Augsburg University

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY CARES ACT EMERGENCY RELIEF - INSTITUTIONAL USE

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY CARES ACT EMERGENCY RELIEF

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PARTNERSHIP PATHWAYS TO IMPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS IN MINNESOTA

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY SSS (REGULAR) PROPOSAL FOR 2020-2025

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

AUGSBURG COLLEGE MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

THE AUGSBURG MCNAIR PROJECT WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DOCTORAL DEGREES ATTAINED BY STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUND THROUGH HIGH IMPACT GRADUATE SCHOOL PREPARATION ACTIVITIES.

STUDIES OF MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING AND SPACE WEATHER USING THE MAGNETOMETER ARRAY FOR CUSP AND CLEFT STUDIES (MACCS)

THE AUGSTEM PROGRAM: INFORMING INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION AND CHANGE TO PREPARE JUNIORS AND SENIORS FOR CAREERS IN STEM

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GROUND-BASED STUDIES OF HIGH-LATITUDE MAGNETOSPHERIC AND IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS USING THE MAGNETOMETER ARRAY FOR CUSP AND CLEFT STUDIES (MACCS)

GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAMS - AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA (MN), THE ONLY CLINICAL PSYD PROGRAM IN THE STATE AND A MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION AS DEFINED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS $1,017,582 FUNDING FROM THE HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (HRSA) GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION (GPE) PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT THE ENHANCING PATHWAYS FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS IN INTEGRATED CARE (EPPIC) FELLOWSHIP PROJECT. THE EPPIC FELLOWSHIP IS AUGSBURG’S INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ADVANCE THE HRSA GPE’S PROGRAM GOAL OF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WELL-TRAINED, CULTURALLY COMPETENT HEALTH SERVICE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS, INTERNS, AND POST-DOCTORAL RESIDENTS, WHO ARE BOTH PREPARED TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE AND COMMITTED TO WORKING IN HIGH NEED AND HIGH DEMAND AREAS AFTER GRADUATION. THROUGH THE EPPIC PROJECT, AUGSBURG WILL CENTER AN EQUITY APPROACH TO (1) RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND PREPARE 18 TRAINEES FOR THE COMMUNITY-BASED PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS THEY WILL SERVE IN AFTER GRADUATION; (2) PROVIDE TRAINEES WITH ENHANCED, LEARNER-CENTERED DIDACTIC AND EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING CURRICULA, INCLUDING TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD)/OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) PREVENTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES, ALONG WITH HIGH-QUALITY INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING; (3) LEVERAGE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH INTEGRATED CARE IN THE TWIN CITIES TO DEVELOP ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL PARTNERSHIPS; AND (4) PROVIDE ONGOING FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND STAFF TRAINING TO PROMOTE TEACHING AND LEARNING AND TO ADDRESS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS IN THE REGION. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTHCARE SHORTAGES FACING MINNESOTA. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 140 MENTAL HEALTH HPSAS IN MINNESOTA’S FACILITIES (122), GEOGRAPHIC AREAS (8), AND IN POPULATION (10) GROUPS, WITH THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE FACING A SEVERE SHORTAGE OF ALL PROVIDER TYPES, ESPECIALLY IN PRIMARY CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH. FURTHERMORE, THE MINNESOTA WORKFORCE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THE POPULATION IT SERVES: MINNESOTA HAS SIGNIFICANT RACIAL DIVERSITY, WITH SOME OF THE LARGEST IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN THE NATION, YET 88% OF ITS MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE IS WHITE. THE PROJECT ALSO ADDRESSES GAPS IN SUD/OUD TREATMENT AND THE AVAILABILITY OF INTEGRATED CARE. RATES OF SUD/OUD ARE OF PRIME CONCERN IN MINNESOTAN COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH DISPARITIES EXIST BETWEEN RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS. OPIOID-INVOLVED OVERDOSE DEATHS AMONG PEOPLE IN MINNESOTA INCREASED 43% FROM 2020 TO 2021, AND THE NUMBER OF DEATHS HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE 2019. TRAUMA AND SUDS ARE SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT AND DISTRESSING PRESENTATIONS IN INTEGRATED PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS, AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT NECESSITATES AN INTEGRATED APPROACH (BAGLEY, ET AL., 2021). HOWEVER, OF THOSE REFERRED OUT OF A PRIMARY CARE SETTING TO SPECIALIZED SERVICES THAT ARE NOT COLLOCATED, ONLY A SMALL NUMBER (10%) FOLLOW THROUGH. BY TRAINING HEALTH SERVICE PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS TO SERVE IN INTEGRATED CARE SETTINGS AND PROVIDE SUD/OUD TREATMENT IN CULTURALLY COMPETENT WAYS, THIS PROJECT WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE MENTAL HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE IN MINNESOTA. AUGSBURG IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING PRIORITY 1: PROGRAMS THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO TRAIN PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSIONALS TO WORK IN INTEGRATED CARE SETTINGS. WE ARE ALSO APPLYING FOR THE FUNDING PREFERENCE FOR PROGRAMS THAT PLACE PROGRAM GRADUATES IN MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AND HAVE SUBMITTED DATA FOR QUALIFICATION 1: HIGH RATE.

AUGSTEM SCHOLARSHIPS: PREPARING JUNIORS AND SENIORS FOR CAREERS IN STEM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STUDIES OF MAGNETOSPHERIC AND IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS USING THE MAGNETOMETER ARRAY FOR CUSP AND CLEFT STUDIES (MACCS)

MRI: ACQUISITION OF ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC GPS RECEIVERS FOR MAGNETOSPHERIC AND IONOSPHERIC RESEARCH

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STUDIES OF MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE COUPLING AND SPACE WEATHER USING THE MAGNETOMETER ARRAY FOR CUSP AND CLEFT STUDIES (MACC

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 23.03%.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STUDIES OF ULF WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH SOLAR WIND COUPLING TO THE MAGNETOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE.

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE FORMATION IN TWO SYSTEMS: SULFURIC ACID (H2SO4)/WATER (H2O) PLUS AMMONIA (NH3) AND/OR AMINES, AND OXIDATION PRODUCTS FROM ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -THIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE CONDUCT OF NEW LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS TO STUDY FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES UNDERLYING NEW PARTICLE FORMATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE FORMATION AND GROWTH OF NANOPARTICLES. THERE STILL EXIST UNCERTAINTIES AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS RELATED TO NEW PARTICLE FORMATION, AND THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO NEW PARTICLE FORMATION AND ENHANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FORMATION OF CLOUDS, AS WELL AS THE IMPACTS ON A CHANGING CLIMATE AND HUMAN HEALTH. THE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED IN TWO REACTORS DEVELOPED IN PREVIOUS NSF-FUNDED WORK. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS, WILL BE TRAINED AND TAUGHT LABORATORY TECHNIQUES OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PROJECT. TWO FLOW REACTORS, DEVELOPED IN PREVIOUS NSF-FUNDED WORK, WILL BE USED IN THIS PROJECT: A PHOTOLYTIC FLOW REACTOR (PHOFR) AND A GROWTH FLOW REACTOR (GROFR). THE EXPERIMENTS WILL PROVIDE FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING TO GIBBS ENERGY, VAN DER WAALS EFFECTS, AND THE IMPACT OF PARTICLE PHASE COMPOSITION OF A H2SO4/NH3 SYSTEM, AS WELL AS FOCUS ON ORGANIC PARTICLE FORMATION FROM BIOGENIC VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND OXIDATION. THE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PHOFR INCLUDE: (1) STUDY THE NUCLEATION RATES AND CLUSTER GIBBS ENERGIES IN H2SO4/H2O AND TERNARY (WITH NH3) SYSTEMS UNDER VARIOUS TEMPERATURES; AND (2) STUDY THE GROWTH OF SEED PARTICLES BY H2SO4 UPTAKE AS A FUNCTION OF SEED PARTICLE SIZE AND COMPOSITION, AS WELL AS DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF VAN DER WALLS FORCES AND THE HYGROSCOPICITY OF NANOPARTICLES. THE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE GROFR INCLUDE: (1) STUDY THE EFFECT OF SEED PARTICLE SIZE AND GROWTH DURING THE PHOTOOXIDATION OF MONOTERPENES; (2) STUDY THE SYNTHESIS OF FIRST-GENERATION OXIDATION PRODUCTS OF MONOTERPENES AND RELATED COMPOUNDS; AND (3) THE DEPLOYMENT OF A MASS SPECTROMETER. 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.

NUCLEATION STUDIES WITH SULFURIC ACID (H2SO4) AND NITROGENOUS BASES

NEW PARTICLE FORMATION EXPERIMENTS: NUCLEATION AND GROWTH

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY CARES ACT EMERGENCY RELIEF - STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM

RUI: LABORATORY STUDIES OF PARTICLE NUCLEATION--HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION INVOLVING SULFURIC ACID (H2SO4), WATER (H2O), AND AMMONIA (NH3) VAPORS

AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY SSS (REGULAR) PROPOSAL FOR 2025-2030

AUGGIE WELL-BEING - AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY, A MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION IN URBAN MINNEAPOLIS, MN, PROPOSES THE AUGGIE WELL-BEING PROJECT TO ENHANCE OUTREACH, REDUCE STIGMA, AND IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES FOR UNDERREPRESENTED AND UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS. CULTURALLY RELEVANT ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE HELP-SEEKING, AND MANDATORY EVIDENCE-BASED TRAINING FOR CAMPUS LEADERS WILL MOVE AUGSBURG TOWARD BECOMING A TRAUMA-INFORMED CAMPUS. AUGSBURG STUDENTS ARE PRIMARILY FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME, AND/OR STUDENTS OF COLOR. MANY STUDENTS COME FROM IMMIGRANT/DIASPORIC BACKGROUNDS, MOST COMMONLY HMONG, SOMALI, AND LATINO POPULATIONS, WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE FORMS OF OPPRESSION AND TRAUMA. ADDITIONALLY, AUGSBURG IS A FEW MILES FROM THE INTERSECTION WHERE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED IN 2020. THUS, OUR STUDENTS EXPERIENCE A COMPLEX COMBINATION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND BASIC LIVING NEEDS, COMPOUNDED BY INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA, ACUTE RACIAL VIOLENCE, AND SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION. THEY REPORT HIGH LIFETIME DIAGNOSES OF DEPRESSION, PTSD, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND SUBSTANCE USE. DESPITE THIS GREAT NEED, ON-CAMPUS COUNSELING SERVICES ARE UNDERUTILIZED. THEREFORE, AUGGIE WELL-BEING WILL PRIORITIZE CULTURALLY RELEVANT STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ AWARENESS OF AND ACCESS TO SERVICES. WE ANTICIPATE THAT ALL FACULTY, STAFF, 3,152 AUGSBURG STUDENTS (CALLED AUGGIES), AND THEIR FAMILIES WILL BENEFIT FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT. GOAL 1. WE WILL IMPROVE UNDERSERVED AND UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS’ AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCEPTS AND SERVICES BY OBJ 1.1) DEVELOPING, TRANSLATING, AND DISSEMINATING PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS IN YEAR 1; OBJ 1.2) PROVIDING ANNUAL TOURS OF THE COUNSELING CENTER (CWC); OBJ 1.3) AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO VOLUNTARY SCREENINGS. GOAL 2. WE WILL INCREASE THE CAMPUS LEADERS’ ABILITY TO IDENTIFY AND RESPOND TO STUDENTS IN CRISIS BY OBJ 2.1) CREATING A MANDATORY TRAINING PLAN FOR NEW FACULTY AND STAFF; OBJ 2.2) TRAINING 100% OF NEW FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT LEADERS AND 50% OF CURRENT FACULTY AND STAFF IN QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER SUICIDE GATEKEEPER TRAINING EACH YEAR; OBJ 2.3) ANNUALLY TRAINING 100% OF NEW STAFF AND 50% OF CURRENT STAFF IN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID; OBJ 2.4) ANNUALLY TRAINING 100% OF NEW FACULTY AND STAFF AND 50% OF CURRENT FACULTY AND STAFF IN TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES IN HIGHER EDUCATION; OBJ 2.5) ANNUALLY TRAINING 100% OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS IN AN ENHANCED CULTURAL COMPETENCE TRAINING; AND OBJ 2.6) INVITING 100% OF FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS TO AN ANNUAL NALOXONE TRAINING. GOAL 3. WE WILL PROMOTE HELP-SEEKING AND REDUCE STIGMA BY OBJ 3.1) HIRING AN OUTREACH COORDINATOR IN YEAR 1; OBJ 3.2) OFFERING ALL STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS THE OPTION TO REQUEST FUNDING TO HOST MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS PROGRAMMING FOR THE STUDENTS THEY REPRESENT; OBJ 3.3) ANNUALLY HOSTING A MULTICULTURAL PRACTITIONER SPEAKER SERIES; OBJ 3.4) HOSTING AN ANNUAL HEALING FAIR TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO NON-WESTERN HEALING PRACTICES; OBJ 3.5) EXPANDING STUDENTS’ ACCESS TO CWC’S ANNUAL WELLNESS RETREAT; OBJ 3.6) EXPANDING FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ REQUIRED SUBSTANCE USE TRAINING TO INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON HARM-REDUCTION AND FENTANYL; OBJ 3.7) ESTABLISHING A MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE TO ENSURE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED BY COMPLETING FIVE ANNUAL REVIEWS; AND OBJ 3.8) IMPLEMENTING A STAKEHOLDER INPUT PLAN, UNITING MULTIPLE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, CAMPUS DEPARTMENTS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO CREATE A SAFETY NET TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS. ULTIMATELY, AUGGIE WELL-BEING EMBODIES AUGSBURG’S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO HOLISTIC STUDENT WELL-BEING BY ADDRESSING THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF OUR UNDERSERVED AND UNDER-RESOURCED STUDENTS. WE WILL EMPOWER THEM WITH THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO THRIVE, INCLUDING INCREASING AWARENESS OF SERVICES AND REDUCING STIGMA. THE PROJECT WILL MOVE AUGSBURG TOWARD BECOMING A TRAUMA-INFORMED CAMPUS, IMPROVING OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY'S OVERALL WELLNESS AND SAFETY.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STUDIES OF SOLAR WIND -- MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS USING OBSERVATIONS OF ULF WAVES AT MANNED STATIONS AS PART OF AN EXTENSI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: STUDIES OF SOLAR WIND - MAGNETOSPHERE INTERACTIONS USING OBSERVATIONS OF ULF WAVES AT AN EXTENSIVE GROUND ARRAY AT HIGH LATI

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMAGING, ESTIMATION, AND ANALYSIS OF DENSITY DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE CONJUGATE POLAR IONOSPHERES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A NATIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR SYNERGISTIC UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS VIA MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING PARTNERSHI

HNDS-R: ADVANCING MOTIVATIONAL SCIENCE THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE LABOR FORCE CAPACITY BUILDING AND COMMUNITY DATA SCIENCE INFRASTRUCTURE -INSIGHTS FROM MOTIVATION SCIENCE SHOW THAT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ATTEND UNIVERSITY PROXIMATE TO FAMILY AND OTHER SUPPORT STRUCTURES ARE MORE LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES POST-GRADUATION. THIS PROJECT STRENGTHENS COMPETITIVENESS FOR FUTURE EMPLOYMENT WITHIN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH ANALYSES OF MOTIVATIONAL PLACE-BASED DATASETS, HUMAN-CENTERED CASE STUDIES, AND DIRECT NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WITH LOCAL DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS. THIS PROJECT IMPROVES UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES WITH DATASETS SUITABLE FOR ANALYSES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS. USING A COHORT-BASED APPROACH, 120 STUDENTS (60 DATA SCIENCE STUDENTS AND 60 SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS) WILL PARTICIPATE IN DATA SCIENCE PROJECTS DEVELOPED WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNER. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS TRANSLATIONAL MODELS FOR CURRICULA AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER LOCAL CONTEXTS. THIS PROJECT TESTS THE NOVEL HYPOTHESIS THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY-BASED DATASETS AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, PERSISTENCE TO DEGREE COMPLETION, AND INITIAL CAREER TRAJECTORY. THE PROJECT ADVANCES KNOWLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES OF PERSONAL AND COMMUNAL UTILITY AND THE ASSOCIATION WITH STUDENT MOTIVATION. FOR THE BROADER STEM COMMUNITY, THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS PRACTICAL AND TRANSFERABLE CURRICULUM MODELS IN DATA SCIENCE BY (1) CREATING MULTI-LAYERED, PLACE-BASED DATASETS AMENABLE TO EVALUATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS AND (2) INCREASING STUDENT COMPETENCY IN FUNDAMENTAL DATA SCIENCE TASKS SUCH AS DATA CURATION AND EVALUATION. THE PROJECT YIELDS NOVEL INSIGHTS AND ACTIONS THAT HAVE TRANSFERABLE IMPACT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES SERVED BY THE COMMUNITY PARTNER. BROADER IMPACTS INCLUDE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REFINEMENT OF PROCESSES FOR CONDUCTING COMMUNITY-BASED DATA ANALYSES. 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.

IMPLEMENTING A PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH-BASED CURRICULUM AT COMMUNITY AND FOUR YEAR COLLEGES AND EXTENDING IT THROUGH USE OF REGIONAL CHARACTERIZAT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTINUED STUDY OF ULF WAVES AT CUSP LATITUDES ON SVALBARD TO PROBE EARTH'S SPACE ENVIRONMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONTINUED STUDY OF ULTRA LOW FREQUENCY (ULF) WAVES AT CUSP LATITUDES ON SVALBARD TO PROBE EARTH'S SPACE ENVIRONMENT

MCA PILOT PUI: DATA INTENSIVE RESEARCH TRAINING (DIRT) IN FORECASTING SOIL RESPIRATION AT CORE TERRESTRIAL NEON SITES -IN THIS NSF MID-CAREER ADVANCEMENT (MCA) AWARD, THE PI WILL EXPAND HIS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN ADVANCED ECOSYSTEM INFORMATICS TO A ?BIG DATA? ENVIRONMENTAL DATA SCIENCE PROBLEM. THE SCIENCE OF ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING MAKES PREDICTIONS ABOUT ECOSYSTEMS IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. ECOLOGICAL FORECASTS IN TURN, AID IN DEVELOPMENT OF NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS FOR EARTH'S CHANGING CLIMATE. SOME FORECASTS HAVE A LARGE DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY, SUCH AS THOSE FOR TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLING. GAINS AND LOSSES OF CO2 FROM THE SOIL, KNOWN AS SOIL EFFLUX, ARE AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF THIS UNCERTAINTY BECAUSE THEY DEPEND ON CLIMATE INPUTS WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY, SUCH AS TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. THIS RESEARCH WILL DEVELOP OPEN-ACCESS REAL-TIME FORECASTS OF SOIL CO2 EFFLUXES USING MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES. FORECASTS WILL BE DEVELOPED ACROSS 47 LONG-TERM RESEARCH SITES IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES THAT ARE PART OF THE NSF-SUPPORTED NATIONAL ECOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY NETWORK (NEON). THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI), IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A MENTOR FROM THE NSF-SUPPORTED ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING INITIATIVE, WILL FURTHER DEVELOP A TOOL TO ADDRESS A COMMUNITY FORECASTING CHALLENGE FOR SOIL EFFLUXES, LEADING TO ITS BROADER ADOPTION IN THE ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY. THE SKILLS GAINED THROUGH THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A LONG-TERM AND SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH TRAJECTORY FOR THE PI, AND WILL HELP HIM DEVELOP NEW UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND TRAINING EXPERIENCES. REAL-TIME FORECASTS OF COMPONENTS OF THE TERRESTRIAL CARBON CYCLE (I.E. GROSS PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY AND NET ECOSYSTEM CARBON EXCHANGE) ARE IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS IN A CHANGING CLIMATE. DESPITE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOIL CARBON STORAGE TO CLIMATE MITIGATION, STANDARDIZED PREDICTION OF TERRESTRIAL SOIL CARBON EFFLUX ACROSS SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL TIMESCALES LAGS BEHIND OTHER TERRESTRIAL CARBON FORECASTS WITH INCREASED MODEL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY FROM A (CURRENT) LACK OF STRUCTURAL REPRESENTATION OF SOIL PROCESSES. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP FORECASTS FOR SOIL CARBON EFFLUX ACROSS SEASONAL AND INTERANNUAL TIMESCALES AT ALL NEON TERRESTRIAL SITES. PROJECT DELIVERABLES INCLUDE INCORPORATION OF A SUITE OF SOIL CARBON MODELS (SPANNING A RANGE OF MODEL COMPLEXITY) INTO AN INTEGRATED INFORMATICS TOOLBOX FOR ECOSYSTEM MODELING (THE PREDICTIVE ECOSYSTEM ANALYZER OR PECAN) TO GENERATE SOIL EFFLUX FORECASTS. MODELED EFFLUXES WILL BE VALIDATED AGAINST EXISTING MEASUREMENTS OR DATABASES (E.G. SOIL RESPIRATION DATABASE OR THE CONTINUOUS SOIL RESPIRATION DATABASE) WHERE APPROPRIATE. THIS PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY CONNECT NEON DATA AND ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING TECHNIQUES WITH THE BROADER ECOLOGICAL COMMUNITY. DEVELOPED METHODS AND TOOLS WILL BE OPEN-ACCESS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, NOTABLY THROUGH AN OPEN-SOURCE R PACKAGE AND BY INCORPORATION OF MODELS INTO THE PECAN ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS WORKFLOW. 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: INVESTIGATIONS OF PATTERN FORMATION AND MORPHOLOGY IN TWO DIMENSIONAL SELF-ASSEMBLED MODEL BIOMEMBRANES

RIG: BIOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF THE BCR MULTIENZYME POLYPEPTIDE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING EYEWITNESS IDENTIFICATION ERRORS: STUDIES USING A UNIQUE SET OF MATERIALS FROM ACTUAL LINEU

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A PORTABLE PHOTOSYNTHESIS SYSTEM FOR PLANT ECOPHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: POLAR EXPERIMENT NETWORK FOR GEOSPACE UPPER ATMOSPHERE INVESTIGATIONS (PENGUIN) - ADVANCING THE VISION FOR GLOBAL STUDIES

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN INTERFACIAL CHARACTERIZATION LAB FOR BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GEM: PROPAGATION AND DISSIPATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON WAVES IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE -THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF PLASMA WAVES IN THE EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE. FOR DECADES IT HAS BEEN OBSERVED THAT ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON (EMIC) WAVES IN THE PC 1-2 FREQUENCY RANGE (0.1-5 HZ) NEAR THE ION CYCLOTRON FREQUENCY ARE A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THE MAGNETOSPHERE-IONOSPHERE SYSTEM. THESE WAVES PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HEATING IONOSPHERIC IONS TO MAGNETOSPHERIC ENERGIES, REGULATING PRESSURE ANISOTROPY IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE, POPULATING THE MAGNETOSPHERE WITH ENERGETIC HEAVY IONS DURING SUBSTORMS, AND INDUCING ENHANCED PROTONS. EMIC WAVES ARE KNOWN TO BE EXCITED AS LEFT-HAND POLARIZED WAVES NEAR THE MAGNETIC EQUATOR IN THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE AND REACH THE GROUND PROPAGATING ALONG THE MAGNETIC FIELD LINE. HIGHER-FREQUENCY EMIC WAVES ARE OFTEN FILTERED DURING WAVE PROPAGATION TO THE GROUND, WHILE LOWER-FREQUENCY EMIC WAVES CAN EFFECTIVELY REACH THE GROUND. UNDERSTANDING THIS PHENOMENON IS COMPLICATED BECAUSE EMIC WAVES CAN BE AFFECTED BY VARIOUS PHYSICAL PROCESSES, THE PLASMA ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE PROPAGATION PATH IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE/IONOSPHERE, AND WAVE PROPERTIES. THE TEAM PROPOSED TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE PROPAGATION AND DISSIPATION OF EMIC WAVES USING MODELS AND BOTH SPACE AND GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS. THIS COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT CONSISTS OF SCIENTISTS FROM FOUR INSTITUTES, INCLUDING TWO NON-R1 COLLEGES. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO INVESTIGATE THE PROPAGATION AND DISSIPATION OF EMIC WAVES IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE AND IONOSPHERE BY ANSWERING THESE FOUR SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS: 1. HOW DO EMIC WAVES REACH THE GROUND? 2. HOW IS EMIC WAVE PROPAGATION AFFECTED BY GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY? 3. HOW DOES GEOMAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGY, SUCH AS COMPRESSED AND STRETCHED MAGNETIC FIELD, AFFECT WAVE PROPAGATION? 4. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF EMIC WAVE POLARIZATION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ABOVE PARAMETERS AND HOW ARE WAVE POLARIZATIONS RELATED WITH PROPAGATION? THE TEAM WILL EMPLOY A STATE-OF-ART FULL-WAVE SIMULATION CODE, PETRA-M, WHICH USES THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM). ONE ADVANTAGE OF USING THE FEM IS THAT VARIOUS MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGIES AND BACKGROUND PLASMA PARAMETERS ARE EASILY ADOPTED IN THE SIMULATION CODE. THE PETRA-M CODE WILL UTILIZE REALISTIC TERRESTRIAL MAGNETIC FIELD TOPOLOGIES (DIPOLE AND COMPRESSED MAGNETIC FIELD) AND DENSITY CONFIGURATIONS FROM EMPIRICAL DENSITY MODELS. WAVE SIMULATIONS WILL BE PERFORMED TO EXAMINE WAVE GENERATION AND PROPAGATION. THE TEAM WILL ALSO ANALYZE RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF THESE WAVES BY MULTIPLE SATELLITES AND COMPARE THEM WITH THE GROUND MAGNETOMETER NETWORK OBSERVATIONS. TO CONSIDER THE EMIC WAVE PROPAGATION IN THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERE, THE PROPOSERS WILL INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EMIC WAVE EVENTS BETWEEN SPACE (GOES SATELLITE) AND GROUND, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION (L AND MLT), RELATIONSHIP WITH SOLAR AND GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN GOES SATELLITES AND PLASMAPAUSE LOCATIONS, AND WAVE PROPERTIES SUCH AS POLARIZATION, FREQUENCY, AND NORMAL ANGLE. FOR THE EMIC WAVES IN THE OUTER MAGNETOSPHERE, THE TEAM WILL ALSO INVESTIGATE SPACE (MMS, THEMIS, AND CLUSTER)-GROUND CONJUGATE OBSERVATIONS USING HIGH-LATITUDE GROUND STATIONS. 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.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MSA: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A CONTINUOUS SOIL RESPIRATION PRODUCT AT CORE TERRESTRIAL NEON SITES

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS & PATHWAYS TO ELEVATE STEM EDUCATION -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF BUILDING CAPACITY TO RECRUIT AND PREPARE COLLEGE STUDENTS TO ENTER CAREERS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STEM EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. WITH A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF ITS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS COMING FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS, AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY IS WELL POSITIONED TO HELP MEET THIS NEED. THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR GROWING STEM EDUCATION AT AUGSBURG BY CULTIVATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND CREATING CURRICULAR PATHWAYS DESIGNED TO MAKE PURSUING STEM EDUCATION AND TEACHING LICENSURE MORE ACCESSIBLE. THIS PROJECT AT AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE, NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HENRY, WASHBURN, AND SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLS IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. THE LONG-TERM PROJECT GOALS ARE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STEM MAJORS (BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, MATHEMATICS, STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND PHYSICS) AT AUGSBURG WHO SEEK GRADES 5-12 STEM TEACHING LICENSURE, TO OFFER CLINICAL TEACHING EXPERIENCES THAT PREPARE STUDENTS TO TEACH AT HIGH-NEED SCHOOLS, AND TO MAINTAIN A VIABLE, SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM IN SECONDARY EDUCATION FOR STEM MAJORS. TO ADVANCE THESE GOALS, THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GUIDE THE PROJECT THAT WILL CONSIST OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE PROJECT PARTNERS, AUGSBURG STEM FACULTY, AND THE PIS; DEVELOP CURRICULAR MAPS AND RESOURCES FOR RECRUITING AND RETAINING STEM MAJORS; AND IMPROVE OPERATIONAL PROCESSES AND COORDINATION ACROSS ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND CAMPUS OFFICES. THIS CAPACITY BUILDING 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.

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING TRAINEESHIP

FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD

NSWP: PREDICTING GEOMAGNETICALLY INDUCED FIELDS DRIVEN BY SOLAR WIND PRESSURE DISCONTINUITIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PENGUIN - A HIGH-LATITUDE WINDOW TO GEOSPACE DYNAMICS

TUES TYPE I: EYE TRACKERS FOR BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AT MACALESTER AND AUGSBURG COLLEGES

MATHEMATICS AND DATA FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMER SEMINAR -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY SUPPORTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS FACULTY TO INCREASE EQUITY WITHIN MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS EDUCATION. EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES SHOW THAT A COMMITMENT TO CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY DESIGNED FOR THE DIVERSITY OF TODAY?S LEARNERS IS ONE WAY TO ADVANCE SUCH EQUITY. THROUGH THIS PROJECT POST-SECONDARY MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS FACULTY WILL CONVENE FOR AN INTENSIVE THREE-DAY SEMINAR THAT WILL EQUIP PARTICIPANTS WITH SKILLS AND EXPERTISE TO MEANINGFULLY INCORPORATE SOCIAL JUSTICE THEMES SUCH AS ELECTORAL ISSUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, INTO THEIR CURRICULA AND TEACHING PRACTICES. POST-SEMINAR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SESSIONS OR WORKSHOPS AT TWO REGIONAL CONFERENCES HOSTED BY THE NORTH CENTRAL SECTION OF THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (MAA-NCS), AND VIRTUAL ENGAGEMENT OF FACULTY FROM THE SECTION TO PROVIDE ONGOING COLLABORATION AND PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT AS FACULTY MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR TEACHING. BY ENGAGING FACULTY ACROSS DIVERSE INSTITUTIONS, THIS SEMINAR WILL SERVE AS A REGIONAL MODEL FOR SUSTAINED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AIMED AT ADVANCING EQUITY IN STEM FIELDS. THE MATHEMATICS AND DATA FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE SUMMER SEMINAR WILL SUPPORT TWO AND FOUR-YEAR POST-SECONDARY MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS EDUCATORS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM THEIR TEACHING TO BE CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND RESPONSIVE THROUGH SOCIAL JUSTICE CURRICULA AND PEDAGOGIES. THE SEMINAR DERIVES FROM THE NEED TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES AND REDUCE PERSISTENT GAPS IN STEM ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT, AND PERSISTENCE. FOUR EXPECTED OUTCOMES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS GUIDE THE WORK OF THE SEMINAR. FIRST IS TO INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO INCORPORATE EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES INTO THEIR TEACHING PRACTICE. SECOND IS TO ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOCUSED ON EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN MATHEMATICS. THIRD IS TO DEVELOP CAPACITY TO FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS OF EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE CLASSROOM. FOURTH IS TO ADAPT OR GENERATE NEW CURRICULA IN MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. FOLLOWING THE SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS WILL ENGAGE IN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE THAT WILL ENCOURAGE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF ANY DEVELOPED CLASSROOM MATERIALS AND TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE AND RESPONSIVE COLLABORATIVE SUPPORT TO EACH OTHER. THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WILL ENGAGE IN PERSON AT SEMI-ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE MAA-NCS, AND CONNECT IN VIRTUAL COLLABORATION AND CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE SEMINAR. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE INVITED TO FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, WHICH WILL THEREBY INFORM THE STRUCTURES AND PRACTICES OF THE MAA-NCS GOVERNING BOARD. DEVELOPED RESOURCES WILL BE SHARED THROUGH PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS AND ONLINE DISCUSSION PLATFORMS OF THE MAA. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. 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.

GROUND-BASED MAGNETOMETER ARRAY PLANNING WORKSHOP; GREENBELT, MARYLAND; MAY 5-6, 2016

APPLICATION FOR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS (HEERF III) (A)(2) AWARD ALLOCATION

CREATING STANDARDS FOR EVALUATING GROUND MAGNETOMETER ARRAYS

FY 2016 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP MML/NCNR-CHEMBIO

FY 2013 NIST SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM - MML CHEM/BIO

FY 2012 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF) - MML/CHEM

FY 2014 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - MML/NCNR/CHEMBIO