Northern Kentucky University Research Foundation Inc

THIS AWARD APPROVES FUNDING FOR THE 2023-24 VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THE APPROVED PROGRAM NARRATIVE AND BUDGET. YOUR 2023-24 REGULATORY MATCH IS 20%, AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 20%.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

UPWARD BOUND

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2024?25 FOSTER GRANDPARENT PROGRAM. YOUR 2024-25 STATUTORY MATCH REQUIREMENT IS 10% AND YOUR BUDGETED MATCH IS 10.09%.

HIGHER EDUCATION

FORCE: FOCUS ON OCCUPATIONS RECRUITING COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT

LIBRARIANS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

PRIME: PREPARING REGIONAL INCREASES IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS - A ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

LIBRARIANS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

PROJECT SOAR: SCHOLARSHIPS, OPPORTUNITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS, AND RESULTS

DIRECTED GRANTS

THIS PROPOSAL IS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN INNOVATIVE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT THAT ADDRESSES THE NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED SCIENCE, T

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ADD SUPPORT GRANT FUNDS TO THE VISTA AWARD. ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD REMAIN UNCHANGED.

KENTUCKY CAMPUS COMPACT (KYCC) IS PART OF A NATIONAL EFFORT TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC PURPOSES OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES BY DEEPENING THEIR ABILITY TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY LIFE AND TO EDUCATE STUDENTS FOR CIVIC AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. KYCC UTILIZES COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP TO ACHIEVE THREE GOALS: (1) COLLEGE ACCESS, (2) COLLEGE SUCCESS, AND (3) COMMUNITY IMPACT. THE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE KENTUCKY (TASK) VISTA PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHY FUTURES FOCUS AREAS OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THE VISTA PROJECT WILL SEEK TO BUILD HOPE AND MOMENTUM IN KENTUCKY COMMUNITIES, HELPING CITIZENS LIVING IN POVERTY TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. THE PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT OVER 50,000 KENTUCKY STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FACING CHALLENGES. A COHORT OF TASK VISTA MEMBERS WILL BE SERVING IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, PROVIDING HUMAN RESOURCES TO BUILD SUSTAINABILITY FOR A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT CALLED SHAPING OUR APPALACHIAN REGION (SOAR) AND WILL INCLUDE THE NATION'S FIRST RURAL PROMISE ZONE. SIXTY-FIVE VISTA MEMBERS SUPPORTED BY TWO VISTA LEADERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS EDUCATIONAL CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, JOB TRAINING AND PLACEMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD, AND ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE OVER THE COURSE OF THIS THREE-YEAR PROJECT.

EARMARKS

REU SITE: THE TIM CONSORTIUM: A DISPERSED REU SITE IN THEORETICALLY INTERESTING MOLECULES

THE TIM CONSORTIUM: A DISPERSED REU SITE IN THEORETICALLY INTERESTING MOLECULES

ECONOMIC SECURITY THE INTERNET HIGHWAY

CPATH-1: INFORMATICS AT MULTIPLE SCALES

THIS IS A CO-I PROPOSAL FOR A MULTI-INSTITUTION INVESTIGATION LED BY EUN-SUK SEO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND TO SEARCH FOR FEATURES IN COSMIC-RAY E

THIS IS THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY CO-I PROPOSAL TO REQUEST CONTINUED NASA SUPPORT FOR THE ON-GOING COSMIC RAY ENERGETICS AND MASS (CREAM) PROJ

HELIX EMPLOYS A HIGH-PRECISION MAGNET SPECTROMETER TO PROVIDE MEASUREMENTS WHICH ARE NOT ACHIEVABLE BY ANY CURRENT OR PROPOSED INSTRUMENT. THE DETECTOR SYSTEM WILL INCORPORATE THE EXISTING SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET CONSTRUCTED FOR THE HEAT PAYLOAD WHICH HAS SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED ON FIVE PREVIOUS HIGH-ALTITUDE CAMPAIGNS. THIS MAGNET WILL BE COMBINED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART DETECTORS TO MEASURE THE CHARGE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MAGNETIC RIGIDITY AND VELOCITY OF COSMIC-RAY PARTICLES WITH HIGH PRECISION. SPECIFICALLY THEINSTRUMENT WILL COMBINE PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS A SILICON-STRIP TRACKER WITH ~30 MICRON SPATIAL RESOLUTION A HIGH-PERFORMANCE DRIFT CHAMBER AND A RING-IMAGING CHERENKOV COUNTER EMPLOYING AEROGEL RADIATORS. THE INSTITUTION WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR FABRICATING THE BOTTOM TIME OF FLIGHT DETECTORS INSTRUMENT RECOVERY PREPARATIONS AND SHARE SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSIS WITH ALL.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A TABLETOP SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

REU SITES: A LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION: INTERDISCIPLINARY FIELDSCHOOL IN THE LAU GROUP, FIJI

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HAS RECEIVED TWO JOINT EARMARKS WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING ASTRONOMY EDUCATION IN TH

DIRECTED GRANTS

IRES: RUI UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ON SUSTAINABLE HARVESTING IN A CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS

REU SITE IN MATHEMATICAL CRYPTOLOGY

RUI: PHOTOPHYSICS OF SMALL-MOLECULE AND POLYMERIC FULLERENE-TRANSITION METAL ORGANOMETALLIC SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS

RUI: SEARCH FOR VERIFIABLE COMPLEX DIFFUSION MECHANISMS

BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH:TECHNO: TECHNOLOGY-CENTERED MATHEMATICAL NOTICING

ACQUISITION OF GEOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTATION FOR LANDSLIDE RESEARCH.

DIRECTED GRANTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED COGNITIVE AND CONCEPTUAL CURRICULUM FOR A GENERAL CHEMISTRY INQUIRY LABORATORY

RUI: NEW SUPRAMOLECULAR MOIETIES FOR ORGANOMETALLIC SUPRAMOLECULAR PHOTOPHYSICS

STARTALK LANGUAGE INITIATIVE

MRI: ACQUISITION OF FIELD-PORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE TECHNOLOGY FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

ESTIMATED TOTAL FUNDS REFER TO THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR CASH GRANTS WHILE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF GRANTS EQUALS TOTAL OF ALL AMERICORPS VISTA PROJECTS, TH

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

A SURVEY OF THE TYPES OF STARS AND MASSIVE PLANETS THAT MAKE UP BINARY PAIRS IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY

MRI-R2: ACQUISITION OF AN AGILENT 7890A GAS CHROMATOGRAPH FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

VISTA STATE

DUTIES OF ISS-CREAM DATA ANALYSIS MANAGER (DM) THE DM IS IN CHARGE OF THE OVERALL ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM THE ISSCREAM INSTRUMENT. S/HE MANAGES THE PROCESS OF PROCESSING AND ANALYZING LEVEL 0 DATA TO LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 DATA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ANALYSIS CODE REPOSITORY DEFINE THE STANDARDS AND PROCESSES USED IN ANALYZING THE DATA AND VERIFIES THE INTEGRITY OF THE LEVEL 1 AND LEVEL 2 DATA. S/HE REPORTS TO THE PROJECT SCIENTIST (AS OPPOSED TO EXPERIMENT PI). SPECIFIC TASKS 1. COORDINATE DEFINING ANALYSIS STANDARDS (EG VERSION OF ROOT TO BE USED IN PROCESSING). 2. COORDINATE DEFINING STANDARDIZED FORMAT AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF ALL CODE AND DATA INCLUDING LEVELS 1 AND 2. 3. MAINTAIN DOCUMENTATION ON ALL PROGRAMS AND DATAFILE STRUCTURES. 4. ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A DOCUMENTATION REPOSITORY FOR ANALYSIS AVAILABLE TO COLLABORATORS. 5. ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ANALYSIS CODE REPOSITORY PROVIDING ACCESS TO COLLABORATORS. 6. COORDINATE INSTITUTIONAL EFFORTS (THROUGH WEEKLY/BIWEEKLY/MONTHLY PHONE CALLS WIKI) TOWARDS REACHING LEVEL 1 DATA. 7. ENSURE THE CONSOLIDATION OF MULTIPLE DATA STREAMS (FLIGHT DATA&HK ISS CONDITIONS SUCH AS SAA) INTO ONE ROOT STREAM AND PROVIDING THIS TO COLLABORATORS (REQUIRES STORAGE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL COLLABORATORS AND TO THE DM FOR PROCESSING). 8. VERIFY AND MAINTAIN QUALITY OF CALIBRATION AND LEVELS 1 AND 2 ANALYZED DATA. 9. CREATE AND MAINTAIN A COMMON CODE SET THAT ACCESSES CONSOLIDATED ROOT DATA DISSEMINATED THROUGH CODE REPOSITORY. 10. CREATE AND MAINTAIN A COMMON SET OF CODE TOOLS (EG PEDESTAL SUBTRACTION TRACK FINDING ENERGY DETERMINATION) DISSEMINATED THROUGH CODE REPOSITORY. 11. PARTICIPATE IN DETERMINING INSTRUMENT RESPONSE AND EFFICIENCIES USING SIMULATIONS AND DATA. 12. PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS TO FINALIZE SCIENCE THROUGH ENSURING PROPER CALCULATIONS OF LIVE TIME EFFICIENCIES ENERGY BINNING CORRECTIONS. 13. FACILITATE COMPARISON OF FLIGHT DATA WITH SIMULATED DATA. 14. ANALYSIS CODE BUG TRACKING. 15. CREATE PROCESS FOR APPROVAL OF ANALYSIS RESULTS FOR PRESENTATION OR PUBLICATION. 16. ESTABLISH MONTHLY HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TO DISCUSS ANALYSIS STATUS ISSUES. ATTENDEES: DM PROJECT SCIENTIST PI ONE INSTRUMENT REPRESENTATIVE OPS INSTRUMENT MANAGER OTHERS AS NEEDED 17. COLLECTS CODE FROM ANALYSTS THAT PRODUCES LEVEL 2 DATA AND PUBLISHABLE DATA. 18. ENSURE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ANALYSIS CODE AND PRODUCT AND SIMULATIONS CODE AND PRODUCT. NKU IS PROVIDING A SERVER WITH UP TO 10TB OF STORAGE SPACE ACCESSIBLE TO COLLABORATORS. THE SERVER WILL ALSO PROVIDE A DOCUMENTATION WIKI AND CODE REPOSITORY.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE INSTRUMENT FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NOTICING NUMERACY NOW (N3)

THE AUGMENTED PALIMPSEST: ENGAGING STUDENTS THROUGH AR ENCOUNTERS WITH THE PAST

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

W. FRANK STEELY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES SUSTAINABLE PRESERVATION ENVIRONMENT PLANNING PROJECT

TO SUPPORT THE AFRICAN ART INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS.

NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY FSML- PLANNING GRANT: DEVELOPING A FIVE YEAR PLAN

THIS IS THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL CO-I PROPOSAL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CREST 2012 FLIGHT DATA. IN THIS PROPOSAL, THE CREST TEAM WIL

GREATER CINCINNATI SUFFERS FROM HIGHER-THAN-AVERAGE ASTHMA RATES AND IS OFTEN IN NON-ATTAINMENT WITH EPA CLEAN AIR GUIDELINES FOR OZONE AND PARTICULA

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO EXPAND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A RECENTLY DEVELOPED MACRO-INVERTEBRATE BIO-ASSESSMENT MOBILE APP TO QUANTIFY THE EV

NKU 2008 HELP AMERICA VOTE COLLEGE PROGRAM

RUI: UNUSUAL OXIDATION AND DOMINO REACTIONS VIA PALLADIUM-CATALYZED α-HETEROARYLATION OF KETONES

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DE-OBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

DEVELOP A DECONTAMINATION STRATEGY AND FUNGICIDAL TREATMENT USING NATURAL COMPOUNDS TO CONTROL WNS