This $500,202 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) to develop a graduate program integrating environmental sustainability into business. The project aims to train 22 NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) students and approximately 70 additional master's and doctoral students across disciplines including environmental/ecological engineering, materials...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports a research project to integrate sustainability into the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) curriculum at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). The key objectives of this 3-year project are to: (1) integrate sustainability concepts and frameworks, particularly environmental and social sustainability, into various ISE courses; (2)...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program grant award to Boston University, titled "NRT: ENERGIZE - Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Integrating Data Science in Energy Materials Research", will create an interdisciplinary community of 100-125 Ph.D. and master's students trained to work collaboratively on sustainable energy research and development. The $494,927 project, awarded on September 1, 2024, spans from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2029....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award to the University of Minnesota, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, will provide $3,000,000 to train 150 M.S. and Ph.D. students, including 25 funded trainees, in data-driven discovery and engineering across disciplines such as chemical engineering, biological engineering, chemistry, and materials science. The program will integrate traditional domain science with data-driven methods, providing trainees with skills...
This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $866,879 to Arizona State University, Kennesaw State University, and Villanova University to transform engineering education by deeply integrating sustainability concepts into the curricula across the three universities. The transformative two-year initiative aims to fundamentally reshape how future engineers are trained, emphasizing the crucial role of sustainability in engineering...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award to Cornell University will develop an interdisciplinary graduate training and research program on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Sustainability Sciences and Engineering (AISSE). The $3,000,000 grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, aims to cultivate a skilled workforce proficient in both AI and sustainability to address critical challenges such as climate change and decarbonization of energy and agri-food systems....
This $3,000,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Traineeship (NRT) Program award, under CFDA 47.076 STEM Education, will establish the Climate Action and Resilience for Extreme Urban Heat (CLIMATE-CARE) program at the University of Pennsylvania. The project aims to train 36 doctoral and 20 master's students in convergent research and education related to sustainability design and engineering, with a focus on utilizing advanced materials and eco-additive manufacturing techniques to...
This $747,844 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure, under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), will develop a cybertraining curriculum focused on climate, water and environmental sustainability. Led by Purdue University, the collaborative project will create three levels of curriculum—foundational, expert, and developer—to train students, educators, and professionals on integrating and analyzing open...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Purdue University a $542,660 Project Grant under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program to develop an evidence-based framework and curricula for educating undergraduate researchers on ethical data life cycle management. The 3-year project aims to: Assess undergraduate researchers' competencies in data life cycle planning, access, assurance, description, evaluation, preservation, and publication. Create a framework for evaluating students' data life...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $6 million project grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to support an integrated research and education traineeship from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2027. The traineeship will provide master's and doctoral level training to approximately 300 students, including 20 directly funded trainees, in convergent research areas focused on cultural change, social equity, and the circular use of water and...