American University Of Beirut

HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PHASE 2, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

HIGHER EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM (HES)

THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM VII (USP VII)

PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO LEBANESE STUDENTS

THE TLU PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS IN MENA COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM POPULATIONS TO ATTEND AMERICAN, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BASED IN THE REGION AND ACCREDITED BY A U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDU. SANCTIONED REGIONAL INSTITUTION.

THE BUREAU OF NEAR EASTERN AFFAIRS' MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE PROGRAM AWARDS THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

CRISIS MEDICAL RESPONSE FOR LEBANON (CMR LEBANON) ACTIVITY - AUB

TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. THIS PROJECT IS INTENDED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FOLLOWING STRATEGIC GOALS:. EXPAND ACCESS TO BASIC AND POST SE

THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVISE, IMPLEMENT, AND MONITOR WAYS FORWARD TOWARD DEVELOPING LOCALLY RESPONSIBLE MODELS FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC INCLUSION IN MENA

THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (USP) AIMS AT ENABLING MERITORIOUS AND FINANCIALLY NEEDY LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ACCESS QUALITY HIGHE

THE UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (USP) AIMS AT ENABLING MERITORIOUS AND FINANCIALLY NEEDY LEBANESE PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES TO ACCESS QUALITY HIGHE

UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - USP

USAP II AUB

PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERSERVED INDIVIDUALS IN THE MENA REGION.

TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - AUB

THE PURPOSE OF THE AWARD THROUGH AUB IS TO SUPPORT PRIVATE HOSPITALS TO PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS.

TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM III

THIS AWARD IS GOING TO AUB FOR TOMORROW'S LEADERS COLLEGE-TO-WORK (PIPELINE) PILOT.

TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION.

TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS IN THE MENA REGION.

SCHOLARSHIP AND FINANCIAL AID, LEADEARSHIP TRAINING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

TO PROVIDE MASTER'S DEGREE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO STUDENTS FROM MENA.

CAPACITY BUILDING IN CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

TO PROVIDE UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO UNDERSERVED STUDENTS FROM THE MENA REGION.

TOMORROW'S LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

FY 10 NEW GRANT - AUB

GRANTEE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH EQUIPPING AND RENOVATING SEVERAL FACILTIES ON AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT'S (AUB)CAMPUS.

FY 2011 - NEW GRANT - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FULLTIME TLU STUDENTS AT AUB TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN GENDER STUDIES.

TRUSTEES OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT - AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

TO PROVIDE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MENA STUDENTS.

TO PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND RENOVATE SPECIFIED FACULTIES AT THE UNIVERSITY I.E. ARTS & SCIENCES AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES ENGI

TO PROCURE STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMODITIES TO UPDATE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT'S RESEARCH TEACHING AND ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS.

CONSTRUCTING, UPGRADING AND MODERNIZING SEVERAL LABORATORY FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS PURCHASE STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT FOR SEVERAL FACULT

GRANTEE REQUESTED ASSISTANCE WITH THE RENOVATION OF SELECTED AREAS AND THE PURCHASING COMMODITIES TO UPGRADE THE MEDICAL CENTER FACILITIES MODERNIZE

AID-ASHA-G-13-00031 AUB COMMODITIES

FY 12 NEW GRANT TRUSTEES OF AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT

GRANT WAS AWARDED TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE WITH PURCHASING COMMODITIES AND RENOVATING SEVERAL FACILITIES ON AUB'S CAMPUS AND MEDICAL CENTER.

1/2 - THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION (GEOHEALTH-MENA) - LEBANON - 7. PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) REGION, ESPECIALLY ITS LMIC COUNTRIES, FACES A MYRIAD OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (EOH) CHALLENGES IN A CONTEXT OF DYNAMIC POLITICAL CHANGES, MULTIPLE CONCURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISES, WEAK REGULATIONS, AND LIMITED INVESTMENT IN EOH RESEARCH AND RESEARCH CAPACITY BUILDING. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) IN LEBANON (U01 APPLICATION) IS PARTNERING WITH YALE UNIVERSITY (U2R APPLICATION) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IN THE US TO ESTABLISH A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING HUB FOR THE MENA REGION (GEOHEALTH MENA), WHERE AUB SERVES AS THE HUB INSTITUTION AND ONE UNIVERSITY IN EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN WILL SERVE AS SPOKE INSTITUTIONS. THE AIM OF GEOHEALTH MENA IS TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN EOH RESEARCH CAPACITY IN THE CONTEXT OF DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, AT AUB, SISTER INSTITUTIONS, AND RELEVANT NGOS IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION. THE FOCUS OF THE CURRENT PROJECT WILL BE AGRICULTURAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDE AMONG REFUGEE POPULATIONS. THE MENA REGION HOSTS MORE THAN 50% OF THE WORLD’S TOTAL POPULATION OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS AND REFUGEES. THE U01 APPLICATION PROPOSES TO EVALUATE THE PATHWAYS OF PESTICIDE EXPOSURE AMONG SYRIAN REFUGEE AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, INVESTIGATE THE ASSOCIATION OF SUCH EXPOSURE WITH NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES, AND EXPLORE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL FACTORS IN THIS ASSOCIATION. FINDINGS WILL INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE GUIDELINES THAT CAN IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF ALL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS. THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TEAM AT AUB WILL BUILD ON A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF STUDYING REFUGEE AND MIGRANT POPULATIONS AND TRANSLATING EVIDENCE INTO POLICY. YALE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE AUB TEAM IN EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROBEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE. THE U2R WILL PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 3 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED APPLICANTS (ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT, LEBANON, AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE A PHD IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AT AUB’S FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (FHS) FOCUSING ON EOH ISSUES. THE U2R WILL ALSO PROVIDE FULL SCHOLARSHIPS TO 4 HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND COMMITTED MDS (TWO FROM LEBANON AND ONE FROM EACH OF EGYPT AND SUDAN) TO PURSUE AN MPH AT AUB’S FHS AND A FELLOWSHIP IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AT AUB’S FACULTY OF MEDICINE. THE 7 TRAINEES WILL SPEND 3 MONTHS (MD/MPH) OR 6 MONTHS (PHD) DURING THEIR STUDY PERIOD AT YALE AND IOWA FOR ADVANCED AND RELEVANT RESEARCH TRAINING AND TRAINING ON AGRICULTURAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (AGS&H). ADDITIONALLY, THE U01/U2R APPLICATIONS WILL OFFER SHORT-TERM RESEARCH AND AGS&H TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY.

GRANT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER AND TOUPDATE TECHNOLOGY FOR SEVERAL O

FY 2014 ASHA AWARD

$1,300,000 THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT AIMS TO ESTABLISH, RENOVATE AND ACQUIRE COMMODITIES FOR AN INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR SEMI-ARID CONDITION.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF FINANCIAL NEED.

INCREASE WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY IN THE MENA REGION THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE MENA ECONOMIES.

EQUIP GRADUATE STUDENTS WITH THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SOCIALLY RELEVANT OUTCOMES.

NICOTINE FLUX, A POTENTIALLY POWERFUL TOOL FOR REGULATING NICOTINE DELIVERY FROM ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES: SIGNIFICANCE OF NICOTINE FLUX TO THE RATE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS - PROJECT SUMMARY. ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS (ENDS) HEAT AND VAPORIZE A NICOTINE-CONTAINING LIQUID TO PRODUCE AN AEROSOL THAT CAN DELIVER NICOTINE TO THE BLOOD AND THE BRAIN. ENDS ARE CONSIDERED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN THE US AND ARE UNDER THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. ENDS USE HAS INCREASED RAPIDLY IN THE LAST DECADE, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUTH: OVER 20% OF US HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE CURRENT ENDS USERS, AND THERE IS EVIDENCE OF NICOTINE DEPENDENCE IN THIS POPULATION. FEDERAL LEGISLATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED THAT WOULD RESTRICT ENDS LIQUID NICOTINE CONCENTRATION TO MAKE ENDS “SIGNIFICANTLY LESS ADDICTIVE AND APPEALING TO YOUTH.” HOWEVER, THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS TO CURB ADDICTION BY LIMITING NICOTINE LIQUID CONCENTRATION ARE UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED BECAUSE NICOTINE EMISSIONS FROM ENDS DEPEND ON MULTIPLE VARIABLES. FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE NICOTINE CONCENTRATION IS LIMITED, USERS CAN TURN TO A HIGHER POWER ENDS DEVICE TO ATTAIN MORE NICOTINE. TO ACHIEVE THE INTENDED PUBLIC HEALTH AIMS, REGULATIONS TARGETING ADDICTION MUST FOCUS ON NICOTINE DELIVERY, NOT NICOTINE CONCENTRATION. WHILE NICOTINE DELIVERY CANNOT BE REGULATED DIRECTLY, THE RATE AT WHICH AN ENDS EMITS NICOTINE, THE “NICOTINE FLUX” CAN BE REGULATED AND, IMPORTANTLY, PREDICTED FROM FIRST-PRINCIPLES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE OF A FEW DEVICE DESIGN AND OPERATING VARIABLES. HOWEVER, TO DATE THERE IS NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FLUX AND DELIVERY, NOR BETWEEN FLUX AND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS THAT SUPPORT NICOTINE DEPENDENCE. CLOSING THIS GAP IS ESSENTIAL FOR PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE, FIRST-PRINCIPLES FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATING ENDS. IN AIM1, WE WILL EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NICOTINE FLUX, NICOTINE FORM, AND THE RATE AND DOSE OF NICOTINE DELIVERY. IN THE CLINICAL LAB AT YALE UNIVERSITY, PARTICIPANTS WILL PUFF ON ENDS DEVICES UNDER CONDITIONS THAT DIFFER BY FLUX AND FORM, WHILE ARTERIAL BLOOD IS SAMPLED IN HIGH TIME RESOLUTION. THE OUTCOME WILL INDICATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH NICOTINE FLUX AND FORM DETERMINE THE SPEED AND DOSE OF ENDS NICOTINE DELIVERY, AND THUS, ABUSE LIABILITY. IN AIM2, WE WILL ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NICOTINE FLUX, FORM, AND SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS. AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT, PARTICIPANTS WILL USE ENDS DEVICES WITH VARYING NICOTINE FLUXES AND FORMS. DEPENDENCY MEASURES, SUCH AS URGE TO SMOKE, CRAVING, AND ABSTINENCE, WILL BE ASSESSED. THE OUTCOME WILL INDICATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH NICOTINE FLUX/FORM INFLUENCE SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS RELATED TO DEPENDENCY, PUFFING INTENSITY, AND EXPOSURE TO TOXICANTS. IN SUMMARY, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES TO USE NICOTINE FLUX AS AN ENCOMPASSING AND CONVENIENT CONSTRUCT TO REGULATE NICOTINE DELIVERY FROM ENDS.

TESTING AND COUNSELING FOR HIV: A MULTI-SITE STUDY

DCHA/ASHA

AUB FOLLOW-ON AWARD

CONSTRUCTION AND COMMODITIES AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,200,000

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH CORE FACILITY AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT FACULTY OF MEDICINE

NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN LEBANON

NICOP - MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION AND NEURAL STEM CELLS CROSS TALK POST TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI)

2020 ASHA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF DIABETES IN LEBANON

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER (KIP) PROJECT AIMS TO BRIDGE ACADEMIC RESEARCH WITH CIVIL SOCIETY NEEDS & ACTIVISM BY FUNDING 15 STUDIES ABOUT GENDER & SEXUALITY

THE PALESTINIAN ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT LIBRARIES

PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA IN LEBANON: A NATIONWIDE COMMUNITY-BASED COHORT STUDY

ACCELERATION OF AQUIFER STORAGE & RECOVERY

NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS OF SOLVENTS ON WORKING CHILDREN

QUANTUM GRAVITY IN NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY

QUANTA OF GEOMETRY

SPACE-TIME FROM THE SPECTRAL POINT OF VIEW: TOWARDS QUANTUM GRAVITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ENHANCING THE RELIABILITY OF BIOINFORMATICS SOFTWARE BY CORRELATING USER FEEDBACK AND EXECUTION DATA

SUPERSTRING THEORY AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS

SPACE-TIME QUANTIZATION AND DARK MATTER -THIS AWARD FUNDS THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF PROFESSOR ALI CHAMSEDDINE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT. THEORETICAL ELEMENTARY-PARTICLE PHYSICS RESEARCH AIMS TO DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF NATURE AND THEIR FUNDAMENTAL INTERACTIONS. THIS IS DONE BY SEARCHING FOR AND BUILDING THEORETICAL MODELS WHICH GO BEYOND WHAT IS PRESENTLY KNOWN AND WHICH COULD BE TESTED BY EXPERIMENTS OR WHICH SATISFY STRINGENT MATHEMATICAL REQUIREMENTS. THIS FORCES RESEARCHERS IN THIS FIELD TO EXPLORE THE FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AND INVENT NEW METHODS FOR THEIR ANALYSIS OF SUCH THEORIES. THUS, RESEARCH IN THIS AREA ADVANCES THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY PROMOTING THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DIRECTIONS REQUIRING HUMAN INGENUITY: FINDING THE PHYSICAL LAWS THAT GOVERN THE UNIVERSE AND ITS MATTER CONSTITUENTS RANGING FROM COSMIC TO SUBATOMIC SCALES. AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL INVENT NEW MATHEMATICS TO REACH THIS SCIENTIFIC GOAL. IN PARTICULAR, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP NEW GEOMETRY THAT DESCRIBES THE HIDDEN STRUCTURE OF SPACETIME AND HELPS TO EXPLAIN WHY NATURE BEHAVES IN THE WAY IN WHICH IT IS OBSERVED. PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE WILL ALSO STUDY A MODIFIED MODEL OF EINSTEIN'S GENERAL RELATIVITY WHICH EXPLAINS THE ORIGIN OF DARK MATTER AND HELPS TO SOLVE SOME LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS SUCH AS REMOVING SINGULARITIES IN COSMOLOGICAL MODELS AT THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE AND FOR BLACK HOLES. THIS WORK WILL ALSO HAVE AN IMPORTANT BROADER IMPACT. THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING THE AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THIS GRANT WILL THEREFORE HELP TO SUSTAIN A WORLD-CLASS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAM WITHIN THAT PART OF THE WORLD. AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL, THE RESEARCH OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE IS AIMED AT DEVELOPING CONSISTENT NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRIC MODELS AT THE QUANTUM LEVEL. ONE IMPORTANT STEP IS TO IDENTIFY QUANTA OF GEOMETRY THAT COULD BE USED AS BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER TO CONSTRUCT FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLDS AND THEIR NONCOMMUTATIVE EXTENSION. IN ADDITION, THE WORK OF PROFESSOR CHAMSEDDINE ON THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MIMETIC GRAVITY WILL BE APPLIED TO SOLVE SOME OUTSTANDING PROBLEMS IN COSMOLOGY. 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.

QUANTIZED GEOMETRY, COSMOLOGY AND DARK MATTER

SUPERSTRING THEORY, GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS

SUPERSTRING THEORY, GRAVITATIONAL INSTANTONS AND BLACK HOLE PHYSICS

VSP - VISIT TO LONDON, UK, ONR GLOBAL OFFICES.

THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN INITIATIVE THAT OFFERS FACULTY AT AMHERST COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS

THE PROGRAM WILL BE AN INITIATIVE THAT OFFERS FACULTY AT AMHERST COLLEGE AND THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT IN MEANINGFUL WAYS THAT CAN LEAD TO FUTURE COLLABORATIONS

TIME EXTENSION OF EXISTING GRANT

DD11-1104: NATIONAL SURVEILLANCE FOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN LEBANON