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The theme of the conference is Green Chemical Engineering and a special emphasis will be placed on Chemical Engineering yielding environmental benefits. The organizing committee, which consists of distinguished researchers with a broad range of skills in chemical engineering, will provide for a vibrant and diverse atmosphere that will foster exchange of ideas on research and education. It is anticipated that approximately 35 US-based researchers will receive partial travel support to attend this conference.\n\nGlobal challenges related to depletion of nonrenewable energy resources, climate change, environmental pollution, and population growth are creating a need for the development of green and sustainable manufacturing technologies. The three-and-half-day technical conference will feature invited plenary and keynote lectures, oral presentations, two plenary discussion panels, one forum and a poster session. The conference will emphasize not only the role of chemical engineers in the development of sustainable chemical and energy processes, but will also explore the frontiers of Chemical Engineering research and the fundamental principles that are needed to tackle these challenges. The US-based conference participants supported by this grant will have the opportunity to network with leading researchers from China and exchange ideas about the current status and future directions in research and education. They will benefit from state-of-the-art reviews and presentations by leading experts and by debating controversial points with their peers. The meeting will also provide an opportunity for interaction and cooperation among industrial and academic researchers. The organizers plan to give special consideration to young or junior faculty members from U.S. Universities. Female and under-represented minorities will also receive special consideration. The conference will address global challenges with potentially significant benefits to society.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5256", "attributes": { "award_id": "0754198", "title": "Travel grants for World Congress in Probability and Statistics July 14-19, 2008, Singapore", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "PROBABILITY" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 18549, "first_name": "Tomek", "last_name": "Bartoszynski", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2008-02-01", "end_date": "2009-01-31", "award_amount": 20000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18550, "first_name": "Richard", "last_name": "Durrett", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [] }, "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": "Travel support is requested for 20 U.S. participants (young researchers, women, and members of underrepresented minority groups) to attend the World Congress in Probability and Statistics, an international meeting to be held July 14-19, 2008, in Singapore. The conferences on Stochastic Processes and their Applications have become the principal annual international forum for researchers studying applied and theoretical problems in stochastic processes. Every four years that sequence of meetings is interrupted by a World Congress in Probability and Statistics, a much larger conference that bring together distinguished scholars from all over the world and provides a broad overview of current research in probability and statistics, and their applications.\n\nAn important part of the intellectual development of young researchers is to attend international conferences where they have an opportunity to listen to stimulating lectures and interact with probabilists and statisticians who work on a wide variety of topics. The World Congress in Probability and Statistics, which meets every four years, and will be held in Singapore in 2008 will feature one hour talks by about a dozen internationally known researchers and special sessions on 33 topics. Travel support is requested for 20 U.S. participants (young researchers, women, and members of underrepresented minority groups) to attend this important meeting.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "13377", "attributes": { "award_id": "2131749", "title": "AGS-PRF: Hydroclimate Response of the Southwestern United States (US) to Past and Future Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Weakening", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Postdoctoral Fellowships" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 29465, "first_name": "Soumaya", "last_name": "Belmecheri", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2022-02-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 190000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 29466, "first_name": "Sophia", "last_name": "Macarewich", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 2272, "ror": "", "name": "Macarewich, Sophia Isabel", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "MI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "The U.S. Southwest is a drought-prone region that hosts several growing population centers, which are already characterized by marginal water availability. Most models predict that climate change will exacerbate water scarcity in the region but simulating hydroclimate dynamics in the Southwest remains a challenge for coarse-resolution global climate models due to the complex regional topography. This project will address this challenge through the simulations of the rainfall variability and associated atmospheric dynamics in the Southwest during a climate extreme period (between 18 to 14.7 thousand years before present). In addition, a second set of model simulations will investigate the end-twentieth century rainfall response in the Southwest under projected scenarios of Atlantic Meridional Overturning weakening, a major ocean current system. This will be accomplished using a novel multi-scale Earth system modeling approach that will resolve both fine-scale dynamical features over complex regional terrain and interactions with large-scale features of the climate system. These modeling components will (1) provide an opportunity to identify the atmosphere’s response to past climate changes and for improved understanding of the dynamical mechanisms involved in present and future rainfall changes in the region; and will (2) advance the understanding of the future impacts of a projected decline in Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) on hydroclimate in the U.S. Southwest. The addition of water isotope tracers in the modeling framework will permit investigation of AMOC teleconnections with Southwest hydroclimate through direct comparisons with regional hydroclimate proxies (e.g., speleothems). Collectively, the modeling components explore a past and a future interval of climate change to better understand the dynamical mechanisms involved in present and future precipitation changes in the region.<br/><br/>The potential Broader Impacts include a greater understanding of the role of Atlantic Meridional Overturning in regional hydroclimate by investigating linkages between AMOC and rainfall in past and future climates. The research and outreach activities will provide scientific and professional development for an early career scientist. This includes scientific collaborations and networking, mentoring and science communication with water stakeholders in the region. The outreach activities will facilitate open discussions between scientists and Southwest water managers and stakeholders to ensure that research holds value beyond academic circles. Additionally, the PI will engage and facilitate the discussions on mental health in Geosciences and STEM through graduate seminars and lab-meetings.<br/><br/>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": "15658", "attributes": { "award_id": "2426740", "title": "OPUS: SYNTHESIZING THEORY AND DATA IN THE ECOLOGY OF ZOONOTIC DISEASES: A MULTI-SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Population & Community Ecology" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 6665, "first_name": "Andrea", "last_name": "Porras-Alfaro", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2025-01-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 298354, "principal_investigator": { "id": 25737, "first_name": "John", "last_name": "Drake", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 160, "ror": "", "name": "University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "GA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Emerging infectious diseases, driven by globalization, societal and economic activities, land use changes, and climate change, pose a significant threat to public health. This project addresses these threats by synthesizing data from NSF-funded studies on pathogens like West Nile virus, avian influenza, and MERS-coronavirus. By integrating these data with recent community initiatives, the project will create a comprehensive and interoperable database accessible through an online portal. By leveraging a data-driven approach combining ecology, data science, and mathematical modeling, the project will generate actionable knowledge for public health strategies and policy-making. Emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and cultural exchange between the US and UK, it will enhance global pandemic preparedness. The study will lead to new understanding of how diseases emerge and spread, which is crucial for predicting, preventing, and managing future outbreaks. The findings will be made available through user-friendly web dashboards, ensuring accessibility for scientists, policymakers, and the public, ultimately contributing to improved health and welfare for human and animal populations. The goal of the study is to integrate knowledge from two decades of research, advancing understanding of pathogen dynamics, generating actionable knowledge for disease prediction, prevention, and management, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. Published data will be reviewed for consistency in format, variable names, and metadata, and then harmonized for interoperability with repositories such as EID239, GLOBI40, and the Verena dataverse. The harmonized data will be archived in Dryad and Figshare, ensuring long-term preservation and accessibility. Additionally, a sophisticated web interface will be developed to enable interactive exploration and analysis of the datasets, providing tools for visualization, filtering, and cross-referencing data points. A conceptual framework will be introduced to guide future research in the macroecology of emerging diseases and pandemics, enabling statistical methods and machine learning algorithms to identify patterns and predict disease emergence. This framework will serve as a foundation for interdisciplinary research, facilitating collaboration across fields such as epidemiology, ecology, data science, and public health. 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": "3119", "attributes": { "award_id": "1811225", "title": "RAPID: Ant community responses to a 1000-year flooding event", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "POP & COMMUNITY ECOL PROG" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2018-01-01", "end_date": "2019-12-31", "award_amount": 100000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 9704, "first_name": "Thomas", "last_name": "Miller", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 357, "ror": "", "name": "William Marsh Rice University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "TX", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 9702, "first_name": "Scott E", "last_name": "Solomon", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, { "id": 9703, "first_name": "Sarah E", "last_name": "Bengston", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 357, "ror": "", "name": "William Marsh Rice University", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "TX", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Extreme weather events, such as catastrophic fires or floods, are expected to become more likely under global environmental change. Scientists have a relatively poor understanding of how such extreme events influence the abundance of plants and animals, including species that affect human well-being such as pollinators or invasive pests. Improving this scientific understanding requires that we learn from natural disasters. This project examines how extreme flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 affected the abundance and community composition of ants in the Big Thicket region of east Texas. This region hosts dozens of native ant species that provide valuable ecosystem services, such as decomposition and pest control, as well as noxious invasive species (fire ants and tawny crazy ants). The researchers will use \"before\" and \"after\" samples to test the hypothesis that Hurricane Harvey disrupted east Texas ant communities, favoring an increase in abundance and extent of invasive ants. The research will be conducted in coordination with the National Park Service, who hope to learn more about the ecological effects of Hurricane Harvey. The scientists will communicate their results to the public in the Texas communities of Houston and Beaumont, which were affected by fire ants and strongly affected by Harvey's floodwaters.\n\nEcological theory suggests that the relative abundance and even presence of species in communities may be driven as much by historical contingencies associated with rare events as by filtering from average environmental conditions. Forecasts for environmental change in the 21st century include an increase in frequency of extreme events, and ecologists are increasingly called upon to predict their consequences. The researchers will study how the 1,000-year flooding associated with Hurricane Harvey modified the taxonomic and functional trait composition of Big Thicket ant communities. The researchers will leverage three years of pre-event sampling to contrast the abundance, diversity, and species composition of ant communities before and after Harvey's floodwaters. Importantly, pre-event work demonstrated that exotic ant species had begun to penetrate the intact native communities. The researchers will evaluate whether Hurricane Harvey increased opportunities for invasion by exotic ants. They will conduct monthly pitfall sampling at 19 established sites to document changes in ant communities, and test whether changes in response to the hurricane are transient or represent new stable states. They will also assemble a functional trait database for these communities to test whether taxonomic shifts were driven by the filtering of species-specific traits that confer tolerance to flooding. Functional traits of interest include risk-spreading strategies such as polygyny (multiple queens per colony) and polydomy (multiple nesting locations). As the floodwaters have just now receded in the study area, there is an urgent window of opportunity to study the dynamics of ecological response and recovery.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "4562", "attributes": { "award_id": "1566404", "title": "2016 Polymer Physics GRC and GRS: Emerging Topics in the Behavior of Neat and Hybrid Polymer Materials", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "POLYMERS" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2016-04-15", "end_date": "2017-03-31", "award_amount": 9000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 15730, "first_name": "Richard", "last_name": "Register", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "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": "NON-TECHNICAL AND TECHNICAL ABSTRACT\nFunds in the amount of $9,000 are requested to cover the registration costs of eight US based participants in the 2016 Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conference (GRC)and associated Gordon Research Symposium (GRS) to be held on July 23-24 (GRS) and July 24-19 (GRC) at Mt Holyoke College in South Hadley MA. The combined GRC/GRS conference/seminar are held every other year. The Polymer Physics GRC is an important venue for scientific exchange in this interdisciplinary field. New experimental, simulation, and theoretical developments in both existing and emerging areas in polymer physics will be emphasized with particular focus on the influence of structure and interactions on macroscopic behavior. The associated GRS provides a complementary venue for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to interact with senior mentors, and with one another, to cultivate scientific exchange and collaborations. The themed GRC technical sessions will cover each of the following areas: Crystallization and Crystalline Polymers; Polymer-Polymer phase behavior; Structured Polymer Conductors; Block Copolymer Thin Films; Segmental, Chain and Ion Dynamics; Confined Polymers; Nanocomposites; and Ionomers. The GRS will be held the weekend before the GRC. It will comprise twelve talks delivered by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, and two poster sessions, reporting on their research, and will include a panel discussion featuring senior scientists.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "15667", "attributes": { "award_id": "2514354", "title": "Collaborative Research: RESEARCH-PGR: Extracellular RNA Produced By Plants: What, Where, How, Who, and Why?", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Plant-Biotic Interactions" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 954, "first_name": "Gerald", "last_name": "Schoenknecht", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2024-10-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 1200000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 32176, "first_name": "Blake", "last_name": "Meyers", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] }, "other_investigators": [ { "id": 955, "first_name": "Patricia", "last_name": "Baldrich", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "awardee_organization": { "id": 276, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Davis", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "This project investigates the role of secreted RNA in the immune system of plants. The Innes and Meyers laboratories recently discovered that the leaves of plants accumulate RNA in the spaces between cells and on their surfaces. Although we usually think of RNA as a molecule that can direct cells to synthesize specific proteins (e.g., the mRNA in COVID vaccines directs our cells to make SARS-CoV2 spike protein), some RNAs serve other functions. Analysis of the base sequences of plant extracellular RNAs revealed that these RNAs are diverse in sequence, but do not appear to encode proteins. The discovery of extracellular non-coding RNA in plants raises two fundamental questions that this project will address: 1) how do plants secrete RNA? and 2) what is the function of this RNA? It takes a large amount of energy for cells to secrete RNA, thus this secreted RNA must benefit the plant in some way. This project will test the hypothesis that secreted RNA functions to protect plants from infection by fungi and bacteria. If this hypothesis is correct, the proposed research will enable generation of crop plants with improved immune systems that are more resistant to disease. Such crops are needed to feed a growing global population in a sustainable manner, while reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture. The Innes and Meyers laboratories recently discovered that the apoplast of Arabidopsis leaves contains abundant long non-coding RNAs, including circular RNAs, as well as small RNAs. These RNAs are bound to protein particles, which protects them against degradation. Notably, this extracellular RNA (exRNA) is highly enriched in the post-transcriptional modification N6-methlyadenine (m6A). These discoveries raise fundamental questions about plant biology: Are there specific exRNAs that are broadly conserved across plant species? How are exRNAs secreted, and are post-transcriptional modifications central to this process? And why do plants produce exRNAs? Do they play a fundamental role in plant-microbe interactions? To answer these questions, exRNA will be purified from the apoplast and leaf surfaces of seven diverse species: Arabidopsis, soybean, tomato, lettuce, pineapple, rice, and maize, which were chosen based on their phylogenetic diversity, genomic resources, importance as crops, and diversity in physiology. These exRNAs will be analyzed using both RNA-seq and sRNA-seq, which will allow identification of RNAs that are conserved between species. To assess whether m6A or other modifications are required for secretion, transgenic plants that express exRNAs that lack modification sites will be tested for their secretion efficiency. To investigate additional requirements for exRNA secretion, the exRNA content in Arabidopsis and rice plants with mutations in known RNA binding proteins and secretory pathway genes will be analyzed. Lastly, to assess whether exRNAs contribute to immunity, mutants compromised in exRNA secretion will be tested for resistance to fungal and bacterial pathogens. This award was co-funded by the Plant Genome Research Program and the Plant Biotic Interactions Program in the Division of Integrative Organismal Systems. 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": "4178", "attributes": { "award_id": "1651224", "title": "Collaborative Workshop in Advancing Research on Plant Biotic Interactions", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "Plant Genome Research Project" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2016-09-01", "end_date": "2017-08-31", "award_amount": 45000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 14065, "first_name": "Richard", "last_name": "Michelmore", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 276, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Davis", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 276, "ror": "", "name": "University of California-Davis", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "CA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "An interdisciplinary and international group of researchers will convene on September 19-21, 2016 in Washington DC to identify key challenges in research related to plant health. The goal of the workshop is to identify areas for collaboration and synergy among US and UK scientists in research focused on the understanding of biotic interactions of plants with pathogens or pests, or with symbionts or other beneficial organisms that associate with plants, the so-called phytobiome. Approximately 40 scientists will convene in Washington DC to discuss research and technology frontiers to move the discipline forward and identify pathways for applied outcomes. The workshop participants aim to identify partnerships that can address new and emerging plant diseases on a global scale. The workshop will conclude with the preparation of a whitepaper, or roadmap, to be shared broadly and designed to guide collaborative interactions and research over the coming years. \n\nThe collaborative workshop is designed to identify gaps in understanding of the biology of plant interactions with various pests and pathogens, including insects, fungi, microbiomes and other plants. Participation will include a diverse group of researchers of all career stages and backgrounds to discuss bottlenecks in research progress and to identify synergies and collaborative efforts among US and UK scientists. A particular emphasis is placed on leveraging recent advances in plant genomics and bioinformatics and integrating this information with diverse disciplines such as biochemistry, structural and cell biology, physiology and epidemiology. A goal will be to increase the use of quantitative, theoretical and systems approaches that will permit translating insights about biotic interactions from basic research to practical outcomes. The workshop will establish a clear understanding of current plant health research landscape in UK and US and will identify of areas of strengths and future prospects for collaboration to solve together a global problem.", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "5410", "attributes": { "award_id": "0709500", "title": "Discovery, Follow-up, and Calibration of Near-Earth Objects", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "PLANETARY ASTRONOMY" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [], "start_date": "2007-09-01", "end_date": "2011-08-31", "award_amount": 300000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 18915, "first_name": "David", "last_name": "Tholen", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [ { "id": 684, "ror": "", "name": "University of Hawaii", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "HI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 684, "ror": "", "name": "University of Hawaii", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "HI", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "AST 0709500\nTholen\n\nDr. Tholen will use this award to address three tasks related to near-Earth objects (NEOs). The first task is a continuation of efforts to find new NEOs at solar elongations of less than 90 deg, where objects in certain types of orbits can spend the majority, if not the entirety, of their time. The second\ntask is for follow-up astrometry of NEOs, concentrating on objects in the 20 to 24 apparent magnitude range, where little follow-up capability currently exists. The third task involves the acquisition of calibrated photometry of NEOs in the 17 to 19 absolute magnitude range to do a\nbetter job of determining the true number of objects brighter than absolute magnitude 18. \n \nThe Earth orbits the Sun in a swarm of asteroidal debris ranging in size from roughly 10 km down to tiny dust particles. The size-frequency distribution of this debris is such that only a few objects exist at the large end of the distribution, while billions of dust particles pervade the inner Solar System. The rate of collision between these objects and the Earth is proportional to their number. While collisions with dust particles are essentially continuous, the visible manifestation being known as meteors, collisions with larger objects are correspondingly rarer. A 50 m object hits the Earth every few hundred years, the most recent example being the Tunguska event of 1908. The effects of even larger objects colliding with the Earth are potentially devastating, the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago being attributed to the impact of a 10 km object. To inventory potentially hazardous asteroids, several groups are surveying the Solar System beyond the orbit of the Earth, but little attention has been given to the region of the Solar System interior to the Earth's orbit. Previous survey work at small solar elongations has resulted in perhaps the most significant NEO discovery to date, that of (99942) Apophis, a 300 m object that will pass within 6 Earth radii on 2029 April 13. During a 20-year span centered on the date of discovery, this object spends 95 percent of its time at solar elongations of less than 90 deg. How many other similar objects are there? This program is designed to answer that important question.\n \nAstrometric follow-up of the brighter NEOs found by the professional surveys is an activity that involves hundreds of amateur astronomers throughout the world, with no gender, ethnic, or geographic boundaries. This survey will be no different in this regard. The project will directly involve a postdoctoral fellow and/or a graduate student, thus providing both education and training in the subjects of astrometry, photometry, and celestial mechanics. Because of the apparent connection between asteroid impacts and the extinction of the dinosaurs, the subject of near-Earth asteroids has become nearly as popular with younger students as has the subject of dinosaurs. It provides the opportunity to educate the public about the structure of the Solar System beyond the eight major planets traditionally memorized in grade school. And although the probability of finding an object of significant size on a collision course with Earth in the near future is quite small, the broader impact of such a discovery would be enormous, including the topics of disaster preparation, impact prediction, and threat mitigation. So popular has the subject become in recent years that it has spawned two major theatrical motion pictures, a television mini-series, and numerous documentaries.\n***", "keywords": [], "approved": true } }, { "type": "Grant", "id": "15668", "attributes": { "award_id": "2525493", "title": "PIPP Phase I: Develop and Evaluate Computational Frameworks to Predict and Prevent Future Coronavirus Pandemics", "funder": { "id": 3, "ror": "https://ror.org/021nxhr62", "name": "National Science Foundation", "approved": true }, "funder_divisions": [ "Unknown", "PIPP-Pandemic Prevention" ], "program_reference_codes": [], "program_officials": [ { "id": 2558, "first_name": "Joanna", "last_name": "Shisler", "orcid": null, "emails": "", "private_emails": "", "keywords": null, "approved": true, "websites": null, "desired_collaboration": null, "comments": null, "affiliations": [] } ], "start_date": "2024-10-01", "end_date": null, "award_amount": 1000000, "principal_investigator": { "id": 8018, "first_name": "Hong", "last_name": "Qin", "orcid": null, "emails": "[email protected]", "private_emails": null, "keywords": "[]", "approved": true, "websites": "[]", "desired_collaboration": "", "comments": "", "affiliations": [ { "id": 894, "ror": "", "name": "University of Tennessee Chattanooga", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "TN", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true } ] }, "other_investigators": [], "awardee_organization": { "id": 237, "ror": "", "name": "Old Dominion University Research Foundation", "address": "", "city": "", "state": "VA", "zip": "", "country": "United States", "approved": true }, "abstract": "Once a novel coronavirus or a new variant is detected, how likely would the novel coronavirus or new variant transmit from person to person, and how sick could patients become? What kind of new coronaviruses could cause future pandemics? Knowing the answers to these questions can help nations make proper strategic decisions. The dilemma is how to predict the behavior and pathogenic severity of new viruses as early as possible. A team of researchers thinks they have found ways to answer these questions by developing new artificial intelligence software tools to predict the virus’s behaviors based on its genome sequence. This team of researchers recognizes the potential bias in machine learning applications and the need to increase diversity in the future artificial intelligence workforce. Leveraging their expertise in genomics, data science, artificial intelligence, genetics, infectious disease, chemical engineering, public health, and communication, this team of researchers will organize training workshops and activities providing culturally responsive teaching of artificial intelligence, data science training to teachers, and context-relevant coding experiences to high school students. The team will promote public trust in science and discernment of misinformation through community outreach. This research team will prototype a deep learning model based on biological knowledge and hypotheses that can predict viral pathogenic fitness from genomic sequences to test the potential rules for viral pathogenicity. The team will explore several methods to correct the sampling bias in viral genomic surveillance in order to accurately estimate the fitness of a viral strain. The team will investigate the mutation and recombination profiles in all available bat coronavirus genomes from the Southeastern Asia and build a prototype geospatial model to predict the recombination probability for all available bat coronaviruses. Leveraging their expertise in genetics and macromolecular structure modeling, the team will test a few candidate genes in SARS-CoV-2 for potential pathogenic rules. Based on the outcomes of these pilot projects, the team will be able to estimate the pathogenic fitness of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant or another novel coronavirus. This award is supported by the cross-directorate Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase I (PIPP) program, which is jointly funded by the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Computer Information Science and Engineering (CISE), Engineering (ENG) and Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). 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": 5, "pages": 1442, "count": 14420 } } }