This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will provide $318,000 to Idaho State University (ISU) to support the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP). The funding will enable ISU to recruit and train six graduate fellows in the biological sciences and geosciences departments, as well as interdisciplinary programs aligned with the NSF's I-CREWS research infrastructure improvement project. The goal is to develop a new...
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...
This Project Grant award of $1,590,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides support for thirteen graduate fellows at West Virginia University (WVU) over a three-year period from July 2025 to June 2028. The goal of the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) is to train the next generation of scientific and workforce leaders to enhance interdisciplinary research in areas such as the bioeconomy, ecosystem resilience,...
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) was awarded a $796,021 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on February 15, 2021 to complete work by January 31, 2024. The grant supports ISU's project "Regulatory Networks that Control Autophagy to Enable Environmental Stress Resilience in Plants" under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The project aims to increase scientific understanding of major problems confronting the nation by promoting progress...
This Project Grant award of $318,000.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) at Montana State University (MSU). The award will fund 12 graduate fellowships over 3 years - 5 in Engineering, 5 in Biological Sciences, and 2 in Geosciences. The fellows will contribute to research of national significance in optics and photonics, enzymes and microbial engineering, host/pathogen biology, and earth...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049) provides $318,000.00 in funding to Kansas State University to support the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP). The program will fund 9 graduate fellowships over 3 years, with the fellows conducting research in various mathematical fields including analysis, algebra, applied mathematics, geometry/topology, mathematics education, and number theory....
This Project Grant award, totaling $1,590,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program. The grant supports the EPSCOR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) at Louisiana State University (LSU) to fund 10 graduate fellows whose research will align with the goals of NSF's Directorates for Biological Sciences, Engineering, Geosciences, and Technology, Innovation and Partnerships. The fellowship program aims to...
This $477,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will support 10 graduate fellowships at the University of New Mexico (UNM). The fellowships will fund research and interdisciplinary training for graduate students across fields including biology, earth and planetary science, engineering, economics, and physics. Key focus areas include promoting resilience, innovation, and supporting...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) award provides $211,000.00 to support graduate students pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and STEM education at the University of Iowa. The GRFP, a highly competitive federal fellowship program, helps ensure the vitality and diversity of the United States' scientific and engineering workforce by recognizing and funding outstanding...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), provides $240,000 over three years starting on September 1, 2024 to fund a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology. The research aims to investigate the effects of bioengineered organisms on community assembly and ecosystem functioning in a soil microbial community. The fellow will use genetic engineering to create microbial consortia and study the impacts on community and...