This Project Grant award in the amount of $106,050 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports a conference and related activities to increase proposal development capacity at institutions of higher education (IHEs) in the EPSCoR jurisdictions of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The key products and services to be delivered include: (1) conducting a 50-participant proposal development workshop to demystify NSF funding mechanisms and the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to host a two-day conference titled "Improving the Research and Innovation Enterprise Across the Southwest Region". The conference aims to (1) enhance the collective understanding of challenges facing the research enterprise in the Southwest U.S., (2) formulate next steps for individual and collective action to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will provide $100,000 to Nova Southeastern University in Florida to host a series of conferences focused on supporting early-career faculty and enhancing research infrastructure at emerging research institutions and minority-serving institutions. The conferences will bring together research development professionals, university administrators, and early-career faculty to capture...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to host a conference on "Inclusive Collaboration Resources: Enhancing Research Support Infrastructure at Minority Serving Institutions." The goal is to develop best practices and resources to improve equitable research collaboration and retention of diverse STEM researchers. The conference will convene research enterprise...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $765,465 Project Grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, to host the 28th NSF Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) National Conference from October 2023 to September 2025. The conference will engage audiences from different research areas and geographic jurisdictions, including state legislators, congressional representatives, federal employees, project...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $458,411 to fund a conference for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) titled "Growing Research Through Innovative Collaborations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities." The primary goal of this one-year project is to address systemic barriers to research funding for HBCUs by facilitating the development of new and expanded...
This Project Grant award of $120,910 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support a hybrid conference on "MEE HUBS: A Hybrid Conference in Microbial Ecology and Evolution" to be held from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025. The conference will integrate microbiology, evolutionary ecology, physics, and mathematics to drive innovation in fundamental and applied research questions related to microbiomes. The project will develop a...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will provide $330,000 over 3 years to support an annual conference for the NSF CREST/HBCU-RISE/PRP program community. The conference will bring together principal investigators, directors, faculty, staff, and students to discuss relevant topics, share best practices, and network. Key components include NSF personnel briefings, PI sessions on program-related issues, and workshops for early career...
This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports a project led by Bryn Mawr College to develop recommendations for enhancing research development support at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). The project will convene a series of regional workshops involving approximately 16 PUI representatives per workshop to examine the unique challenges and strengths of research development functions at PUIs....
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant under its Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Alabama State University (ASU) for the "CONFERENCE: HBCU EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND EPSCOR REGIONAL OUTREACH WORKSHOP AT ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY (HERO-ASU)." The goal of this regional workshop is to assist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana - all Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research...