, awarded on November 15, 2022 with a completion date of October 31, 2026, will fund research at Columbia University to develop behavior-driven mathematical models and forecasting systems for respiratory disease transmission in urban settings. Funded jointly by NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences and Division of Social and Economic Sciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), this research aims to incorporate...
This $366,181 National Science Foundation project grant supports research and data collection activities at Penn State University from July 2022 to June 2024 under the federal Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grantee will collect extensive data on U.S. state policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, analyze the adoption and diffusion of pandemic policies, and track online discussions by state officials. This includes gathering information on hundreds of...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $199,999 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) on May 1, 2022 to complete the project by April 30, 2025. The grant will fund research exploring the role of adaptive capacity on democratic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the university will conduct case studies in Atlanta, GA, Montreal, Canada, Manchester, UK, and Warsaw,...
This $968,765 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049 - Mathematical and Physical Sciences) will develop a flexible modeling framework to simulate the impact of various testing-based infection control strategies for respiratory pathogens like SARS-CoV-2. The project aims to improve our ability to control existing respiratory diseases and enhance preparedness for future pandemics. Key deliverables include: Developing a...