Calvin University

CALVIN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL PORTION OF THE HEERF FORMULA GRANT UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURING (CARES) ACT

CALVIN UNIVERSITY EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURING (CARES) ACT

CALVIN UNIVERSITY’S READY FOR LIFE ACADEMY: A TRANSITION AND POSTSECONDARY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES (TPSID)

BUILDING FOUNDATIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE SUCCESS IN STEM

ROLES OF ENDOTHELIAL CELLS IN HIV INFECTION AND LATENCY IN RESTING CD4+ T CELLS

ARI-R2: INTEGRATED SCIENCE RESEARCH EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM AT CALVIN UNIVERSITY: SSS SCHOLARS

COMBATING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

THE MECHANISM FOR THE ACUTE ACTIVATION OF GLUT1

EXPANDING COMPUTATION FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE

COMPUTATION FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE

RESTORING A VISION INTERRUPTED: RENEWING THE HUMANITIES THROUGH STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND A NEW CORE CURRICULUM [AMID TREMENDOUS DISRUPTION, CALVIN UNIVERSITY SEEKS TO MOVE CREATIVELY AND GENERATIVELY. NEH FUNDS WILL PROVIDE FACULTY WITH TIME TO ENVISION AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO REENERGIZE THE HUMANITIES ACROSS CAMPUS IN THREE AREAS: 1) COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE (COP) TO DEVELOP SCHOLARSHIP FRAMEWORKS, SCHOLARLY PRODUCTS, AND CONNECT LEARNING TO AREAS OF STRATEGIC AND LONG-TERM SIGNIFICANCE; 2) ENGAGING NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES TO REACH NEW LEARNERS THROUGH PROGRAMS AT OR PATHWAYS TO CALVIN; AND 3) COMMUNITY AND COMMITMENTS, A FOUNDATIONAL HUMANITIES COURSE IN CALVIN?S NEW CORE CURRICULUM THAT INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO A LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION AND TO THREE AREAS WE CONSIDER ESSENTIAL TO FOSTER ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP: DIVERSITY AND DIFFERENCE, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND GLOBAL REGIONS AND CULTURES. THE PROPOSED INVESTMENT WILL RETAIN TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS IN THE HUMANITIES (3.2 FTE) AND STAFF WHO SUPPORT HUMANITIES PROGRAMMING (.5 FTE), REGAINING MOMENTUM FOR RENEWAL.] [PURPOSE: TO COMPLEMENT CALVIN UNIVERSITY?S STRATEGIC PLAN, VISION 2030, WITH NEW CURRICULAR PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO BUILD CAMPUS COHESION AND INCREASE CAMPUS MORALE, WHICH HAS SUFFERED DURING THE CURRENT PANDEMIC. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: FACULTY AND STAFF WILL DEDICATE TIME TO TWO GENERAL AREAS OF INQUIRY AND PROGRAM INVESTMENT: ?COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE,? WHICH COMPRISE GROUPS OF FACULTY AND STAFF DEVELOPING SCHOLARSHIP FRAMEWORKS, SCHOLARLY PRODUCTS, AND CONNECTIONS TO LEARNING IN AREAS OF STRATEGIC AND LONG-TERM SIGNIFICANCE; AND ?ENGAGING NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES,? WHICH WILL BRING TOGETHER GROUPS OF FACULTY AND STAFF FOCUSED ON REACHING NEW LEARNERS (NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS SUCH AS WORKING ADULTS AND INCARCERATED CITIZENS) THROUGH PROGRAMS AT OR PATHWAYS TO THE UNIVERSITY. THE UNIVERSITY WILL ALSO USE THE GRANT TO LAUNCH A NEW FOUNDATIONAL HUMANITIES COURSE THAT WILL BE PART OF ITS REVISED CORE CURRICULUM. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE RECIPIENT HAS IDENTIFIED SIX NEW COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE FUNDED PROGRAM. THESE COURSE CLUSTERS WILL COVER TOPICS RANGING FROM THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. A NEW CORE COURSE, COMMUNITY AND COMMITMENTS (CORE 100), WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED. ALL INCOMING AND TRANSFER STUDENTS WILL TAKE THIS NEW COURSE DURING THEIR FIRST SEMESTER AT CALVIN UNIVERSITY. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT CALVIN UNIVERSITY, A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, THAT IN 2021 ENROLLED 3,307 STUDENTS. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 500 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER TO ENHANCE FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH

DIMENSIONS: IDENTIFYING HOW THE ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HOST AND SYMBIONT SHAPE HOLOBIONT BIODIVERSITY

ELEVATED POTASSIUM ION IN LACRIMAL FLUID AND THE HEALTH OF THE OCULAR SURFACE

ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION, REPRODUCTION, AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS IN COLONIAL WATERBIRDS BREEDING

PROTECTION OF THE CORNEA FROM UVB RADIATION BY ELEVATED POTASSIUM IN TEARS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATING THEORY AND EXPERIMENT TO UNRAVEL PROTEIN TRANSPORT IN THE ER

STEPPING EAST: ASIAN STUDIES AT CALVIN COLLEGE

RUI: ROLE AND FORMATION OF TYROSINE-CYSTEINE PROTEIN COFACTORS

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A NANOFLUIDIC QUANTITATIVE PCR/GENOTYPING SYSTEM TO ENHANCE FACULTY AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH.

PEERS TEAM: PEER EDUCATION AND EMPOWERMENT TO REDUCE SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING ON CAMPUS

RUI: SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY FUNCTIONALIZED HETEROCYCLIC SCAFFOLDS

COOPERATIVE CELLULAR TRANSFORMATION BY LRRK2 AND MET IN RENAL NEOPLASMS

IDENTIFYING ELUSIVE SPECIES IN SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS WITH PERGA AND NANOREACTORS -WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MACROMOLECULAR, SUPRAMOLECULAR AND NANOCHEMISTRY PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR VANDER GRIEND OF CALVIN UNIVERSITY WILL EXPLORE APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING ELUSIVE CHEMICAL SPECIES THAT ARE FORMED IN DYNAMIC ASSEMBLIES. THE FUNCTIONALITY OF DYNAMIC ASSEMBLIES IN MANY PROCESSES (SUCH AS CATALYSIS AND SEPARATION) DEPENDS ON MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SPECIES OPERATING IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. HOWEVER, ANALYZING MULTIPART MIXTURES WITHOUT SEPARATING THEM IS ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS THIS CHALLENGE BY DEVELOPING ANALYTICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS THAT WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO OTHER SCIENTISTS VIA A WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY PROF. VANDER GRIEND. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE PREPARATION OF STEM WORKFORCE. FOR THIS PROJECT, PROF. VANDER GRIEND WILL RELY ON TWO MAIN APPROACHES. THE FIRST APPROACH WILL EXPLORE THE APPLICATION OF THE NANOREACTOR PROGRAM, WHICH IS A CUTTING-EDGE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY TOOL DEVELOPED BY PROF. MARTINEZ AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY, TO SUPRAMOLECULAR SOLUTION MIXTURES. IN THE SECOND APPROACH, PROF. VANDER GRIEND WILL LEVERAGE THE CHEMOMETRIC MODELING OF SPECTROSCOPIC TITRATION DATA TO SIMULTANEOUSLY CHARACTERIZE THE ENTIRE ENSEMBLE OF CHEMICAL SPECIES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM PROCESSES. 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.

SEMICONDUCTING NANOPARTICLE-BASED BIOSENSORS FOR STOCHASTIC ANALYTE DETECTION

MRI: MALDI ACQUISITION FOR COLLABORATIVE SPECIES AND BIOMOLECULE IDENTIFICATION

THIS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO AN INSTITUTION TO INVESTIGATE AND MONITOR THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS ON THE BREEDING POPULATION NUMBERS, REPRODUCTION, AND IMMUNOLOGICAL HEALTH OF FISH EATING BIRDS FOUND IN THE GREAT LAKES AREAS OF CONCERN IN SAGINAW BAY AND RIVER RAISIN, BUILDING ON PREVIOUS INVESTIGATIONS. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, THE RECIPIENT INSTITUTION MUST HAVE A PROVEN RECORD OF EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH THESE TYPES OF BIRD COLONIES IN THE GREAT LAKES AND MEASURING SPECIFIC IMMUNOLOGICAL ENDPOINTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY AND COMPARABILITY OF DATA. IN ADDITION TO THE CONTINUING WORK ON COLONIAL WATERBIRD POPULATIONS, REPRODUCTION, AND IMMUNE FUNCTION THE RECIPIENT INSTITUTION WILL ENSURE THE SAME ENDPOINTS AT BELLOWS ISLAND, AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL INFLUENCES CONTAMINANTS OF EMERGING CONCERN TO THOSE ENDPOINTS. RESULTING DATA WILL BE USED TO INFORM THE WILDLIFE POPULATIONS AND REPRODUCTIVE/DEFORMITIES BENEFICIAL USE IMPAIRMENT S IN MICHIGAN'S AOCS. ADDRESSING THESE BUIS SUPPORTS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ''FOCUS AREA- TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND AREAS OF CONCERN'' OF THE GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE (GLRI) (15.662) ACTION PLAN II (2015 - 2019).

A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX OF NORTH AMERICAN HYMNALS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: PREDICTION OF A RED NOVA OUTBURST IN THE STAR KIC 9832227

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MULTIDISCIPLINARY BEOWULF CLUSTER

RUI: PROTEIN TYROSINE OXIDATIONS TO MAINTAIN CELLULAR REDOX STATE

THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DATA ESSENTIAL FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINANT EFFECTS ON COLONIAL WATERBIRD POPULATIONS, REPRODUCTION (EGG VIABILITY, FERTILITY, EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEFORMITIES, CHICK PRODUCTIVITY), AND HEALTH (CHICK GROWTH, AND IMMUNE RESPONSE) AT THE SAGINAW RIVER BAY BAY AND RIVER RAISIN AREAS OF CONCERN (AOCS) WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON RIVER RAISIN ASSESSMENTS. THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH SCIENTIFIC DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE FOR DELISTING MICHIGANS GREAT LAKES AREAS OF CONCERN (MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2018) AND THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION (IJC 2001) TO EVALUATE THE BENEFICIAL USE IMPAIRMENTS (BUIS) OF DEGRADATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AND BIRD OR ANIMAL DEFORMITIES OR REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS. THIS STUDY HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT WITH CONTINUED INPUT AND SUPPORT FOR ANNUAL MONITORING FROM STATE PARTNERS IN THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT GREAT LAKES AND ENERGY (EGLE) OFFICE OF THE GREAT LAKES. FURTHER, THE PI AND THEIR LAB WILL COORDINATE STATEWIDE HERRING GULL CONTAMINANTS ASSESSMENTS WHICH SUPPORT LONG TERM BI-NATIONAL (US AND CANADA) EFFORT TO MONITOR HERRING GULL EGG CONTAMINANTS TRENDS VITAL TO ASSESSING BASINWIDE HEALTH. THIS YEAR, THE PI WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN CONTAMINANTS OF MUTUAL CONCERN LAKE AREA MANAGEMENT PLANS MONITORING BY COLLECTING, PROCESSING, AND ARCHIVING HERRING GULL EGGS IN TARGETED SUPERIOR AND HURON COLONIES.

GLRI

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM AT CALVIN UNIVERSITY

RUI: SYNTHESIS OF HIGHLY FUNCTIONALIZED N-ALKYL 2-PYRIDONES AND THEIR ANALOGUES

RUI: PHOTOACIDITY IN BIOACTIVE, NATURAL COUMARINS

RUI: SINGLE MOLECULE AND BULK CALORIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF INSULIN BINDING INTERACTIONS WITH G-QUADRUPLEX DNA

RUI: IN SITU CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPETITIVELY BALANCED SUPRAMOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SYSTEMS

FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED TO INVESTIGATE KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN BENEFICIAL USE IMPAIRMENT OF BIRD OR ANIMAL DEFORMITIES OR REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS IN MICHIGAN'S AREAS OF CONCERN.

RUI: EQUILIBRIUM STUDIES OF SOLUTION-PHASE SELF-ASSEMBLY

THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE DATA ESSENTIAL FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINANT EFFECTS ON COLONIAL WATERBIRD POPULATIONS, REPRODUCTION (EGG VIABILITY, FERTILITY, EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEFORMITIES, CHICK PRODUCTIVITY), AND HEALTH (CHICK GROWTH, AND IMMUNE RESPONSE) AT THE SAGINAW RIVER BAY BAY AND RIVER RAISIN AREAS OF CONCERN (AOCS). THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES WITH SCIENTIFIC DATA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDANCE FOR DELISTING MICHIGANS GREAT LAKES AREAS OF CONCERN (MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 2018) AND THE INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION (IJC 2001) TO EVALUATE THE BENEFICIAL USE IMPAIRMENTS (BUIS) OF DEGRADATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS, AND BIRD OR ANIMAL DEFORMITIES OR REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS. CLEAN AND POSITIVE REFERENCES IN THE BASIN WILL BE ASSESSED FOR COMPARISONS. REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS WILL BE INDICATED BY COUNTING NESTS AND EXAMINING EGGS FOR HEALTHY EMBRYOS WITHOUT DEFORMITIES. CHICK HEALTH WILL BE EVALUATED BY GROWTH, WEIGHT PARAMETERS AS WELL AS IMMUNE RESPONSE ASSAYS DEVELOPED BY DR. GRASMAN. DR. GRASMAN WILL COORDINATE AND OVERSEE CONTAMINANT PREPARATION OF EGGS NOT ONLY FROM STUDY AND REFERENCE SITES BUT OTHER MONITORING LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MICHIGAN REQUESTED BY STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS. PLASMA SAMPLES MAY ALSO BE USED FOR CONTAMINANT CORRELATIONS. USFWS WILL CONSULT ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE STUDY, ASSIST IN SAMPLE SHIPMENT, LABORATORY CONTRACTING, SITE PERMISSIONS, REPORT AND PRESENTATION DEVELOPMENT, AND DISSEMINATION OF RESULTING DATA TO MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.

MRI-R2: ACQUISITION OF BIOPHYSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY AND STUDENT RESEARCH

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CSINPARALLEL: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OF PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING THROUGH SIGHT, SOUND, AND TOUCH

OPENING DOORS TO THE WORLD: IMPROVING ACCESS TO FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

LEVERAGING LABORATORY ACTIVITIES TO ACHIEVE EDUCATIONAL REFORM

FIRST-YEAR RESEARCH IN EARTH SCIENCES (FYRES): DUNES

RUI: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM STUDIES OF NON-SEQUENTIAL MULTIPLE IONIZATION OF ATOMS IN STRONG LASER FIELDS

TREES TO HEAL THE PLASTER CREEK WATERSHED

RUI: PHOTOASSOCIATION STUDIES IN RARE-GAS ATOM TRAPS

CRII: HCC: INTERACTIVE NATURAL LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING WRITERS IN STRUCTURING AND REVISING DOCUMENTS -CRII: HCC: INTERACTIVE NATURAL LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING WRITERS IN STRUCTURING AND REVISING DOCUMENTS WRITTEN COMMUNICATION AND DOCUMENTATION EMPOWER COLLABORATION, DECISION-MAKING, AND EXECUTION. IT IS CHALLENGING TO WRITE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE WELL STRUCTURED AND SERVE THE NEEDS OF READERS. TOOLS LIKE GRAMMARLY HELP FIX ERRORS IN GRAMMAR WITHIN SINGLE SENTENCES. BUT THEY ARE NOT DESIGNED TO HELP STRUCTURE PARAGRAPHS OR DOCUMENTS TO SERVE AN AUDIENCE. ALTHOUGH AI SYSTEMS (SUCH AS CHATGPT) CAN HELP WRITERS, THEY GENERATE TEXT THAT IS NOT IN THE AUTHOR?S OWN WORDS. THE CONTENT THAT COMES OUT CAN BE UNINFORMATIVE, NOT USEFUL, OR EFFECTIVELY PLAGIARIZED. THESE PROBLEMS MEAN THAT MANY ORGANIZATIONS NOW LIMIT THE USE OF GENERATIVE TECHNOLOGY IN CONTENT THAT THEY PUBLISH. THIS PROJECT EXPLORES HOW COMPUTER SYSTEMS CAN HELP WRITERS STRUCTURE THEIR DOCUMENTS. THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT GENERATE WORDS FOR WRITERS. INSTEAD, IT HELPS WRITERS CRAFT WELL-STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS IN THEIR OWN WORDS. THE PROJECT WILL EXPLORE HOW TO ADD FEATURES TO WORD PROCESSING APPLICATIONS. THESE FEATURES WILL HELP WRITERS ORGANIZE THEIR THOUGHTS AND STRUCTURE THEIR WRITING. THE FEATURES MAY ALSO HELP PREDICT WHAT QUESTIONS AND CONFUSIONS THAT READERS MIGHT HAVE. THE RESEARCH TEAM IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN VARIOUS MAJORS. THEY WILL IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS IN BUILDING TOOLS THAT USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI). THESE TOOLS WILL HELP PEOPLE IMPROVE THEIR WRITING AND COMMUNICATION. THE PROJECT SEEKS TO STUDY HOW HUMAN WRITERS CAN INTERACT WITH INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS DURING THE REVISION STAGE. THIS STAGE OCCURS BETWEEN THE INITIAL COMPOSITION AND THE FINAL EDITING FOR MECHANICS. THE RESEARCHERS HAVE ALREADY PROTOTYPED SEVERAL POSSIBLE INTERACTIONS. THE TEAM WILL BEGIN BY COMPLETING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE INTERACTIONS. THE TEAM WILL THEN REFINE AND TEST THOSE IMPLEMENTATIONS. TESTING WILL INCLUDE SIMULATED AND AUTHENTIC REVISION CONTEXTS. PARTICIPANTS FOR THESE EVALUATIONS WILL BE MAINLY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND FACULTY. PARTICIPANTS WILL PERFORM TYPICAL WRITING TASKS EXPECTED FOR CLASSES AND PUBLICATIONS. THE PERSPECTIVES OF BOTH THE WRITER AND OF THE READER WILL DETERMINE SUCCESS. EVALUATION OF WRITER EXPERIENCE WILL RESULT FROM POST-TASK INTERVIEWS AND ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION LOGS. EVALUATION BY READERS MAY INCLUDE MEASURES OF ACCURACY, STRUCTURE, AND ORIGINALITY. THE RESEARCH WILL USE PRE-TRAINED DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS FOR INITIAL PROTOTYPES. THIS IS THE SAME APPROACH THAT POWERS CHATGPT. DATA COLLECTED FROM EXPERIMENTS WITH WRITERS WILL HELP THE RESEARCHERS IMPROVE LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY. THEY MAY USE PROMPT ENGINEERING, FINE-TUNING, OR OTHER APPROACHES. THIS PROJECT SHOULD PRODUCE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW GENERATIVE AI SYSTEMS CAN HELP WRITERS. THE PROJECT ALSO SHOULD PRODUCE PRACTICAL OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION. 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: SYNTHESIS OF N-ALKYL PYRIDONES: MECHANISM, METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION TO ORGANIC MATERIALS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CYBERTRAINING: IMPLEMENTATION: MEDIUM: ENGAGING SCHOLARS IN CYBERSECURITY ANALYSIS: A LABORATORY FOR TEACHING AND EDUCATION (ESCALATE) -IN TODAY?S RAPIDLY EVOLVING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE, NETWORK SECURITY IS A CRITICAL PILLAR OF CYBERSECURITY. PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF IT RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS TO SECURE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRES THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT ALSO DEMANDS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH REAL-WORLD THREATS AND DATA. THIS PROJECT BRIDGES THIS GAP THROUGH INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED DATA SCIENCE TECHNIQUES AND PRACTICAL SKILLS IN CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE (CI) WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. THIS PROJECT ESTABLISHES THE CYBERSECURITY COMMUNITY HUB (C2HUB)?A PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPING, DELIVERING, AND DISSEMINATING CI-ENABLED CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION AND TRAINING RESOURCES. THE PROJECT INCORPORATES MODULAR, OPEN-SOURCE COURSE MATERIALS FOR BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVELS, INCLUDING SOFTWARE TOOLS, REAL-WORLD DATASETS, AND AUTO-GRADED ASSIGNMENTS IN THE C2HUB PLATFORM. THESE MODULES ARE DESIGNED FOR SEAMLESS EXECUTION ON NSF-FUNDED CI PLATFORMS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL RESEARCH PLATFORM AND EXPANSE, MAKING IT EASIER FOR EDUCATORS TO INCORPORATE HANDS-ON CI USE INTO THEIR CURRICULA. TO SUPPORT ADOPTION AND COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE PROJECT OFFERS EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE TRAINING, GATHER FEEDBACK, AND CULTIVATE A NETWORK OF EDUCATORS SHARING RESOURCES AND BEST PRACTICES. THE COURSE MATERIALS AND COMMUNITY PRACTICES DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS PROJECT CAN SERVE AS A NATIONAL MODEL FOR INTEGRATING CI INTO CYBERSECURITY AND STEM EDUCATION. C2HUB PROMOTES A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING AND EXPANDS THE NATION?S CYBERSECURITY RESEARCH WORKFORCE BY EMPOWERING STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUNDS TO ENGAGE IN CUTTING-EDGE DATA SCIENCE AND CYBERSECURITY TRAINING. 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: WAVES IN HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS TO BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES

RUI: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM STUDIES OF NON-SEQUENTIAL MULTIPLE IONIZATION OF ATOMS IN STRONG LASER FIELDS

RUI: GEOMETRIC ESTIMATES FOR COMPLEX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS

RUI: NONLINEAR SPECTRAL PROBLEMS IN HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS

RUI: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HOMOTOPY THEORY AND ALGEBRA

TEACHING THE REFORMATION AFTER FIVE HUNDRED YEARS

AMERICAN FRONTIERS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

TOOLS AND TRAINING TO ENHANCE CAPACITY FOR ANALYZING HIGH-RESOLUTION TAG DATA

RUI: IN SITU SPECTROSCOPIC AND THERMODYNAMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION THAT LEADS TO SUPRAMOLECULAR STRUCTURES, NANOMACHINES, AN

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CS IN PARALLEL: SCALING AN INCREMENTAL MODULAR APPROACH TO INJECTING PARALLEL COMPUTING THROUGHOUT CS CURRICULA

R42 MCH SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS RESEARCH - PROBLEM: ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES (U.S) INFANT MORTALITY HIT HISTORIC LOW IN 2020, IT IS WORSE THAN OTHER COMPARABLE NATIONS (AMERICA’S HEALTH RANKINGS, 2022). RACIAL DISPARITIES REMAIN IN INFANT MORTALITY AND BIRTH OUTCOMES, ESPECIALLY FOR NON-HISPANIC BLACK WOMEN (ELY & DRISCOLL, 2022). POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH PRENATAL BEHAVIORS SUCH AS SMOKING, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AND LATE OR NO PRENATAL CARE (LIU ET AL., 2022). HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030’S GOAL IS FOR 80.5% OF WOMEN TO INITIATE PRENATAL CARE (PNC) WITHIN THE FIRST TRIMESTER. A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO TIMELY PNC IS THAT IT CANNOT BE INITIATED UNTIL A WOMAN RECOGNIZES THAT SHE IS PREGNANT (AYOOLA ET AL., 2010). THE TIME OF PREGNANCY RECOGNITION IS CRUCIAL TO FETAL DEVELOPMENT, INITIATION OF PNC, AND BIRTH OUTCOMES. THIS PROJECT IS IN LINE WITH MCHB PROGRAM’S GOAL TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY AND EQUITABLE HEALTH SERVICES (ADEQUATE PNC) TO OPTIMIZE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. GOAL(S) AND OBJECTIVES: THIS STUDY EXAMINES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TIME OF PREGNANCY RECOGNITION, TIME OF PNC INITIATION, AND NUMBER OF PNC VISITS IN THE U.S. THE FOCUS OF THIS STUDY IS: 1) TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH EARLY RECOGNITION OF A PREGNANCY (CONFIRMED PREGNANCY WITHIN 6 WEEKS OF CONCEPTION) PREDICTS EARLY INITIATION OF PNC (START PNC WITHIN 12 WEEKS OF CONCEPTION) AND THE NUMBER OF PNC VISITS. 2) TO EXPLORE HOW EARLY PREGNANCY RECOGNITION AFFECTS BIRTH OUTCOMES SUCH AS GESTATIONAL AGE AT BIRTH, BIRTH WEIGHT, RATES OF ADMISSION TO NICUS AND INFANT MORTALITY IN THE GENERAL POPULATION AND AMONG RACIAL MINORITY GROUPS SUCH AS NON-HISPANIC BLACK, NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKAN NATIVE AND OTHER MINORITY GROUPS. PROPOSED DATA SETS AND TARGET POPULATION(S): THE PROPOSED STUDY IS A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF PHASE 8 (2016 TO 2020) MULTI-STATE DATA FROM THE PREGNANCY RISK ASSESSMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEM (PRAMS) PROGRAM. PRAMS IS A POPULATION-BASED SURVEY THAT IS PART OF THE CENT ERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) INITIATIVE TO REDUCE INFANT MORTALITY AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AND PROMOTE SAFE MOTHERHOOD. PRAMS IS AN ON-GOING STATE-BASED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM OF MATERNAL BEHAVIORS, ATTITUDES, AND EXPERIENCES BEFORE, DURING, AND SHORTLY AFTER PREGNANCY (CDC (C), 2022). THE PRAMS SAMPLE IS DRAWN FROM THE JURISDICTION’S BIRTH CERTIFICATE FILE. EACH PARTICIPATING SITE SAMPLES BETWEEN 1,000 AND 3,000 WOMEN PER YEAR (CDC (C), 2022). STATES STRATIFY THEIR SAMPLE BY CHARACTERISTICS OF PUBLIC HEALTH INTEREST SUCH AS MATERNAL AGE, RACE/ETHNICITY, GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF RESIDENCE, AND INFANT BIRTH WEIGHT (SHULMAN ET AL., 2018). PRODUCTS: THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MENTOR TWO JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS IN SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS. AT LEAST TWO MANUSCRIPTS WILL BE PUBLISHED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THIS SECONDARY ANALYSIS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS WITH RELATIVELY HIGH IMPACT FACTORS. THERE WILL BE PRESENTATIONS OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY AT LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES. EVALUATION: WE WILL FOCUS ON ASSESSING THE FOLLOWING: 1. COMPLETING PRAMS ANALYSIS WITHIN THE SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME 2. DISSEMINATING FINDINGS AS SPECIFIED AND WITHIN THE EXPECTED TIMEFRAME AT LOCAL, REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AND IN PEER REVIEW JOURNALS WITH HIGH IMPACT FACTOR. 3. EXAMINING HOW THE TWO MENTEES PLAN TO USE THE SKILLS OF SECONDARY DATA ANALYSIS TO PROMOTE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH BEYOND THE PROJECT PERIOD. KEY TERMS: PROJECT: ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, HEALTH DISPARITIES, COST EFFECTIVENESS, LOW BIRTHWEIGHT, PRENATAL CARE, PRETERM, INFANT ILLNESS & HOSPITALIZATION, MORTALITY, SMOKING, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH TARGETED POPULATIONS: AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC/LATINO, INDIGENOUS/NATIVE AMERICAN/ALASKAN NATIVE, OTHER PERSONS OF COLOR AGE RANGES: WOMEN’S HEALTH & WELL-BEING (PRECONCEPTION/INTERCONCEPTION/PRENATAL), PRENATAL (UNTIL 28TH WEEK OF GESTATION), PERINATAL (28TH WEEK OF GESTATION TO 4 WEEKS AFTER BIRT H)

ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE, AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS IN COLONIAL WATERBIRDS BREEDING IN MICHIGAN'S AREAS OF CONCERN AND GRAND TRAVERSE BAY

MAKING SENSE OF THE REFORMATION

AMERICA AND CHINA: 150 YEARS OF ASPIRATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

PERSECUTION, TOLERATION, CO-EXISTENCE: EARLY MODERN RESPONSES TO RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

RUI: GEOMETRIC ESTIMATES FOR COMPLEX ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS

TEAM RESEARCHERS IN A GLOBE-AL ENVIRONMENT (TRIAGE)

EDI SPECIAL PROJECTS

PRESERVATION OF THE RUINS OF HOUSE XVIII AT UMM EL- JIMAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

INVESTIGATE AND MONITOR THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS

ASSESSMENT OF POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE, AND HEALTH IMPAIRMENTS IN COLONIAL WATERBIRDS BREEDING IN MICHIGAN'S AREAS OF CONCERN AND GRAND TRAVERSE BAY

OFF-CAMPUS COMMUNITY SERVICE (OCCS)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EFFECTS OF UNRELIABLE INPUT ON CHILDREN' S ACQUISITION OF SPANISH

THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE URBAN RUNOFF INTO THE GRAND RIVER BY TRAINING URBAN YOUTH IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE (GI) JOB SKILLS AND BY DEVELOPING A REGION

BIOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF ENZYME INHIBITOR INTERACTIONS

RESERVATION OF THE RUINS OF HOUSES XVII AND XVIII AT UMM EL JIMAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, PHASE 2

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONFERENCE: WORKSHOPS IN GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGY -THIS AWARD PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THREE MEETINGS OF A WELL-ESTABLISHED SERIES OF SUMMER WORKSHOPS IN GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGY, WITH THE FIRST TO BE HELD AT CALVIN UNIVERSITY IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI, JUNE 13-15, 2024. THE AWARD WILL ALSO FUND WORKSHOPS AT OBERLIN COLLEGE IN 2025 AND UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE IN 2026. THESE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE AN ANNUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVE RESEARCHERS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE MATHEMATICAL FIELD OF GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGY TO INTERACT IN A SETTING THAT PROVIDES MULTIPLE TANGIBLE BENEFITS, INCLUDING: 1) ATTENDING THE LECTURES OF A PRINCIPAL SPEAKER TO RECEIVE AN IN-DEPTH INTRODUCTION TO IMPORTANT CURRENT STREAMS OF RESEARCH BEING PERFORMED BY NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED EXPERTS, 2) LEARNING ABOUT A BREADTH OF OTHER RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BY ATTENDING SHORTER TALKS GIVEN BY THE OTHER WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS, 3) THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR OWN WORK BY GIVING TALKS IN A CONGENIAL ENVIRONMENT, AND 4) IMPORTANT TIME FOR INFORMAL DISCUSSION AND INTERACTION AMONG PARTICIPANTS AND WITH THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER. THESE WORKSHOPS REGULARLY FEATURE PARTICIPATION AND TALKS BY MEMBERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN MATHEMATICS, AND, TO FURTHER BROADEN THE IMPACT OF THE WORKSHOPS, THE TALKS OF THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER WILL BE RECORDED AND POSTED TO THE INTERNET. THE WORKSHOPS ALSO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS BY PROVIDING A SERIOUS BUT INFORMAL RESEARCH ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH THEY CAN MEET AND LEARN FROM OTHERS IN THE FIELD. NSF FUNDING WILL BE USED TO COVER THE ATTENDANCE COSTS OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE WORKSHOPS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GEOMETRIC TOPOLOGISTS TO INTERACT AND SHARE IDEAS, LEADING TO RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS. FURTHERMORE, THE PROPOSED WORKSHOPS WILL CONTINUE THE TRADITION OF INVITING EACH YEAR A RENOWNED PRINCIPAL SPEAKER TO PROVIDE A SERIES OF THREE LECTURES ON A TOPIC OF HIS OR HER CHOICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING THE INTERESTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS BY HAVING A NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED EXPERT DISCUSS AN IMPORTANT AREA OF CURRENT INTEREST. THE 2024 WORKSHOP WILL FEATURE PROFESSOR MAGGIE MILLER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS -- AUSTIN. THE WEB SITE FOR THIS WORKSHOP WILL BE HTTPS://SITES.GOOGLE.COM/VIEW/WORKSHOP2024/HOME. 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 A SERIES OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRESENTATIONS AS PART OF THE REOPENING ACTIVITIES OF THE FINE ARTS CENTER.