Connecticut State University

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY - CARES

SCSU CARES INSTITUTIONAL RELIEF

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY - CARES ACT

SCSU CARES ACT FUNDING

CARES ACT FOR WCSU

ECSU CARES ACT FUNDING INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

ECSU CARES ACT FUNDING

CARES ACT FOR STUDENTS AT WCSU

CSMP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT

REACH NEW HAVEN: ACCELERATING LOCAL ACTION TO TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES FOR HEALTH EQUITY

EARLY READING FIRST

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY - CARES SIP

PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL RETENTION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE HIGH-IMPACT SERVICES (PERCHS)

SCSU CARES STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM

STEM INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK FOR ACADEMICALLY TALENTED LOW-INCOME STUDENTS -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR WELL-EDUCATED SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND TECHNICIANS BY SUPPORTING THE RETENTION AND GRADUATION OF HIGH-ACHIEVING, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED AT CONNECTICUT STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE NAUGATUCK VALLEY (CSCCNV), AN ASSOCIATE?S DEGREE-GRANTING HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTE (HSI). OVER ITS 6-YEAR DURATION, THIS PROJECT WILL FUND SCHOLARSHIPS TO 60 UNIQUE FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING ASSOCIATE DEGREES IN BIOLOGY STUDIES, BIOCHEMISTRY STUDIES, CHEMISTRY STUDIES, COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDIES, ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS STUDIES, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY, PHYSICS STUDIES, AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES. MOST SCHOLARS WILL BE FIRST-YEAR COLLEGE STUDENTS AND WILL RECEIVE AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND BE FUNDED THROUGH GRADUATION. ADDITIONAL HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENTS WILL BE SUPPORTED FOR AT LEAST 1 SEMESTER, THROUGH GRADUATION. THE PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE STUDENT CONNECTEDNESS AND STEM IDENTITY THROUGH PROGRAMMING DESIGNED TO OVERCOME CULTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO STUDENT SUCCESS IN STEM, BUILDING STRONG SOCIAL, ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT NETWORKS. SCHOLARS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO MENTORING FROM DIVERSE ROLE MODELS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND A BREADTH OF ACADEMIC SUPPORTS. THE PROJECT WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH COMMON BARRIERS TO DEGREE COMPLETION BY EMPLOYING ACTIVE ADVISING WITH STEM FACULTY, PARTICIPATION IN STEM INTERNSHIPS, RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES. SINCE CSCCCNV ENROLLS A HIGH POPULATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM FIELDS AND GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ON EFFECTIVE PRACTICES TO SUPPORT TALENTED LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE STEM DEGREE COMPLETION OF LOW-INCOME, HIGH-ACHIEVING UNDERGRADUATES WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED. THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO: 1) INCREASE THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STEM SCHOLARS IN THE FIRST AND SECOND YEAR OF COLLEGE; 2) ENSURE STEM SCHOLARS? SENSE OF CONNECTEDNESS BY FOSTERING MOTIVATION TOWARDS A STEM CAREER AND GROWING CAREER-RELEVANT SKILLS; AND 3) REDUCE THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF OBTAINING A STEM DEGREE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONNECTEDNESS, STEM IDENTITY, AND STUDENT OUTCOMES WILL BE ASSESSED VIA SURVEYS, STUDENT CASE STUDIES, AND INSTITUTIONAL DATA AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR. OUTCOMES FROM THIS PROJECT ARE DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE MOST EFFECTIVE PROGRAM COMPONENTS, WHICH WILL BE REPORTED TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER INSTITUTIONS. PROJECT RESULTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED INTERNALLY AT CONNECTICUT STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES AND THROUGH PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY NSF?S SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW-INCOME ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED WHO EARN DEGREES IN STEM FIELDS. IT ALSO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE STEM WORKERS, AND TO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RETENTION, TRANSFER, GRADUATION, AND ACADEMIC/CAREER PATHWAYS OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

REACH NEW HAVEN: LEVERAGING COALITIONS AND BUILDING SYSTEMS CHANGE FOR HEALTH EQUITY - CARE IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO LEAD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REACH IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT THROUGH POLICY, SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, LEVERAGING ITS EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND COALITION BUILDING TO MOBILIZE RESOURCES FOR GREATER CITYWIDE IMPACT ON HEALTH DISPARITIES. CARE AND ITS PARTNERS ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING UPON SUCCESSES OF IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCE-BASED, CULTURALLY-TAILORED INTERVENTIONS FOR NUTRITION, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND VACCINATION TO ADDRESS THE URGENT PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM OF HEALTH DISPARITIES AFFECTING BLACK AND HISPANIC/LATINO INDIVIDUALS AND LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES IN NEW HAVEN. CARE WILL FOCUS ITS STRATEGIES (INCLUDING COMPONENTS A AND B) ON MAKING HEALTHIER FOOD CHOICES EASIER, MAKING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SAFER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL, MAKING BREASTFEEDING EASIER TO START AND SUSTAIN, AND MAKING ADULT VACCINATIONS MORE ACCESSIBLE AND IN DEMAND. OVER THE FIVE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, CARE WILL EXPAND ITS SUPPORTING WELLNESS AT PANTRIES PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES COLLABORATING WITH THE REGIONAL FOOD BANK TO EFFECT POLICY CHANGE AT THE LOCAL- AND STATE-LEVELS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTHY FOOD PROCUREMENT SYSTEM FOR FOOD PANTRIES IN NEW HAVEN. CARE WILL ALSO EXPAND A LOCAL PRODUCE PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM IN COLLABORATION WITH FAIR HAVEN COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE. CARE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE SAFE ROUTES FOR ALL IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE PRIORITIZATION OF PROJECTS AS WELL AS SUPPORT THE DESIGN PROCESS OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, WITH STRONG COMMUNITY INPUT. THE FOCUS OF THESE PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE CONNECTING EVERYDAY DESTINATIONS BY INCREASING TRANSIT, BICYCLE, AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS. CARE WILL ALSO BOLSTER ITS CONTINUITY OF CARE IN BREASTFEEDING EFFORTS BY INCREASING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKSITES PARTICIPATING IN THE “ANY TIME, ANY PLACE” CAMPAIGN AND THE BREASTFEEDING FRIENDLY WORKSITE DESIGNATION PROGRAM; EQUIPPING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WITH CULTURALLY RELEVANT TRAININ G THROUGH THE “ROOTS OF RACIAL INEQUITIES IN BREASTFEEDING;” SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATING FOR ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL POLICY OR PRACTICE CHANGES; SUPPORTING A BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT GROUP FOR BLACK FAMILIES; STRENGTHENING THE LACTATION WORKFORCE THROUGH THE TRAINING OF ADDITIONAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS; AND CONTINUING TO COALITION-BUILD THROUGH THE NEW HAVEN BREASTFEEDING TASK FORCE. CARE WILL PROMOTE VACCINE UPTAKE BY HARNESSING THE CONNECTIONS OF OUR NETWORKS TO IDENTIFY AND RECRUIT ADDITIONAL INFLUENTIAL MESSENGERS TO TRAIN. TRAINING CONTENT WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT EVOLVING NEEDS, AND WE WILL COLLABORATE WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE VACCINE TASKFORCE TO ENHANCE OUTREACH MESSAGES AND STRATEGIES. SKILLED VACCINE OUTREACH WILL BE CONTINUOUS DURING THIS PERIOD. ALL REACH ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE GRANT PERIOD WILL BE SUPPORTED AND GUIDED BY THE REACH NEW HAVEN COALITION. THE DEPTH AND DIVERSITY OF CARE’S PREVIOUS REACH WORK HAS ESTABLISHED A STRONG FOUNDATION THAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH ITS ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY, ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS NEW HAVEN AND CONNECTICUT, AND THE READINESS OF THE REACH COALITION, WILL ADVANCE CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARDS HEALTH EQUITY IN NEW HAVEN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

SPATIALLY SCALABLE INTEGRATED TICK VECTOR/RODENT RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE HUMAN RISK OF EXPOSURE TO IXODES SCAPULARIS TICKS INFECTED WITH LYME

STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS

PREPARING COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGISTS FOR THE NEW ENGLAND WORKFORCE -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR WELL-EDUCATED SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND TECHNICIANS BY SUPPORTING THE RETENTION AND GRADUATION OF HIGH-ACHIEVING, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED AT SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY IN A REGION THAT IS HOME TO THE SECOND LARGEST CLUSTER OF BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES ON THE EAST COAST. THE PROJECT, PREPARING COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGISTS FOR THE NEW ENGLAND WORKFORCE (COMBINE), WILL ADDRESS THE DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR WELL-TRAINED GRADUATES IN COMPUTING AND BIOSCIENCE IN NEW ENGLAND AS WELL AS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. THIS PROJECT WILL RECRUIT ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS WITH INTEREST IN THE AREA OF COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND HAVE FINANCIAL NEEDS, IMPLEMENT ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT RETENTION, AND PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY CAREER READINESS TRAINING. OVER ITS SIX-YEAR DURATION THE PROJECT WILL AWARD 4-YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS TO 2 COHORTS OF 11 AND 12 SCHOLARS. THE PROJECT?S OBJECTIVE IS TO OFFER EQUITY IN TALENT DEVELOPMENT TO STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEED AND TO HELP FILL A GAP IN THE RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY WORKFORCE BY BUILDING INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULA IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND HELPING STUDENTS STRENGTHEN CAREER READINESS AND PATHWAYS TO MEET THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL WORKFORCE DEMAND. IN ADDITION TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY CURRICULA, A TIERED SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, MENTORING AND COHORT BUILDING AND SUPPORT ARE ALSO PROMINENT FEATURES. COMBINE ALIGNS WITH NSF MISSION AS IT WILL ALSO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATE IN STEM EDUCATION. WITH 45% OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS COMING FROM GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THEIR PURSUIT OF STEM FIELDS, THIS PROJECT HOLDS PROMISE TO SUPPORT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION. COMBINE WILL ALSO INCREASE PARTNERING BETWEEN ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY, AND IT WILL INCREASE THE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF THE UNITED STATES BY PROVIDING THE WORKFORCE WITH WELL-TRAINED PROFESSIONALS IN A FAST-GROWING FIELD BOTH AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVEL. AWARDED STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AIMED AT ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION. FIRST IS A COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY THEMED ORIENTATION AND FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE COUPLED WITH SPECIALLY DESIGNED MAJOR AND MINOR CURRICULA THAT ENSURE ACQUIRING INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY EXPERTISE. NEXT, PEER-SUPPORT THROUGH A LEARNING COMMUNITY AND COHORT BUILDING EVENTS WILL BE OFFERED ALONG WITH ONE-ON-ONE MENTORING WITH AN ASSIGNED MENTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP. FINALLY, STRUCTURED AND INCREMENTAL THREE-PHASE INTERDISCIPLINARY COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES ARE PAIRED WITH CAREER-DEVELOPMENT EVENTS FOR STUDENTS IN THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEARS, INCREASING THEIR PROSPECTS IN CAREER PLACEMENT. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IS ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS IN THE COMBINE PROGRAM AND CONSISTS OF THE THREE PHASES: INTRODUCTION, INCUBATION, AND INDEPENDENCE. THESE SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES WILL SUPPORT STUDENTS IN SECURING INTERNSHIPS IN THE LOCAL INDUSTRY IN THE SUMMER PRIOR TO THEIR SENIOR YEAR. THE COMBINE PROGRAM WILL ALSO INFORM AND GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RETENTION AND COMPLETION, AND PROGRAM EFFICACY PARTICULARLY AMONG STEM STUDENTS WITH FINANCIAL NEEDS. WITH MUCH EVIDENCE IN THE LITERATURE ON THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN IMPROVING RETENTION AND COMPLETION, COMBINE WILL FOCUS ON THE EFFICACY OF THE STRUCTURED AND INCREMENTAL THREE-PHASE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN INCREASING STUDENTS? PERSISTENCE IN RESEARCH AND ULTIMATELY THEIR RETENTION IN AND COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM OF STUDY. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY NSF?S SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW-INCOME ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED WHO EARN DEGREES IN STEM FIELDS. IT ALSO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE STEM WORKERS, AND TO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RETENTION, TRANSFER, GRADUATION, AND ACADEMIC/CAREER PATHWAYS OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. 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.

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

THE WESTCONN UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

CCSU TALENT SEARCH 2021 - A CONTINUATION OF TEN YEARS OF PROVIDING SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED YOUTH THROUGH THE TRIO PROGRAM FAMILY OF GRANTS.

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SSS TEACHER PREP GRANT

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SSS REGULAR

TAS::89 0222::TAS NEW CONSTRUCTION GRANT: CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY'S SYSTEM INITIATIVE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY-RELATED EQUIPMENT FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

CCSU TRIO UB MATH & SCIENCE - NEW BRITAIN

UPWARD BOUND

LOUIS STOKES NEW STEM PATHWAYS IMPLEMENTATION-ONLY ALLIANCE: NUTMEG STATE LSAMP -THE LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (LSAMP) PROGRAM ASSISTS UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS MATRICULATING INTO AND SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING HIGH QUALITY DEGREE PROGRAMS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) DISCIPLINES IN ORDER TO DIVERSIFY THE STEM WORKFORCE. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON TRANSFORMING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION THROUGH INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION STRATEGIES, AND RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES IN SUPPORT OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM DISCIPLINES: BLACKS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS, HISPANIC AND LATINO AMERICANS, AMERICAN INDIANS, ALASKA NATIVES, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND NATIVE PACIFIC ISLANDERS. THESE STRATEGIES FACILITATE THE PRODUCTION OF WELL-PREPARED STUDENTS, HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND MOTIVATED TO PURSUE GRADUATE EDUCATION OR CAREERS IN STEM. THE NEED FOR CULTIVATING STEM TALENT HAS BEEN WELL ESTABLISHED. FOR THE UNITED STATES TO REMAIN GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE, IT IS VITAL THAT IT TAPS INTO THE TALENT OF ALL ITS CITIZENS AND PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL EDUCATIONAL PREPAREDNESS IN STEM AREAS THAT UNDERPIN THE KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY. THE NUTMEG STATE LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION WILL BRING TOGETHER THE FOUR REGIONAL PUBLIC COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITIES IN CONNECTICUT. THE ALLIANCE IS LED BY SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (SCSU) AND INCLUDES PARTNER INSTITUTIONS: CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (CCSU), EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (ECSU), AND WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (WCSU). THE PRIMARY GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STEM GRADUATES FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AT EACH INSTITUTION OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD OF THE GRANT. THE NUTMEG STATE ALLIANCE WILL EMPLOY COMPREHENSIVE GATEWAY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE COURSE INTERVENTIONS TO IMPROVE THE EARLY RETENTION OF STUDENTS IN STEM MAJORS. THESE INTERVENTIONS INCLUDE FIRST-YEAR LEARNING COMMUNITIES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAMS. EARLY RESEARCH EXPERIENCES WITH FACULTY MENTORS FOLLOWED BY AN INTERNSHIP WILL BUILD STUDENT SELF-IDENTITY AS A SCIENTIST, COMPUTER SCIENTIST, OR MATHEMATICIAN. THE RESULTS OF THESE INITIATIVES WILL BE SHARED WITH OUR FEEDER COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO BETTER INFORM AND PREPARE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS INTERESTED IN STEM BEFORE THEY COME TO UNDERGRADUATE STEM PROGRAMS. FINALLY, THE ALLIANCE WILL ENHANCE COLLABORATION AND STRENGTHEN TIES BETWEEN THE LOCAL INDUSTRY AND STEM RESEARCHERS TO FURTHER FACILITATE INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PRACTICES. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY - UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

CROSBY HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT S3 (STEM STUDENTS SUCCEED)

KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL: RISE TO THE TOP

CROSBY HIGH SCHOOL: RISE TO THE TOP

WILBY RISE TO THE TOP

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO RECRUITING, PREPARING, AND RETAINING STEM TEACHERS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO UNIVERSITY AND BEYOND

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

SCHOLARSHIPS, MENTORING, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT ATTAINMENT OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING GRADUATE DEGREES

EXPLORATIONS: CENTRAL TO EXPLORING MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES: A HUB FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATIVE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING -THIS PROJECT WILL EXPAND ACCESS TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PATHWAYS IN MICROELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTORS THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CENTRAL TO EXPLORING MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES HUB, A COMMUNITY-ANCHORED INITIATIVE CONNECTING NEW BRITAIN AND HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. IN RESPONSE TO THE U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY?S PROJECTED SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY 400,000 WORKERS BY 2030, THE MULTI-PRONGED PROJECT WILL DEPLOY THREE INTERLINKED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING PROGRAMS AIMED AT INCREASING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION, AND WORKFORCE PREPARATION IN THE MICROELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTOR SECTORS. IT STRATEGICALLY INTEGRATES EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT TO MEET WORKFORCE DEMANDS. THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE COLLABORATIVE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE THREE KEY PROGRAMS: A MICROELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTOR EXHIBITION, MICROELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTOR CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY AND A MICROELECTRONICS AND SEMICONDUCTOR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP CAREER TRAINING. THESE EFFORTS ARE FACILITATED THROUGH THE CEM TECH ALLIANCE, A PARTNERSHIP NETWORK INVOLVING EDUCATORS, FACULTY, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND LAUNCH OF A MODULAR, INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION HOSTED AT THE CONNECTICUT SCIENCE CENTER. THE EXHIBITION WILL USE DIGITAL INTERFACES, TACTILE DISPLAYS, AND SIMULATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE CORE SEMICONDUCTOR CONCEPTS SUCH AS WAFER FABRICATION, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY, AND LOGIC CIRCUITRY. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SCHOLARS (WHO WILL BE REFERRED TO AS SEMI-CEELS), WILL BE TRAINED ON DELIVERING CERTIFIED LEARNING MODULES AND CURRICULUM AT THE SEMICONDUCTOR CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMIES. MATERIALS AND ACTIVITIES WILL BE REVIEWED BY CEM TECH ALLIANCE MEMBERS, EDUCATORS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ENSURE RELEVANCE AND ALIGNMENT WITH CURRENT SECTOR NEEDS. THE SEMICONDUCTOR CAREER EXPLORATION ACADEMY LEARNING MODULES WILL OFFER OPTIONS FOR BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL, LEARNING COVERING SEMICONDUCTOR FUNDAMENTALS, WORKFORCE ROLES, AND CAREERS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. THE PRE-APPRENTICESHIP CAREER TRAINING WILL OFFER COMPETENCY-BASED APPRENTICESHIP TYPE TRAINING FOCUSED ON TECHNICAL AND SOFT SKILLS ESSENTIAL FOR ENTRY-LEVEL SEMICONDUCTOR POSITIONS, INCLUDING CLEANROOM PROTOCOLS, ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE. EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE: A SUSTAINED EXHIBITION WITH UP TO 75,000 VISITORS REACHED AT THE END OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL PROVIDE AWARENESS OF SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY AND CAREERS AND WAYS TO EXPRESS OR CONTINUE INTEREST IN SEMICONDUCTORS. WE EXPECT MORE THAN 500 INDIVIDUALS TO COMPLETE CAREER EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES LED BY SEMI-CEELS THROUGH THE CAREER ACADEMIES; AND OVER 100 INDIVIDUALS TO ENROLL IN OUR PRE-APPRENTICESHIP CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS. THIS WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH TARGETED PATHWAYS TO STACKABLE CERTIFICATES, ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS, ADVANCED TRAINING, HIGHER EDUCATION AND/OR EMPLOYMENT. THROUGH THE CEM TECH ALLIANCE, THE PROJECT WILL ENGAGE A WIDE RANGE OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS IN PROVIDING THE DELIVERABLES. THE PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY BUILD A LOCAL TALENT PIPELINE AND INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF SEMICONDUCTOR INNOVATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE NATION. THE EXLENT PROGRAM, SUPPORTED BY THE NSF TIP AND EDU DIRECTORATES, SEEKS TO SUPPORT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS TO INCREASE THEIR INTEREST IN AND ACCESS TO CAREER PATHWAYS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM

OPIOID WORKFORCE EXPANSION PROGRAM- PROFESSIONAL

NEUROBIOLOGICAL SIGNATURES OF PERCEPTION AND IMITATION OF AV SPEECH IN CHILDREN W

SUBURBAN OPIOID STUDY (SOS)

CHILDCARE OPPORTUNITIES MEAN PARENTS ACHIEVE SUCCESS AT SOUTHERN (COMPASS)

REHABILITATION LONG-TERM TRAINING - REHABILITATION COUNSELING

SCHOLARSHIPS AND A LEARNING COMMUNITY APPROACH TO SUPPORT SUCCESS OF UNDERGRADUATES IN MATHEMATICS AND BIOLOGY

NAUGATUCK VALLEY'S STEM INCLUSIVE OPPORTUNITY NETWORK

CCSU_CCAMPIS_GRANT_APPLICATION

MODELING STUDENT SUCCESS - SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND STRENGTHENING OUR INSTITUTION

CSMP SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AT CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

PATHWAYS TO ACADEMIC EXCELLANCE

SMALL BUSINESS JOBS ACT PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT SPECKLE IMAGER -THIS PROJECT WILL BUILD A NEW KIND OF IMAGING SYSTEM FOR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS. THE INNOVATIVE NEW IMAGER WILL BE CAPABLE OF REMOVING THE EFFECT OF TURBULENCE IN THE EARTH?S ATMOSPHERE, LEADING TO IMAGES WITH EXTREMELY FINE DETAIL, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY COLLECTING ALL WAVELENGTHS OF VISIBLE LIGHT AT EVERY POINT IN THE IMAGE. THE INSTRUMENT WILL SEPARATE THE LIGHT FROM EACH POINT INTO ITS CONSTITUENT COLORS FOR FURTHER, COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS. THESE DESIGN FEATURES WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY PRECISE MEASUREMENTS OF THE PROPERTIES OF STARS IN CLOSE BINARY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHETHER A PLANET IN A BINARY STAR SYSTEM IS ORBITING THE BRIGHTER OR THE FAINTER STAR OF THE GRAVITATIONALLY-BOUND PAIR. THE KEPLER AND TESS SATELLITE MISSIONS HAVE LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF A GROWING NUMBER OF CASES WHERE PLANETS EXIST IN BINARY STAR SYSTEMS, AND THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE UNIQUELY CAPABLE OF CHARACTERIZING THESE SYSTEMS. THE STATISTICS OF SUCH PLANET-HOSTING BINARY STARS WILL HELP PROVIDE AN UNDERSTANDING OF STAR AND PLANET FORMATION PROCESSES, POTENTIALLY INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF EARTHLIKE PLANETS. AN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PORTION OF THE PROJECT WILL CREATE AND DISSEMINATE THREE TEACHING MODULES FOR TEACHERS SUITABLE FOR SCIENCE CLASSES IN CONNECTICUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND BEYOND. THESE MODULES WILL HIGHLIGHT THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT. THE INVESTIGATORS SEEK TO BUILD THE FIRST HYPERSPECTRAL SPECKLE IMAGING INSTRUMENT BY USING A CUSTOM-MADE INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SPEED AT WHICH LARGE-FORMAT EMCCDS CAN READ OUT TO CAPTURE SPECTRA OF RESOLVED SPECKLES ON THE IMAGE PLANE. THE INSTRUMENT WILL COLLECT ALL VISIBLE LIGHT BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY 450 AND 770 NM AND ALLOW FOR COMPLETE FLEXIBILITY IN REASSEMBLING AND ANALYZING SPECKLE IMAGES FROM THE RAW DATA AT ALL DESIRED WAVELENGTHS. THIS INNOVATION OBVIATES THE NEED FOR DISPERSION CORRECTION AND REMOVES THE MAIN SYSTEMATIC ERRORS THAT LIMIT SPECKLE PHOTOMETRY. THE INSTRUMENT WILL HAVE NO MOVING PARTS AND BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO USE AT TELESCOPES FROM THE 1-M CLASS UP TO 4-M CLASS. THE CREATION OF THIS INSTRUMENT WILL ENABLE TWO MAIN AREAS IN STELLAR AND EXOPLANETARY ASTRONOMY. FIRST, IT WILL RESOLVE VISIBLE SPECTRA OF COMPONENTS OF BINARY STARS DOWN TO THE DIFFRACTION LIMIT. THIS MEANS IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO MEASURE EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURES AND LUMINOSITIES OF CLOSE BINARY STARS IN A MUCH MORE ROBUST WAY THAN WITH CURRENT SPECKLE IMAGERS OR SPACE-BASED SURVEYS SUCH AS GAIA. SECOND, THERE ARE NOW MANY EXOPLANETS KNOWN THAT ARE FOUND IN BINARY STAR SYSTEMS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE UNIQUELY CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHICH STAR IN A BINARY SYSTEM THE PLANET ORBITS FOR TRANSITING EXOPLANETS BY MEASURING THE MAGNITUDE DIFFERENCE OF THE BINARY WHILE THE PLANET IS IN TRANSIT AND COMPARING THE RESULT TO WHEN IT IS NOT. THE DERIVED STATISTICS WILL LEAD TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF STAR AND PLANET FORMATION MECHANISMS AS WELL AS MORE ACCURATE CHARACTERIZATION OF PLANETARY RADII AND DENSITIES. AN EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH PORTION OF THE PROJECT WILL CREATE AND DISSEMINATE CURRICULUM MODULES FOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES CONSISTENT WITH THE NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS FOR K-12 EDUCATION. 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.

ARTS: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NORTH AMERICAN CAMEL SPIDERS (ARACHNIDA, SOLIFUGAE, EREMOBATIDAE): SYSTEMATIC REVISION AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF AN UNDERSTUDIED TAXON

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS IN PLANT HEALTH AND PROTECTION PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 2017 WITH THE AIM TO PROVIDE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS WITH NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE. WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IN OUR WORK AT A DIVERSE PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE UNIVERSITY, WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE MANY STUDENTS INTERESTED IN BIOLOGY, BUT NO PRIOR EXPOSURE TO AGRICULTURAL AND PLANT CAREERS. WE ALSO AIMED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONFIDENCE AND PRIVILEGE GAPS THAT CAN KEEP LESS-ADVANTAGED STUDENTS FROM ENTERING STEM CAREERS, AND FIND WAYS TO EXPOSE MORE STUDENTS TO FIELD ASPECTS OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THE PLANT HEALTH FELLOWS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CAREERS IN UDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF MAKING IT A SELF SUSTAINED PROGRAM. BIPOC AND URM STUDENTS WILL BE RECRUITED FROM SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, THE NEW HAVEN PROMISE SCHOLARSHIP ORGANIZATION, AND UNIVERSITY-BASED MINORITY-SERVING ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THROUGH A NATION-WIDE SEARCH. 10 FELLOWS PER YEAR WILL LIVE ON CAMPUS AND WORK IN SMALL LABORATORIES ON RESEARCH PROJECTS RELATED TO PLANT HEALTH, WITH A MENTORSHIP FOCUS ON BUILDING BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING. WEEKLY ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDE LUNCH MEETINGS, A GROUP PLOT PROJECT, FIELD TRIPS AND WORKSHOPS DESIGNED TO INCREASE COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND CAREER PREPAREDNESS. FELLOWS WILL GIVE A SHORT ORAL PRESENTATION AT A FINAL SYMPOSIUM AND PRESENT A DISPLAY TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION (CAES) PLANT SCIENCE DAY. THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN OUR PROGRAM, INTERNS WILL GAIN CONFIDENCE AS WELL AS THE TECHNICAL AND SOFT SKILL THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN OBTAINING FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES IN SCIENCE.

THE CONNECTICUT CAMPUS COALITION TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (CCCEV)

EARMARKS

IMPACT OF COVID-19 CRIMINAL-LEGAL PRACTICES ON HIV RISK AMONG WOMEN WHO USE DRUGS: A MULTI-METHODS QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE GOAL OF THIS R15 ACADEMIC RESEARCH ENHANCEMENT AWARD (AREA) STUDY IS TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 SHIFTS IN CRIMINAL-LEGAL PRACTICES ON THE HIV RISK BEHAVIORS OF JUSTICE-INVOLVED WOMEN WHO USE DRUGS (WWUD). WWUD ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY HIV. INCARCERATION HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE MYRIAD INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL FACTORS THAT ELEVATES THE HIV RISK OF WWUD. DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE NUMBER OF WOMEN INCARCERATED IN CONNECTICUT WAS DRASTICALLY REDUCED TO AVOID PRISON CROWDING. THIS CHANGE IN CRIMINAL-LEGAL PRACTICES CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF NON- INCARCERATION RESPONSES TO ILLICIT BEHAVIOR ON THE HIV RISK OF WWUD. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE STUDY ARE TO (1) PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE WITH COMMUNITY ENGAGED RESEARCH; (2) IDENTIFY THE PRE-COVID-19 HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS OF JUSTICE-INVOLVED WWUD; (3) DOCUMENT AND ASSESS HIV RISK DURING COVID-19 AMONG JUSTICE-INVOLVED WWUD. MULTIPLE METHODS WILL BE USED IN THIS LONGITUDINAL QUALITATIVE STUDY. FIRST, QUALITATIVE LIFE HISTORY INTERVIEWS WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH 30 FORMERLY INCARCERATED ADULT WWUD IN NEW HAVEN, CT, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND DESCRIBE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES AND HIV RISK PRIOR TO COVID-19. THIS DATA WILL CREATE A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL CONDITIONS AND INTERACTIONS WITH CRIMINAL-LEGAL SYSTEMS. NEXT, THE SAME SAMPLE OF WOMEN WILL PARTICIPATE IN INDIVIDUAL CALENDAR-BASED INTERVIEWS IN ORDER TO DOCUMENT THEIR HIV RISK AND INTERACTIONS WITH CRIMINAL-LEGAL SYSTEMS DURING COVID-19 (MARCH 2020 – MARCH 2022). AFTER THESE INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED, A SUB-SAMPLE OF 10 STUDY PARTICIPANTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN 8-WEEK DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROGRAM. THE DIGITAL STORIES PRODUCED DURING THIS STAGE OF THE STUDY WILL OFFER ADDITIONAL DATA ABOUT PARTICIPANTS’ LIVES DURING COVID-19 THAT WILL TRIANGULATE THE CALENDAR DATA AND OFFER A CREATIVE TOOL FOR SHARING FINDINGS WITH COMMUNITY. RAPID QUALITATIVE INQUIRY METHODS WILL BE USED TO COLLECT, MANAGE, AND ANALYZE DATA IN WAYS THAT CENTERS TEAM-BASED WORK, INSIDERS’ PERSPECTIVES, AND ITERATIVE PRACTICES THAT FACILITATE RAPID UNDERSTANDING AND DISSEMINATION OF FINDINGS. ALL ASPECTS OF THIS STUDY WILL BE DEVELOPED AND CONDUCTED BY A DIVERSE TEAM OF UNDERGRADUATES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION AND DRUG USE. STUDENTS WILL MEET REGULARLY WITH THE PI AND CONSULTANTS, CONDUCT 12 INTERVIEWS EACH, CO-FACILITATE THE DIGITAL STORYTELLING PROJECT, ANALYZE DATA, AUTHOR PAPERS, AND DISSEMINATE FINDINGS. A WEBSITE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SHARE PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND FINAL ANALYSES, AND THE STUDY TEAM WILL PRESENT FINDINGS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES, COMMUNITY FORUMS, AND THROUGH PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS. BY DIVERSIFYING THE RESEARCH WORKFORCE AND ANALYZING THE COVID-ERA EXPERIENCES OF WWUD, THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH NIH’S COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH THAT ADDRESSES THE STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF HIV RISK.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: EPIIC: PRISTINE PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE RESEARCH & INNOVATION FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT & NOVEL ENGAGEMENTS -PRISTINE (PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE RESEARCH & INNOVATION FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT & NOVEL ENGAGEMENTS) IS A COLLABORATION AMONG THREE PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS (PUI) THAT ARE COMMITTED TO DEVELOPING ACADEMIC-INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE INNOVATION AND PROMOTE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THEIR REGIONS. THE COMPOSITION OF THE PRISTINE COHORT ? PRIVATE AND PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, LIBERAL ARTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES, URBAN AND RURAL COMMUNITIES ? POSITIONS THE COHORT WELL TO ENGAGE AND ADVANCE THE ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES NOT TYPICALLY ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH (UIR) AND/OR INNOVATIONS MADE POSSIBLE BY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. UIR IS AIMED AT SOLVING REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS, LEADING TO FASTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS THAN ANY ONE ORGANIZATION COULD DEVELOP ON ITS OWN. THE EFFORT WILL ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT IS DESIGNED TO BUILD CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY AT SMALLER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND PUIS, TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND STRENGTHEN EXTERNAL RESEARCH INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. PRISTINE WILL ENHANCE THE COHORT?S INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CAPACITIES TO: CULTIVATE EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS THAT WILL ATTRACT RESEARCH FUNDING AND FACILITATE UIR IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS; LEVERAGE OUR EXPERTISE IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TO DEVELOP CREDENTIALED WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS; AND SUPPORT FACULTY AND STAFF TO DEEPEN THEIR EXPERTISE AROUND GRANT SEEKING AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FORMAL PROPOSALS AND AGREEMENTS BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS. THE COHORT INTENDS TO DEVELOP RESOURCES AND TRAINING IN THESE AREAS FOR FACULTY AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS, AND DISSEMINATE THEIR LEARNINGS THROUGH A PUBLIC-FACING VIRTUAL PLAYBOOK/WEBSITE. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM

NVCC CHILDCARE TUITION ASSISTANTS FOR STUDENTS PROGRAM (CTAS)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXPLORING THE NEAREST STARS ON SOLAR SYSTEM SCALES

WIRELESS IMAGING INTENSITY INTERFEROMETER FOR ASTRONOMY

FY 09 EARMARK ENTITLED, `FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION FOR AN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING ACADEMIC PROGRAM THE UNITED STATES IS THE WORLD LEADER IN SCIENC

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: WHAT ARE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF REPRODUCTIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN UNRELATED MALE FISH?

DIRECTED GRANTS

INVESTIGATING THE FUNCTION OF LOCALIZED BMP SIGNALING AT NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSES - PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT RESPOND TO MEMBRANE VOLTAGE CHANGES AT NEURONAL SYNAPSES AND LINK THESE CHANGES TO THE APPROPRIATE CELLULAR RESPONSES IS CRITICAL TO PHYSIOLOGY, AS NEURAL CIRCUITRY MUST MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS WHILE ADAPTING TO NOVEL CONDITIONS, AS WELL AS IN RELATION TO NEUROLOGICAL AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, MANY OF WHICH ULTIMATELY RESULT FROM DEFECTIVE SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION. DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER HAS EMERGED AS A POWERFUL GENETIC MODEL FOR DISSECTING SUCH MECHANISMS. WHILE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN IDENTIFYING THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS OF SYNAPSES, AS WELL AS THE MOLECULES USED BY PRE- AND POSTSYNAPTIC CELLS TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS THE SYNAPTIC CLEFT, THE MECHANISM BY WHICH THESE CELLULAR PROCESSES INTEGRATE WITH TRANSIENT CHANGES IN MEMBRANE VOLTAGE REMAIN POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL WILL ADDRESS THIS KNOWLEDGE GAP BY FOCUSING ON HOW A NONCANONICAL LOCALIZED FORM BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN (BMP) SIGNALING AT SYNAPSES SERVES AS A SENSOR FOR MEMBRANE VOLTAGE, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS FORM OF SIGNALING TO SERVE AS AN ADAPTER BETWEEN TRANSIENT MEMBRANE VOLTAGE CHANGES AND MORE STABLE CELLULAR ALTERATIONS. WE WILL TEST THREE CENTRAL HYPOTHESES: 1) THAT LOCAL BMP SIGNALING RESPONDS TO VOLTAGE CHANGES AT SYNAPSES; 2) THAT SYNAPTIC BMP SIGNALING DYNAMICALLY RISES AND FALLS IN RESPONSE TO ACUTE CHANGES IN MEMBRANE VOLTAGE; AND 3) THAT SYNAPTIC BMP SIGNALING COMPLEXES INTERACT WITH A DISTINCT SUITE OF REGULATORY AND EFFECTOR MOLECULES. THESE HYPOTHESES WILL BE TESTED BY USING A COMBINATION OF IN VIVO GENETICS, GENE EDITING, IMMUNOFLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY METHODS. THE SHORT-TERM IMPACT OF THESE STUDIES WILL BE NOVEL INSIGHTS INTO THE MOLECULAR MACHINERY LINKING MEMBRANE VOLTAGE CHANGES WITH CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR ALTERATIONS AT DROSOPHILA NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION SYNAPSES. ULTIMATELY, THESE STUDIES MAY IDENTIFY EVOLUTIONARY CONSERVED REGULATORY MECHANISMS WITH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SYNAPTIC PHYSIOLOGY IN HUMANS, AND POTENTIALLY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DISRUPTIONS IN THESE CELLULAR PROCESSES UNDERLIE THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF NEUROLOGICAL AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE STATES.

FIE EARMARK GRANT AWARDS

SBDC

DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM

PORTABLE MULTI-CHANNEL INTENSITY INTERFEROMETER

THE IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MOST PRISTINE PHYSICAL STATE OF EJECTA DEPOSITS IS A CRITICAL FIRST STEP TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE PRO

SCAFFOLDED COMPUTING PROJECTS FOR THE SOCIAL GOOD -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY INCREASING SERVICE-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN COMPUTING PROGRAMS. TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR WELL-QUALIFIED COMPUTING PROFESSIONALS, COMPUTING GRADUATES MUST BE READY TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN A REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENT. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A SERVICE-LEARNING FRAMEWORK THAT WILL HELP INSTRUCTORS EMBED EXTERNALLY SOURCED PROJECTS SUPPORTING THE SOCIAL GOOD INTO EXISTING SOFTWARE ENGINEERING OR SIMILAR COURSES. THIS WORK WILL ALSO SUPPORT COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING BY OFFERING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS IN AN AUTHENTIC ENVIRONMENT USING CURRENT INDUSTRIAL PRACTICES AND TOOLS COUPLED WITH STRONG MENTORING BY SUPPORT VOLUNTEER PROFESSIONALS AND NEAR PEERS. BY ENABLING COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING, THIS PROJECT WILL HELP ADDRESS THE SKILLS GAP, BOTH TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL, SO THAT COMPUTING STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH BOTH THE APPROPRIATE KNOWLEDGE, AND THE ABILITY TO APPLY THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN A PRACTICAL SETTING. THIS PROJECT WILL PRODUCE THE SCAFFOLDED PROJECTS FOR THE SOCIAL GOOD (SPSG) FRAMEWORK, A LOW ADOPTION THRESHOLD FRAMEWORK TO HELP COMPUTING PROGRAMS INCORPORATE SERVICE-LEARNING PROJECTS IN THEIR COURSES. THE SPSG FRAMEWORK WILL INCORPORATE STUDIO-BASED LEARNING CONCEPTS, AGILE PRINCIPLES, AND THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE HUMANITARIAN FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE (HFOSS) INITIATIVE. SPSG WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTORS WITH A CUSTOMIZABLE SET OF CURRICULAR MATERIALS AIMED AT STREAMLINING THE SOFTWARE PROJECT WORKFLOW AND OFFERING AMPLE MECHANISMS FOR FORMATIVE AND SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING. SPSG WILL HELP STUDENTS MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MISSIONS OF NON-PROFIT AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WHILE PROVIDING CONCRETE EXAMPLES REGARDING THE IMPACT OF COMPUTING ON SOCIETY. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH ITS ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND 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.

POSITIONAL CLONING OF MUTATIONS THAT DISRUPT HAIR DEVELOPMENT IN MICE.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: K-KIDS -- A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE 5000 NEAREST K DWARFS

RECOVERING THE ECONOMIC BIABILITY OF THE CONNECTICUT OYSTER FISHERY: A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION COLLABORATION

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY TRIO SSS PROGRAM

WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY TRIO SSS TEACHER PREP PROJECT

SERVICE FOCUSED SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVE

SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS IN PLANT HEALTH AND PROTECTION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: SPECKLE SURVEYS OF NEARBY STARS -A RESEARCH COLLABORATION BETWEEN GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY WILL OBSERVE A SAMPLE OF NEARLY 5000 STARS ACROSS THE ENTIRE SKY USING A TECHNIQUE CALLED SPECKLE IMAGING. THE OBSERVATIONS WILL FOCUS ON TWO VOLUME-LIMITED, VOLUME-COMPLETE SAMPLES OF K DWARF STARS WITHIN 40 PARSECS OF THE SUN AND M DWARF STARS WITHIN 20 PARSECS, OUR SUN?S NEAREST STELLAR NEIGHBORS. THE CHOICE OF NEARBY STARS WILL ENABLE IMAGING OF THEIR STELLAR ENVIRONMENTS DOWN TO SEPARATIONS SMALLER THAN THE DISTANCE OF MERCURY TO THE SUN. THIS WILL ALLOW THEM TO DISCOVER HOW UNUSUAL OUR SUN IS IN ITS STELLAR SOLITUDE AND PROVIDE A LIST OF STARS AROUND WHICH OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS MIGHT BE FOUND BECAUSE THEY LACK CLOSE COMPANION STARS. THE PROJECT IS STUDENT-INTENSIVE, WITH GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS CARRYING OUT THE WORK AT THREE UNIVERSITIES, INCLUDING AN OUTREACH EFFORT ENTITLED ?WHY RESOLUTION MATTERS.? THE PROJECT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO GAIN EXPERTISE IN (1) SCIENCE ? ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS, (2) MATHEMATICS ? INTENSIVE DATA ACQUISITION AND REDUCTION, WITH STATISTICAL TREATMENTS OF RESULTS INVOLVING LARGE DATABASES, AND (3) ENGINEERING ? USING SOME OF THE U.S.?S PREMIER TELESCOPES EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART INSTRUMENTS. THIS WORK WILL ALLOW THE RESEARCHERS TO DETECT STELLAR COMPANIONS AND PROVIDE BENCHMARK MEASUREMENTS OF THEIR (1) LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, (2) MASS FUNCTION, (3) MULTIPLICITY RATES, (4) MASSES, (5) MASS-LUMINOSITY RELATIONS, AND (6) ORBITAL ARCHITECTURES. THE SURVEY WILL COMPRISE LEGACY SAMPLES THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SUBJECT OF GROUND-BASED AND SPACED-BASE EFFORTS. THE SPECKLE IMAGING SURVEYS WILL BE CARRIED OUT PRIMARILY AT THE APO 3.5M TELESCOPE WITH DSSI IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AND THE SOAR 4.1M TELESCOPE WITH HRCAM+SAM IN THE SOUTH. THE SPECKLE SURVEYS ARE PARTICULARLY RELEVANT TO EXOPLANET WORK, BECAUSE THEY SAMPLE SCALES OF 0.1?100 AU AROUND THE STARS, SIMILAR TO WHERE PLANETS ARE FOUND IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. THE RESULTS WILL BE COMBINED WITH A SWEEP OF WIDE-FIELD COMPANIONS FOUND IN GAIA FOR LARGER SEPARATIONS AND COMPANIONS AT SMALL SEPARATIONS FOUND VIA PREVIOUS HIGH-RESOLUTION EFFORTS AND IN RADIAL VELOCITY SURVEYS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO LOWER-MASS OBJECTS. THE ORBITAL ARCHITECTURES OF COMPANIONS TO K AND M DWARFS WILL BE COMPARED DIRECTLY TO PLANETS REPORTED TO BE ORBITING STARS IN THE SAME SAMPLES. A THIRD SAMPLE OF AFG STARS WILL SERVE AS A COMPARISON TO HIGHER MASS STARS, WITH A NOD TOWARD LOWER METALLICITIES TO INVESTIGATE DEPENDENCES ON HOW STARS FORM IN DIFFERENT HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENTS. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CABIN INTERIOR AND ENGINE RELATED IMPACT AND FAILURE ANALYSIS GUIDELINES FOR NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY 2015 CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM

FINDING OUR WAY: BUILDING A COLLEGE READY STEM PIPELINE FOR AT-RISK HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH THROUGH WATERSHED STEWARDSHIP

FINDING OUR WAY: AN EXPERIENTIAL WATERSHED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: MANY FORMS OF ENERGY TRANSDUCTION ON EARLY EARTH HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED PERHAPS MOST POPULARLY GEOTHERMAL AND ELECTRICAL SYNTHESIS OF ORGANIC MOLECULES. HOWEVER SOLAR ENERGY WAS LIKELY MORE ABUNDANT AND UBIQUITOUS IN SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS DUE TO THE LACK OF AN OZONE LAYER. ADDITIONALLY THE AVAILABILITY OF PHOTOACTIVE COMPOUNDS INCLUDING POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) IS EVIDENCED BY THEIR PRESENCE IN CARBONACEOUS METEORITES. WE PROPOSE THAT AN EARLY FORM OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS USING PAHS WOULD HAVE PRODUCED REDUCED CARBON FROM CARBON DIOXIDE BY COUPLING PHOTO-EXCITATION TO TRANSMEMBRANE ELECTRON TRANSPORT AND THE GENERATION OF A PROTON GRADIENT. IF SUCCESSFUL THIS WILL REPRESENT A SIMPLE WAY TO GENERATE USABLE CARBON WITHIN A CELL AND WILL FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PROTO-BIOLOGICAL CHEMICAL SYSTEMS THAT COULD HAVE PRECEDED THE FIRST LIVING ORGANISMS. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY THE FIRST STEP IS TO GENERATE A PROTO-CELL COMPOSED OF SINGLE CHAIN AMPHIPHILES SUCH AS FATTY ACIDS WHICH ARE CONSIDERED PREBIOTIC ALONG WITH THE PHOTOSENSITIZING PAHS. PAHS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO SPONTANEOUSLY INSERT INTO FATTY ACID MEMBRANES AND ENHANCE STABILITY. CARBON DIOXIDE WILL BE USED TO GENERATE AN OXYGEN FREE ATMOSPHERE AND ACT AS A REACTANT. BECAUSE IT IS NON-POLAR CO2 CAN EASILY DIFFUSE THROUGH THE CELL MEMBRANE. LASTLY AN EXTERNAL ELECTRON DONOR WILL BE ADDED SUCH AS DITHIOTHREITOL LESS ODOROUS MIMIC OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE OR OTHER EARLY EARTH REDUCTANTS. THE PROTO-CELLULAR CONSTRUCT WILL BE EXPOSED TO LIGHT WHERE THE CO2 WILL BE CONVERTED INTO ORGANIC CARBON LIKELY FORMATE AND BE TRAPPED INSIDE OF THE NEGATIVELY CHARGED MEMBRANE. THE INTERIOR OF THESE CELLS CAN ALSO BE LOADED WITH A PH-SENSITIVE DYE TO MONITOR PROTON GRADIENT FORMATION. THE CELLS WILL THEN BE SEPARATED FROM THE EXTERNAL PRODUCTS USING SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY AND THE ENCAPSULATED PRODUCTS WILL BE EVALUATED USING GAS AND/OR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY AND DETECTED WITH EITHER MASS SPECTROMETRY FLAME IONIZATION OR AS CHARGED AEROSOLS. ADDITIONALLY CHANGES IN BOTH THE AMPHIPHILES AND PAHS CAN BE MONITORED WITH THESE METHODS. THIS APPROACH DISTINGUISHES ITSELF FROM OTHER PHOTOCHEMICAL STUDIES BY COUPLING THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIES: 1) MODELING AN EARLY EARTH ENVIRONMENT; 2) USING SIMPLE AMPHIPHILES AS OPPOSED TO PHOSPHOLIPIDS; 3) GENERATING USABLE CARBON FOR THE PROTOCELLI. IF SUCCESSFUL FUTURE WORK WILL INCLUDE CONVERSION OF PRODUCTS INTO LARGER CARBON MOLECULES LIKE AMINO ACIDS OR SUGARS. SCOPE WITHIN EXOBIOLOGY THIS RESEARCH WILL ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PREBIOTIC ENERGY TRANSDUCTION INCLUDING POSSIBLE MOLECULAR PROCESSES AND CHEMICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD HAVE PROMOTED ABIOGENESIS. THE MODEL PROPOSED IS BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL MODELS OF EARTH PRIOR TO THE FORMATION OF LIFE. ADDITIONALLY THIS STUDY WILL PROVIDE A MODEL FOR EARLY FORMS OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND EXPERIMENTALLY INVESTIGATE ITS APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS. THE CONCLUSIONS OF THIS RESEARCH WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE BY DEMONSTRATING ALTERNATIVES TO EARTH S CURRENT BIOENERGETICS.

COMPLETING THE WIYN SPECKLE SURVEY: TOWARD THE THIN AND THICK DISK BINARY POPULATIONS

AFOSR EXCEPTION - OSD DURIP ** FAADC MIGRATION NOTE - ACTION TYPE:"1" TO "A", ASSISTANCE TYPE:"4" TO "04", RECORD TYPE:"2", BUSINESS FUNDS INDICATOR:"NON", INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT INDICATOR:"NO", RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS INDICATOR:"YES", COMPETED OPPORTUNITY:"1" TO "C", NUMBER OF PROPOSALS OR APPLICATIONS:"1", AWARDING SUB-TIER AGENCY CODE "5700" DERIVED FROM AWARDING OFFICE CODE "FA9550", FUNDING SUB-TIER AGENCY CODE "5700" DERIVED FROM FUNDING OFFICE CODE "F4FGA0", PPOP COUNTRY CODE:"USA", SMALL BUSINESS INDICATOR:"O", SAM EXCEPTION:"X" **

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LEGO-BASED ACTIVE LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERING EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A SURVEY FOR MULTIPLICITY OF LOW-MASS (CLASS M) DWARF STARS

CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEN INITIATIVE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY

LEADING WITH HUMANITIES TO ENHANCE SCIENCE EDUCATION: DEVELOPING CONTEXTUALIZED SCIENCE CURRICULA [THIS PROPOSAL WILL SUPPORT A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY STUDIES MASTER OF SCIENCE/ARTS PROGRAM AT SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS MA/MS PROGRAM WILL BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN SCIENCE (STEM) AND HUMANITIES PROGRAMS, IN THAT ALL COURSES WILL BE PURPOSEFULLY MULTIDISCIPLINARY TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR CAREER, BE IT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY OR PHD PROGRAMS ACROSS THE SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES. FROM ITS INCEPTION, COURSES WITHIN THE PROGRAM WILL CENTER AROUND THE SKILLS FOUND AND TAUGHT IN HUMANITIES COURSES, AND TEACH THOSE AS A NECESSARY, IF NOT PRIMARY, IMPORTANCE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION. WE BELIEVE THAT TODAY?S STUDENT, ACROSS THE STEM AND HUMANITIES FIELDS, NEEDS THIS TYPE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY CONTEXTUALIZATION IN ORDER TO BEST UNDERSTAND THEIR CAREER PATHWAYS AND OPTIONS, AS WELL AS THE FUTURE ROLE SCIENCE CAN PLAY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.]

MOLECULAR VARIABLES AFFECTING CHOICE BEHAVIOR

DO GENETIC VARIANTS OF MTAP7 CREATE SINGLE-GENE BARRIERS TO TISSUE-GRAFT COMPATIB

CABIN INTERIOR AND ENGINE RELATED IMPACT AND FAILURE ANALYSIS GUIDELINES FOR NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING

STUDYING THE CHIRAL MAGNETIC EFFECT USING CORRELATION OF PARITY-ODD OBSERVABLES

GENE ASSIGNMENT FOR AND INITIAL IMMUNOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE CURLY WHISKERS (CW) MUTATION IN MICE.

RUI: ENERGY DENSITY FLUCTUATIONS NEGATIVE ENERGY DETECTION AND GRAVITY

USING MOBILE GAME DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING AND SATISFACTION IN INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LIFE OUT OF WATER - POSSIBILITY OF EVOLUTION IN NON-AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

A HISTORY OF VACCINATION FOR SMALLPOX IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, 1804-1945

GO FOR AEROSPACE! COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT PROJECT FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERING-AEROSPACE PROGRAMRE

IMAGING HIGH ALTITUDE SATELLITES WITH THE QUAD CAMERA WAVEFRONT SENSING SIX CHANNEL SPECKLE INTERFEROMETER

THIS GRANT PROGRAM ASSISTS STATES IN DEVELOPING AND ENFORCING STATE MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IMPROVE STATE WORKERS COMPENSATION AND MINING OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE LAWS AND PROGRAMS, AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE NATIONS MINES THROUGH FEDERAL-STATE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION. THE STATES ALSO PROVIDE FEDERALLY MANDATED TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS WORKING AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL AND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES.THE STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS A KEY SOURCE OF MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK OR WILL WORK AT MINES. STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRIORITIZE TRAINING AND RETRAINING FOR SMALL MINING OPERATIONS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE MINING INDUSTRY TO REDUCE INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS AT MINE. RECIPIENTS MAY CREATE OR DEVELOP TRAINING MATERIALS TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS AT A MINE AND FOR MSHA INITIATIVES.THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES AT MINES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND REDUCE OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AT MINES.

EXPANDED 'BUILDING A BRIDGE TO IMPROVE STUDENT SUCCESS' AT-RISK YOUTH PROJECT

FY09 ONE-TIME GRANT COMPETITION - COMPETITION A - ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

THIS GRANT PROGRAM ASSISTS STATES IN DEVELOPING AND ENFORCING STATE MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IMPROVE STATE WORKERS COMPENSATION AND MINING OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE LAWS AND PROGRAMS, AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE NATIONS MINES THROUGH FEDERAL-STATE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION. THE STATES ALSO PROVIDE FEDERALLY MANDATED TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS WORKING AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL AND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES.THE STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS A KEY SOURCE OF MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK OR WILL WORK AT MINES. STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRIORITIZE TRAINING AND RETRAINING FOR SMALL MINING OPERATIONS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE MINING INDUSTRY TO REDUCE INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS AT MINE. RECIPIENTS MAY CREATE OR DEVELOP TRAINING MATERIALS TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS AT A MINE AND FOR MSHA INITIATIVES.THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES AT MINES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND REDUCE OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AT MINES.

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

STUDENT OPPORTUNITY FOR LEARNING: A TWO WEEK CAMP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH COURSEWORK IN MATHEMATICS PHYSICAL SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND COMPU

THIS GRANT PROGRAM ASSISTS STATES IN DEVELOPING AND ENFORCING STATE MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IMPROVE STATE WORKERS COMPENSATION AND MINING OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE LAWS AND PROGRAMS, AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE NATIONS MINES THROUGH FEDERAL-STATE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION. THE STATES ALSO PROVIDE FEDERALLY MANDATED TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS WORKING AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL AND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES.THE STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS A KEY SOURCE OF MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK OR WILL WORK AT MINES. STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRIORITIZE TRAINING AND RETRAINING FOR SMALL MINING OPERATIONS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE MINING INDUSTRY TO REDUCE INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS AT MINE. RECIPIENTS MAY CREATE OR DEVELOP TRAINING MATERIALS TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS AT A MINE AND FOR MSHA INITIATIVES.THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES AT MINES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND REDUCE OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AT MINES.

RUI: IMPACT OF NEGATIVE ENERGY IN GENERAL RELATIVITY AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

RAPID COLLABORATIVE: RELEVANCE OF LINGUISTIC AND CROSS-CULTURAL APPROPRIATENESS IN COMMUNICATION DURING THE PANDEMIC

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FOCUSING A GENERAL SCIENCE COURSE ON IMPROVING SCIENCE LITERACY

MSHA STATE GRANTS

MSHA STATE GRANTS

AWARD PURPOSE THIS GRANT PROGRAM ASSISTS STATES IN DEVELOPING AND ENFORCING STATE MINING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IMPROVE STATE WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND MINING OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE LAWS AND PROGRAMS, AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN THE NATION'S MINES THROUGH FEDERAL-STATE COORDINATION AND COOPERATION. THE STATES ALSO PROVIDE FEDERALLY MANDATED TRAINING AND RETRAINING OF MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS WORKING AT SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND COAL AND METAL AND NONMETAL MINES. ACTIVITIES PERFORMED THE STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE RECOGNIZED AS A KEY SOURCE OF MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO WORK OR WILL WORK AT MINES. STATE TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PRIORITIZE TRAINING AND RETRAINING FOR SMALL MINING OPERATIONS AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE MINING INDUSTRY TO REDUCE INJURIES AND ACCIDENTS AT MINE. RECIPIENTS MAY CREATE OR DEVELOP TRAINING MATERIALS TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY AND HEALTH CONDITIONS AT A MINE AND FOR MSHA INITIATIVES. DELIVERABLES RECIPIENTS WILL REPORT THE NUMBER OF MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS TRAINED IN DIFFERENT FEDERALLY MANDATED TRAINING. EFFECTIVE TRAINING REDUCES ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES, AND RECIPIENTS ARE TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THEIR PROGRAMS ON IMPROVING THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES AT MINES. RECIPIENT MAY ALSO PROVIDE ANY TRAINING MATERIALS CREATED OR DEVELOPED TO MSHA FOR USE BY THE MINING INDUSTRY. INTENDED BENEFICIARY THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES TRAINING FOR MINERS, MINE OPERATORS, AND OTHERS TO IMPROVE THE WORKING CONDITIONS AND PRACTICES AT MINES TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS AND REDUCE OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES AT MINES. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES NOT APPLICABLE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CHARACTERIZING THE REGIONAL FLUID FLOW SYSTEM OF THE WYOMING SALIENT, SEVIER FOLD-THRUST BELT: IMPLICATIONS FOR OROGENIC WEDG

THE HISTORY OF EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION

NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING GUIDELINES

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELO

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI SG: EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS AND SYSTEMATICS OF RIVERWEEDS (PODOSTEMACEAE)

MSHA STATE GRANTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HIGH PRECISION U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE JURASSIC FERRAR LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE, ANTARCTICA

FINDING YOUR PLACE: TEACHING THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN CONNECTICUT [THE FINDING YOUR PLACE PROJECT INVOLVES DEVELOPING A NEW COURSE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF LONG-NEGLECTED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, WITH CONTENT SPECIFIC TO CONNECTICUT. THIS COURSE PRIMARILY AIMS TO MODEL NEW WAYS OF TRAINING FUTURE EDUCATORS EARNING THEIR BACHELORS IN SECONDARY AND ELEMENTARY HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION, BEFORE THEY GET TO THE CLASSROOM. METHODS INCLUDE PLACE-BASED LEARNING AND EFFORTS TO HIGHLIGHT EVENTS AND COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THEIR HISTORIES MEET, INTERMINGLE, AND INTERSECT. IN ADDITION TO BUILDING UPON PROVEN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES WITH WHICH WE ALREADY TRAIN OUR TEACHERS, FACULTY CAN ENHANCE CCSU'S SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION AND PUBLIC HISTORY PROGRAMS BY ENLISTING UNIVERSITY RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO EMPOWER TEACHERS TO INCLUDE MORE VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES WITH PROJECT AND PLACE-BASED CURRICULUM.]

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELO

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ADVANCING OPEN-ACCESS RESOURCES FOR LANGUAGES: INVESTIGATING EVIDENTIALITY AND FOCUS FEATURES -THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES EVIDENTIAL MARKERS, THE GRAMMATICAL CODING OF INFORMATION SOURCE AND SPEAKER?S PERSPECTIVES. EVIDENTIAL MARKERS INDICATE WHETHER A STATEMENT IS BASED ON DIRECT OBSERVATION, INFERENCE, HEARSAY, OR OTHER TYPES OF EVIDENCE. EXAMINING HOW DIFFERENT LANGUAGES EXPRESS SOURCE OF INFORMATION CAN PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO HOW SPEAKERS EVALUATE INFORMATION, REVEALING DEEPER COGNITIVE PROCESSES. THE PROJECT'S GOAL IS TO CREATE TREEBANKS/UNIVERSAL DEPENDENCIES CORPORA TO DEVELOP AN AUTOMATED DEEP-LEARNING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (NLP) MODEL. CONSIDERING THE DISTRIBUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AROUND EVIDENTIAL MARKERS, THE MODEL WILL BE ABLE TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM TEXTS SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY. THE PROJECT EXPLORES A KEY LINGUISTIC QUESTION: WHY EVIDENTIAL MARKERS IN SOME LANGUAGES BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY FROM THOSE IN OTHER LANGUAGES, AS THEY SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE FUNCTION AND ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY IN HOW THEY APPEAR IN SENTENCES. THIS FLEXIBILITY MAY AFFECT HOW LANGUAGE USERS SHOW EVIDENCE OR EMPHASIS IN LONGER CONVERSATIONS. THE WORK WILL NOT ONLY EXPAND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE LANGUAGES WORK BUT ALSO SUPPORT LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE THE PROJECT WILL USE A DEEP LEARNING ARCHITECTURE TO DEVELOP THIS NLP MODEL, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS BEYOND THE PROPOSED LINGUISTICS GOALS: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINE TRANSLATION TOOLS; TEXT SUMMARIZATION; AND OTHER TYPES OF HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTIONS (E.G. CHATBOTS) AND AI 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MSHA STATE GRANTS

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY GRANTS

FY 2019 SUSAN HARWOOD TRAINING GRANT FOR CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY

MSHA STATE GRANTS

DISCOVERY OF THE PRESENCE OF YOUNG STARS IN THE LEADING ARM OF THE MAGELLANIC STREAM AND IN THE PERIPHERY OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD (CASETTI-DINESCU ET AL. 2014 MONI BIDIN ET AL. 2017) POSES A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION AS TO HOW STAR FORMATION CAN OCCUR IN INTERGALACTIC SPACE WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT OF VERY LOW GAS DENSITY. RECENT MODELS INDICATE THAT THE HYDRODYNAMICAL INTERACTION WITH THE GASEOUS COMPONENT OF THE MILKY WAY MAY BE OF SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN SHAPING THE LEADING ARM OF THE MAGELLANIC STREAM; HOWEVER MODELS ARE STILL POORLY CONSTRAINED DUE TO A LACK OF OBSERVATIONAL DATA. THE EXISTENCE OF SUCH STARS IS CRUCIAL AS IT INFORMS ON BOTH STAR-FORMATION AND THE CLOUDS' INTERACTION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WITH THE MILKY WAY. MOREOVER STARS AS OPPOSED TO GAS PROVIDE SECURE DISTANCES TO CONSTRAIN THE INTERACTIONS. IN THE DISCOVERY OF THESE YOUNG STARS THE GALEX UV MISSION PLAYED THE KEY ROLE IN SELECTING POTENTIAL CANDIDATES. TOGETHER WITH INFRARED PHOTOMETRY FROM 2MASS AND OPTICAL V FROM GROUND-BASED DATA OUR TEAM DEVELOPED A METHOD TO SELECT SUCH CANDIDATES THAT WERE THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH SPECTROSCOPY (CASETTI-DINESCU ET AL. 2012). THIS PILOT STUDY DEMONSTRATED THAT WITH LARGE SKY COVERAGE OUR TEAM COULD EXPLORE SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE MAGELLANIC STREAM WHEREAS PREVIOUSLY ONLY REGIONS ADJACENT TO THE CLOUDS HAD BEEN STUDIED. STILL THE PILOT STUDY WAS LIMITED TO THE SOUTHERN SKY (DEC. = -20 ). HERE WE PROPOSE TO RECREATE A YOUNG-STAR CANDIDATE LIST USING TWO COMPLETED NASA SPACE MISSIONS: THE RECENTLY UPDATED GALEX (DR6PLUS7) AND THE INFRARED WISE MISSIONS. TOGETHER WITH OPTICAL PHOTOMETRY FROM GAIA DR1 (AND/OR PANSTARRS) WE WILL INCREASE THE SAMPLE OF CANDIDATE OB-TYPE STARS BY EXPLORING A VOLUME OF SPACE OVER FOUR TIMES THAT OF OUR PREVIOUS PILOT STUDY. THE AREA COVERAGE FOR THE PROPOSED NEW STUDY WILL BE THE ENTIRE SKY; PREVIOUS SPATIAL GAPS IN EARLIER VERSIONS OF GALEX ARE NOW FILLED IN AND THE DEPTH OF THE STUDY WILL INCREASE BY 0.3 TO 0.5 MAGNITUDES DUE TO USE OF ALLWISE. BY COVERING THE ENTIRE SKY WE WILL BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THE PRESENCE (OR LACK THEREOF) OF SUCH STARS DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE TO THE LA WHERE IT IS INFERRED THE MAGELLANIC STREAM IS CROSSING THE GALACTIC PLANE A SECOND TIME IF THE CLOUDS HAVE HAD TWO PERICENTER PASSAGES ABOUT THE GALAXY. ALTERNATIVELY WE MAY FIND ENTIRELY NEW STRUCTURE AT THE EDGE OF THE GALACTIC DISK RELATED TO INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER YETUNKNOWN MILKY-WAY SATELLITES OR DUE TO EJECTION MECHANISMS FROM OB ASSOCIATIONS IN THE DISK. STAR-FORMING REGIONS AS INFORMED FROM OB-TYPE STARS HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN OUR GALAXY AND IN EXTERNAL GALAXIES IN WELL-KNOWN GAS-RICH REGIONS. THE NOVELTY OF OUR STUDY IS THAT IT IS DESIGNED TO FIND SUCH STARS IN UNEXPECTED REGIONS BY EXPLORING THE ENTIRE SKY. IT IS NOTED THAT WITHIN THE TIME FRAME OF THIS PROPOSAL GAIA DATA RELEASE 2 WILL BECOME AVAILABLE; THEREFORE WITH THESE CANDIDATES HAVING ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED WE WILL BE ABLE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THEIR DISTANCES AND KINEMATICS. OUR LIST OF CANDIDATES WILL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE FOR FOLLOW-UP SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES.

MSHA STATE GRANTS

MSHA STATE GRANTS

MSHA STATE GRANTS

MSHA STATE GRANTS

TITLE: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE FURTHERING THE COASTAL RESILIENCY OF LONG ISLAND SOUND OVERVIEW: THIS PROJECT WILL TEACH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FUNDAMENTAL FIELD-SURVEY TECHNIQUES FOR MONITORING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS ON LONG ISLAND SOUND COASTAL COMMUNITIES. DURING THIS PROJECT PERIOD 5-7 TEACHERS AND OVER 50 STUDENTS FROM NEW HAVEN, CT AND GUILFORD, CT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SEVERAL FIELD METHODOLOGIES FOR MONITORING ARTIFICIAL REEFS/LIVING SHORELINES, BIODIVERSITY, AND COASTAL EROSION. STUDENTS WILL THEN BE EMPOWERED TO DEVELOP COASTAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN CAPSTONE PROJECTS THAT WILL REINFORCE A BLUE ECONOMY AND BUILD LOCAL CLIMATE RESILIENCY. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH RESEARCHERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL OBSERVATION AND FIELD DATA COLLECTION PROTOCOLS AND STUDENT RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND FOR CONSIDERATION FOR INCLUSION IN BOTH NOAAS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE COLLECTION, AND THE GLOBAL LEARNING AND OBSERVATION TO BENEFIT THE ENVIRONMENT (GLOBE) PROGRAM. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS CONTINGENT UPON THE APPLICANT PROVIDING LETTERS OF COMMITMENT FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OF THE SCHOOLS LISTED AS PROJECT PARTNERS.

THE 47TH ANNUAL SPRING TOPOLOGY AND DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS CONFERENCE

RESEARCH STARTER GRANT: INVESTIGATING THE IMPACTS OF LOLINE CATABOLIZING BACTERIA ON FITNESS OF THEIR TALL FESCUE HOST

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO PROVIDE FEDERAL FINANCIA ASSISTANCE TO CONDUCT ACTIVITIES THAT WILL PROVIDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO THE RECIPIENT, APHIS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES FOR THE EXPAN

MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY GRANTS

PROVIDING ADAPTIVE SPORT ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE REHABILITATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC HEALTH OF VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

SCSU VA ADAPTIVE SPORTS INSTITUTE (PROGRAMMING FOR VETERANS)

MSHA STATE GRANTS

NON LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODELING GUIDELINES FOR AEROSPACE IMPACT APPLICATIONS

CBMS REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES - "FAMILIES OF RIEMANN SURFACES AND WEIL-PETERSSON GEOMETRY'' - SUMMER 2009; NEW BRITAIN, CT

MSHA STATE GRANTS

SCSU VA ADAPTIVE SPORTS INSTITUTE (PROGRAMMING FOR VETERANS)

GRANTS FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

CCSU STUDENT POLL WORKER PROGRAM

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY 2015 CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM

SOLANUM ENSIFOLIUN (SOLANUM DRYMOPHILUM, ERUBIA) MULTIFACETED STUDY

INSTITUTE FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS AND INCLUSIVE RECREATION

NEH-HFRI: ARISTOTELIAN 'PAIDEIA' AND GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGES: REVISITING THE PAST TO PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST-CENTURY [AS PART OF THE NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE NEH (NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE HUMANITIES) AND HFRI (HELLENIC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION), OUR PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER INSTITUTIONS FROM THE U.S. AND GREECE TO EXPLORE INSIGHTS GAINED FROM THE ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER ARISTOTLE ON EDUCATION, WELL-BEING, ETHICS, POLITICS, AND THEIR INTERCONNECTIONS. USING THESE INSIGHTS IT AIMS TO CREATE A NOVEL FRAMEWORK FOR "SUSTAINABLE EDUCATION," A CONCEPT IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, TO PROPOSE AN IDEA FOR ?QUALITY EDUCATION,? SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 4 OF THE UNITED NATIONS 2030 AGENDA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THAT CULTIVATES INTELLECT, CHARACTER, AND CITIZENSHIP IN YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY. OUR PROJECT DEMONSTRATES THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF THE HUMANITIES IN ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY'S GREATEST CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHENS INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, PROMOTING A HOLISTIC, VALUES-BASED APPROACH TO EDUCATION AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.]

DEVELOPING A PUBLIC LIBERAL ARTS HUMANITIES CURRICULUM: EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO NAVIGATE AN A.I. WORLD [AN EXPLORATORY PROJECT TO DEVELOP HUMANITIES CURRICULUM ENGAGING A.I. ACROSS FIVE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES, ALL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF PUBLIC LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES (COPLAC) CONSORTIUM. THE PROJECT WILL BRING TOGETHER PUBLIC LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTIONS, ALL SMALL OR MEDIUM-SIZED, FROM DISTINCT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY TO DEVELOP HUMANITIES CURRICULUM ON/ABOUT A.I., TO GENERATE COLLABORATIVE RESPONSES TO THE CHALLENGES THAT A.I. PRESENTS, AND TO ARTICULATE THE ADVANTAGE HUMANITIES TRAINING BRINGS TO REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY A.I.]

PER YOUR APPLICATION REQUEST DATED MAY 5, 2017, THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS BEING AWARDED 'INCREMENTAL FUNDING' IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,508 TO THE WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY'S PROJECT TITLED 'SPRAY SAFE, PLAY SAFE: THIS GRANT WILL HELP PROMOTE INTEGRATED TICK MANAGEMENT' THAT FOCUSES ON THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES IN THE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION AND OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TARGETED TO RESIDENTS ACROSS RIDGEFIELD, CT AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHICH WILL PROVIDE ACCURATE AND EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND INFORMATION ABOUT INTEGRATED TICK MANAGEMENT.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PERIPHERAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN CITY CREATION -THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UNDERSTAND HOW NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE GEOGRAPHICAL MARGINS OF A CITY MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOCIALLY PERIPHERAL TO THAT CITY AND HOW THAT AFFECTS THE HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY OF THAT CITY. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL UNDERTAKE RESEARCH TO STUDY THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE?S INVESTMENT OF TIME, ENERGY, AND RESOURCES INTO URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR IDENTITY IN RELATION TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY OVERALL, AND THE LENGTH AND INTENSITY OF THEIR OCCUPATION. ARCHAEOLOGY IS UNIQUELY SITUATED TO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A CITY?S HISTORY, WITH A FOCUS ON MATERIAL EVIDENCE FOR ENGAGEMENT, IDENTITY, AND INEQUALITY. BY CONSIDERING NEIGHBORHOOD DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO LEVEL OF INVESTMENT IN THE CITY, ONE CAN UNDERSTAND WHETHER SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL TIES CREATED THROUGH INTENTIONAL ENGAGEMENT LEAD PEOPLE TO STAY AND CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CITY OR, CONVERSELY, WHETHER A LACK OF SUCH TIES MAY LEAD TO MORE RAPID ABANDONMENT OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS MAY HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE NUANCED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL INVESTMENT AND LOCAL PARTICIPATION, DIVERSITY OF NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITIES, AND THE FUTURES OF MODERN CITIES FROM A BOTTOM-UP, GRASS-ROOTS PERSPECTIVE. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A SPACE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN TECHNIQUES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND EXCAVATION AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS LARGELY COMPRISED OF IMMIGRANT OR FIRST-GENERATION COMMUNITY MEMBERS, TO ENGAGE WITH AND UNDERSTAND THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEIR MODERN EXPERIENCE OF A CITY AND THOSE OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT SPACE IN THE PAST. FOCUSING ON THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN AN ANCIENT CITY, RESEARCHERS WILL CONSIDER THE LOCAL INVESTMENTS (E.G., ARCHITECTURE, INFRASTRUCTURE, NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION) AND THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS (E.G., ACCESS TO CERTAIN GOODS, SPACES, OR ACTIVITIES) THAT COINCIDE WITH ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY AND ITS GOINGS-ON. RESEARCHERS WILL ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS AT A PREHISTORIC CITY WHICH WAS OCCUPIED BY BOTH LOCAL AND NON-LOCAL PEOPLES FOR ROUGHLY THREE CENTURIES. USING NON-INVASIVE GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY TO SEARCH FOR SUBTERRANEAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FEATURES, SOIL CORING, AND TARGETED EXCAVATION, RESEARCHERS WILL COMPARE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AT THE PHYSICAL PERIPHERY OF THE CITY TO GAUGE WHETHER OCCUPANTS WERE ALSO SOCIALLY PERIPHERAL OR WHETHER THEY WERE FULLY ENGAGED IN CENTRAL CITY PROJECTS, ACTIVITIES, AND IDEAS. RESEARCHERS WILL EXAMINE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE AND NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROXIMITY TO CAUSEWAYS CONNECTING AREAS OF THE SITE, MOUND-AND-PLAZA GROUPS WHERE COMMUNITY CEREMONIES WOULD HAVE OCCURRED, AND AREAS OF LEVELING OR FILLING FOR HABITATION WHICH ARE INDICATIVE OF LOCAL LEVEL OF PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL INVESTMENT. FINALLY, RESEARCHERS WILL COMPARE THE PROPORTIONS OF MATERIAL TYPES THAT ARE TYPICAL OF THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE SITE TO SEE IF PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE PERIPHERAL NEIGHBORHOODS HAD ACCESS TO THE SAME KINDS OF OBJECTS, RAW MATERIALS, AND FOOD AS PEOPLE LIVING CLOSER TO THE CITY CENTER, I.E., IS THERE A SOCIAL BENEFIT TO FULLY ENGAGING IN THE URBAN PROJECT. 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.

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE POLL WORKERS PROJECT

MSHA STATE GRANTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNITY ASSEMBLY IN NATURAL AND DISTURBED ECOSYSTEMS: TESTING THE ROLE OF ECOLOGICAL SORTING IN ANT COMMUNITY

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING TRAINEESHIP

TO SUPPORT A RESIDENCY AND EXHIBITION FOR SYRIAN-AMERICAN ARTIST AND ARCHITECT MOHAMAD HAFEZ.

MSHA STATE GRANTS

MONITORING CEREAL RUST DEVELOPMENT ON ALTERNATE HOSTS - THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE AGREEMENT IS TO MONITOR RUST DEVELOPMENT ON ALTERNATE HOSTS OF CEREAL RUSTS AND TO MONITOR POTENTIAL INCURSION OF STEM RUST RACES OF FOREIGN ORIGIN, SUCH AS UG99, IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH SENTINEL PLOTS. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: 1) ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RUST SENTINEL PLOTS; 2) OBSERVE AND REPORT RUST DEVELOPMENT ON AECIAL AND TELIAL HOSTS; AND 3) COLLECT AND MAIL SAMPLES TO ARS.

PRESERVING SCSU'S UNIQUE COLLECTIONS: ASSESSMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING, AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS [THE BULEY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES AT SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY SEEKS FUNDING FOR THE ONGOING PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF ITS ARCHIVAL, RARE BOOK, AND ARTIST BOOK COLLECTIONS THROUGH A GENERAL PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT. THE CONSULTANT WILL CONDUCT A ONE-DAY SITE VISIT TO ASSESS OUR COLLECTIONS AND SPACES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A ROAD MAP FOR THE CREATION OF A LONG-TERM PRESERVATION POLICY FOR OUR COLLECTIONS AND TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR THE PURCHASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING UNITS (DATA LOGGERS AND WATER SENSORS) AND DISASTER RECOVERY SUPPLIES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED IN AN EMERGENCY.]

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELO

RUI: SURVEYS OF PODOSTEMACEAE (RIVERWEEDS) IN LATIN AMERICA

TO SUPPORT TRAVEL COSTS IN CONECTION WITH REPRESENTING YOUTH FOR UNDERSTANDING (YFU) AT A U.S. EDUCATION SEMINAR FOR HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORS IN BERGEN O

RECOVERING THE ECONOMIC BIABILITY OF THE CONNECTICUT OYSTER FISHERY: A RESEARCH AND EDUCATION COLLABORATION

SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE FELLOWS IN PLANT HEALTH AND PROTECTION