Grant List
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Granitic magmas are generally considered to originate in the middle or shallow crust, where water and appropriate source rocks that partially melt to produce granitic magma are abundant. However, the Athabasca Granulite Terrane of northern Saskatchewan, one of the largest exposures of lower crustal rocks on Earth, provides evidence showing that large volumes of granitic magmas form in the lowermost crust (approximately 30 km beneath the Earth's surface). The rocks presently on the surface in the Athabasca Granulite Terrane were part of the lower crust approximately 2.6 billion years ago. This location provides the opportunity to document the magma-producing processes now occurring at the crust-mantle boundary in zones of collision of tectonic plates. Rocks in the Athabasca Granulite Terrane were invaded by mafic magmas (the 2800-km-long Chipman dike swarm) that caused the lower crustal rocks to partially melt. The partial melts mingled and mixed with the mafic dike magmas, showing that hybridization processes commonly identified in the shallowest magma chambers are common in the lowermost crust as well. In this project, the lineage of granitic magmas of the lower crust will be traced, from the origin of the parent rock from which they partially melted, through the contaminating magmas that they encountered on their journey from the lower crustal site of their origin. \n\nThe goal of this project is to test the hypothesis that the lowermost crust is a common site of granitic magma production and contamination, and of contamination of basalts that began as continental underplates or interplates. Major, trace, and rare earth element geochemistry and Nd and Hf isotopic analyses both on whole rock samples and on zircon, garnet, and plagioclase crystals in situ will be used to identify: 1) the source material characteristics of felsic and mafic end member magmas in the near-Moho setting; 2) the compositional range of hybrids between Chipman dikes and melts produced by two distinct melting reactions in the 2.6-Ga Fehr granite, 3) the degree to which the Chipman dikes retain their near-Moho compositional characteristics after migrating to the middle crust, and 4) the isotopic and compositional characteristics of mantle partial melt that underplated and interplated the lower crust during both the Archean (2.6 Ga Fon du Lac basaltic sills) and the Proterozoic (1.9 Ga Chipman dikes). This study will quantitatively evaluate the degree to which the fingerprint of heterogeneity in both granites and basalts of the middle and shallow crust is a remnant of the lithologically diverse magma environment of the hot, partially liquid mantle/crust transition zone.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4732", "attributes": { "award_id": "1247685", "title": "2013 CSHL Computational Cell Biology Conference", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)", "MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2013-04-15", "end_date": "2014-03-31", "award_amount": 14660, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16398, "first_name": "David", "last_name": "Stewart", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 992, "ror": "https://ror.org/02qz8b764", "name": "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NY", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 16397, "first_name": "Charla", "last_name": "Lambert", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 992, "ror": "https://ror.org/02qz8b764", "name": "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NY", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award supports the biennial conference on Computational Cell Biology: The Interplay between Models and Data, which takes place March 19-22, 2013, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). This meeting brings together a diverse group of scientists who study the molecular, structural, and functional aspects of cellular processes by using computer simulations and mathematical models. The interdisciplinary field computational cell biology is focused on the simulation of molecular machinery that drives the physiological behavior of living cells. To build useful quantitative models of these processes, computational scientists must work closely with experimental cell biologists; in this partnership, experimentalists collect data about cellular processes and how they change over time, while mathematicians use the information to build and improve upon computer models that accurately reflect the biology. The CSHL conference advances knowledge in cell biology by providing a forum where scientists who study all aspects of dynamic cellular processes, from data generation and analysis to the development and validation of quantitative models, can interact with each other and exchange ideas, information, and approaches. The conference includes sessions on signal processing, noise, cell mechanics, development, synthetic biology, imaging, evolution, and organizing principles of biological systems. The 2013 meeting builds on the successes of prior CSHL meetings to assemble an international gathering of scientists, discuss new developments in the field, and catalyze innovative research collaborations.\n\nThe discipline of computational cell biology seeks to develop mathematical models of living systems, such as molecular interactions during cell division in both healthy cells and cancer. The goals for such models are twofold: 1) predict outcomes from dynamical systems in the cell, thereby allowing scientists to 2) explain how cellular processes go awry in disease. To build successful models, mathematicians and computer scientists must work closely with experimental cell biologists. In this partnership, experimentalists collect quantitative information about cellular processes and how they change over time, while mathematicians use the information to build and improve upon computer models that accurately reflect the biology. The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory conference on Computational Cell Biology: The Interplay between Models and Data advances knowledge in the field by bringing together scientists with expertise in both experimental and computational techniques, thus catalyzing scientific interactions that will ultimately accelerate the pace of discovery.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4822", "attributes": { "award_id": "1246432", "title": "4th Beneficial Microbes ConferenceSan Antonio, Tx, October 22 - 26, 2012", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Symbiosis Infection & Immunity" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2012-08-01", "end_date": "2013-07-31", "award_amount": 10000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16745, "first_name": "Joerg", "last_name": "Graf", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 1342, "ror": "https://ror.org/04xsjmh40", "name": "American Society for Microbiology", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "DC", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 1342, "ror": "https://ror.org/04xsjmh40", "name": "American Society for Microbiology", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "DC", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "The tremendous progress of high throughput technologies including DNA sequencing and proteomics is rapidly advancing the understanding of beneficial microbe-host interactions. Most animals and plants depend upon associations with coevolved communities of microorganisms that play critical roles in physiological balance and maintaining homeostasis. Recognition of these phenomena is revolutionizing how biologists view the function of the normal microbiota with respect to their association with hosts. The Beneficial Microbes Conference is unique in cutting across disciplines by bringing together ecologists, microbiologists, molecular biologists and computational biologists that have the common goal to understand the mechanisms and benefits of microbial interactions with a variety of hosts, from plants to humans. The conference will be held in San Antonio, Texas as a convenient central location in the United States. The aim is to provide a forum for increasing cross-disciplinary interactions and thus to develop new insights and approaches to the study of beneficial host-microbe interactions. This field is currently very popular as demonstrated by past scientist attendance to this conference series, including graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. To assure a broad representation, the organizational committee has well balanced demographic representation. One third of the invited speakers are junior (pre-tenure), and 6 of 19 invited speakers are women. Of the 36 contributed oral presentations, 17 (47%) will be selected from submitted abstracts, ensuring ample high-visibility for students and postdocs with innovative ideas. As in the previous meetings, the selection process for these student and postdoc presentations will focus on junior researchers, women and minorities. Students at underrepresented minority institutions will also be targets for support. The proposal budget includes 5 travel awards for minority graduate students, and the awardees will be selected based on the quality of their abstracts. Only poster presenters who are U.S. citizens will receive travel support.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4748", "attributes": { "award_id": "1243957", "title": "Investigation of the Causal Relationship Between Chromatin Structure Fluctuations and Gene Expression Noise by Electron and Fluorescence Microscopy", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Biological Sciences (BIO)", "Genetic Mechanisms" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 16462, "first_name": "Manju", "last_name": "Hingorani", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2013-07-01", "end_date": "2021-06-30", "award_amount": 902588, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16464, "first_name": "Hinrich", "last_name": "Boeger", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 485, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Santa Cruz", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 16463, "first_name": "Grant A", "last_name": "Hartzog", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 485, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Santa Cruz", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Intellectual Merit: Animal, plant and fungal cells alike package their DNA by spooling it in regular intervals about a protein core, forming a jointed chain of DNA spools (nucleosomes). The spooling renders the DNA less accessible and thus interferes with the reading of its genetic information. How then does DNA spooling affect gene activity and regulation? This research addresses this question by investigating the structure of isolated single-gene molecules and gene expression at the single cell level. The essential tools for this research are electron and fluorescence microscopy, combined with mathematical modeling, and yeast genetics. Surprisingly, recent studies have provided evidence that active genes randomly toggle between states during which the gene is either ON or OFF, rather than being on all the time. This random toggling causes the number of gene products produced from a single gene to fluctuate over time. These fluctuations can provide insight into how the gene is activated, but the molecular basis of ON/Off toggling is not understood. One possibility is that random spooling and unspooling of DNA--analogous to the continued opening and closing of a door at randomly chosen time points--may underlie the ON/OFF toggling of active genes. Testing of this hypothesis requires analysis of DNA spooling at the level of single gene molecules. To this end, this research will investigate the structure of specific genes within single cells of baker's yeast by isolation of the gene molecules and subsequent analysis by electron microscopy. The molecules will be isolated from cells that bear mutations in critical biochemical components for DNA spooling, including the proteins that make up the core of the DNA spool. These structural investigations will be combined with analysis of gene expression of single cells by fluorescence microscopy and mathematical modeling to reveal the dynamics and functional significance of DNA spooling for gene expression and regulation. \n\nBroader Impacts: In this project a postdoctoral fellow and one graduate student will be trained. In addition, undergraduate students will be trained through academic-year or summer internships. Student interns will be recruited from underrepresented groups through existing campus programs. These students will be overseen by the PIs, both directly in the lab and in biweekly joint group meetings, and by the post-doctoral fellow and the graduate students of this project. Students will be trained in fluorescence and electron microscopy, yeast genetics and, importantly, in approaching biological problems by quantitative means. Daily interactions with scientists at different stages of their careers will benefit the undergraduates through multiple layers of supervision and will allow the graduate student and post-doctoral trainees to have the opportunity to supervise beginning students. The graduate student and post-doctoral trainee will be given the opportunity to present their work locally and at national meetings.\n\nThis project is co-funded by the Genetic Mechanisms Cluster in the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences and by the Applied Mathematics and Mathematical Biology Programs in the Division of Mathematical Sciences.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4814", "attributes": { "award_id": "1243464", "title": "Early-Career Participants at the 4th International Conference on NeuroProsthetic Devices on November 19-20, 2012 at the University of Freiburg, Germany", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Engineering of Biomed Systems" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2012-08-01", "end_date": "2013-07-31", "award_amount": 10000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16699, "first_name": "Victor", "last_name": "Pikov", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 1340, "ror": "https://ror.org/05p1phv38", "name": "Huntington Medical Research Institutes", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 1340, "ror": "https://ror.org/05p1phv38", "name": "Huntington Medical Research Institutes", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "1243464\nVictor Pikov\n\nThe ICNPD-2012 conference will bring together international investigators of all levels to\nFreiburg, Germany to discuss recent research findings and to establish new collaborations in the new and exciting field of neural prosthetic devices. The conference will take place on November 19-20, 2012 at the University of Freiburg, Germany. It will be preceded by a series of online discussions by the Scientific Advisory Committee, resulting in selection of several key innovation challenges that will be addressed at the conference. Main support for the conference will be provided by the University of Freiburg, commercial sponsors and exhibitors, and the conference registration fees, with the proposed supplementary support for the United States-based speakers by the National Science Foundation. This proposal aims to expand the participation of junior US researchers at the conference by subsidizing their travel costs.\nThe overall conference theme will be the technological and scientific challenges for translating neural prosthetics into clinical use. There are multiple research groups worldwide involved in development and evaluation of neuroprosthetic implants for a variety of neurological disorders, and similar difficulties often arise in selecting biocompatible encapsulation materials, in applying modern wireless communication technology, in better understanding of clinical and user needs, etc. Several discussion panels will be held at the conference to stimulate the interaction of participants in seeking solutions for the identified challenges, rather than simply reporting on the progress from their laboratories. Additional emphasis at the conference will be placed on identifying the areas of possible collaborations between the US and European scientists and finding the mechanisms for jump-starting these collaborations. The online resources, including the poster abstract review system and the blog, will operate at the conference website\n(www.neurotechzone.com) to promote the worldwide dialog among the participants prior to the conference.\n\nIntellectual Merit\n\nThe ICNPD-2012 conference will be convened for the fourth time, following the first three meetings in Hsinchu, Taiwan in 2009, in Beijing, China in 2010, and in Sydney, Australia in 2011. Foundation of the series of international conferences on neuroprosthetic devices was necessitated by an explosive growth of this discipline in the international research arena.\n\nThe ICNPD conferences have already attracted a significant number of participants and demonstrated the need and will of scientists throughout the world to combine their voices in discussing the existing challenges and future direction of the discipline, and particularly, the development of global standards on fabrication of the neuroprosthetic probes and their data and power telemetry. One of the accomplishments of the ICNPD conferences was the formation of the Alliance for Innovations in Neural Technology, which includes many renowned experts as its founding members.\n\nAnother accomplishment was a publication of a special issue of the Frontiers in Neuroscience with five full-length articles (http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroprosthetics/researchtopics/Neuroprosthetic_devices/56)\nas well as an online publication and DOI registration of all conference abstracts at a searchable neuroscience-related depository, the Frontiers Conferences (http://www.frontiersin.org/Community/EventDetails.aspx?eid Several important topics for discussion have emerged during the conferences, ranging from the governmental oversight and support of the clinical trials of the neuroprosthetic devices to a lack of dedicated international journal. The ICNPD-2012 conference will continue the exploration of key technological and biological challenges and breakthrough innovations that can overcome them. There are multiple opportunities for the researchers to initiate productive collaborative projects in the development and testing of devices for the hearing and vision loss, muscle paralysis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, and other neurological disorders. The conference described in this proposal is one that will bring together established investigators and early-career researchers just entering this field. To enable a focused exchange at the discussion panels during the two-day meeting, there will be a series of brainstorming online discussions preceding the conference.\n\nBroader Impact Statement\n\nThe conference can inform the NSF and other US federal agencies about new developments in the rapidly growing neural prosthetics field. A specific goal of the NSF that will be aided by the conference is the establishment of new programs which emphasize integration of neural technology research and medical device industry. The conference will provide a good opportunity to highlight best practices in this area and to bring lessons from this experience to the NSF initiatives. The conference participants will be selected to represent a broad spectrum of interested participants from academia, national laboratories, government, and industry. Recruitment of participants representing researchers at all stages in their careers from well established to new researchers just starting their career will be actively pursued. A special effort will be made to increase the representation of women and underrepresented minorities at the conference. The conference program, poster abstracts, and talk abstracts will be permanently posted on the conference website (www.neurotechzone.com) as well as on the Frontiers Conferences, a premier online depository for the conference proceedings in the neuroscience-related fields (http://www.frontiersin.org/events/all_events) to serve as a practical educational tool.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4839", "attributes": { "award_id": "1241502", "title": "Workshop on New Directions in Monte Carlo Methods", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)", "STATISTICS" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 16810, "first_name": "Gabor", "last_name": "Szekely", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2012-09-01", "end_date": "2013-08-31", "award_amount": 8576, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16813, "first_name": "Hani", "last_name": "Doss", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 158, "ror": "https://ror.org/02y3ad647", "name": "University of Florida", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "FL", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 16811, "first_name": "James P", "last_name": "Hobert", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, { "id": 16812, "first_name": "Kshitij", "last_name": "Khare", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 158, "ror": "https://ror.org/02y3ad647", "name": "University of Florida", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "FL", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "The workshop will be held January 18-19, 2013, on the campus of the University of Florida. Although Monte Carlo methods have existed for a long time, the problems to which they are applied have changed dramatically. Monte Carlo methods are now routinely applied to very complex problems, for instance Bayesian regression models with a large number of predictors and Bayesian hierarchical models involving many levels. To address this increased complexity, recent research on Monte Carlo approaches has proceeded in several new directions. For example, because in highly complex models it is no longer possible to analytically devise Monte Carlo algorithms which are optimal or near-optimal, researchers have developed \"adaptive MCMC algorithms\" which, as they are running, automatically evolve into algorithms which are optimal for the current problem. Another example involves Bayesian model selection, where researchers have many models that can be used to explain the data, and they wish to select the best one. In a Bayesian approach, a prior is placed on the set of potential models, and the researcher wishes to obtain the posterior distribution of the models, and the parameters for the models. Because the parameters for the different models may have different dimensions, Markov chains for estimating posterior distributions must be \"transdimensional.\" In this workshop, twelve distinguished individuals who work in Monte Carlo simulation review the current state of the field and present their recent work. A number of young researchers will also participate in the workshop and present their work in poster sessions.\n\nMonte Carlo simulation is a methodology that uses random sampling to arrive at numerical approximations to quantities that cannot be computed exactly. The methodology allows researchers to use extremely complex statistical models: if a potentially useful model is so complicated that it is not possible to obtain exact solutions, the model can still be considered if one is willing to use approximate solutions provided by Monte Carlo simulation. Recent advances in computing power have made Monte Carlo simulation increasingly accurate and useful, but many unsolved problems remain. The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for established researchers in the field, as well as newcomers, to discuss the significant developments that have taken place in the last decade; to discuss what works and what does not; and to identify important problems and new research directions.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4818", "attributes": { "award_id": "1240064", "title": "Central Virginia Undergraduate Mathematics Scholarship Program (CVUMSP)", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Education and Human Resources (EHR)", "Robert Noyce Scholarship Pgm" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 16722, "first_name": "Thomas", "last_name": "Kim", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2012-10-01", "end_date": "2020-09-30", "award_amount": 1449960, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16725, "first_name": "Cheryl", "last_name": "Adeyemi", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [ { "id": 1104, "ror": "https://ror.org/04esvpn06", "name": "Virginia State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 16723, "first_name": "Naha J", "last_name": "Farhat", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, { "id": 16724, "first_name": "Cynthia A", "last_name": "Thomas", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 1104, "ror": "https://ror.org/04esvpn06", "name": "Virginia State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Partners for this Track 1 project to produce 41 high school mathematics teachers include Virginia State University (VSU) as the lead institution, three community colleges (John Tyler and J. Sargeant Reynolds Community Colleges and Richard Bland Junior College) and two school districts (Petersburg and Chesterfield County Public Schools). Their overall goal is to recruit, prepare and sustain teachers, from underserved populations, who are capable of creating professional, positive, research-informed, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) responsive, technologically-intensive and effective mathematics learning environments for all students.\n\nThe Scholars are being recruited from three specific populations: (1) VSU's current STEM majors, (2) students pursuing certificates or degrees in STEM-related disciplines at the partnering two-year community colleges, and (3) juniors and seniors at local high schools. As a recruiting tool, summer internships are being offered to 100 freshman and sophomore students from both VSU and the cooperating community colleges. The internship includes, among other activities: (1) a three credit mathematics course; (2) reinforcement of mathematics skills; (3) introduction to web technology; and (4) an overview of STEM careers. The program for the scholars emphasizes community building and includes: (1) faculty and peer mentoring; (2) preparation for all requirements of secondary licensure, including the Praxis; (3) resume writing and interviewing skills; (4) an introduction to useful technology and grant writing; (5) participation in professional organizations and meetings; and (6) team building. Support for the Scholars during their first three years of teaching, includes: (1) a Mentor /Scholar Teacher Professional Community comprised of new teachers, mentors and faculty at VSU and the partnering community colleges designed to provide individual, group, and internet housed contact among the participants; (2) summer mini-workshops involving current and past Scholars, exemplary mathematics high school teachers, and VSU and partnering community college faculty that focus on effective pedagogy, problem solving, diversity preparation, technology, and classroom management; and (3) a funded one credit-hour hybrid course.\n\nIntellectual Merit: Information from the research-based evaluation of the project will be widely disseminated through contacts in the state and through presentations at professional organizations.\n\nBroader Impact: The nature of the student population at the institutions involved and the emphasis of the program on service at underserved schools insures creation of a diverse effective set of secondary mathematics teachers throughout the schools served by this project.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4793", "attributes": { "award_id": "1239849", "title": "Symposium on Design and Applications of Organic and Metal-Organic Porous Materials, Fall ACS Meeting, August 19-23, 2012, Philadelphia PA", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "SOLID STATE & MATERIALS CHEMIS" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2012-08-01", "end_date": "2013-07-31", "award_amount": 5000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16628, "first_name": "Wei", "last_name": "Zhang", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 172, "ror": "", "name": "University of Colorado at Boulder", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CO", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "TECHNICAL SUMMARY\nThe Solid State and Materials Chemistry program supports the travel costs of speakers and graduates students to participate in the symposium titled \"Design and Applications of Organic and Metal-Organic Porous Materials\" that will be held at the 244th ACS meeting in Philadelphia, PA from Aug. 19-23, 2012. The ACS meeting is held twice every year, and serves as an interdisciplinary venue for members of the American Chemical Society to share information and research progress in areas of common interest. This symposium is scheduled for 2 full-day oral presentation sessions, which have been tentatively assigned the following topics, based on the organizer?s survey of the newest advances in porous materials:\nSession 1: Design and Concepts for Porous Polymers\nSession 2: Design and Concepts for Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs)\nSession 3: Design and Concepts for Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs)\nSession 4: Design and Concepts for Covalent Organic Polyhedrons (COPs)\n\nNON TECHNICAL SUMMARY\nThis symposium will act as a leading vehicle for educating U.S. researchers with interests in designing/making new porous materials, but also the general scientific public about materials. The abstracts of this symposium will be made accessible via the Internet to the general public as a research and educational tool for this purpose. This symposium will also serve as an important international platform for allowing young U.S. scientists (i.e., starting professors, graduate students, and postdoctoral materials chemistry (of all forms) and engineering process.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4802", "attributes": { "award_id": "1238608", "title": "The Polymer Science of Everyday Things", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)", "POLYMERS" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 16650, "first_name": "Andrew", "last_name": "Lovinger", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2012-06-01", "end_date": "2013-05-31", "award_amount": 4000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16651, "first_name": "Kenneth", "last_name": "Wynne", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 672, "ror": "https://ror.org/02nkdxk79", "name": "Virginia Commonwealth University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 672, "ror": "https://ror.org/02nkdxk79", "name": "Virginia Commonwealth University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT:\n\nThis award provides partial support to a symposium titled \"The Polymer Science of Everyday Things\" including a half-day workshop for K-12 teachers. It will be held at the National ACS Meeting, Philadelphia PA, 19-20 August, 2012. The symposium and workshop will be focused on \"Impact of Polymers in Energy Generation, Storage and Savings\". NSF funds will be used primarily to facilitate attendance of K-12 teachers. Topics will include polymer insulation, energy reflecting paints, energy efficient lighting, as well as applications of polymers in energy generation including batteries and photovoltaics.\n\nTeachers teaching teachers about the applications of polymers is a primary goal of this workshop and symposium. With this objective, broader impacts are achieved by presentations to high school teachers of information readily incorporated in their courses. As such, maximum leverage for information transfer is achieved by the student multiplication factor. For the workshop four speakers are planned, including two industrial experts and two Polymer Ambassadors (who are teachers specially trained in polymer science).", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4841", "attributes": { "award_id": "1238402", "title": "Workshop Proposal: Travel Support for US participants to the International Geophysics of Slab Dynamics Conference, Jeju Island, South Korea, August 19-22, 2012", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Geosciences (GEO)", "Geophysics" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 16821, "first_name": "Luciana", "last_name": "Astiz", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2012-08-15", "end_date": "2013-07-31", "award_amount": 15000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 16822, "first_name": "Scott", "last_name": "King", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 244, "ror": "", "name": "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 244, "ror": "", "name": "Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This proposal will provide partial travel support for graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty members from the US to attend the Conference on the Geophysics of Slab Dynamics to be held in the Jeju Island, South Korea, from August 19 to August 22nd, 2012. All participants receiving support are required to present a talk or a poster.\n \nConference is aimed to provide a holistic examination of subduction processes by discussing megathrust earthquakes and tsunami modeling, subduction dynamics and mantle convection, fluids in subduction systems, rheology and slab dynamics, seismic imaging of subducting slabs and induced mantle flow, and subduction and tectonics. The program includes a field trip aimed to provide a brief introduction of the Jeju Island geology. The Jeju island is a volcanic island recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site for its spectacular lava tubes.\n\nThis proposal will contribute to the development of the emerging scientists of the field by providing them with the opportunity to meet and interact with leading national and international researchers, gaining deeper understanding and broader perspective of the field, and forming the basis for future collaborations.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } } ], "meta": { "pagination": { "page": 1385, "pages": 1405, "count": 14046 } } }