Grant List
Represents Grant table in the DB
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Spaeth's U.S. Supreme Court Judicial Database. This holds for research conducted by social scientists and, increasingly, by legal academics; and it holds for quantitative and qualitative studies, as well as those more descriptive in nature. In fact, several inventories of peer-reviewed journals show that it is the rare article on the Court that derives its data from an alternative source. Monographs published by top presses also regularly rely on the Database, and the many numerical studies of the Court receiving public attention in recent years have made liberal use of the data it houses. Spaeth's product is one of those rare creatures in the law and social science world: an invention that has substantially advanced a large area of study. Without question, the Database has empowered scholars in many disciplines to conduct original, path-breaking research of the highest intellectual merit.\n\nAnd yet, however invaluable the Database, it is now starting to show its age. Along these lines, we see two major sets of issues. First, for many scholars and their students the Database is diffcult to use. Second, the Database|with its emphasis on the modern (post-1946) Court has not kept pace with scholarly interests. Historical institutionalism and its various subsets have pushed scholars to broaden their time horizons. Within the field of public law, analysts have created a veritable cottage industry devoted to studies of the Court of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Even judicial specialists who ground their work in the 21st century are beginning to apply modern social science methodologies to historical data, with the goals of testing theories of institutional development and illuminating current-day practices and patterns. \n\nWith prior support from the National Science Foundation, we have addressed the first concern and brought the Database in line with 21st century technology. We now address address the second issue. Specifically, we broaden the Database's scope by adding many more cases: the 19,675 resolved between 1792, the year of the Court's first published decision and 1946, the earliest year in the current Database. Our hope is that systematic, historical data on the Court will create an even more valuable a public, multi-user Database that will stimulate scholars and their students to explore new avenues of inquiry, as well as to revisit enduring questions that have yet to be addressed with reliable and valid data. In short, the project not only facilitates scholarship of the highest level of intellectual merit; it also has a broader impact on the community of scholars studying the Court by providing a highly reliable, comprehensive, and adaptable Database.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5221", "attributes": { "award_id": "0916462", "title": "US Government Support for IAI Core Budget 2009-2011", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Geosciences (GEO)", "Intl Global Change Res & Coord" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 18462, "first_name": "Maria", "last_name": "Uhle", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2009-08-01", "end_date": "2013-03-31", "award_amount": 2073000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18466, "first_name": "Holm", "last_name": "Tiessen", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 18463, "first_name": "Rafael Atmetlla", "last_name": "Mr", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, { "id": 18464, "first_name": "Gerhard", "last_name": "Breulmann", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, { "id": 18465, "first_name": "Marcella", "last_name": "Ohira", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 943, "ror": "", "name": "Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "", "zip": "", "country": "BR", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This grant provides US$ 2,073,000 as the U.S. Government contribution to the 2008 to 2011 core budget of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). The IAI is an intergovernmental institution whose core budget is funded through contributions from its 19 member countries, including the USA. The funding represents the US voluntary contribution to the IAI as set by agreed to by the USG, and will be used to cover 59% of the IAI Directorate international staff salaries and travel costs, travel costs for the 10-member Scientific Advisory Committee of the IAI, and part of the IAI's publication budget. The present proposal covers the US contribution for three years.\nThe intellectual merit of this proposal lies in the essential role of the IAI and its core funding in realizing the IAI's objectives to implement regional cooperations for interdisciplinary research on global change; to conduct or select for sponsorship (based on peer review) scientific projects and training of regional relevance which cannot be conducted by any single country or institution; to link research institutions of the region to global programs; to improve the scientific and technical capabilities and research infrastructure of the countries of the region; to foster standardization, collection, analysis and exchange of scientific data; and to provide scientific information to government towards public policy on global change.\nThe IAI implements its science programs using calls for proposals, peer reviews and post-award monitoring. In addition it has become active in developing durable networks of institutions and researchers across disciplines and countries, and is engaging in analysis and synthesis of the IAI's varied science output. The IAI develops science and policy strategies in consultation with member countries, and collects and processes science output to contribute to informed decision making. During the three year period of support requested here, the IAI will complete two science programs, provide final analysis, reporting and an in-depth synthesis of the science and policy implications. The synthesis of science-policy links will be published in a variety of publications for different audiences, and will be edited by IAI staff and other experts. A strategic planning process has been initiated and a new cooperative science program will be developed. Five training programs have been scheduled and others will be developed. The broader implications that go beyond the science content of the networks lie in the building of institutional capacities in the region to manage large collaborative science projects. Over the next 3 years, the IAI will continue its task of linking research and education activities across disciplines, and explore opportunities generated by the international networking to insert science into the decision process of its member countries. An important effort will therefore be to engage member countries in the science and its translation into policy.\n\nBackground \nThe IAI has been listed by the State Department as an international organization within the meaning of the Federal Employees International Organization Service Act, covered by 5 U.S.C. 3343 and 5 U.S.C. 3581. \n\nCore Budget support, for which this proposal is submitted, allows the operation of the Directorate of the IAI. Currently, the IAI Directorate is hosted by Brazil in Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo state, on the campus of the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE), where the IAI Directorate functions as an internationally recognized juridical personality, with the corresponding privileges and immunities granted by the Government of Brazil. \n\nCore Budget commitment pledges are made by the all Parties to the Agreement Establishing the IAI: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, the USA, and Venezuela. Amounts are arrived at by consensus at an annual meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the IAI Agreement. \n\nThe IAI is a U.S. initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues among the scientific institutions of the Americas. The National Science Foundation is the lead U.S. Government agency designated by the White House to carry out U.S. responsibilities within the IAI.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5152", "attributes": { "award_id": "0914839", "title": "ADVANCE Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation and Dissemination (PAID): Advancing Gender Equity - Lessons from a National Program of Change in Higher Education", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "ADVANCE-PAID" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2009-04-01", "end_date": "2010-03-31", "award_amount": 73300, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18312, "first_name": "Diana", "last_name": "Bilimoria", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 497, "ror": "https://ror.org/051fd9666", "name": "Case Western Reserve University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "OH", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 497, "ror": "https://ror.org/051fd9666", "name": "Case Western Reserve University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "OH", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This proposal will support the research and writing of a monograph about the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) program. The book will focus on how ADVANCE IT institutions have systematically engendered transformation of their structures, processes, policies, and practices and their effectiveness in enhancing gender equity in science and engineering (S&E). We propose to intensively examine the first and second round ADVANCE IT award recipients, analyzing equity outcomes across diverse academic institutions and in specific disciplines. \n\nDr. Diana Bilimoria (PI for this proposal) and colleagues (Bilimoria, Joy and Liang, 2008) analyzed the 19 first and second round ADVANCE institutions and found that equity-related university transformation entails a dual (individual and organizational) focus: empowerment of faculty and administrators through enhanced mentoring, coaching, networking, training and development as well as systematic improvement of structures, processes, policies and practices related to evaluation, workload distribution, resource and opportunity allocation, and compensation at each career stage in the academic pipeline. Since this earlier research was conducted in 2006, the IT projects at most of the 19 institutions were still in process and their transformation outcomes had not yet been fully documented. Expanding this earlier research into a monograph will enable us to delve more deeply into the specific outcomes of the now completed projects, as well as enable access to a more general audience. The specific aims of the proposed book are to: (1) provide a comprehensive, stand-alone source of data on the specific organizational change initiatives undertaken at ADVANCE universities, (2) investigate the equity related outcomes (for women faculty and for underrepresented minority faculty where possible) generated by the ADVANCE universities? transformations, taking into account contingencies such as the type and size of the university, (3) where feasible, undertake discipline-specific analyses regarding the outcomes of ADVANCE initiatives, and (4) propose an empirically-derived model of organizational change to serve as a template to academic and other organizations seeking transformation related to gender equity. \n\nTo accomplish this research project we will rely primarily on published or available data including the many websites, annual reports, quarterly reports, and research reports and publications of the first 19 ADVANCE IT awardees. For each ADVANCE IT award recipient, we will review the initiatives undertaken and examine various measures of transformation outcomes (e.g., changes over a 5-year period in the representation of women faculty in S&E overall and in all academic ranks, tenure and promotion outcomes, women in leadership and power positions, resource distribution, etc.) to derive ADVANCE program-wide conclusions. Given the similarity of data reported across these institutions (e.g., annual ADVANCE indicators, climate studies) we propose to conduct multiple cross-institution analyses as well as comparisons within disciplines as feasible. \n\nIntellectual Merit: The proposed book will present findings and offer a framework for institutional transformation in higher education. It will serve as a comprehensive, stand-alone description of successful approaches to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering. It will document the effectiveness of the NSF ADVANCE IT funding. It will provide specific insights for university administrators and faculty members engaged in promoting change. \n\nBroader Impact: The proposed book will disseminate knowledge about systemic change to achieve equity for women and underrepresented minorities in S&E disciplines. It will broaden the impact of the work carried out by two cohorts of ADVANCE institutions, allowing dissemination of ideas and practices from various NSF ADVANCE IT awardees. It will have impact on both ADVANCE and non-ADVANCE universities, as well as inform organizations outside of higher education, as it will provide a general model of gender equity related institutional transformation.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5177", "attributes": { "award_id": "0913691", "title": "EAPSI: Elucidation of Determinants of Coronavirus Cross-Species Transmission", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "EAPSI" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2009-06-01", "end_date": "2010-05-31", "award_amount": 5678, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18368, "first_name": "Jeffrey", "last_name": "Teigler", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 268, "ror": "", "name": "Teigler Jeffrey E", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 268, "ror": "", "name": "Teigler Jeffrey E", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "2009 EAPSI Fellowship - CHINA\n\nThis award supports a U.S. graduate student to conduct an individual research project at one of seven locations in East Asia and the Pacific region. The research project will provide the student with a first-hand mentored research experience, an introduction to science and science policy infrastructure, and an orientation to the culture and language of the location. The primary goals of the East Asia Summer Institute program are to expose students to science and engineering in the context of a research laboratory, and to initiate early-career professional relationships that will foster research collaborations with foreign counterparts in the future.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5196", "attributes": { "award_id": "0911421", "title": "Origin of Granite and Mafic-felsic Magma Interaction in the Lower Crust: Athabasca Granulite Terrane, CA", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Geosciences (GEO)", "Petrology and Geochemistry" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 18408, "first_name": "Jennifer", "last_name": "Wade", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2009-07-15", "end_date": "2012-06-30", "award_amount": 191602, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18410, "first_name": "Michael", "last_name": "Williams", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 200, "ror": "https://ror.org/0072zz521", "name": "University of Massachusetts Amherst", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 18409, "first_name": "Sheila J", "last_name": "Seaman", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 200, "ror": "https://ror.org/0072zz521", "name": "University of Massachusetts Amherst", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "\"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).\"\n\nIntellectual Merit. The Athabasca granulite terrane, Saskatchewan, Canada is one of Earth's largest exposures of intact lower continental crust, and offers the opportunity to see first-hand the complexity of magmatic processes that contributed to formation of the deep crust. In this terrane are unique exposures of heterogeneous lower crust comprising igneous rocks ranging from mafic to felsic compositions. Contrary to common belief that the lower crust is very poor in H2O, many of these rocks host abundant hydrous phases. The eastern part of the terrane is dominated by the 3.3 Ga Chipman tonalite and the 2.6 Ga Fehr granite/granodiorite. Prior to 1.9 Ga, these rocks made up the stable deep crust of the Rae Province. At 1.9 Ga, the Chipman mafic dike swarm intruded both the tonalite and the granite. The tonalite and some of the already crystallized mafic dikes were melted to a small extent. The Fehr granite underwent extensive partial melting, producing true granitic magmas. Over an area of tens of km2, brush-fired cleaned pavement exposures record the partial melting process and a stunning array of mixing and mingling textures between partial melt of Fehr granite and the Chipman dike mafic magma. It is hypothesized that the heterogeneity of the deep crust makes it a fertile source for a variety of melt compositions and that magma interaction processes so well documented in shallow crustal exposures elsewhere are also common at near-mantle depths as well. Funds are requested to carry out comprehensive petrologic characterization of these rocks. Field relationships, textures, and fabrics will be described along a north to south gradient/transect from minimal to extensive partial melting. Major, trace and isotopic analyses will establish the origin of end-member and hybrid rocks as well as source rocks and mid-crustal equivalents of melts identified in the lower crust.\n\nBroader Impacts. This grant will support the training of a Ph.D. student and the enrichment of the undergraduate mineralogy, petrology, and structural geology courses. In addition, the field work will provide an opportunity for outreach, through presentations and discussions, to a people who live in a very remote area, but whose livelihoods are generally based on the natural resources of the area. The work will help to lay the groundwork for a planned field forum for geologists and geophysicists to discuss the implications of the heterogeneous lower crust, and finally the project will involve the development of web resources for teachers and researchers about this special exposure of deep continental crust.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4988", "attributes": { "award_id": "0908151", "title": "Innulluartaarneq (Having the Good Life Study)", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "ASSP-Arctic Social Science" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2010-01-15", "end_date": "2013-12-31", "award_amount": 954530, "principal_investigator": { "id": 17914, "first_name": "Elizabeth", "last_name": "Rink", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 259, "ror": "https://ror.org/02w0trx84", "name": "Montana State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MT", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 17913, "first_name": "Dionne C Gesink", "last_name": "Law", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 259, "ror": "https://ror.org/02w0trx84", "name": "Montana State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MT", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "PROJECT ABSTRACT\nThe purpose of Innuluataarneq research project is to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a public health intervention in Greenland that focuses on Greenlandic ways of understanding and knowing about healthy behavior and sexually transmitted infections (STI). The target population for Innuluataarneq is 15 to 19 year old adolescents and their parents. Innuluataarneq will be conducted as an interdisciplinary international, collaborative community based participatory research (CBPR) study involving researchers and students from the United States, Canada, Denmark and Greenland. Innuluataarneq will be implemented in three communities in Greenland: Nuuk, Sisimut, and Tasiilaq. There are two components to Innulataarneq: 1) Component 1 will build capacity within Greenland to conduct CBPR projects that enhance community ownership in reducing STIs and empower communities in Greenland to partner with academic institutions to conduct research that resonates with Greenlandic knowledge and social and cultural practices; and 2) Component 2 will provide a socially and culturally relevant health education intervention to adolescents 15 to 19 years old and their parents in order to enhance awareness of STIs and their long term consequences \n\nThere are several elements to the intellectual merit of Innulataarneq. First, little is known about how cultural practices affect the transmission of STIs in the Arctic. Innulataarneq builds on our current STI research in Greenland, The Greenland Sexual Health Study, which is gathering information on the individual behaviors, social determinants, and cultural, historical, and political factors influencing the country?s high STI rates. Second, CBPR has not been practiced in Greenland to address any social science or health question. Innulataarneq?s CBPR approach advances our knowledge and understanding of the practical application of CBPR methodologies in a socially and culturally diverse Arctic community such as Greenland. Third, the reproductive future of Greenland is in jeopardy due to the countries high STI rates and low birth rates. Innulataarneq will explore Greenlandic ways of promoting educational efforts to prevent STI?s in order to secure Greenland?s reproductive future. \n\nThe relevance and importance of Innulataarneq to broader impacts in the field of social sciences and health related fields include the following: 1) Provide experience and training for students from indigenous populations in the United States, Canada and Greenland in the skills, techniques and knowledge needed to carry out community based participatory research on sexual health in Arctic communities; 2) Create a dialogue and build connections between institutions in the United States, Canada, and Greenland to foster a greater understanding of the importance of this health research in the Arctic; 3) Raise awareness about CBPR methods in Greenland, STIs, and culturally relevant ways of addressing this problem in an Arctic country; 4) Promote social science research that addresses health issues in Arctic communities; and 5) Documents and shares Greenlandic traditional knowledge and how it influences sexual behavior in an Arctic community.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5150", "attributes": { "award_id": "0908073", "title": "Student Travel Support for IEEE INFOCOM 2009", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Networking Technology and Syst" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2009-03-01", "end_date": "2010-02-28", "award_amount": 25000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18310, "first_name": "Liang", "last_name": "Cheng", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 1363, "ror": "", "name": "Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NJ", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 1363, "ror": "", "name": "Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NJ", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "The 2009 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from April 19 to April 25, 2009. This preeminent technical conference is a primary venue for presenting new research results in the area of computer communications, and is widely attended by researchers and practitioners in the field. Attending conferences such as INFOCOM is of great importance for the development of graduate students. Participants have the opportunity to present their work, attend panel and keynote sessions, and interact with hundreds of others performing leading-edge research in the field. This award provides funds to support approximately sixteen graduate students in the United States to attend this premiere conference. The travel awards will target graduate students, in particular, women and under-represented minority students, since attending conferences is an important part of their educational experience, and they often have limited travel funds. \n\nThe intellectual merit of the proposal resides in encouraging and supporting graduate student attendance to INFOCOM 2009, which will continue the tradition of the previous INFOCOM conferences as a premier venue for bringing together academia, industry, and government to share newest developments in communications. Besides technical paper presentations, the conference offers a wide range of technical activities including workshops and tutorials. \n\nIn terms of its broader impact, this proposal aims at providing graduate students conducting research in the field of communications with the opportunity to attend the INFOCOM 2009, one of the main technical conferences in the field. Attending such high-caliber technical venues is extremely valuable for future researchers. Not only they will be exposed to the state-of-the-art in the field, but also they will have the opportunity to interact with peers from institutions worldwide, meet with leading researchers, and take part in discussions that are likely to shape the future of the field (e.g., in terms of technology, standards, etc.).", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5219", "attributes": { "award_id": "0905411", "title": "The Berkeley Archaeological XRF Laboratory Instrument Maintenance, 2009-2011", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE)", "ARCHAEOMETRY" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 18459, "first_name": "John", "last_name": "Yellen", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2009-08-15", "end_date": "2012-07-31", "award_amount": 58667, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18461, "first_name": "M. Steven", "last_name": "Shackley", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 176, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Berkeley", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 176, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Berkeley", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).\n\nIn 2007 the National Science Foundation granted funding (BCS 0716333) to purchase a new Thermo Scientific Quant-X EDXRF spectrometer for elemental analysis, and established a new lab in the Department of Anthropology. The instrument is installed and calibrated and a number of undergraduate, graduate, government, NSF and private sector projects are underway or have been concluded. A benefit of the new digital system is the ability to analyze smaller pieces of obsidian (volcanic glass) debitage, now down to at least 7 mm in smallest dimension, and faster analysis times. The lab is the core of a continually taught two semester course in XRF in Archaeology by the PI. \n\nThe University of California, Berkeley, has been a leader in the use of x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) in the service of obsidian provenance studies. For nearly 40 years XRF has supported obsidian studies for undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty research from regions worldwide. The lab analyzes literally thousands of samples, most obsidian and other volcanic artifacts, each year. Many of these projects are student projects from Berkeley, but also other national and international universities. The lab has supported NSF, federal government, and private sector studies for over 19 years now. The lab is an integral part of the archaeology program at Berkeley, and is the basis for a field/lab course of study in Geoarchaeological Science cross-listed in the Earth and Planetary Science department and a physical science credit for non-majors. Additionally, the Archaeological XRF Laboratory is the only lab that places the elemental composition, location, and significant other data of western North American obsidian sources on the web for others to use (http://www.swxrflab.net). The current funding as well as the19 years of the lab's work has formed the foundation for the understanding of exchange, group interaction, the procurement of stone used in prehistory, and issues of social identity in prehistory.. \n\nThis NSF award provides essential support to maintain lab productivity, and also provides Graduate Student Researcher funding for one year and one summer to maintain the system, and continue the training of graduate students in geoarchaeological science. The Geoarchaeological XRF Laboratory is a leader in geoarchaeological science, and this grant will augment the funding available to continue the leadership of the research and student training. This National Science Foundation funding will help to maintain the excellence in geoarchaeological research, student training in geoarchaeology and archaeological science (Archaeometry) and provide an crucial geoarchaeological service to archaeologist throughout the nation.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5149", "attributes": { "award_id": "0904486", "title": "Riviere-Fabes Symposium in Analysis and PDE; Spring 2009, Minneapolis, MN", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "ANALYSIS PROGRAM" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2009-02-15", "end_date": "2010-01-31", "award_amount": 19500, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18308, "first_name": "Markus", "last_name": "Keel", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 227, "ror": "", "name": "University of Minnesota-Twin Cities", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MN", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award will support the participation of graduate students and postdocs in the \"Twelfth Riviere-Fabes Symposium on Analysis and PDE\" that will be held at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities from April 17 to April 19, 2009. \n\nThis annual conference celebrates the mathematical legacy of Nestor M. Riviere and Eugene B. Fabes by focusing on recent developments in analysis, especially in the field of partial differential equations. The 2009 program will feature two principal speakers (Ermanno Lanconelli and Cedric Villani), each of whom will give a two-hour lecture, and a number of one-hour talks delivered primarily by mathematicians in the early stages of their careers (e.g., Ioan Bejenaru, Hongjie Dong, Thierry Gallay, Alexis Vasseur). The program allows ample time for informal discussion among the participants.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5351", "attributes": { "award_id": "0904257", "title": "2009 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Crystal Growth Mechanisms; New London, NH; Summer 2009", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "BIOMATERIALS PROGRAM" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2008-12-15", "end_date": "2009-11-30", "award_amount": 5000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18778, "first_name": "Jonah", "last_name": "Erlebacher", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [ { "id": 226, "ror": "https://ror.org/05rad4t93", "name": "Gordon Research Conferences", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "RI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 226, "ror": "https://ror.org/05rad4t93", "name": "Gordon Research Conferences", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "RI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "ID: MPS/DMR/BMAT(7623) 0904257 PI: Erlebacher, Jonah ORG: Gordon Research Conferences\n\nTitle: 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Film and Crystal Growth\n\nINTELLECTUAL MERIT: The 2009 Gordon Research Conference on Thin Films and Crystallization addresses the fundamental issues underlying processes associated with crystal growth, which is central to a broad array of technologies. The conference will attract scientists from a wide range of disciplines, from semiconductor thin film growth to biocrystallization and crystallization for pharmaceutical drug delivery. Sessions devoted to the following timely topics are included: crystal surface morphology and kinetics, low dimensional crystals, fundamentals of crystal nucleation and growth, large biomolecule crystallization, biocrystallization and biomineralization, organic electronics, advanced electron microscopy, and structure function relationships on catalytic crystal surfaces. These topics intersect the portfolios of the NSF Biomaterials and Solid State and Materials Chemistry programs, which will provide partial support for the Conference..\n\nBROADER IMPACTS: The Gordon Research Conferences have a long standing reputation for providing an informal atmosphere for intimate scientific exchange among scientists from around the world. The plans for this conference fit this mold very well. The Vice-Chair and at least 6 of the 19 invited speakers are females. Participation in the Conference is by invitation, and the organizers describe a plan to ensure participation from a diverse selection of scientists, including especially women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and others from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in science. NSF support will help to facilitate participation by young scientists who might otherwise be unable to attend. The organizers have given due attention in the expenditure of support funds provided to further the NSF goals of broadening participation and integration of research and education.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } } ], "meta": { "pagination": { "page": 1384, "pages": 1392, "count": 13920 } } }