Grant List
Represents Grant table in the DB
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Understanding these Polar changes and predicting their future global impacts require a wide range of future science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professionals. Unfortunately, less than 25% of high school students in the United States receive Earth systems science training and Polar studies represents a very small component of what is taught. Additionally, the majority of Earth systems societal challenges disproportionately impact low income and underrepresented populations, yet there is a significant deficiency in the number of underrepresented students receiving training within these fields. In fact, most Earth systems science programs lack gender, ethnic, and economic diversity. Effective environmental solutions require communication between scientists, policy-makers, and the public, and must also support all communities, in particular, those most at risk. The project aims to help remedy gaps in Polar STEM education by developing new opportunities for underrepresented high school students to engage in real Polar STEM education in the classroom and via field experiences. Additionally, the project aims to train teachers in high schools to integrate Polar STEM experiences in their classrooms to increase Polar STEM literacy within the United States. The researchers specifically propose to help fill the gaps in Polar Earth systems science education within the United States by developing a collaborative consortium of education programs including the University of Maine, Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP), and several Department of Education funded Upward Bound Programs across the United States to offer 1) new project-based field opportunities in Polar STEM for high school students from low income or first generation college families, 2) teacher training in Polar Earth systems sciences 3) help to teachers developing high school lessons using authentic Polar STEM data, and 4) research focused on determining if our field and classroom education program improves teaching and high-school student learning about Polar environments. This project will specifically support justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, of underrepresented students within the Polar geosciences and help develop a more diverse and representative next generation of science leaders in more communities across the United States.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "12674", "attributes": { "award_id": "2219183", "title": "Collaborative Research: A Partnership in Central Missouri in the Era of Multi-messenger Astrophysics", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)", "PAARE" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2022-09-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 0, "principal_investigator": { "id": 28590, "first_name": "Ajay", "last_name": "Mishra", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 881, "ror": "", "name": "Lincoln University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MO", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award is funded in whole under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). A new research and education partnership will be developed in central Missouri as a pilot program between Lincoln University of Missouri and the Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T). The core mission of this new partnership is to provide training and increase research opportunities in astronomy and astrophysics among underrepresented and underserved students in central Missouri, building on a nascent astrophysics program. This two-year project is a pilot program toward the creation of a longer-term partnership which leads eventually to a formal S&T PhD bridge program for students at Lincoln University and other surrounding minority-serving institutions, contributing to increasing Missouri’s diversity in astronomy. The team members will regularly participate in public lectures at the local library and high schools to promote the importance of fundamental science among the public.This program will offer student exchange visits, winter and summer workshops, and summer research internships to train underrepresented and underserved students, which will allow them to consider a STEM career or PhD program in astronomy. These activities will train young researchers at S&T to improve their presentation, mentoring, and management skills. The proposal team conducts complementary research covering cosmology and galaxy evolution, gravitational-wave physics, and the physics of the interstellar medium. Within the project duration, the Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dark Energy Experiment is expected to release the measurement of dark energy properties at high redshift. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory will detect more gravitational wave sources in the O4 Observing run and advance the knowledge of black holes and neutron stars. Machine learning applications will play significant roles in advancing these data analyses, which will be leveraged to train students as educational tools.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "12675", "attributes": { "award_id": "2213408", "title": "LEAPS-MPS: Rational design of macromolecular assemblies controlled via plasmonic activation", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)", "OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2022-09-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 0, "principal_investigator": { "id": 28591, "first_name": "Julianne", "last_name": "Griepenburg", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 230, "ror": "", "name": "Rutgers University Camden", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NJ", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). LEAPS-MPS: Rational design of macromolecular assemblies controlled via plasmonic activationPART 1: NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYIn nature, light controls a large number of physical and biological processes. In synthetic systems, using light as a trigger to initiate processes is beneficial because it is often biocompatible, and can be well controlled in both time and space, especially through the use of ultrafast lasers. This proposal seeks to use light to trigger structural changes in macromolecules, such as in DNA assemblies and molecular storage compartments known as vesicles. Vesicles are of interest because they provide the ability to compartmentalize contents, preventing interaction with the surrounding environment; light-induced structural disruption could allow for their contents to be released on-demand. In order for this to happen, light must be converted into heat or mechanical energy which can disrupt surrounding structures. This can be achieved with the unique light-sensitive properties of small gold particles known as nanoparticles, sometimes only consisting of a few hundred atoms. DNA assemblies can assist in this process by providing a scaffold for nanoparticle placement. The thorough investigation of these interactions has the potential to be transformative for applications in biotechnology and nanotechnology, for example, drug-delivery, allowing for therapeutics to be released in a specific location within the body to reduce side effects in healthy tissues or cells. In addition to important scientific applications, a significant goal of this proposal is to provide experiential learning opportunities for students at Rutgers University-Camden. Such opportunities are essential on this campus, to increase engagement in the large population of first-generation college students as well as students who identify with groups commonly underrepresented in STEM fields. Recruitment, training, and mentoring will ensure that students become highly competitive for future endeavors in industry and academia. The campus location in the heart of Camden, NJ provides unmatched opportunities for outreach in the surrounding community. Towards this goal, an outreach program called MEDIA (Meeting Exceptional Diverse Inclusive Academics) will be launched, where a diverse group of scientists from Rutgers-Camden will interact with grade school students; the goal of this program is early intervention to dissuade common scientist gender and race stereotypes frequently portrayed by the media that can limit interest in and later pursuit of scientific study.TECHNICAL SUMMARYPlasmonic nanoparticles, such as those comprised of gold, hold great potential as photosensitizers due to their unique optical properties which allow them to strongly absorb light and convert that energy into a localized response; the localized surface plasmon resonance absorption wavelength can be readily tuned through size, shape, organization, and composition. This plasmonic response can result in thermal and/or mechanical disruptions to the surrounding environment. This proposal hypothesizes that plasmonic effects can disrupt both the local organization of both diblock copolymer bilayer membranes which make up polymersome carrier vesicles, as well as DNA origami assemblies, both together and individually. The first aim of this work proposes to address the level of disruptions (i.e., poration vs. thermal dissociation). In Aim 2, the fundamental knowledge acquired in Aim 1 will be used to rationally design polymersome-DNA heterovesicles. The ability to control and detect the macromolecular organization of each component will be developed, to gain high spatiotemporal control over dissociation, poration, and cargo release in response to pulsed irradiation. Synergistically, this work will open doors to many training opportunities for undergraduate, M.S., and Ph.D. students at Rutgers-Camden, creating a hierarchy of opportunity, mentorship, and productivity. A large emphasis will be on the recruitment and retention of first generation college students and students from groups underrepresented in STEM, by providing paid research training and creating a sense of belonging in the scientific community through opportunities such as conference presentations. Proposed outreach programs in grade schools in the local Camden, NJ community will ensure the future diversity of STEM scholars by working towards offsetting the commonly media portrayed racial and gender stereotypes of scientists, through a program entitled MEDIA (Meeting Exceptional Diverse Inclusive Academics).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "12676", "attributes": { "award_id": "2212922", "title": "LEAPS-MPS: Topological Symmetries of Non-Compact Riemann Surfaces", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS)", "OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2022-09-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 0, "principal_investigator": { "id": 28592, "first_name": "Nicholas", "last_name": "Vlamis", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 722, "ror": "", "name": "CUNY Queens College", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NY", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award is funded in whole or in part under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117-2). This project concerns research within the field of topology, a branch of mathematics with a focus on understanding the global large-scale structure of spaces, in contrast to geometry’s focus on local fine structure. The abstract nature of topology has made it a useful tool throughout the sciences, from asking questions regarding the shape of the universe to understanding the large-scale properties of complex networks. This project focuses on understanding topological symmetries of Riemann surfaces, which are two-dimensional objects, including the complex plane, the two-dimensional sphere, and objects that look like the surface of a doughnut. Riemann surfaces appear in almost every branch of mathematics and naturally arise in science, especially via string theory and via the solutions of differential equations. In addition, the project has several outreach components aimed at supporting students in pursuing a career in the mathematical sciences. The PI will create an organization dedicated to building a network of alumni to foster relationships in the community and create internship opportunities. Additionally, the PI will host several career panels featuring former students working in a diverse range of fields and will provide research experiences for undergraduates. The research is focused on understanding the algebraic structure of the (topological) mapping class group of a Riemann surface. In the finite-area case, the structure of mapping class groups is well understood, and the theory has deep connections to geometric group theory and Teichmüller theory. This project investigates the infinite-area case, where relatively little is known. The main goal is to characterize the countable-index normal subgroups of mapping class groups of infinite-area Riemann surfaces. The investigation will forge new connections between low-dimensional topology and recent developments in topological group theory.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } } ], "meta": { "pagination": { "page": 1419, "pages": 1419, "count": 14184 } } }