Augustana College

EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANT TO INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT

TO ADDRESS THE PRESSING FINANCIAL NEED OF STUDENTS DUE TO THE DISRUPTION OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS FROM CORONAVIRUS.

COVID-19 RELIEF

COVID ASSISTANCE FOR STUDENTS.

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES (SSS) PROJECT

CAREER: THE INTERACTION OF DEFICITS IN CELLULAR REGULATION AND DIVERGENT PARENTAL ENVIRONMENTS TO POSTZYGOTIC ISOLATION IN HYBRIDIZING MILKWEEDS (ASCLEPIAS) -THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY HOW CELLULAR REGULATION AFFECTS THE REPRODUCTIVE BARRIERS BETWEEN TWO MILKWEED SPECIES IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. UNDERSTANDING THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHEDS LIGHT ON THE WAYS IN WHICH SPECIES ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. THE PROJECT WILL USE FIELD EXPERIMENTS, GENOMICS, AND METABOLOMICS ANALYSES TO EXPLORE THE EFFECTS OF HYBRIDIZATION AND GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERTURBATION ON GENE NETWORKS AND CELLULAR METABOLISM. THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CELLULAR MECHANISMS, GENETIC INCOMPATIBILITIES, AND THE WAYS IN WHICH SPECIES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS. THIS KNOWLEDGE WILL BE VALUABLE IN PREDICTING HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES MIGHT AFFECT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIFFERENT SPECIES. THE BROADER IMPACTS INCLUDE ENGAGING K12 STUDENTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS. FINALLY, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN UNDERGRADUATE BIOINFORMATICS CURRICULUM THAT FOCUSES ON QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND PROGRAMMING SKILLS. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE HOW INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC REPRODUCTIVE BARRIERS CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIES ISOLATION BY EXAMINING THE CELLULAR REGULATORY DYSFUNCTION IN HYBRIDS OF TWO MILKWEEDS, ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA AND A. SPECIOSA. THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING THE CELLULAR REGULATORY NETWORKS AND STRESS-RESPONSE METABOLISM OF EACH SPECIES IN PARENTAL ENVIRONMENTS AND CHARACTERIZING THE DIVERSITY OF HYBRID CELLULAR EXPRESSION AND ITS IMPACT ON FITNESS. THE RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED THROUGH RNA-SEQUENCING AND QUANTIFICATION OF STRESS METABOLITES IN ROOT AND LEAF TISSUE. THE BROADER IMPACTS ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE RESEARCH WITH EXPERIMENTS IN COMMON GARDENS AT K12 SCHOOLS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA TO QUANTIFY THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRE- AND POSTZYGOTIC BARRIERS TO REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION. FURTHER INTEGRATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND EDUCATIONAL AIMS WILL INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE BIOINFORMATICS CURRICULUM THAT FOCUSES ON QUANTITATIVE REASONING, MODELING, AND SIMULATION, AND APPLYING THE PROCESS OF SCIENCE VIA PROGRAMMING IN R. THIS RESEARCH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO UNDERSTANDING GENE INTERACTIONS AND THE TYPES OF INCOMPATIBILITIES THAT ARISE DURING SPECIES ISOLATION, WHICH WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN DISTURBANCES SHIFT SPECIES RANGES AND BRING PREVIOUSLY ISOLATED SPECIES INTO CONTACT. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE INTEGRATIVE ECOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGY PROGRAM (IEP) IN INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS, THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR), AND THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES (EP) PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY. 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.

BUILDING COMMUNITY AND LEVERAGING SUMMER RESEARCH TO PREPARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS FOR DIVERSE URBAN SCHOOLS -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF PREPARING HIGH-QUALITY MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS WHO WILL BE READY TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND RETAINED IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ADDRESS CRITICAL SHORTAGE AREAS AND HIGH TEACHER TURNOVER INHIBITING K-12 STEM STUDENT DEVELOPMENT. TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE ENROLLMENT OF TALENTED STEM UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS PURSUING TEACHING, DEEPEN EXPERIENCE IN DIVERSE URBAN EDUCATION ENVIRONMENTS, FORMALIZE COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES, ADD RELEVANT COMMUNITY SERVICE, ADVANCE A DISTINCTIVE SUMMER RESEARCH MODEL, AND ENHANCE NEW TEACHER SUPPORTS THROUGH TEACHER INDUCTION AND MENTORING. THE ADDED COMMUNITY BUILDING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE WILL INCREASE CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PREPARATION AND RETENTION WHILE SERVING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS IN THE SURROUNDING REGION AND NATION. EXPECTED OUTCOMES ARE THE SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT AND PREPARATION OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS AND THEIR POST-GRADUATION EFFECTIVENESS AS HIGHLY QUALIFIED MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, BIOLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY TEACHERS WHO FULFILL THEIR COMMITMENT TO TEACHING IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE QUAD CITIES AREA, CHICAGO, AND BEYOND. THIS PROJECT AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH ROCK ISLAND-MILAN SCHOOL DISTRICT 41, MOLINE-COAL VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, UNITED TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT 30, DAVENPORT (IA) COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EAST MOLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT 37, SILVIS SCHOOL DISTRICT 34, AND EPIC ACADEMY IN CITY OF CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT #299. PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE PRODUCING 16 NEW STEM TEACHERS, WITH AT LEAST TWO TRANSFERRING FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, OVER 5 YEARS; RECRUITING UNDERGRADUATE CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, AND BIOLOGY MAJORS; AND INCREASING PARTICIPANTS' EFFECTIVENESS WORKING WITH DIVERSE POPULATIONS IN HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS THROUGH TARGETED COURSEWORK AND FIELD EXPERIENCES AT HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE INTER-CULTURAL COMPETENCY. FURTHER GOALS INCLUDE PLACING ALL 16 GRADUATES IN HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS FOR EACH YEAR OF SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT RECEIVED, WITH ALL DEMONSTRATING EFFECTIVENESS AS STEM TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS, AS INDICATED BY ONSITE EVALUATION BY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. THE TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT TO WHICH PROJECT ACTIVITIES INFLUENCE PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS? ATTITUDES TOWARD TEACHING IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS, ALONG WITH CHANGES IN SELF-EFFICACY IN THEIR CONTENT AREA, KNOWLEDGE OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE TEACHING PRACTICES, AND AWARENESS OF PRIVILEGE AND INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION. FINDINGS HOLD VALUE FOR A BROAD POPULATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS SEEKING TO INCREASE THE RECRUITMENT, PREPARATION, AND RETENTION OF EFFECTIVE STEM TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS. RESULTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED TO A BROADER AUDIENCE, INCLUDING THE REGIONAL AND NATIONAL STEM EDUCATION COMMUNITY, TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY, AND DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS. ULTIMATELY, THE PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE PREPARATION PROGRAM PERSISTENCE AND MITIGATE TURNOVER IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION, WHILE DEEPENING PARTNERSHIPS AMONG HIGHER EDUCATION, HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THIS TRACK 1: SCHOLARSHIPS AND STIPENDS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (NOYCE). THE NOYCE PROGRAM SUPPORTS TALENTED STEM UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE K-12 STEM TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED, EXEMPLARY K-12 TEACHERS TO BECOME STEM MASTER TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RETENTION OF K-12 STEM TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 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.

MULTIPLE FIELD EXPERIENCES AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TO PREPARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS FOR DIVERSE URBAN SCHOOLS

PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER SUCCESS IN THE BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY CURRICULA

PROGRAM TO REDUCE SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING ON THE AUGUSTANA COLLEGE CAMPUS (SIOUX FALLS, SD)

RCN-UBE: MICROBIAL GENOME ANNOTATION NETWORK

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE NURSING PROGRAMS AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PROJECT WILL HELP ADDRESS THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL NEED FOR A MORE ROBUST AND RESILIENT HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE AND WILL RESULT IN APPROXIMATELY 353 ADDITIONAL NURSES GRADUATING FROM THE PROGRAMS AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY AND ENTERING THE HEALTHCARE OVER THE NEXT NINE YEARS. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH WILL SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BOLSTER JOB CREATION, ATTRACT PRIVATE INVESTMENT, AND ADVANCE ECONOMIC RESILIENCY THROUGHOUT THE REGION.

THE GRANTS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUS PROGRAM (CAMPUS PROGRAM) IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 20125. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUSES. THESE COMPREHENSIVE EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE VICTIM SERVICES (INCLUDING LEGAL SERVICES), IMPLEMENT PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION STRATEGIES TO PREVENT, PROSECUTE, AND RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. THE CAMPUS PROGRAM SUPPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT DEVELOP CAMPUS-BASED COORDINATED RESPONSES AMONG CAMPUS VICTIM SERVICES, CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HOUSING OFFICIALS, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENT LEADERS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY BOARDS, ENHANCE VICTIM SAFETY AND THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, AND HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. TO BE EFFECTIVE, THESE RESPONSES MUST BE LINKED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, PROSECUTORS OFFICES, COURTS, AND NONPROFIT, NONGOVERNMENTAL VICTIM ADVOCACY AND VICTIM SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS. AUGUSTANA COLLEGE IS A PRIVATE FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTION LOCATED IN ROCK ISLAND, IL. WITH THIS CONTINUATION AWARD, AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, IN COLLABORATION WITH FAMILY RESOURCES, THE PROJECT OF QUAD CITIES, AND THE ROCK ISLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE STATUTORY AND PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL: 1) EXPAND THE SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM (SAPE); 2) ADVANCE EQUITY WITH SPECIFIC STRATEGIES FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING LGBTQ AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS; 3) IMPROVE THE COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM; AND 4) EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EQUIPMENT: MRI CONSORTIUM: TRACK 2 DEVELOPMENT OF A NEXT GENERATION FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR -THE STUDY OF NEUTRON-RICH ATOMIC NUCLEI CAN REVEAL EFFECTS ABOUT HOW PROTONS AND NEUTRONS INTERACT INSIDE NUCLEI. THESE PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FORMATION OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE UNIVERSE AND HELP SCIENTISTS UNDERSTAND HOW THE NUCLEAR CORE OF ATOMS FORM. ONE OF THE WAYS TO INVESTIGATE THESE NUCLEI AT THE EDGE OF STABILITY IS TO MEASURE THEIR BREAKUP PRODUCTS, WHICH INCLUDES THE NEUTRONS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED TO HOLD THE SMALLER NUCLEI TOGETHER. THE DETECTION OF NEUTRONS IS CHALLENGING BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CHARGE AND ONLY INTERACT WITH THE NUCLEAR CORE OF ATOMS. THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING, AND COMMISSIONING OF A MODULAR ARRAY BASED ON PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR FOR THE DETECTION OF FAST (BETWEEN ONE THIRD AND ONE HALF THE SPEED OF LIGHT) NEUTRONS. THE NEW DETECTOR ARRAY WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE HOW PRECISELY WE CAN DETERMINE THE NEUTRONS? POSITION COMPARED TO CURRENT NEUTRON DETECTORS BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE USE OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PHOTO-SENSORS, AND AS A RESULT ENABLE NUCLEAR STRUCTURE MEASUREMENTS WITH SUPERIOR PRECISION. THE DETECTOR MODULES WILL BE BUILT AND TESTED TO A LARGE EXTENT AT THE SEVEN PARTICIPATING UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, ALLOWING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO LEARN KEY TECHNICAL SKILLS AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO NUCLEAR PHYSICS RESEARCH IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. SCINTILLATION DETECTORS, I.E. DETECTORS THAT MEASURE THE SCINTILLATION LIGHT THAT STEMS FROM SUBATOMIC PARTICLES INTERACTING WITHIN THE DETECTOR, ARE WIDELY EMPLOYED IN RESEARCH, INDUSTRY, AND MEDICAL IMAGING, SO THESE SKILLS CAN BE APPLIED IN MANY CRUCIAL FIELDS. CONTEMPORARY FAST NEUTRON DETECTORS USE CONVENTIONAL DETECTOR CONFIGURATIONS OF LONG PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR BARS READ OUT BY PAIRS OF PHOTO-MULTIPLIER TUBES (PMTS). THE POSITION OF THE NEUTRON INTERACTION IS DEDUCED FROM THE TIME DIFFERENCE OF THE SIGNALS MEASURED BY EACH PMT AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE DETECTOR BAR, AND FROM WHICH DETECTOR BAR HAS BEEN HIT. A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO SCINTILLATION-LIGHT COLLECTION IS PURSUED IN THIS NEW DETECTOR USING ARRAYS OF SILICON PHOTO-MULTIPLIERS (SIPMS), OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT DESIGNS AND RESULTING IN IMPROVED POSITION RESOLUTION FOR FAST NEUTRON DETECTION. THIS ALSO ALLOWS A TILED DESIGN THAT OFFERS MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY IN ADJUSTING THE ACTIVE AREA OF THE ARRAY TO SPECIFIC EXPERIMENT NEEDS. INVARIANT-MASS SPECTROSCOPY OF NEUTRON-UNBOUND STATES IN ELEMENTS BEYOND OXYGEN REQUIRES SUCH AN EXPERIMENTAL SETUP WITH IMPROVED RESOLUTION. AS ONE MOVES TO HEAVIER UNBOUND SYSTEMS ONE FACES HIGHER LEVEL DENSITIES. TO RESOLVE THESE IN THE RECONSTRUCTED DECAY ENERGY SPECTRUM REQUIRES HIGHER MOMENTUM (AND THUS POSITION) RESOLUTION. A HIGH POSITION RESOLUTION ALSO IMPROVES THE DISCRIMINATION OF DOUBLE-SCATTERED EVENTS AND ALLOWS THE USE OF HIGHER BEAM ENERGIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE RARE-ISOTOPE BEAM FACILITIES SUCH AS THE FACILITY FOR RARE ISOTOPE BEAMS (FRIB). THE COMPLETED INSTRUMENT WILL SERVE THE BROAD FRIB USER COMMUNITY AND ENABLE INVARIANT MASS MEASUREMENTS AT THE RESOLUTION THAT IS REQUIRED FOR HEAVIER AND MORE EXOTIC ISOTOPES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITH FRIB BEAMS. 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.

A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A NOVEL, FULLY REMOTE COUNSELING AND SOUND THERAPY PROGRAM FOR HYPERACUSIS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT IN LINE WITH THE FUNDING GOALS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND THE R15 AREA PROGRAM, THIS APPLICATION PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A REMOTE COUNSELING AND SOUND THERAPY PROGRAM FOR REDUCING REACTIONS TO HYPERACUSIS. HYPERACUSIS IS A HEARING CONDITION CAUSING ONE’S PERCEPTION OF SOUNDS TO BE ABNORMALLY LOUD, ANNOYING, FEARFUL, OR PAINFUL. CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF HYPERACUSIS INVOLVES COUNSELING TO REDUCE NEGATIVE REACTIONS TO SOUNDS AND SOUND THERAPY TO IMPROVE LOUDNESS PERCEPTION. DESPITE THESE HELPFUL APPROACHES, MANAGEMENT OF HYPERACUSIS IS RESTRICTED TO HIGHLY SPECIALIZED PROFESSIONALS LOCATED AT LARGE CENTERS THAT ARE INACCESSIBLE BY MOST HYPERACUSIS PATIENTS. FURTHER, RESEARCH EVIDENCE FROM CONTROLLED TRIALS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE TREATMENTS FOR HYPERACUSIS IS LACKING, INVOLVES ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, AND IS LIMITED TO SPECIFIC APPROACHES, SUCH AS COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY AND LOW-LEVEL BACKGROUND NOISE. IN RESPONSE TO THESE NEEDS, THIS RESEARCH TEAM DEVELOPED HYPERACUSIS ACTIVITIES TREATMENT (HAT), WHICH INCLUDES TWO COMPONENTS: COUNSELING AND SOUND THERAPY. ITS EFFECTIVENESS WAS DEMONSTRATED THROUGH DATA OBTAINED FROM CLINICAL FOCUS GROUPS AND SMALL-SCALE RESEARCH STUDIES. THERE IS ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL FOR HAT TO BE REMOTELY ADMINISTERED, THUS ADDRESSING THE ACCESS-TO-CARE ISSUE CURRENTLY FACING MANY RURAL AND LOW-INCOME AMERICANS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM HYPERACUSIS. THE AIM OF THIS PROPOSED R15 PROJECT IS TO GATHER EARLY CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HAT IN RELIEVING HYPERACUSIS USING A NOVEL, REMOTE DELIVERY APPROACH. THE INNOVATIVE ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT, INCLUDING THE REMOTE DELIVERY AND ANALYSIS OF PATIENT-CENTERED INTERVENTIONS, WILL INFORM EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL GUIDELINES THAT ARE CURRENTLY LACKING AND PRODUCE MORE ACCESSIBLE SOLUTIONS FOR HYPERACUSIS MANAGEMENT. THE FIRST AIM WILL EVALUATE FEASIBILITY OF THE REMOTE COUNSELING PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES WEEKLY MODULES ON RELEVANT TOPICS, HOMEWORK, AND QUIZZES TO KEEP PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED, AND COACHING TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS. THE SECOND AIM WILL COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO REMOTELY-ADMINISTERED SOUND THERAPY OPTIONS RECOMMENDED FOR HYPERACUSIS RELIEF BUT THAT ARE YET TO BE CLINICALLY EVALUATED—LOW-LEVEL BACKGROUND NOISE AND SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS USING BOTHERSOME SOUNDS. IN AIM 1, EACH PARTICIPANT WILL COMPLETE 4 WEEKS OF BASELINE TESTING (CONTROL) FOLLOWED BY 4 WEEKS OF COUNSELING (TREATMENT). IN AIM 2, PARTICIPANTS WILL BE RANDOMIZED INTO ONE OF TWO SOUND THERAPY GROUPS. AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL HAVE THE EARLY CLINICAL EVIDENCE NEEDED TO SUPPORT LARGER, MULTI-SITE, FUTURE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS THAT WILL BE DESIGNED TO MORE FULLY EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REMOTE DELIVERY OF HAT’S COUNSELING AND CUSTOMIZED SOUND THERAPY COMPONENTS TO REDUCE REACTIONS TO HYPERACUSIS. AS AN R15 AREA AWARD, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT THROUGH THE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED TO STUDENT RESEARCHERS WHO WILL BE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT, AND ON THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT BY ENHANCING THE PI’S WORK AND ADVANCING PRIORITIES OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE.

ROBERT NOYCE CAPACITY BUILDING PROPOSAL AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROJECT

NEW RESEARCH ON THE MESOZOIC VERTEBRATE FAUNAS OF THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION, ANTARCTICA

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROJECT

STRENGTHENING THE ENDOWMENT OF AUGUSTANA COLLEGE'S CENTER FOR WESTERN STUDIES

EAGER: HYBRIDIZATION AND METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN MILKWEEDS

RUI: STRONG-FIELD CONTROL OF INTRAMOLECULAR DYNAMICS IN POLYATOMIC MOLECULES -ATOMS CAN ABSORB ENERGY FROM LIGHT, A PROCESS THAT EXCITES THEIR ELECTRONS. WHEN MOLECULES, WHICH ARE COMPOSED OF MULTIPLE ATOMS, ABSORB LIGHT IN A SIMILAR MANNER, THE ABSORBED ENERGY CAN QUICKLY BE TRANSFERRED AWAY FROM THE ELECTRONS AND CAUSE THE ATOMS WITHIN THE MOLECULE TO MOVE. THE MOLECULES CAN VIBRATE BY STRETCHING OR BENDING, OR THE ATOMS IN THE MOLECULE CAN ROTATE ABOUT EACH OTHER. THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR IS A KEY STEP IN PROCESSES SUCH AS VISION OR PHOTOSYNTHESIS, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS ENERGY TRANSFER IS ACCOMPLISHED CAN HELP DESIGN MORE EFFICIENT COLLECTION OF LIGHT OR TO CONSTRUCT LIGHT-ACTIVATED MOLECULAR SWITCHES. AT AN EXTREME LEVEL, INTENSE, ULTRASHORT LASER PULSES CAN MANIPULATE TRANSIENT MOLECULAR STRUCTURE DIRECTLY. STATED ANOTHER WAY, THE PRECISE APPLICATION OF A LASER PULSE CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS A LIGHT-BASED REAGENT THAT ALTERS A CHEMICAL PROCESS IN A DESIRED MANNER. FOR THESE REASONS, THIS BASIC RESEARCH EXPLORES HOW THE EXCITATION OF ELECTRONS IN MOLECULES BY LIGHT LEADS TO CHANGES IN TRANSIENT MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND SEEKS WAYS OF CONTROLLING THOSE PROCESSES. THESE STUDIES ARE DONE WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, WHICH PROVIDES MOTIVATION FOR FURTHER SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AND THEREFORE HELPS DEVELOP A HIGHLY SKILLED WORKFORCE. THIS RESEARCH USES MOMENTUM IMAGING SCHEMES TO MEASURE THE STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION OF MOLECULES FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION OF INTENSE, ULTRAFAST LASER PULSES. PHOTOELECTRON CIRCULAR DICHROISM IS A SENSITIVE PROBE OF CHIRAL STRUCTURE IN MOLECULES AND ONE PART OF THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO USE THESE SIGNALS TO PROBE LASER-INDUCED TRANSITIONS FROM ACHIRAL TO CHIRAL STRUCTURES. COINCIDENCE ION MOMENTUM IMAGING CAN IDENTIFY SPECIFIC DYNAMIC PROCESSES IN MOLECULES, AND MULTI-PARTICLE CUMULANT ANALYSIS CAN INCREASE THE DATA ACQUISITION RATE BY ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE OVER TRADITIONAL COINCIDENCE ANALYSIS. DEVELOPING THIS DETECTION APPROACH IS THE SECOND MAIN GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH. BOTH DETECTION SCHEMES CAN THEN BE LINKED TO ULTRAFAST LASER PULSE SHAPING AND USED TO EXPLORE COHERENT CONTROL OF MOLECULAR DYNAMICS, EITHER THROUGH OPEN- OR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL SCHEMES. THESE STUDIES EXPLORE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT ELECTRONIC TO NUCLEAR COUPLING IN MOLECULES AND HOW THESE PROCESSES MIGHT BE CONTROLLED. 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.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE DARKSIDE DARK-MATTER SEARCH USING LIQUID ARGON -A LARGE BODY OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, INCLUDING GALACTIC ROTATION CURVES, STRONG GRAVITATIONAL LENSING, AND THE ANISOTROPY OF THE COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND, INDICATES THAT KNOWN MATTER ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR A SMALL FRACTION OF THE OBSERVED MASS-ENERGY OF THE UNIVERSE. A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR THE REMAINING MASS IS WEAKLY INTERACTING DARK MATTER PARTICLES WITH PROPERTIES DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY MATTER. DIRECT (NON-GRAVITATIONAL) DETECTION OF DARK MATTER WOULD BE A TRANSFORMATIONAL DISCOVERY AND WOULD REPRESENT A WATERSHED MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE, OPENING THE GATES TO THE INVESTIGATION OF THE DARK UNIVERSE. THE GOAL OF THIS AWARD IS THE TESTING, ON-SITE INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, AND TRANSITIONING TO OPERATIONS OF DARKSIDE-20K (DS-20K), AN EXPERIMENT CAPABLE OF PUSHING THE SENSITIVITY OF DIRECT DARK MATTER SEARCHES BEYOND THAT OF ANY CURRENT OR PRESENTLY FUNDED EXPERIMENT. BROADER SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACTS FROM THE PROJECT INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS: THE PRODUCTION OF LOW-RADIOACTIVITY UNDERGROUND ARGON (UAR) FOR DS-20K AND FOR NUCLEAR TEST BAN VERIFICATION AND RADIOMETRIC DATING; THE CONTINUED STUDY OF THE UNDERGROUND GAS SOURCE DISCOVERED DURING THE UAR EXPLORATION, A SOURCE WHICH SUPPLIES 15 % OF THE CURRENT U.S. HELIUM CONSUMPTION; AND THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF 3D?, A LAR-BASED TOF-PET SYSTEM THAT CAN ENHANCE CANCER SCREENING WHILE LOWERING RADIATION DOSE. A LEADING DARK MATTER CANDIDATE IS A WEAKLY INTERACTING MASSIVE PARTICLE, OR WIMP, A THERMAL RELIC OF THE BIG BANG THAT HAS A SUB-ELECTROWEAK-SCALE SELF-ANNIHILATION CROSS SECTION AND A MASS IN THE GEV/C2 TO TEV/C2 RANGE. THE MOTION OF GALACTIC HALO WIMPS RELATIVE TO A DETECTOR ON EARTH COULD RESULT IN WIMP-NUCLEUS ELASTIC COLLISIONS DETECTABLE BY A LOW-BACKGROUND, LOW-ENERGY-THRESHOLD DETECTOR CAPABLE OF UNAMBIGUOUSLY IDENTIFYING A SMALL NUMBER OF NUCLEAR RECOILS FROM WIMP COLLISIONS OVER THE COURSE OF A VERY LARGE EXPOSURE. THANKS TO ITS EXCELLENT IONIZATION RESPONSE AND UNIQUE SCINTILLATION LIGHT EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS, LIQUID ARGON CAN PROVIDE OUTSTANDING SENSITIVITY FOR WIMP-NUCLEAR COLLISIONS AND STRONG BACKGROUND SUPPRESSION. THE U.S. NSF GROUPS INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM HAVE LED THE CONCEPTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DARKSIDE-20K LIQUID ARGON DARK MATTER SEARCH. WITH SUPPORT FROM A SEPARATE MID-SCALE AWARD, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND DELIVERY OF THE MOST CRITICAL DS-20K COMPONENTS: THE LIQUID ARGON TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER (LAR TPC) THAT SERVES AS THE HEART OF THE DS-20K DARK MATTER DETECTOR ALONG WITH ITS CRITICAL ANCILLARY COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE HIGH-VOLTAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND THE ASSOCIATED CRYOGENIC, PURIFICATION, AND CALIBRATION SYSTEMS. THE U.S. NSF GROUPS ARE ALSO LEADING THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF THE REQUIRED ULTRA-LOW RADIOACTIVITY ARGON, WHICH IS EXTRACTED FROM A SPECIAL UNDERGROUND SOURCE IN COLORADO, WITH SUPPORT FROM OTHER US AND INTERNATIONAL FUNDING AGENCIES (U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE OF ITALY, AND CANADA FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATION). THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT THE U.S. GROUPS FOR THE FINAL TESTING, ON-SITE INSTALLATION, COMMISSIONING, AND TRANSITION TO OPERATIONS OF THE DS-20K DETECTOR AND PREPARATION FOR SCIENCE ANALYSES. THE DARKSIDE-20K EXPERIMENT WILL UTILIZE A TWO-PHASE TIME PROJECTION CHAMBER WITH A 50-TONNE FILL (20-TONNE FIDUCIAL) TO EXTEND THE EXPLORATION FOR DARK MATTER, REACHING, IN A 10 YEARS RUN, A CROSS SECTION OF 4.9?10?48 CM2 FOR A 90 % C.L. EXCLUSION AND 1.6?10?47 CM2 AT A 5 ? DISCOVERY SIGNIFICANCE FOR A 1 TEV/C2 WIMP, WELL BEYOND ANY CURRENT OR PRESENTLY FUNDED EXPERIMENT. THIS WILL LEAD TO EITHER DISCOVERY, CONFIRMATION, OR EXCLUSION OF THE WIMP DARK MATTER HYPOTHESIS DOWN TO THE LEVEL WHERE COHERENT SCATTERS FROM ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRINOS BECOME AN UNAVOIDABLE BACKGROUND. DARKSIDE-20K WILL ALSO BE SENSITIVE TO A GALACTIC SUPERNOVA NEUTRINO BURST ORIGINATING ANYWHERE IN THE MILKY WAY GALAXY. 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: STRONG-FIELD CONTROL OF POLYATOMIC MOLECULES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTINUED RESEARCH ON THE JURASSIC VERTEBRATE FAUNA FROM THE BEARDMORE GLACIER REGION OF ANTARCTICA

YEAST MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSPORTERS INVOLVED IN GLUTAMATE AND FATTY ACID METABOLISM

RUI: STUDYING THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY -THIS AWARD CONTINUES THE SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE, WHICH IS THE FORCE RESPONSIBLE FOR BINDING PROTONS AND NEUTRONS IN THE NUCLEUS OF AN ATOM AND FOR ENERGY GENERATION IN THE SUN. THE VERY EARLY UNIVERSE WAS SO HOT THAT PROTONS AND NEUTRONS DID NOT EXIST. INSTEAD, A DENSE SOUP OF QUARKS AND GLUONS, THE FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES THAT MAKE UP THE PROTON AND NEUTRON AND INTERACT BY THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE, EXISTED. THIS STATE OF MATTER HAS BEEN RECREATED IN THE COLLISIONS OF HEAVY NUCLEI, LIKE GOLD, AT THE RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLIDER (RHIC) AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. AS A MEMBER OF THE SPHENIX COLLABORATION, THE AUGUSTANA NUCLEAR PHYSICS GROUP PROPOSES TO ANALYZE HOW HIGH ENERGY PARTICLES EMERGING FROM THE QUARK-GLUON PLASMA CHANGE THEIR ENERGY AND DIRECTION. SUCH MEASUREMENT YIELDS INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLASMA'S PROPERTIES AS WELL AS DETAILS ON THE FUNDAMENTAL STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE INTERACTION. THE GROUP IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE EPIC COLLABORATION THAT IS DESIGNING THE DETECTOR FOR THE EVENTUAL ELECTRON-ION COLLIDER (EIC) TO BE BUILT AT BROOKHAVEN. THE GROUP WILL BE CONTRIBUTING MANPOWER TO STUDYING POTENTIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC CALORIMETER TECHNOLOGIES TO BE USED. THE PROPOSED WORK IS UNIQUE IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE REGION AND PROVIDE PHYSICS AND PRE-ENGINEERING STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO BE TECHNICALLY TRAINED. THEY WILL WORK WITH COLLABORATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD AND PRESENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES. THE PROJECT WILL FUND RESEARCH FOR UNDERGRADUATES STUDYING BOTH PHYSICS AND PRE-ENGINEERING AND PROVIDE BROAD EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS. STUDENTS WILL GAIN PRACTICAL SKILLS SUCH AS COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, ANALYSIS OF LARGE DATA SETS, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING APPLICATION, AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN. ALL THESE SKILLS ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER VOCATIONS OF INTEREST TO THE STUDENT, THE STATE, AND THE NATION. STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY COLLABORATION MEETINGS, PRESENT AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES, AND VISIT COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS. SUCH OPPORTUNITIES WILL BUILD THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS, GROW THEIR PROFESSIONAL NETWORK, PUT THEM IN CONTACT WITH POTENTIAL GRADUATE SCHOOLS, AND PREPARE THEM FOR 21ST-CENTURY TECHNICAL JOBS. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE CONTINUATION OF THE ONLY LABORATORY IN THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA DEDICATED TO STUDYING THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE. THE PI IS A MEMBER OF THE SPHENIX COLLABORATION AT THE RELATIVISTIC HEAVY ION COLLIDER (RHIC) AND EPIC COLLABORATION AT THE ELECTRON ION COLLIDER (EIC), BOTH AT BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. BROADLY THE PI AND HIS STUDENTS HAVE FOCUSED ON USING HIGH MOMENTUM TRANSFER (Q2) PROCESSES, SPECIFICALLY JETS, TO UNDERSTAND LOW-Q2 PROCESSES. USING SPHENIX AU+AU AND P+P DATA, HADRON-JET AZIMUTHAL CORRELATIONS WILL BE MEASURED. DEPENDING ON HOW THE JETS ARE BINNED, THESE CORRELATIONS CAN BE SENSITIVE TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF PARTON ENERGY LOSS IN A QUARK-GLUON PLASMA (QGP). THESE MEASUREMENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH LUMINOSITY OF RHIC AND HIGH DAQ RATE OF SPHENIX TO HAVE A LARGE SAMPLE OF JETS TO STUDY THE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF THE QGP AT RHIC. THE PI AND STUDENTS PLAN TO INCREASE THEIR PARTICIPATION IN EPIC. THE GROUP WILL WORK ALONGSIDE COLLABORATORS DOING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR HOMOGENEOUS ELECTROMAGNETIC CALORIMETERS FOR THE CENTRAL RAPIDITY BARREL OR THE ELECTRON-GOING BACKWARD RAPIDITY ARM. THE GROUP PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JEFFERSON LAB TEST BEAM CAMPAIGN. DEEP INELASTIC E+A COLLISIONS AT THE EIC CAN PROBE A REGION WHICH MAY BE WHERE GLUON SATURATION DOMINATES GLUON KINEMATICS. THE GROUP WILL CONTINUE WORKING ON WAYS TO INCREASE THE SENSITIVITY OF TWO-PARTICLE AZIMUTHAL CORRELATIONS TO THE PHOTON-GLUON FUSION PROCESS. BEYOND THE PHYSICS DELIVERABLES, THIS PROJECT HAS ADDITIONAL BROADER IMPACTS. BEING THE SINGLE STRONG-FORCE PHYSICS LABORATORY IN THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, STUDENTS FROM THE REGION HAVE UNIQUE ACCESS TO THIS KIND OF PHYSICS. STUDENTS THAT HAVE WORKED IN THE GROUP HAVE GAINED VALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. THERE ARE FORMER STUDENTS WHO ARE EITHER COMPLETING THEIR ENGINEERING DEGREES OR IN THE WORK FORCE IN A TECHNICAL JOB IN AND AROUND SOUTH DAKOTA. THE PROPOSED ANALYSIS AND DETECTOR TESTING WORK WILL PROVIDE CURRENT STUDENTS WITH THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO BE READY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE TECHNICAL JOBS. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY NUCLEAR PHYSICS PROGRAM AND THE ESTABLISHED PROGRAM TO STIMULATE COMPETITIVE RESEARCH (EPSCOR). 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.

RUI: SUPPORTING NEW EFFORTS IN STUDIES OF NEUTRON-RICH NUCLIDES

RUI: UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROL OF STRONG-FIELD MOLECULAR IONIZATION

THE EFFECTS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION IN TEACHING HUMAN ANATOMY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

RUI: STUDYING THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: BOUNDARIES IN THE AMERICAN MOSAIC: INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED STATES

RUI: USING IMAGING METHODS TO EXPOSE THE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS ARISING FROM ULTRAFAST ADAPTIVE CONTROL

RUI: MOMENTUM IMAGING STUDIES OF CONTROLLED MOLECULAR FRAGMENTATION

RUI: STUDYING THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY

RUI: IMAGE-BASED STRONG-FIELD ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF MOLECULAR DYNAMICS

COLLABORATIVE PROPOSAL: DIVERSITY OF PHYSCOMITRIUM PYRIFORME IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE: SIGNIFICANCE OF AUTOPOLYPLOIDY WITHIN A PHYLOGENOMIC AND EXPERIMENTAL FRAMEWORK

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A TPX3CAM FOR HIGH-RATE COINCIDENCE VELOCITY MAP IMAGING

RUI: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ON NEUTRON-RICH NUCLEI

RUI: ESTABLISHING AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GROUP IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS

RUI: STUDYING THE STRONG NUCLEAR FORCE AT AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DARKSIDE-20K: A GLOBAL PROGRAM FOR THE DIRECT DETECTION OF DARK MATTER USING LOW-RADIOACTIVITY ARGON

MRI CONSORTIUM: DEVELOPMENT OF A CHARGED PARTICLE TELESCOPE BY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS FOR STUDIES OF EXOTIC NUCLEI

RUI: LASER PROBING OF PROTON-RICH RARE ISOTOPES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIRECT SEARCH FOR DARK MATTER WITH UNDERGROUND ARGON AT LNGS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: R & D TOWARD DARKSIDE-G2, A SECOND-GENERATION DIRECT SEARCH FOR DARK MATTER

15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AIDHISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES LIKE GRANTS AND TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P24AS00540 AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS (AACR) IS A COMPETITIVE HISTORY-BASED GRANT PROGRAM TO DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE THE SITES AND STORIES OF THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STRUGGLE TO GAIN EQUAL RIGHTS AS CITIZENS FROM THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE FORWARD. THIS GRANT FUNDS A BROAD RANGE OF HISTORY PROJECTS INCLUDING SURVEY AND PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND EDUCATION, AND COLLECTIONS CONSERVATION. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES, TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION TO NOMINATE PROPERTIES TO THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

RUI: COLLABORATION TO ENHANCE PARTICIPATION OF MINORITY AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE

UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURAL, GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC REGULATION OF WUE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A DEPLETED ARGON DETECTOR FOR A DARK MATTER SEARCH

PLANNING A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE SWENSON CENTER [THE SWENSON SWEDISH IMMIGRATION RESEARCH CENTER AT AUGUSTANA COLLEGE IN ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS IS A NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER, LIBRARY, AND ARCHIVES FOR THE STUDY OF SWEDISH-AMERICAN HISTORY AND RELATIONS. IT HOUSES A SIGNIFICANT COLLECTION OF ARCHIVAL AND PRINTED MATERIALS PERTAINING TO THE HISTORY OF IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO A VARIETY OF SWEDISH-AMERICAN RELATIONS. THE CENTER?S COLLECTIONS INCLUDE IMPORTANT PRIMARY MATERIALS WITH DEEP ROOTS IN THE SWEDISH MIGRATION PERIOD OF 1840-1930 WHEN 1.3 MILLION SWEDES MADE THEIR WAY TO ?THE NEW WORLD,? MAKING THE CENTER A PRIME REPOSITORY FOR SWEDISH-AMERICAN HISTORY. THIS PLANNING PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER A TEAM OF COLLECTION SPECIALISTS, PRESERVATIONS SPECIALISTS, AND ARCHITECTS TO DEVELOP A MASTER BUILDING AND PRESERVATION PLAN THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF DENKMANN HALL, HOME OF THE SWENSON CENTER, TO SUPPORT BOTH GENERAL PRESERVATION PLANNING AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANNING.]

RSG: THE EVOLUTION OF VIBRATIONAL COMMUNICATION IN ISLAND ENDEMICS: FUNCTION, FITNESS IMPLICATIONS, ONTOGENY, AND PHYLOGENY OF SEISMIC SIGNALING IN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AUTHENTIC PROJECT-BASED RESEARCH IN COLLEGE SCIENCES CURRICULA: ASSESSING THE IMPACTS ON STUDENTS AND FACULTY

MINOR IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND THE HUMANITIES

ANGOSTURA RAY LONG SITE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: E-CORE RII: SOUTH DAKOTA RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM NETWORK: STEM EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION -THE STEM RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM IN SOUTH DAKOTA (SD) RELIES CRITICALLY ON K-12 SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE NEED FOR PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS TO DEVELOP INTEREST AND CONFIDENCE IN STEM AND TO BECOME MOTIVATED TO WORK IN STEM FIELDS IS RECOGNIZED BY SD?S SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (S&T) PLAN, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE IMPORTANCE OF IDEAS, TALENT, AND COMPANIES. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT INCORPORATES THREE PUBLIC AND ONE PRIVATE PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, THREE TRIBAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (TCUS), AND THREE PHD-GRANTING INSTITUTIONS. ADDITIONAL PARTNERS INCLUDE A SPECIALTY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, SD BOARD OF REGENTS, SD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND A US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY-FUNDED RESEARCH FACILITY. AN INFORMAL SCIENCE EDUCATION CENTER ACROSS THE JURISDICTION FOCUSES ON TALENT AND ON THE S&T PLAN'S TWO RELATED STRATEGIES TO STRENGTHEN THE SD RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM. THESE TWO STRATEGIES ARE (I) INCREASING THE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND EQUITY OF THE SD STEM WORKFORCE; AND (II) CULTIVATING A WORKFORCE PIPELINE BY PROMOTING STEM CAREERS WITH SD K-12 STUDENTS. THE PROJECT WILL BUILD A STRONG NETWORK OF EDUCATORS AND RESEARCHERS AND STRENGTHEN THE STEM EDUCATION LANDSCAPE ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA, INCLUDING WITHIN THE MOST RURAL AND REMOTE REGIONS AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. K-12 STUDENTS, THEIR TEACHERS, TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS, FAMILIES, POST-SECONDARY FACULTY, AND STEM RESEARCHERS WILL ALL BENEFIT. THE CITIZENRY WILL BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT STEM RESEARCH UNDERWAY WITHIN SD, AND A BROADER ARRAY OF STUDENTS WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE WELCOME TO A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND ARE SUPPORTED TO SUCCEED IN STEM. INSPIRING MORE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS TO PURSUE CAREERS IN STEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO STRENGTHEN THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE IN THE STATE AND NATIONWIDE. THIS PROJECT IS LED BY BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY, A PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION (PUI) WITHIN THE SD BOARD OF REGENTS SYSTEM. THE PROJECT?S 35-MEMBER LEADERSHIP TEAM REPRESENTS A COLLABORATION ACROSS A BREADTH OF SD ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS (I.E., OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA MAIN CAMPUS, SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY, DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, AUGUSTANA UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION, NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY, SINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY, SISSETON WAHPETON COLLEGE, SANFORD UNDERGROUND RESEARCH FACILITY/SD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY, SOUTH DAKOTA DISCOVERY CENTER). IN SERVICE TO THE SD S&T PLAN, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES AN ADMINISTRATIVE CORE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON STEM EDUCATION, BOTH IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL, AND ON THREE ADDITIONAL CORES IN STEM EDUCATION (K-16), BROADENING PARTICIPATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT & OUTREACH. THROUGH THESE CORES, THE PROJECT WILL BUILD A JURISDICTION-WIDE NETWORK WITH 6 PROJECT GOALS. THE PROJECT SEEKS TO: (I) ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF STEM RESEARCHERS TO ENGAGE EFFECTIVELY WITH K-12 EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND OTHER AUDIENCES OUTSIDE THEIR DISCIPLINES; (II) IDENTIFY AND NURTURE STEM TEACHER LEADERS, EQUIPPING THEM TO STRENGTHEN STEM EDUCATION WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND DISTRICTS AND TO ADVANCE STEM EDUCATION ACROSS THE STATE; (III) ENHANCE THE ABILITY OF ALL K-12 TEACHERS TO DELIVER HIGH-QUALITY STEM INSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO SERVE RURAL AND NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS; (IV) STRENGTHEN THE LEVEL OF INTEREST, SENSE OF BELONGING, AND ACADEMIC PREPARATION IN STEM OF SD'S FULL ARRAY OF STUDENTS ? FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND INTO POST-SECONDARY; (V) GENERATE AND SHARE RESEARCH FINDINGS RELEVANT BEYOND SD ABOUT STEM TEACHER LEADERSHIP, BUILDING STUDENT IDENTITY IN STEM, AND FACTORS IMPORTANT IN SUPPORTING NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS IN STEM; AND (VI) PROVIDE STEM EDUCATION GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO THE SD JURISDICTIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE IN STRENGTHENING COLLABORATION AMONG RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACROSS SD, AND TO CATALYZE YET-TO-BE ENVISIONED EFFORTS RELATED TO STEM EDUCATION. THE PROJECT HAS POTENTIAL TO ENGAGE STEM RESEARCHERS, K-12 TEACHERS, AND K-12 STUDENTS IN AN INTERCONNECTED NETWORK DESIGNED TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF THE NEXT GENERATION FOR THE SD STEM WORKFORCE. 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.

TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A TEMPORARY LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC ARTWORK BY THE OHIO-BASED ARTIST CAROL HUMMEL.

RCN/UBE COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOP; MINNEAPOLIS, MN

PUBLICATION OF ARCHEOLOGICAL & GEOMORPHOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE RAY LONG SITE AT ANGOSTURA

PRESERVATION ASSESSMENT AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS FOR THE SWENSON SWEDISH IMMIGRATION RESEARCH CENTER

PURCHASE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND DISASTER RESPONSE SUPPLIES

PUBLICATION ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

NSL - BACCALAUREATE NURSING - LOAN GRANT WITH FUNDS FOR NEW BUDGET PERIOD

TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A TEMPORARY LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC ARTWORK BY THE OHIO-BASED ARTIST CAROL HUMMEL.