The National Science Foundation awarded a $2,999,224 Project Grant to the Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program. The grant provides mentoring, professional development, and diverse research training opportunities to postbaccalaureate participants from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields. The program, called "RAMP: Mentoring and Research Opportunities for Careers in Coastal Science...
This $2,999,844 National Science Foundation project grant funds the RAMP: Training Towards an Inclusive and Diverse Workforce in Microbiome Sciences program led by the University of California, Berkeley. The program will train post-baccalaureate students from historically marginalized backgrounds and less traditional educational paths in microbiome sciences through hands-on research experiences across academic and industry laboratories in the San Francisco Bay Area over four years. Trainees will...
West Virginia University Research Corporation received a $252,892 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to investigate hydrodynamic drivers of microbial water quality in drinking water distribution systems. The five-year award beginning June 15, 2023 will support research to evaluate biofilm physical characteristics, pathogen attachment and detachment, impacts of variations in...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $201,600 Project Grant to West Virginia University Research Corporation, through the Integrative Activities CFDA program, to conduct a long-term study of forest recovery from nitrogen pollution in the Fernow Experimental Forest in West Virginia. The 5-year research project aims to quantify how Central Appalachian forests respond as nitrogen pollution declines due to the Clean Air Act. The research will couple...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement to Virginia Tech, Cornell University, Meharry Medical College, the University of Michigan, and Wake Forest University for the "PIPP PHASE II: COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) - THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERING PANDEMIC PREDICTION AND PREVENTION FROM ATOMS TO SOCIETIES (COMPASS) CENTER" project. The COMPASS...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,976,918 Project Grant to the University of Alabama under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to provide training for the next generation of ecologists and natural resource managers. The "Woods to Water (W2W)" program will leverage the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) and the Jones Center at Ichauway (JCI) to train 30 post-baccalaureate participants in field techniques that link water, carbon, and nutrient fluxes...
This Project Grant award of $430,252 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a collaborative multi-year research project examining the multi-sectoral determinants of health in low-income communities globally. The research uses qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the formulation, interpretation, translation, and implementation of health policies across local, national, and transnational scales. The project...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $172,654 Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the West Virginia University Research Corporation. The grant supports collaborative research to enhance understanding of the impacts of the ongoing megadrought on soil moisture, carbon-water cycling, and ecosystem function in drylands of the American West. Key activities include: Integrating long-term soil moisture data with remote sensing to assess how the megadrought...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $1,674,172 to the West Virginia University Research Corporation aims to deepen the understanding of forest-based climate solutions (FBCS) in the Eastern United States. The key research activities include: Quantifying the impacts of common forest management practices on carbon storage, climate resilience, and other co-benefits through a network of long-term forest management plots. Surveying small...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will provide $463,568 in funding to the University of Virginia (UVA) from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027. The grant will support the training of 30 students over 3 summers (2025-2027) in ecological, evolutionary, and behavioral field research at the Mountain Lake Biological Station in Pembroke, Virginia. Students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or...