The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,868 project grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Iowa State University of Science and Technology. This 12-month grant, which began on June 15, 2024, aims to assess strategies for transitioning the open-source RevBayes phylogenetic software community into a self-sustaining and self-governing ecosystem. The project will investigate ways to improve the experiences of RevBayes users, contributors,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $299,737 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as University of California, Berkeley. The grant, awarded on June 15, 2024, will fund a scoping project to explore developing an open-source ecosystem (OSE) that catalyzes the creation of robust statistical software for the Python programming language. The project aims to establish better...
This $650,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will accelerate development of a national-scale wetlands decision support toolkit for the United States. The project will integrate advances in wetland science, computing, remote sensing, and geospatial tools to create an equitable, user-friendly platform that provides accurate wetland mapping, characterization of ecosystem services, and...
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) will fund the establishment of an open-source ecosystem for the Interdisciplinary Networked Community Resilience Modeling Environment (IN-CORE) model. IN-CORE is an open-source modeling environment that can comprehensively model a community's physical, social, and economic systems and their complex interdependencies. This Phase I award will support initial focus group...
Ecosystemone LLC was awarded a $255,550 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The grant will support development of an instructor-friendly intelligent virtual reality platform for secondary and post-secondary distance learning and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education from August 15, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The platform aims to advance science and engineering research and...
This $230,292 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports research to enhance understanding of how innovative research and development (R&D) effectively translate into commercial products. The study will focus on place-based innovation (PBI) ecosystems, regions where stakeholders collaborate in close geographic proximity, to uncover critical factors that facilitate or hinder successful R&D...
This Project Grant award of $100,000 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to address challenges in broadening participation in open science practices. The award will fund a multi-day workshop, known as an "Ideas Lab", that brings together representatives from a diverse array of research institutions. The goal is to ensure that the evolving infrastructure, norms, and rewards promoting open science equally benefit the entire research...
This $149,588 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports a partnership development and planning project between four organizations in California's Sierra Nevada region. The goal of the project is to generate ideas for informal STEM learning experiences that focus on socio-ecological issues, such as human-caused climate change, and integrate indigenous knowledge and western environmental science. The partnership, led by the Sierra...
This $1,599,825 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California, Santa Barbara. The award aims to advance scientific theories and models of land use forecasting by integrating diverse, multi-scale data into dynamic prediction models to inform sustainable land use plans and prevent biodiversity and ecosystem service loss. The research will co-design decision support tools with scientists and policymakers in...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $196,325 to Arizona State University (ASU) develops a framework to measure the dynamics, intermediate outcomes, and broader socio-economic and environmental impacts of regional innovation programs. The project engages interdisciplinary perspectives across public policy, economics, geography, and management to build a conceptual foundation for assessing large-scale government...