This $299,833 National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering Project Grant will support an integrated primatological and ecological research program titled "IRES-TRACK I: People, Primates, and Tropical Forests." The program aims to advance human-primate coexistence and ecosystem health in Sulawesi, Indonesia through international field research experiences for 15 U.S. students from San Diego State University over three years. Under the guidance of the...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering, CFDA 47.079, provides $119,867 to support collaborative research between U.S. and Kenyan institutions. The funding enables U.S. undergraduate engineering students from underrepresented groups to conduct community-engaged engineering research abroad from September 2022 to August 2025. Specifically, students from Purdue University and San Francisco State University will work with faculty...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) program (CFDA 47.079), supports a collaborative research project examining the sustainability of dryland systems in Kenya. The $155,542 award, effective September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2027, establishes a student-scout partnership to investigate the essential role of mobility in connecting social and environmental components of these dryland systems. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) supports a collaborative research project focused on understanding and promoting sustainable transitions in Kenyan dryland systems. The $124,129 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to August 2027, enables a partnership between U.S. undergraduate students and Kenyan scouts to conduct field research using methods such as GPS livestock tracking, plant...
The University of Iowa received a $262,806 project grant award from the National Science Foundation to study group processes underlying deviance in online public spaces. Funded under the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075), this two-year award will support research examining how group dynamics influence deviant behavior in digital forums. The grant aims to contribute scientific insights on how public resources are used to advance knowledge in the social and...
This $449,811 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.079). The grant supports an international field school program called ECOTROP that partners U.S. and Gabonese university students to research how past human settlements have impacted the soils, plants, and animals of tropical forests in Gabon, Central Africa. The program will compare former settlement sites to reference...
The University of Montana was awarded a two-year, $281,266 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Office of International Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.079). The grant will support the "IRES TRACK II: Multidisciplinary Training on Wildlife and Natural Resource Conservation from an Indigenous Perspective" project. The project aims to enable multidisciplinary training on wildlife and natural resource...
The Iowa State University was awarded a $599,937 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to support the Biological Pathways to Adaptability, Interactions among the Genome, Epigenome and Environment program. The goal of this program is to enhance K-12 science teachers' understanding of how organisms adapt to changing environments and the research process through hands-on summer training and year-long engagement with university researchers. Teachers...
The University of Iowa was awarded a $382,478 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds the Iowa Environmental Internship Pathways Program, which will strengthen and enhance the national scientific enterprise through expanded understanding of the integrated Earth system by supporting basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the program...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $183,000 to Iowa State University of Science and Technology under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program. The grant, titled "REU SITE: RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES IN TRANSLATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF AI TO ENGINEERING (REU-TRACE)", will create a 10-week intensive summer research program for 10 undergraduate students per year over a 3-year period. The program will focus on applying artificial...