President And Trustees Of Bates College

RII TRACK-2 FEC: THE VISUAL EXPERIENCE DATABASE: A LARGE-SCALE POINT-OF-VIEW VIDEO DATABASE FOR VISION RESEARCH

INSTITUTIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS

EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS

FDSS TRACK 2: BUILDING SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS CAPACITY AT BATES COLLEGE -THE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT IN GEOSPACE SCIENCE (FDSS) OPPORTUNITY AIMS TO INTEGRATE GEOSPACE SCIENCE--TO INCLUDES SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS AND SPACE WEATHER RESEARCH--INTO NATURAL SCIENCES, ENGINEERING OR RELATED DEPARTMENTS AT U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND STIMULATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE PROGRAMS OR CURRICULA CAPABLE OF TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN GEOSPACE SCIENCE. BATES COLLEGE IS A PRIVATE, UNDERGRADUATE-ONLY, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, AND AN EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTION (ERI) IN MAINE, AN EPSCOR STATE. IT WILL CREATE AN FDSS TENURE-TRACK POSITION FOCUSED ON SOLAR PHYSICS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY. THE INSTITUTION WILL CONDUCT AN EQUITABLE NATIONWIDE SEARCH FOR DIVERSE CANDIDATES. THE BATES FDSS HIRE WILL BUILD A RESEARCH GROUP IN SOLAR MAGNETISM (LABORATORY, OBSERVATIONAL, OR COMPUTATIONAL) AND DEVELOP NEW INTRODUCTORY AND ADVANCED LEVEL UNDERGRADUATE COURSES RELATED TO SOLAR PHYSICS. THEY WILL ALSO INTRODUCE SOLAR PHYSICS TOPICS (INCLUDING AURORAS, REGULARLY VISIBLE IN MAINE) INTO BATES? OUTREACH EFFORTS, ORGANIZE A LECTURE SERIES WITH EXTERNAL SPEAKERS, AND HOST A GEOSPACE SYMPOSIUM FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS FROM THREE ERIS IN THE STATE. THE FDSS CANDIDATE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CAMPUS RESOURCES FOR BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM, PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING, AND MENTORSHIP ON GRANT WRITING AND AWARD ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THEIR SUCCESS TO TENURE AND BEYOND. 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.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A WHITE LIGHT LASER CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT A LIBERAL ARTS UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION

DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS IN THE VERTEBRATE RETINA - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT VISION LOSS IS A DEVASTATING MEDICAL PROBLEM THAT GENERATES SIGNIFICANT MEDICAL COSTS, DIRECTLY AS WELL AS INDIRECTLY IN THE FORM OF DECREASED PRODUCTIVITY, LOWER QUALITY OF LIFE, AND LOSS OF INDEPENDENCE AMONG THOSE AFFECTED. IN THE UNITED STATES, DISORDERS OF THE EYE RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC BURDEN FOR SOCIETY. BECAUSE THE HUMAN RETINA HAS MINIMAL OR NO REGENERATIVE ABILITY, LOSS OF RETINAL NEURONS DUE TO INTRINSIC DEFECTS OR ENVIRONMENTAL INSULTS IS GENERALLY IRREVERSIBLE, MAKING THIS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF PERMANENT VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. IN THIS PROJECT, THE CANDIDATE PROPOSES TO STUDY THE DEVELOPMENT OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS, THE OUTPUT PROJECTION NEURONS THAT CONNECT THE EYE WITH THE BRAIN. THESE NEURONS ARE VULNERABLE TO INJURY IN TRAUMATIC OPTIC NERVE INJURIES AND TO DISEASES SUCH AS GLAUCOMA, AND A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR REVERSING VISUAL IMPAIRMENT. IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS APPLICATION, THE CANDIDATE PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE FUNCTION OF A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EXPRESSED BY RETINAL GANGLION CELLS IN A MOUSE LINE WITH THIS GENE CONDITIONALLY DELETED, AND BY USING OVEREXPRESSION IN RETINAL PROGENITOR CELLS IN VIVO. IN THE SECOND PART OF THIS APPLICATION, THE CANDIDATE PROPOSES TO SCREEN A CANDIDATE LIST OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS BY OVEREXPRESSION IN VIVO FOR THEIR ABILITY TO REPROGRAM ENDOGENOUS RETINAL CELLS TO PRODUCE NEW RETINAL GANGLION CELLS. OVERALL, INSIGHTS FROM THE STUDY OF NORMAL RETINAL GANGLION CELL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE APPLIED TO DEVELOP METHODS FOR REPLACING THESE CELLS WHEN THEY ARE DAMAGED OR DISEASED. THE CANDIDATE’S OVERALL CAREER GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENTAL PROCESSES THAT SHAPE THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, AND TO APPLY THIS DEVELOPMENTAL KNOWLEDGE TO REGENERATE NEURONS LOST TO INJURY OR DISEASE. THE CANDIDATE HAS A DEEP BACKGROUND IN CEREBRAL CORTICAL DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND PROPOSES TO RECEIVE TRAINING IN RETINAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THE RETINA IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ACCESSIBLE TO CLINICAL MANIPULATION, AND PROMISING REGENERATIVE THERAPIES ARE ALREADY BEGINNING TO COME TO FRUITION. DURING THE MENTORED PHASE OF THIS AWARD, THE CANDIDATE WILL PRIORITIZE UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF RETINAL DEVELOPMENT, TO DO PRODUCTIVE AND MEANINGFUL SCIENCE, AND CONSEQUENTLY TO TRANSITION RESEARCH FROM CEREBRAL CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT TO RETINAL DEVELOPMENT. THE PI WILL WORK WITH MENTORS DR. JEFFREY GOLDBERG AND DR. SUI WANG, TOGETHER WITH MEMBERS OF A STANFORD FACULTY ADVISORY TEAM. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND TRAINING PLANS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE LABORATORY OF DR. JEFFREY GOLDBERG, CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE. THE OUTSTANDING VISION SCIENCE GROUP AT STANFORD IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE WORLD-CLASS NEUROSCIENCE AND BROADER LIFE SCIENCES COMMUNITY AT STANFORD AS A WHOLE, WITH BENEFITS OF A CLOSE-KNIT AND FOCUSED DEPARTMENT AND THE RESOURCES OF THE WIDER UNIVERSITY.

CAREER: DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES FOR INVESTIGATING OLFACTORY SYSTEM HETEROGENEITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MOVING FACULTY FROM EXPERIMENTATION WITH TO LONG-TERM ADOPTION OF ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

DEVELOPMENT OF E-LEARNING MODULES FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

SHETLAND ISLANDS CLIMATE AND SETTLEMENT PROJECT: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CATASTROPHES ON NORTHERN COASTLINES

QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF ULTRACOLD BUBBLES

CAREER: CONFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC DIPOLES ON THE PYROCHLORE LATTICE -PART 1: NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY MATERIALS THAT CAN RESPOND TO EXTERNAL STIMULI (SUCH AS MAGNETIC OR ELECTRICAL FIELDS) ARE HIGHLY DESIRABLE FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING THOSE RELEVANT TO THE ELECTRONICS AND ENERGY INDUSTRIES. WHILE MANY MATERIALS HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESPOND AND INTERACT WITH ONE TYPE OF EXTERNAL STIMULUS, ONLY A FEW MATERIALS ARE KNOWN THAT CAN SIMULTANEOUSLY INTERACT WITH MORE THAN ONE STIMULUS AND THE DISCOVERY AND UNDERSTANDING OF SUCH MATERIALS IS AN ACTIVE AREA OF RESEARCH. WITH THIS CAREER AWARD, SUPPORTED BY THE SOLID STATE AND MATERIALS CHEMISTRY PROGRAM IN NSF?S DIVISION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, PROF. LAURITA?S GROUP AT BATES COLLEGE FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING HOW THE ARRANGEMENT OF ATOMS ALLOWS FOR INTERACTION WITH EXTERNAL STIMULI IN A WIDELY STUDIED YET POORLY UNDERSTOOD FAMILY OF MATERIALS CALLED PYROCHLORES. THE UNDERSTANDING AND PRINCIPLES OBTAINED FROM THIS WORK WILL ULTIMATELY OFFER DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR A BROAD RANGE OF TECHNOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT PROPERTIES. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ARE CENTRAL TO THIS WORK, WHICH ADDRESSES A NATIONAL NEED TO EDUCATE AND TRAIN FUTURE GENERATIONS OF MATERIAL SCIENTISTS. THE PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT ESTABLISHES A BRIDGE BETWEEN GRADUATE STUDIES AT RESEARCH-INTENSIVE INSTITUTIONS AND A CAREER IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION (PUI). THROUGH TARGETED ADVERTISEMENT AT URM-SERVING GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR PROMOTES PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS FROM HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED AND UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. THIS PROGRAM ADDITIONALLY PLAYS A ROLE IN LONG-TERM AND BROADER GOALS TO DIVERSIFY ACADEMIC FACULTY, PARTICULARLY AT PUIS. WITH SUPPORT FROM THIS GRANT HANDS-ON, IMMERSIVE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AT A RESEARCH-FOCUSED PUI FOR UPPER-LEVEL GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE CREATED. THIS ACTIVITY INFORMS GRADUATE STUDENTS ON A CAREER AT A PUI, PROVIDES VALUABLE INTERACTION AND CO-MENTORING BETWEEN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPANTS, AND ADVANCES THE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES OF THE GRANT AND THE GRADUATE STUDENTS? DISSERTATION WORK THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS. PART 2: TECHNICAL SUMMARY THE PYROCHLORE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE EXHIBITS A MYRIAD OF TECHNOLOGICALLY RELEVANT PROPERTIES INCLUDING SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, FERROELECTRICITY, PHOTOCATALYSIS, AND FRUSTRATED MAGNETISM. WHILE THERE EXISTS A WEALTH OF STUDIES ON PYROCHLORES, THE INTRICACIES OF THIS SYSTEM LEAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT INTENTIONALLY MANIPULATING THE CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURE FOR THE DESIRED FUNCTIONALITY. THE PYROCHLORE STRUCTURE IS INHERENTLY COMPLEX DUE TO TWO INTERPENETRATING SUBNETWORKS, AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES CAN BE DRIVEN BY SUBSTITUTION OR VACANCIES ON EITHER NETWORK. ADDITIONALLY, THE TRIANGULAR ARRANGEMENT OF CATIONS ON EACH SUBLATTICE LEADS TO STRUCTURAL AND BEHAVIORAL QUESTIONS DUE TO GEOMETRICAL CONSTRAINTS. THE RESEARCH CARRIED OUT UNDER THIS CAREER AWARD BUILDS ON PREVIOUS STUDIES ON THE DRIVERS OF STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS IN PYROCHLORES. NOW THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATES TWO HYPOTHESES THAT AROSE FROM THIS WORK: (1) MAGNETIC CATIONS, REGARDLESS OF LONG-RANGE ORDERING, PLAY A ROLE IN MAGNETOELECTRIC INTERACTIONS ON BOTH A LOCAL AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SCALE AND (2) THE CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORDERING OF VACANCIES/DOPANTS DICTATES THE ORDERING OF ELECTRIC DIPOLES AND IS KEY TO DRIVING LONG RANGE POLAR STRUCTURES. THE CURRENT WORK FOCUSES ON THE CONFLUENCE OF MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC DIPOLES IN THE PYROCHLORE STRUCTURE AND THE ROLE OF VACANCIES IN THESE INTERACTIONS. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCH INVESTIGATES: (1) SUBSTITUTION OF CATIONS WITH THE PROPENSITY TO FORM ELECTRIC DIPOLES (D0 OR S2 ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATIONS), (2) SUBSTITUTION OF MAGNETIC CATIONS WITH UNPAIRED D OR F ELECTRONS, AND (3) THE PRESENCE OF ANION VACANCIES; AND THEREBY AIMS TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOR OF PYROCHLORES, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE BEHAVIOR AND INTERACTION OF MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC DIPOLES ON BOTH A LOCAL AND CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SCALE, AND ULTIMATELY TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF NOVEL MATERIALS FOR MULTIFERROIC APPLICATIONS. WITH SUPPORT FROM THIS GRANT HANDS-ON, IMMERSIVE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AT A RESEARCH-FOCUSED PUI FOR UPPER-LEVEL GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE CREATED. THIS ACTIVITY INFORMS GRADUATE STUDENTS ON A CAREER AT A PUI, PROVIDES VALUABLE INTERACTION AND CO-MENTORING BETWEEN GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE PARTICIPANTS, AND ADVANCES THE SCIENCE OBJECTIVES OF THE GRANT AND THE GRADUATE STUDENTS? DISSERTATION WORK THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH EFFORTS. 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.

DEVELOPMENTAL ARSENIC EXPOSURE CAUSES OBESITY LIVER DISEASE AND HYPERGLYCEMIA IN

REGULATION OF INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM SIGNALING AND PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM BY IRBIT - PROJECT SUMMARY EPILEPSY AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AFFECT MORE THAN NINE MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES. DESPITE THEIR SEVERITY AND DECADES OF RESEARCH, WE STILL LACK AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS GOVERNING THESE DISEASES AND OTHER RELATED NEUROPATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. WE PROPOSE THAT A RECENTLY DISCOVERED PROTEIN, IRBIT (IP3R BINDING PROTEIN RELEASED WITH INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE), FUNCTIONS AS A REGULATOR OF TWO MAJOR SIGNALING PATHWAYS, LIPID-BASED PHOSPHOINOSITIDE SIGNALING AND RELEASE OF CALCIUM IONS FROM INTRACELLULAR ORGANELLES INTO THE CYTOPLASM, THAT HAVE BOTH BEEN SHOWN TO BE CRITICALLY INVOLVED IN THESE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES AND OTHER PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. BASED ON THIS HYPOTHESIS, WE WILL CHARACTERIZE HOW IRBIT REGULATES THESE SIGNALING PATHWAYS BY (I) CHARACTERIZING CALCIUM SIGNALING IN WILD-TYPE AND IRBIT-/- HUMAN EMBRYONIC KIDNEY (HEK293) CELLS, (II) UTILIZING THESE CELL LINES TO ANALYZE PHOSPHOINOSITIDE COMPOSITION BY LIPID MASS SPECTROMETRY AND DETERMINE THE KINETICS OF PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM USING FLUORESCENT PHOSPHOINOSITIDE-BINDING PROTEINS IN LIVE- CELL CONFOCAL IMAGING EXPERIMENTS, AND (III) USING AN UNBIASED WHOLE-GENOME EXPRESSION ANALYSIS VIA RNA-SEQ IN WILD-TYPE AND IRBIT-/- HUMAN EMBRYONIC KIDNEY CELLS TO ASSESS HOW IRBIT’S ACTIVITY INFLUENCES EXPRESSION OF GENES INVOLVED IN THESE TWO SIGNALING NETWORKS. THE DATA FROM THE PROPOSED EXPERIMENTS WILL ALLOW US TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO A NOVEL MECHANISM BY WHICH ONE PROTEIN, IRBIT, REGULATES TWO SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT ARE OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE IN PRACTICALLY ALL MAMMALIAN CELLS. THIS ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THESE SIGNALING PATHWAYS AND THEIR REGULATOR MECHANISMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO FURTHER OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE MOLECULAR NATURE OF DEBILITATING DISEASES SUCH AS EPILEPSY AND ALZHEIMER’S AND ALLOW US TO DEVELOP IMPROVED TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR PATIENTS AFFECTED BY THESE CONDITIONS.

EMBRACE-AGS-GROWTH: ADVANCING TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION MODELS TO SUPPORT NEXT-GENERATION REMOTE SENSING -THIS EMBRACE GROWTH PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW-TEMPERATURE SPECTROSCOPY FACILITY AT BATES COLLEGE. CURRENTLY, BIASES BETWEEN SENSING INSTRUMENTS FOR CERTAIN COMPOUNDS ARE TOO LARGE FOR ADDRESSING CRITICAL UNCERTAINTIES IN GLOBAL BUDGETS. FOR INSTRUMENTS BASED ON ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY, A PRIMARY SOURCE OF THESE BIASES LIES IN INACCURACIES IN THE SPECTROSCOPIC MODELS THAT CONVERT ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA TO CONCENTRATIONS. THROUGH A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BATES COLLEGE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, THIS LOW-TEMPERATURE FACILITY WILL COMBINE DUAL FREQUENCY COMB SPECTROMETERS AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE TEST ENVIRONMENTS TO ENABLE BROADBAND, HIGH ACCURACY REFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY OVER A WIDE RANGE OF TEMPERATURES. THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD ADDRESSING INACCURACIES IN SPECTROSCOPIC MODELS THROUGH CAREFUL LABORATORY REFERENCE SPECTROSCOPY AND FUNDAMENTAL LINE SHAPE STUDIES THAT WILL DISENTANGLE NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRA. THE METHOD WILL BE APPLIED TO MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC METHANE TO REDUCE BIASES BETWEEN MONITORING INSTRUMENTS. THE STUDY WILL PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NEW DATA TO THE SPECTROSCOPIC AND REMOTE SENSING COMMUNITIES INCLUDING ADVANCED LINE SHAPE PARAMETERS AND THEIR TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE FOR METHANE TRANSITIONS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN MEASURED PREVIOUSLY. THIS PROJECT FORGES A COLLABORATION BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AT UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER AND BATES COLLAGE THAT WILL FACILITATE TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR BATES STUDENTS ON STATE-OF-THE-ART, NSF-FUNDED LABORATORY AND FIELD-MEASUREMENT RESOURCES. 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.

CHRONIC INTERMITTENT HYPEROXIA AND DEVELOPMENT OF RESPIRATORY CONTROL

RUI: CHANGES IN BASELINE CONDITIONS IN GULF OF MAINE COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS OVER THE LAST 4000 YEARS

TAS::97 0400:: TAS "(DEPSCOR) CONDENSED-MATTER ANALOG SYSTEMS WITH ULTRA COOLD ATOMS IN NOVEL OPTICAL LATTICES"

ADVANCING MODELS OF LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT -THIS RESEARCH EXAMINES INDIVIDUALS? DECISIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROGRAMS, WHICH PROVIDE FINANCIAL REMUNERATION TO OFFSET THE COSTS THAT LANDOWNERS MAY INCUR WHEN ADOPTING LAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES. IN THIS PROJECT, THE RESEARCHERS CONSIDER FACTORS THAT POTENTIALLY EXPLAIN WHY INDIVIDUALS VARY IN THEIR WILLINGNESS TO JOIN PAYMENT PROGRAMS. USING EXPERIMENTAL METHODS AND SIMULATIONS, THE RESEARCHERS EXAMINE THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES, NORMS OF BEHAVIOR, DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY, AND PROGRAMMATIC MESSAGING AS PREDICTORS OF PARTICIPATION. THE PROJECT ALSO ENHANCES THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ASSIST WITH THE RESEARCH. THIS PROJECT COMBINES ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS, SPATIALLY EXPLICIT AGENT-BASED MODELS, AND LANDSCAPE PATTERN ANALYSIS TO UNDERSTAND HOW INTERACTIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES AND INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN DRIVE LAND USE AND MANAGEMENT PATTERNS. THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN PARALLELS THE DECISIONS FACED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH PAYMENT PROGRAMS. THE EXPERIMENTS ARE CONDUCTED BOTH WITH INDIVIDUALS AND WITH SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS, LAND USE PROFESSIONALS, AND ECONOMISTS. IN TURN, THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ARE USED TO PARAMETERIZE THE AGENT-BASED MODELS, WHICH FACILITATE INFERENCES ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIVIDUALS? MOTIVATIONS AND SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS, RESPECTIVELY. RESULTS ARE DISSEMINATED TO OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONS. SOFTWARE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT IS MADE AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE RESEARCH. 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.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OPENING PANDORA'S BOX WITH A BIOTIC KEY: CAN CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS IN NUTRIENT-POOR LAKES ACCELERATE EUTROPHICATION?

USING FLUORESCENCE NANOSCOPY TO STUDY RNA LOCALIZATION IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI, THE SPIROCHETE THAT CAUSES LYME DISEASE

3C PROTEASE POLYUBIQUITYLATION AS A PICORNAVIRUS REPLICATION SUCCESS DETERMINANT

MRNA DEGRADATION IN BORRELIA BURGDORFERI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EXPLORING THE ROLE OF OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC FORCING ON ARCTIC MARINE CLIMATE FROM NEWLY DEVELOPED ANNUAL SHELL BASED RECOR

TEMYIQ TUYURYAQ: COLLABORATIVE ARCHAEOLOGY THE YUPIIT WAY

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-POWER NARROW-BAND TUNABLE LASER SYSTEM FOR USE IN PHYSICS RESEARCH

RUI: CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS IN THE POND SNAILS, HELISOMA TRIVOLVIS AND BIOMPHALARIA GLABRATA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: UNCOVERING THE NEURAL DYNAMICS OF SCENE CATEGORIZATION THROUGH ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY, MACHINE LEARNING, AND NEUROMODULATION

A COMMUNITY-ENGAGED APPROACH TO REDUCING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AT BATES COLLEGE

THE ROLE OF ENDOGENOUS OXYTOCIN IN ADULT PSYCHOSOCIAL ADJUSTMENT: MAIN EFFECTS AND INTERACTIONS WITH SEROTONERGIC AND DOPAMINERGIC MODULATORS OF SOCI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARCTIC HYDROLOGICAL REGIME SHIFT IN A WARMING CLIMATE

"BATES COLLEGE WILL EXPAND THE FUNCTIONALITY AND USABILITY OF THE DIVERSE BOOK FINDER, AN ONLINE REPOSITORY WHICH INCLUDES RECORDS FOR MORE THAN 2,000 CHILDREN'S BOOKS PUBLISHED SINCE 2000. THIS PHASE WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING A COLLECTIONS ANALYSIS TOOL TO HELP CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GAPS IN THEIR COLLECTION AS IT RELATES TO RACIAL REPRESENTATION; IMPROVE SEARCH ENGINE OPERABILITY; AND PROVIDE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIBRARIANS IN MAINE IN COLLABORATION WITH MAINE STATE LIBRARY. THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE LIBRARIES' POSITION AS COMMUNITY ANCHORS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF COLLECTIONS THAT REFLECT AND SERVE THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND IT WILL HELP LIBRARIANS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSITIVE SELF-IMAGE AND INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE AMONG CHILDREN, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR ABILITY TO THRIVE IN OUR INCREASINGLY DIVERSE WORLD. THE ONLINE FORMAT OF THIS PROJECT OFFERS THE POTENTIAL TO REACH A BROAD AUDIENCE, INCLUDING PUBLIC LIBRARIANS, SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, K-3 TEACHERS, HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY AND STUDENTS, PARENTS AND CATALOGERS OF CHILDREN'S MATERIALS AS WELL AS PUBLISHERS."

RUI: PERTURBATION-INDUCED DYNAMICS AND CHAOS SYNCHRONIZATION IN MULTI-TRANSVERSE-MODE VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS

TIME-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN RESPIRATORY CONTROL AFTER PERINATAL HYPEROXIA

RUI: CHIRAL NMR SHIFT REAGENTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RESOLVING PAST FIRE-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS TO UNDERSTAND FUTURE FIRE POTENTIAL IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES -THE CLIMATIC AND ANTHROPOGENIC CONTROLS OF FIRE IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES (US) ARE UNDERSTUDIED RELATIVE TO OTHER AREAS OF THE US. DESPITE RECENT FIRE EVENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE WILL DRIVE LONGER, MORE INTENSE FIRE SEASONS, THE UNDERSTANDING OF LONG-TERM FIRE-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS IN EASTERN US FORESTS REMAINS LIMITED. THE PROJECT WILL INFORM BROADER SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUTURE FIRE RISKS OF THE REGION. WILDFIRE EVENTS AND SEASONS IN THE EASTERN US ARE INCREASINGLY AFFECTING PEOPLE, ECOLOGY, AND LAND MANAGEMENT, SO THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT SOCIETAL BENEFITS BY GENERATING NEW SCIENCE TO INFORM WILDFIRE-RELATED CLIMATE ADAPTATION EFFORTS. THE PROJECT WILL WORK WITH US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTERS TO COMMUNICATE FINDINGS TO REGIONAL SCIENTISTS, STAKEHOLDERS AND POLICYMAKERS. THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH WITH MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BETTER RESOLVE REGIONAL FIRE-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF HOLOCENE (LAST ~12,000 YEARS) PALEOFIRE RECORDS AND TO BETTER DEFINE CONTROLS ON CURRENT AND PROJECTED FIRE POTENTIAL. BY ANALYZING PARTICULATE AND MOLECULAR BY-PRODUCTS OF WILDFIRES PRESERVED IN SEDIMENT RECORDS (E.G., LAKES, WETLANDS) SPANNING THE HOLOCENE, THE PROJECT WILL COMPARE FIRE AND CLIMATE HISTORIES PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF HUMAN IMPACTS TO LANDSCAPES AS A MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING BASELINE FIRE-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS IN THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING NEW EMPIRICAL DATA, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO LEVERAGE EXISTING PALEOCLIMATE DATASETS TO BETTER RESOLVE REGIONAL FIRE-CLIMATE RELATIONSHIPS AND BETTER DEFINE CONTROLS ON FUTURE FIRE POTENTIAL. EMPIRICAL DATA WILL BE COMPARED TO TRANSIENT PALEOCLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS TO ENABLE QUANTITATIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF REGION-SPECIFIC FIRE ACTIVITY AND RELATIONSHIPS TO PAST AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGES BASED ON TREND ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL MODELING, AND APPLICATION OF SELECT FIRE INDICES. 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.

RUI: MELT VISCOSITIES IN SILICA-UNDERSATURATED SYSTEMS

NSFGEO-NERC: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND IMPACTS ON ANCIENT HUMAN COLONIZATION OF PEARY LAND, NORTHERNMOST GREENLAND -THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION?S DIRECTORATE OF GEOSCIENCES (NSF/GEO) AND THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL (UKRI/NERC) OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) VIA THE NSF/GEO-NERC LEAD AGENCY AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT ALLOWS A SINGLE JOINT US/UK PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED AND PEER-REVIEWED BY THE AGENCY WHOSE INVESTIGATOR HAS THE LARGEST PROPORTION OF THE BUDGET. UPON SUCCESSFUL JOINT DETERMINATION OF AN AWARD, EACH AGENCY FUNDS THE PROPORTION OF THE BUDGET AND THE INVESTIGATORS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS OWN INVESTIGATORS AND COMPONENT OF THE WORK. ARCTIC COMMUNITIES HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF ENDURANCE IN EXTREME CLIMATES. HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN THE PAST IS OF DIRECT RELEVANCE TODAY AND WILL OFFER THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE NORTH A WINDOW INTO A TIME WHEN ANCIENT PEOPLE FOUND WAYS TO ENDURE IN THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. THE RESEARCH WILL DOCUMENT HOW PERIODS OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND ABANDONMENT IN NORTHERN GREENLAND WERE RELATED TO CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS OVER THE PAST 4500 YEARS. IN THIS REMOTE REGION, CLIMATE CHANGE PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE SURVIVAL OF PEOPLE BY AFFECTING VEGETATION AND THE ABUNDANCE OF GRAZING ANIMALS, AS WELL AS THE PRESENCE OF MARINE MAMMALS ON THE COAST. WHEN CLIMATE WAS FAVORABLE, RESOURCES WERE ABUNDANT AND THE VULNERABILITY OF HUMANS TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE WAS LOW. DURING TIMES OF LESS FAVORABLE CLIMATE, RESOURCES BECAME MORE LIMITED AND SENSITIVITY TO FLUCTUATIONS IN CLIMATE INCREASED. WHEN CONDITIONS BECAME SUFFICIENTLY INHOSPITABLE TO HUMANS, EXCEEDING THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO ADAPT, THEY LEFT THE AREA FOR MORE FAVORABLE LOCATIONS. THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH EARLY PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO ADAPT AND SURVIVE, AS WELL AS CONDITIONS THAT MAY HAVE LED THEM TO ABANDON THE REGION. THE PROJECT WILL EXAMINE INTERACTIONS AMONG PHYSICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND HUMAN SYSTEMS IN AN EXTREME, HIGH ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT. THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE HIGH RESOLUTION, QUANTITATIVE RECORDS OF CLIMATE AND VEGETATION CHANGE FROM LAKE SEDIMENTS, OBTAINED FROM LOCATIONS ADJACENT TO PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENTS. MEASUREMENTS OF THE INORGANIC CONTENT, LIPID BIOMARKERS, COMPOUND SPECIFIC STABLE ISOTOPES, POLLEN AND SPORES, CHIRONOMIDS, DIATOMS, AND SEDIMENTARY ANCIENT DNA WILL SHED LIGHT ON PALEOCLIMATE PATTERNS IN THE REGION. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY USING FIXED-WING DRONES WILL BE CONDUCTED TO INVENTORY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE REGION, AND THE PROJECT WILL MODEL PAST COASTAL SEA-ICE EXTENT UNDER DIFFERENT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. SEVERAL STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS WILL BE TRAINED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, AND OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES IN GREENLAND AS WELL AS STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES WILL COMMUNICATE RESEARCH OUTCOMES TO A WIDE AUDIENCE. 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.

RUI: DEVELOPING INSIGHT AND CONTROL OF POLARITY IN THE PYROCHLORE LATTICE

RUI: LEAD INTERACTIONS WITH METALLOTHIONEIN-3

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: REU SITE: SVALBARD REU: HOLOCENE AND MODERN CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORWEGIAN HIGH ARCTIC

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TESTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF WING FLEXIBILITY TO COMPREHENSIVE FLIGHT PERFORMANCE IN FREELY FLYING INSECTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: TOPOLOGICAL METHODS FOR ANALYZING SHIFTING PATTERNS AND POPULATION COLLAPSE -PROFOUND AND IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEMS, SUCH AS POPULATION COLLAPSE, ARE OCCURRING GLOBALLY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE, HABITAT DESTRUCTION, AND OVERUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, AND ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE FREQUENT IN THE FUTURE. TO PREVENT AN IMPENDING COLLAPSE, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE EARLY WARNING SIGNS. THIS IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING IN ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS DUE TO THEIR NATURALLY COMPLEX BEHAVIOR IN BOTH SPACE AND TIME, AS WELL AS NOISY AND/OR POORLY RESOLVED DATA. IN THIS PROJECT, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL USE A NOVEL APPROACH FOR EARLY DETECTION OF IMPENDING POPULATION COLLAPSE, AND APPLY THE METHODOLOGY TO SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED POPULATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, A GRASSLAND. THEY UTILIZE A METHOD CALLED COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY, WHICH CAN QUANTIFY FEATURES OF A POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PATTERN, SUCH AS THE LEVEL OF PATCHINESS IN THE PATTERN. IN PREVIOUS WORK, THE INVESTIGATORS USED A SPATIAL POPULATION MODEL TO QUANTIFY THE CHANGES IN A POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PATTERN THAT OCCURRED AS THE POPULATION WENT EXTINCT AND OBSERVED A TOPOLOGICAL ROUTE TO EXTINCTION. IN THIS PROJECT, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL DEVELOP AND EXTEND THE METHODOLOGY FOR USE IN STOCHASTIC POPULATION MODELS AND REAL-WORLD DATA SETS, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF NOISE AND/OR MISSING/CORRUPTED DATA. THE DEVELOPED METHODOLOGY WILL SERVE AS AN ADDITIONAL TOOL FOR THE PREDICTION OF IMPENDING POPULATION COLLAPSE. THIS TOOL CAN THEN BE USED BY CONSERVATION BIOLOGISTS AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGERS IN ORDER TO ASSIST IN PRESERVING VULNERABLE SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS. THE PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, AND INCLUDES RECRUITMENT EFFORTS DIRECTED AT STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. IN PREVIOUS WORK ON DATA GENERATED BY A DETERMINISTIC POPULATION MODEL, THE INVESTIGATORS MEASURED CHANGES IN TOPOLOGICAL FEATURES (VIA CUBICAL HOMOLOGY) OF POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS EN ROUTE TO EXTINCTION, AND OBSERVED CLEAR TOPOLOGICAL SIGNATURES OF IMPENDING COLLAPSE. RESULTS WITH THE DETERMINISTIC MODEL SERVE AS A PROOF OF CONCEPT, BUT IN THIS PROJECT, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL STUDY DYNAMICAL CHANGES IN STOCHASTIC POPULATION MODELS AND REAL ECOLOGICAL DATA SETS. TRANSITIONING FROM DETERMINISTIC TO STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS WILL REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE METHODOLOGY, AND WILL REQUIRE THE USE OF MORE SOPHISTICATED TOOLS, E.G., MULTIPARAMETER PERSISTENT HOMOLOGY. THE DEVELOPED METHODOLOGY MUST BE ABLE TO DETECT SIGNAL IN NOISY DATA, CORRUPTED DATA, MISSING DATA, AND DATA THAT IS SPARSE IN SPACE AND/OR TIME. BECAUSE THE TOPOLOGICAL APPROACH CAN DISTINGUISH FINE-SCALE STOCHASTIC NOISE FROM LARGE-SCALE DETERMINISTIC SPATIAL PATTERNS, IT IS A PROMISING TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF NOISY ECOLOGICAL DATA, AND PRELIMINARY WORK USING MULTIPARAMETER PERSISTENCE SHOWS THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF RECOVERING TRUE? DYNAMICAL SIGNAL (A POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PATTERN) FROM NOISE. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY PROGRAM OF THE DIVISION OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (DMS) IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES (MPS), THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR), AND THE POPULATION AND COMMUNITY ECOLOGY CLUSTER (PEC) OF THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY (DEB) IN THE DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (BIO). 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.

IDENTITY AND MULTILINGUALISM THROUGH PICTURE BOOKS [BATES COLLEGE REQUESTS LEVEL 1 SUPPORT TO CONDUCT A TWO-WEEK SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR TWENTY-NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ON ?IDENTITY AND MULTILINGUALISM THROUGH PICTURE BOOKS.? WILL FOCUS ON PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE LEARNING THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS, ENGAGING WITH NARRATIVE FORM AND STRUCTURE (TRANSLATION, MULTILINGUALISM, CODE-SWITCHING) AS WELL AS VISUAL CONSTRUCTION (ILLUSTRATIONS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND CULTURE AS WELL AS MODES OF INTERACTING WITH BOOK FORMAT).]

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF WHOLE-TREE 3D XYLEM NETWORKS IN RESPONSE TO PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DROUGHT

CHIRAL NMR SHIFT REAGENTS

THIS PROJECT PRIMES RURAL COLLEGE STUDENTS FOR A LIFETIME OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, WHILE CHANGING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO B

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL AND SAFETY SUPPLIES EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: VIDEO-RECORDING EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION LINEUPS: TESTING FOR UNANTICIPATED COSTS AND UNDISCOVERED BENEFITS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EVALUATING THE MOLECULAR GENETIC PATHWAYS RESPONSIBLE FOR STABLE HOST: SYMBIONT INTERACTIONS IN SPONGE:ALGAL ASSOCIATIONS

RUI: THE DYNAMIC INTERACTION BETWEEN INVESTIGATOR AND EYEWITNESS: EFFECTS ON MEMORY REPORTS AND INTERVIEWER BEHAVIOR

RUI: CAN BRIEF SOCIAL INTERACTIONS UNDERMINE SYSTEM VARIABLE PROTECTIONS AGAINST FALSE EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATIONS?

TOPICS IN TOPOLOGICAL FIXED POINT THEORY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: ABSORPTION AND EMISSION LINE PROBES OF GALACTIC WINDS WITH EBOSS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EXTREME STARBURSTS AND OUTFLOWS: THE FORMATION OF MASSIVE COMPACT GALAXIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEXTUAL E-LEARNING MODULES FOR ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

THIS PROJECT PRIMES A DIVERSE POOL OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS FOR A LIFETIME OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP; CREATES AND SUSTAINS CHANGES IN COMMUNITY COLL

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: E-RISE RII: ENHANCING MAINE FOREST ECONOMY, SUSTAINABILITY, AND TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION -THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, MAINE-FOREST, SUPPORTS INCUBATING RESEARCH THEMES, TEAMS, AND PRODUCTS IN A SCIENTIFIC TOPICAL AREA THAT LINKS TO RESEARCH PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE STATE?S APPROVED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (S&T) PLAN. MAINE-FOREST WILL DELIVER A DIVERSE, SUSTAINABLE, AND STATEWIDE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATION INCUBATOR THAT BUILDS STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) CAPACITY. THIS WILL FUEL THE DRAMATIC GROWTH OF THE STATE?S FOREST-BASED ECONOMY AND THE RURAL COMMUNITIES IT SUPPORTS. FOUR INTERCONNECTED RESEARCH THEMES IN THE PROJECT REFLECT STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE JURISDICTION THAT ALIGN WITH THE STATE?S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE ACTION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLANS. THE PROJECT ALSO WILL LEVERAGE PRIOR INVESTMENTS IN MAINE?S RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING FEDERAL AWARDS AND PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS, AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH NATIONAL LABORATORIES AND INDUSTRY. NOVEL PARTICIPATORY AND INCLUSIVE APPROACHES WILL NURTURE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF DIVERSE GROUPS OF NATURAL RESOURCE-DEPENDENT RURAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TO RESPOND TO CURRENT AND FUTURE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL THREATS AND OPPORTUNITIES. THIS NEW, PARTNERSHIP-BASED INFRASTRUCTURE WILL HELP TO CREATE A FAR MORE INCLUSIVE APPROACH TO PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN MAINE?S FOREST-BASED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE, R&D CAPACITY, AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS. INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WILL REINFORCE THE RESEARCH THEMES IN THE PROJECT WHILE ALSO CONNECTING WITH PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN A COMPANION EPSCOR COLLABORATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING RESEARCH ECOSYSTEMS RII AWARD (OIA-2412130). MAINE-FOREST?S FOUR CONVERGENT INCUBATOR THEMES INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL AI & INFORMATICS, CELLULOSIC NANOFIBER (CNF) BIOPRODUCTS, RURAL & TRIBAL RESILIENCE, AND SMART RURAL DEVELOPMENT. STATEWIDE INCUBATOR TEAMS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH THEME AIM TO CLOSE KEY KNOWLEDGE GAPS. MAINE-FOREST WILL ADVANCE ONE'S ABILITY TO CHARACTERIZE AND UTILIZE CNF WITHIN AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CONTEXT. NEW AI/ML-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGIES WILL BE APPLIED TO ASSESS CORE ECOSYSTEM ATTRIBUTES ACROSS BROAD SPATIAL-TEMPORAL SCALES. INNOVATIVE, CULTURALLY INCLUSIVE APPROACHES WILL BE APPLIED TO PARTICIPATORY SYSTEMS DYNAMICS MODELING TO BETTER LEVERAGE STAKEHOLDER NETWORKS. RESEARCH ON THE PROGRAM?S COLLABORATIVE CULTURE AND PROCESSES, INCLUDING A COHORT-BASED APPROACH TO STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, WILL YIELD NEW INFORMATION REGARDING CONVERGENT SCIENCE. DELIVERABLES FROM MAINE-FOREST INCLUDE, IN ADDITION TO TYPICAL SCIENTIFIC OUTPUTS, INCREASED RESEARCH CAPACITY WITH SUPPORT FOR 20 EARLY-CAREER FACULTY, A NEW FOREST SECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FACULTY POSITION, AND AN ACTIONABLE DASHBOARD OF METRICS RELATED TO FOREST, ECONOMY, AND WORKFORCE CAPACITY. MAINE-FOREST IS LED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. PROJECT PARTNERS INCLUDE AN EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTION (THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE), TWO PUBLIC, PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, TWO PRIVATE COLLEGES (COLBY AND BATES), AND STRATEGIC NON-PROFITS ACROSS THE STATE (THE MAINE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, MAINE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE ALLIANCE, MAINE TREE, THE RURAL ASPIRATIONS). MAINE-FOREST WILL DIRECTLY SUPPORT AT LEAST 45 FACULTY (45% EARLY-CAREER), 85 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, 10 GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND 4 POSTDOCS. THE PROJECT WILL POTENTIALLY BENEFIT 200 K-12 EDUCATORS AND NEARLY 2,000 STUDENTS IN 15 SCHOOLS WILL DIRECTLY BENEFIT. TEN DIVERSE RURAL AND ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED MAINE COMMUNITIES, AND A TRIBAL NATION, WILL ALSO BE DIRECTLY ENGAGED. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE NSF EPSCOR RESEARCH INCUBATORS FOR STEM EXCELLENCE (E-RISE) RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE E-RISE RII PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE BROAD NETWORKS OF INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS, AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) RESEARCH CAPACITY AND COMPETITIVENESS IN A JURISDICTION WITHIN A FIELD OF RESEARCH ALIGNED WITH THE JURISDICTION'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRIORITIES. 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.

RCN-UBE INCUBATOR: NETWORK FOR AN OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE BIOLOGY EDUCATION: THE PROMISE OF EQUITY AND THE CHALLENGE OF SUSTAINABILITY

RNAI, RACE, AND THE DOMESTICATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY: THE EMERGENCE OF COSMETIC GENOMICS

RUI: CDS&E: FAST TREECODE METHODS FOR PARTICLE-PARTICLE MULTIPOLAR ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS IN MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PROMOTING A GROWTH MINDSET USING AUTOMATED FEEDBACK

TUYURYAQ (TOGIAK, ALASKA): A MODEL FOR ALASKA NATIVE YOUTH LEARNING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES

RAPID: RETURN MIGRANTS, VIOLENT ELECTORAL POLITICS AND ELECTORAL INTEGRITY

TOPICS IN THE THEORY OF ELLIPTIC BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AS PART OF BATES DANCE FESTIVALS (BDF) PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM AND YOUNG DANCERS WORKSHOP.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY REGGIE WILSON/FIST AND HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP AND ANANYA DANCE THEATRE AS PART OF THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY.

TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING COSTS IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION OF DANCE ARTISTS AT THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT THE PRESENTATION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE AT THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT BATES DANCE FESTIVAL'S ACTIVITIES, SEEDING THE FIELD: CULTIVATING AN INNOVATIVE DANCE COMMUNITY.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES PRESENTED BY GESEL MASON AS PART OF THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT THE THOUSAND WORDS PROJECT AT THE BATES COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART. THE ASSESSMENT TOOL IS THE REQUIRED PRODUCT.

TO SUPPORT DANCE ARTIST RESIDENCIES AS PART OF THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT CULTIVATING INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY IN DANCE, A PROGRAM OF DANCE ARTIST RESIDENCIES AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT CULTIVATING INNOVATION AND COMMUNITY IN DANCE, A PROGRAM OF DANCE ARTIST RESIDENCIES AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT DANCE ARTIST RESIDENCIES AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT DANCE ARTIST RESIDENCIES AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES BY KYLE MARSHALL CHOREOGRAPHY AS PART OF THE BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

TO SUPPORT ARTISTS RESIDENCIES AS PART OF THE ANNUAL BATES DANCE FESTIVAL.

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND COLLABORATION FOR MONITORING CHANGES IN COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS, GULF OF MAINE

RAPID: EFFECTS OF HURRICANE IRMA ON SHALLOW-WATER MARINE ECOSYSTEMS: ASSESSING RESILIENCY OF SPONGE AND MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

SPARKS

2011 EDMAP

SPOKES: SMALL: NORTHEAST: COLLABORATIVE: BUILDING THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS DATA INTEGRATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL LONG TAIL

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RESOLVING CENTENNIAL- TO MILLENNIAL-SCALE TRENDS IN GLACIER EXTENT AND LAKE SEDIMENTATION IN THE BROOKS RANGE, ARCTIC ALASKA

NSF SUPPORT OF STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS TO APS-DAMOP 2016

EDMAP 2014-004 BEDROCK MAPPING

FY 2016 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - BOULDER

FY 2018 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PML

FY 2014 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - PML

FY 2016 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PML-PL

FY 2013 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - EL

FY 2015 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP -- PML-EE

COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT OF THE MARSDEN HARTLEY MEMORIAL COLLECTION

NIST SUPPORT OF STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS TO AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY/DIVISION OF ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS MEETING

PRESIDENT & TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE