This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), will support collaborative archaeological research to investigate the relationship between agriculture, environmental change, and social inequality over time. The $118,277 grant awarded to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) will enable a transdisciplinary team to analyze agricultural practices, food webs, and land use...
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (SUNY Potsdam) was awarded a three-year, $370,113 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant supports research titled "RUI: A SEDIMENTOLOGICAL AND SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK FOR CARBON ISOTOPIC SAMPLING AND INTERPRETATION" conducted under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050). This Project Grant will fund research from September 2021 through August 2024 to strengthen...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $263,266 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF SUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University, to investigate "Social and Political Dynamics of Lab-Community Relations". The project will rethink the diversity of people involved in American exploration and how their knowledge was applied to help their communities amid colonial violence. It aims to...
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF-SUNY) at the University at Albany was awarded a $339,771 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Under this award, RF-SUNY will reconstruct Red Sea surface hydrography over the past 300 years by analyzing chemical properties of coral samples from across the eastern edge of the Red Sea. Specifically, measurements of oxygen-18 and...
The Research Foundation For The State University of New York was awarded a $314,560 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research linking pyroclastic surge dynamics and deposits through integrated field data collection, multiphase numerical modeling, and experiments. The three-year award beginning June 15, 2021 will support collaborative work between foundation researchers and the State University of New York at Buffalo to advance...
The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York was awarded a $306,181 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences. The grant will fund the project "The Origins and Evolution of Ancient Genomic Structural Variants in Hominins" from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The project aims to contribute to the scientific strength and welfare of the Nation through advancing basic research in the social, behavioral and...
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF SUNY) received a $299,498 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computing and Communication Foundations to support the STEM: STIMULATE, ENGAGE AND MOTIVATE STUDENT RESEARCH BY ENHANCING THE RESEARCH CAPACITY program. The award, made on October 1, 2021 with a completion date of September 30, 2023, will fund efforts by RF SUNY to enhance research capacity and engage students in computing and information...
This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a research project titled "Expanding Geoarchaeology Opportunities for Underrepresented Students through Multiproxy Investigations of Human-Environmental Dynamics." The project aims to expand training opportunities for students in archaeological field and laboratory methods, with a focus on removing barriers that limit...
The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) received a $470,728 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) for the period of May 15, 2023 through April 30, 2026. The award funds research to elucidate the atomistic mechanisms underlying hierarchical interplay during hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron ores, which could enable more efficient and environmentally sustainable steel production...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $335,194 supports an archaeological investigation of recently discovered monumental hydraulic features at an important archaeological site. The project aims to establish when these features were constructed, whether they were contemporaneous with other monumental constructions, and the functions they served, such as ritual and aquaculture. The study will involve excavations, soil...