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The IAI is an intergovernmental organization supported, at present, by 19 countries in the Americas dedicated to pursuing the principles of scientific excellence, international cooperation, and the open exchange of scientific information to increase the understanding of global change phenomena and their socio-economic implications. The IAI's mission is to develop the capacity to understand the integrated impact of past, present and future global changes on regional and continental environments in the Americas and to promote collaborative research and informed action at all levels. \n\nThe request is to cover 85% of the costs of the IAI Directorate international staff salaries along with part of the costs associated with travels of the IAI Directorate staff and of the Scientific Advisory Members (SAC) members and part of the costs of communications (dissemination/documentation/publication) at the institute. The remaining expenses to be supported by the IAI core budget are covered by the other IAI member countries. \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": "5478", "attributes": { "award_id": "0614938", "title": "Conference: Plant Receptor Signaling at Iowa State University.", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "PHYSIOLOG & STRUCTURAL SYS" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 19089, "first_name": "Michael", "last_name": "Mishkind", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2006-09-01", "end_date": "2007-08-31", "award_amount": 3000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 19091, "first_name": "Philip", "last_name": "Becraft", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [ { "id": 192, "ror": "https://ror.org/04rswrd78", "name": "Iowa State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "IA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 19090, "first_name": "Marit", "last_name": "Nilsen-Hamilton", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 192, "ror": "https://ror.org/04rswrd78", "name": "Iowa State University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "IA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "A symposium on Plant Receptor Signaling will be held at Iowa State University on June\n22-25, 2006. Receptors are key molecules in the perception and response to stimuli,\nincluding light, hormones and developmental signals, and biotic interactions such as\npathogens and symbionts. As such, this topic is of interest to basic and applied plant\nresearchers. This symposium is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the Plant Sciences\nInstitute. The symposium will feature 19 invited speakers of international renown, as well\nas approximately 16 short talks selected from submitted abstracts. There will also be a\nposter session and social activities to promote interactions. Session topics will include\nPhotoreceptors, Hormone Receptors, Receptors in Growth and Development, Receptors in\nBiotic Interactions, and Genomic / Proteomic Approaches to Studying Plant Receptors.\nEducational activities will include a 1-credit course for graduate students associated\nwith the symposium, and activities to assist undergraduates understand the science. Travel\ngrants will be made available to students, with particular emphasis on encouraging\nminority participation.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5467", "attributes": { "award_id": "0619260", "title": "MRI: Acquisition of a SQUID Magnetometer for Research and Education", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Major Research Instrumentation" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2006-09-01", "end_date": "2009-08-31", "award_amount": 358250, "principal_investigator": { "id": 19056, "first_name": "Michael", "last_name": "Wagner", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 174, "ror": "https://ror.org/00y4zzh67", "name": "George Washington University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "DC", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 174, "ror": "https://ror.org/00y4zzh67", "name": "George Washington University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "DC", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Technical Abstract\n\nThe George Washington University (GW) will acquire a new SQUID magnetometer to be shared with researchers at Georgetown University (GT). The magnetometer will be capable of making measurements at applied fields as high as 7 T in the temperature range of 1.9 - 800 K, it will have the ability to reset its magnet to reduce remanent fields and allow low field operation, and a re-condensing helium dewar to virtually eliminate helium loss and cryogen filling. The acquisition of this instrument will enable; the investigation of magnetic nanomaterials produced by alkalide reduction, the investigation of the magnetic properties of di- and trinuclear first-row molecular complexes, the study of quantum confinement on magnetically ordered systems for which the magnetic and electronic properties are intimately connected, the study of f-block metal magnetic coupling to d-block metals in hybrid metal-organic framework materials, the study of regular model arrays of small magnetic particles and magnetic nanowires, development of high frequency nanocomposites, and the study of magnetization decay in nanomagnetic materials. The instrument will bring GW and GT researchers together and catalyze meaningful collaboration. The instrument will provide educational opportunities for undergraduates, graduates and postdoctoral fellows through research and classroom instruction. Washington, DC high school students from underrepresented groups will be given the opportunity for hands-on participation in the research through the ACS program Project SEED. Finally, in addition to the fundamental importance of the scientific knowledge these projects will generate, the studies will have impact on the development of advanced technology requiring superior soft or hard magnetic materials.\n\nLay Abstract\n\nMagnetic materials are of critical importance to a vast number of present and future applications: data storage, medical diagnostics, motors, bearings, generators, actuators, relays, meters, and transformers to name a few. Improving today's technology and creating tomorrow's will in no small part depend on the discovery of improved magnetic materials and the development of a deeper understanding of their properties. The SQUID magnetometer is an essential tool used to study and evaluate the magnetic properties of materials. It will be used to guide scientists at The George Washington University and Georgetown University in their efforts to discover the magnetic materials that will enable the technological advances that will drive our future economy. The SQUID magnetometer will provide the foundation to collaborative efforts between the two universities and magnetics researchers from the greater Washington DC area, synergistically driving scientific progress forward. It will also be used to train new generations of scientists through undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral research. In addition, the investigators will utilize the American Chemical Society's Project Seed to enable Washington, DC high school students from underrepresented groups to directly participate in the research. The research enabled by the acquisition of the SQUID magnetometer will include programs that will: develop nanomagnets for medical diagnostics, quantum computing, radar absorbing \"stealth\" technology, high efficiency energy conversion and numerous other applications; nanorods for high strength permanent magnets and nanoelectronics; and advance the fundamental understanding of magnetic materials.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5448", "attributes": { "award_id": "0621292", "title": "Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "APPLIED MATHEMATICS" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2006-05-01", "end_date": "2007-04-30", "award_amount": 25000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 19005, "first_name": "Stephanos", "last_name": "Venakides", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 246, "ror": "https://ror.org/00py81415", "name": "Duke University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NC", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 246, "ror": "https://ror.org/00py81415", "name": "Duke University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NC", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This award will fund travel and local expenses of 20 young mathematicians to attend and make poster presentations at the workshop on \"Recent Advances in Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations,\" to be held in Toledo, Spain, June 7-10, 2006.\n\nThe workshop will focus on the modern theory of partial differential equations and its applications. Topics to be discussed by the 19 invited speakers include conservation laws, transonic flows, hydrodynamics and vortical structures, turbulence, dispersive waves, combustion, materials science, dynamics of the brain. The workshop will highlight the role of mathematics in these application areas. By bringing leading experts together with a large number of scientists working in these fields, many of them at the early stages of their careers, the workshop will serve as a forum for the dissemination of new scientific ideas and discoveries and will enhance scientific communcation. The poster presentations will give the junior participants an opportunity to exchange ideas with experienced researchers and thus stimulate the best talents in the field.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5446", "attributes": { "award_id": "0624439", "title": "Workshop on Mindful Work and Technology", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE)", "HCC-Human-Centered Computing" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 18998, "first_name": "Ephraim", "last_name": "Glinert", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2006-04-01", "end_date": "2007-03-31", "award_amount": 31500, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18999, "first_name": "David", "last_name": "Levy", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 159, "ror": "https://ror.org/00cvxb145", "name": "University of Washington", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "WA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 159, "ror": "https://ror.org/00cvxb145", "name": "University of Washington", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "WA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This is funding to partially support a workshop of about 19 participants, invited mainly on the basis of their expertise in computer and information science or the social sciences (with a focus on work organization and practice) or mindfulness practices and the contemplative arts, to explore problems as a consequence of the manner in which new information technologies have over the past several decades transformed the way people work. E-mail, cell phones, and the World Wide Web, among other innovations, have made it possible to conduct work at vast distances and at all hours of the day and night. But with these remarkable opportunities has also come a range of unintended consequences. The easy availability of vast amounts of information has led to a pervasive sense of overload. The presence of multiple communication devices and information sources has fostered an interrupted style of working that often threatens concentration. And the possibility of communicating and acting quickly has encouraged a speedup in work practices and expectations that feels unsustainable and at times counterproductive. But doing more faster doesn't necessarily mean doing it better. There is growing concern that today's dominant mode of working, which features multi-tasking across multiple information sources and devices, is degrading the quality of work results, as well as workers' satisfaction in the process. And there is mounting evidence that work stress is contributing to a range of health problems, including heart attack, stroke, anxiety, and depression. What can be done to reduce work stress, and to increase the quality of work and the satisfaction in its accomplishment? This workshop will focus on developing a research agenda that can lead to the development of technologies that engage human attention in calm and informative ways, and the creation of workplaces that encourage and support mindful, productive, and healthful work. Questions to be addressed will include: How can computer systems (both hardware and software) be designed to encourage relaxed attention? How might computer screens and interfaces be redesigned to take account of people's fuller humanity, including their embodiment? What might more fully-embodied office practices and procedures look like? How might workspace architecture, furniture, sound and light be redesigned to encourage mindful presence? This workshop constitutes a follow-on to the Workshop on Information, Silence, and Sanctuary which was organized by the PI in Seattle in May, 2004 with funding from the MacArthur Foundation and NSF. Additional funding/support for the current event is anticipated from the MacArthur Foundation, the University of Washington, and the Library of Congress.\n\nBroader Impacts: The PI's goal is to raise public awareness of the workshop topics and to stimulate broad discussion of them. To these ends, he will write a report summarizing the workshop presentations and its major findings, and will make it available online in addition to publishing it in a reputable vehicles of dissemination. The workshop will take place over five days in the Washington DC area in mid-March, 2006. At the conclusion of the workshop, a public program at the Library of Congress to which the press will be invited will include a presentation on the topic of the workshop and a panel discussion among some of the participants.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5475", "attributes": { "award_id": "0630969", "title": "Increasing Student Success in Biology & Biotechnology", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "S-STEM-Schlr Sci Tech Eng&Math" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2007-01-01", "end_date": "2011-06-30", "award_amount": 495863, "principal_investigator": { "id": 19077, "first_name": "E. Eileen", "last_name": "Gardner", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 1411, "ror": "https://ror.org/00k3ayt93", "name": "William Paterson University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NJ", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 1411, "ror": "https://ror.org/00k3ayt93", "name": "William Paterson University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NJ", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This project provides 12 full scholarships each year over four years to academically talented, low-income Biology and Biotechnology majors, and supports faculty-guided research experiences, tutoring, internships and field trips to industry settings for the scholarship recipients. The project goal is to increase retention and graduation rates, including accelerating degree completion by providing the means for current part-time students to pursue full-time study. The intellectual merit of the project is the preparation of an increased number of well-qualified biologists and biotechnologists, and helping students with the desire to succeed overcome academic disadvantages. The project is led by a Project Director and a Head Mentor with over 50 years of combined experience in teaching, promoting and supervising student research. Its broader impacts are increasing the supply of trained Biology and Biotechnology technicians to meet the growing demand for them in New Jersey (which is home to one of the largest concentrations of pharmaceutical, chemical and other biotechnology-based industries in the world), the region and the nation; and increasing the number of individuals who are members of groups currently underrepresented in these fields earning B.S. degrees. In recent years, 65% of our Biology and Biotechnology majors have been women, 19% have been Hispanic and 17% have been African-American. The success of the project is measured by its impact on closing gaps in the retention and graduation rates for these students compared to the overall rates for our Biology and Biotechnology majors over the past five years. Project results are disseminated through presentations and reports at national and regional meetings, with individual student successes publicized through University publications and press releases to regional media outlets.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5452", "attributes": { "award_id": "0631342", "title": "Symposium on Block Copolymers as Nanoscale Materials; ACS Meeting; September 10-14, 2006; San Francisco, CA", "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": 19011, "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": "2006-05-01", "end_date": "2007-04-30", "award_amount": 3000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 19012, "first_name": "Christopher", "last_name": "Li", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 377, "ror": "https://ror.org/04bdffz58", "name": "Drexel University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "PA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 377, "ror": "https://ror.org/04bdffz58", "name": "Drexel University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "PA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This proposal seeks support for symposium on Block Copolymers as Nanoscale Materials at the Fall ACS national meeting in San Francisco, CA, Sept 10-14, 2006. The self-assembly of Block copolymers (BCPs) into ordered arrays of nanoscopic elements and the ability to chemically manipulate the constituent blocks of the BCPs have opened numerous applications in the rapidly growing area of nanotechnology. The versatility of block copolymers can be appreciated when one considers that the chemistry of the individual blocks can be tailored to perform a specific function, for example, chemical reactivity, biological activity, conductivity or degradability. The diversity in synthetic strategies in preparing block copolymers opens a plethora of applications where block copolymers can be used. With the rapid development of the field, a symposium that specifically addresses the important role that BCPs play as a premiere nanostructured material is needed. This proposed symposium will address this need and will provide a forum to highlight some of the latest advances in the development and applications of BCPs, including thin films, hybrid materials, liquid crystalline and semi-crystalline systems, and nanoporous scaffolds and templates. A total of 19 international renowned speakers have been invited (and confirmed) to present their most recent research in the field of BCP as nano scale materials. Five international invited speakers form fiver different countries will also participate the symposium; this could dramatically enhance the impact of the symposium and harness international collaboration between researchers from different countries. Financial support ($3,000) has been requested from NSF to support the aforementioned symposium. It is our primary goal to bring the most recent development of the BCP as nanomaterials research to the broader audience and higher impact could be achieved with a higher graduate students, post-doc researchers and young faculty attendance. Therefore, funding support from NSF will be specifically used to provide travel awards at ~ $400 each to support graduate students, post-doc researchers and young faculty to attend the proposed symposium. Priority will be given to graduate students who are attending their first national meeting and who belong to the underrepresented groups. Four travel awards will be reserved specifically for young faculty who will be giving oral presentations at the symposium.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5460", "attributes": { "award_id": "0635586", "title": "Southwest Regional ACS Solid-State Matls Chemistry Symposium: \"Synthesis & Structure-Property Relationships in New Inorganic Matls, 10/19-22/ 2006; Houston, Texas", "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": "2006-08-01", "end_date": "2007-07-31", "award_amount": 3895, "principal_investigator": { "id": 19027, "first_name": "P.Shiv", "last_name": "Halasyamani", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 231, "ror": "https://ror.org/048sx0r50", "name": "University of Houston", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "TX", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 231, "ror": "https://ror.org/048sx0r50", "name": "University of Houston", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "TX", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Technical Abstract\n\nThe Solid-State Chemistry Symposium at the 2006 Southwest Regional meeting of the\nAmerican Chemical Society (October 19 22, 2006) will include scientists from the solid state inorganic and physical chemistry disciplines, as well as materials scientists. The symposium is titled: Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationships in New Inorganic Materials, and topics will include nonlinear optical materials, fuel cells, oxide nanoparticles, and perovskite oxides. The full-day session will involve mostly early career faculty, with the involvement of graduate students and post-doctoral associates being highly encouraged.\n\nNon-technical Abstract\n\nThe symposium will provide faculty, specifically younger faculty, with an opportunity to discuss their research. Additionally, these early career scientists will be able to interact with established researchers in the solid-state chemistry and materials research community. Collaborations will be enhanced, as scientists from different, but related, disciplines are able to interact. Most importantly, knowledge and discovery in critical areas of solid-state chemistry will be advanced, and the solid-state materials community will be informed of pressing research challenges.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5381", "attributes": { "award_id": "0635895", "title": "Collaborative Research: Rejuvenescent Volcanism on Mauritius", "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": 18849, "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": "2007-07-01", "end_date": "2009-12-31", "award_amount": 229336, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18850, "first_name": "William", "last_name": "White", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [ { "id": 279, "ror": "https://ror.org/05bnh6r87", "name": "Cornell University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NY", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 279, "ror": "https://ror.org/05bnh6r87", "name": "Cornell University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "NY", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This project will investigate volcanic evolution on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. This study is motivated by these questions: Why do oceanic volcanoes evolve over time? Why does rejuvenescent volcanism occur after millions of years of inactivity? What accounts for the changes in composition with time? How universal is the well-known Hawaiian pattern of volcanic evolution? Hawaiian volcanoes evolve through a well-documented series of stages. The main volcanic edifice is constructed rapidly during the shield stage (Kilauea for example). Subsequently, activity wanes and there are only occasional eruptions of alkalic lavas (Hualalai and Mauna Kea for example). Then there is a hiatus of activity of anywhere from a few hundred thousand to a few million years. This is sometimes followed by a post-erosional or rejuvenescent phase in which small volumes of very alkali lava erupt explosively. The Honolulu volcanics, including Diamondhead, are a good example of this stage.\n\nMauritius, located in the Indian Ocean, represents one of the most striking examples of rejuvenescent volcanism outside Hawaii. Like Hawaii, Mauritius is thought to result from a mantle plume (the Reunion mantle plume). Earlier studies have identified three phases of volcanism on Mauritius: the Older Series (7.8 to 5.4 million years), the Intermediate Series (3.5. to 1.9 million years), and the Younger Series (1.0 to 0.17 million years). Older Series volcanism constructed the main volcanic shield on Mauritius and seems clearly analogous to the Hawaiian shield-building stage. The Intermediate Series seems analogous to the Hawaiian post-erosional phase. The Younger Series may simply represent an extension of the Intermediate Series phase; if not, it has no clear analog in Hawaiian volcanic evolution. Thus, volcanism on Mauritius provide an opportunity to compare and contrast with Hawaiian volcanism and to develop a general model for oceanic island volcanic evolution. Mauritius is also an opportune target for study because the Water Resources Unit of the Government of Mauritius has a large collection of drill cores (drilling was originally undertaken in the search for water resources). These cores often penetrate the veneer of post-erosional lavas that cover most of the island and sample fresh, primitive lavas erupted during the shield-building stage. The deeper cores also provide an opportunity for stratigraphically controlled sampling.\n\nSamples will be studied petrographically and analyzed for major elements, trace elements, and Sr, Nd, Pb, and Hf isotope ratios. This will produce a comprehensive geochemical data set for Mauritius. Twenty-five key samples will be dated by Ar-Ar at Oregon State University. In collaboration with colleagues at Cornell, these observational results will compared with computer simulations of melting of a lithologically heterogeneous mantle plume consisting of eclogitic veins in a peridotitic matrix. The finite element model of this phenomenon that is being developed is an attempt to simulate the evolution of magma composition through time. The team will participate in the modeling project by incorporating pressure-, temperature-, and composition-dependent trace element partitioning into the thermodynamic code.\n\nThis study will improve our fundamental understanding of volcanism and the nature of the Earth's mantle generally. It will examine the role of lithologic heterogeneity might play in the compositional evolution of volcanoes and test the universality of the Hawaiian pattern of volcanic evolution. This research will support a doctoral graduate student and several undergraduates from both Cornell University and University of Texas at San Antonio (a minority serving institution). In addition, research findings will be integrated to undergraduate and graduate geochemistry/petrology courses regularly taught by the PIs.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5403", "attributes": { "award_id": "0640934", "title": "Fluorous Proteins: Structure, Stability, and Biological Activity", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "BIMOLECULAR PROCESSES" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2007-08-15", "end_date": "2010-07-31", "award_amount": 435000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18901, "first_name": "E. Neil", "last_name": "Marsh", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [ { "id": 169, "ror": "", "name": "Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 18900, "first_name": "Hashim M", "last_name": "Al-Hashimi", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 169, "ror": "", "name": "Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "With this award, the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports Neil Marsh and Hashim M. Al-Hashimi both of the University of Michigan whose research will advance the area of protein design by engineering some of the novel properties of fluorocarbons into biological molecules. This will be achieved by synthesizing proteins that contain extensively fluorinated ('fluorous') analogs of hydrophobic amino acids in their hydrophobic cores. Fluorous amino acids are predicted to stabilize proteins against unfolding by heat and organic solvents and to facilitate protein: protein recognition through specific fluorocarbon-fluorocarbon interactions. Fluorinated versions of a dimeric RNA-binding protein, Rop, will be synthesized in which the hydrophobic core of Rop will be repacked with the fluorous analog of leucine, hexafluoroleucine. This protein is small enough (63 residues) to be efficiently synthesized by peptide synthesis, which will allow fluorous amino acids to be introduced site specifically. Rop protein has been extensively used as a model system for investigating protein stability and folding, and as a template for protein re-design. These data will serve as a useful reference for the present study. A variety of physical techniques (such as circular dichroism, microcalorimetry and analytical ultracentrifugation) will be used to investigate the effect of fluorination on the biological activity, structure and stability of fluorous Rop proteins. An important innovation will be the use of residual dipolar coupling (RDC) NMR measurements to perform detailed comparisons of the effect of fluorination on the structure and conformational rigidity of the protein. The experiments will address fundamental questions about the impact of fluorination on protein structure and dynamics.\nThis award from the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program supports Professors Neil Marsh and Hashim M. Al-Hashimi both of the University of Michigan whose research will impact attempts to design biosensors and enzymes used in industrial processes, where stability towards extremes of temperature and pH and towards organic solvents is necessary. There is the potential for fluorous proteins to find uses in medical imaging by exploiting the high NMR sensitivity of Fluorine 19 or their enhanced biological stability could lead to uses as therapeutic agents or vehicles for drug delivery. The project will advance the education, training and professional development of undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral scientists in the inter-disciplinary area of chemical biology and biophysics. To broaden their education further, a joint interdisciplinary group meeting and journal club will be initiated. Their professional development will be enhanced by active participation in the dissemination of their results, both through drafting manuscripts and progress reports, and through oral and poster presentations at local and national scientific meetings.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } } ], "meta": { "pagination": { "page": 2, "pages": 1392, "count": 13920 } } }