Carleton College

STEP CENTER: INTEGRATE: INTERDISCIPLINARY TEACHING OF GEOSCIENCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

CARLETON COLLEGE HEERF APPLICATION – INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

RUI: LINKING ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, AND IMMUNOLOGY TO SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION IN HELMINTH TRANSMISSION -PARASITES ARE OFTEN SPREAD UNEVENLY ACROSS SPACE, WHERE SOME HOST POPULATIONS HAVE FEW PARASITES AND OTHERS ARE HEAVILY INFECTED. THIS PATTERN IS COMMON, BUT STILL POORLY UNDERSTOOD AND POSES A CONSIDERABLE BARRIER TO ACCURATELY PREDICTING AND MANAGING DISEASES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR PARASITES THAT HAVE COMPLEX LIFE CYCLES OR MOVE BETWEEN DIFFERENT HOST SPECIES. THIS INCLUDES MANY PARASITIC WORMS (HELMINTHS), WHICH INFECT OVER TWO BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AND CAUSE SERIOUS DISEASE IN LIVESTOCK, YET HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY UNDERSTUDIED. THIS PROJECT CONNECTS EMPIRICAL DATA WITH MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO UNDERSTAND AND PREDICT HOW BEHAVIOR, IMMUNOLOGY, AND ECOLOGY WITHIN EACH HOST SPECIES SHAPES PARASITE TRANSMISSION ACROSS SPACE AND THROUGH TIME. THIS RESEARCH FOCUSES ON A WELL-STUDIED TAPEWORM SYSTEM WHICH INFECTS FISH-EATING BIRDS (LOONS), COPEPODS, AND THREESPINE STICKLEBACK FISH IN FRESHWATER LAKES. BY INTEGRATING FIELD STUDIES, LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS, GENETIC STUDIES, AND MATHEMATICAL MODELS ACROSS ALL THREE HOSTS AND THE PARASITE ITSELF, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A DETAILED UNDERSTANDING OF THE TRANSMISSION OF A COMPLEX-LIFE CYCLE PARASITE AND BUILDS A MODELING TOOLKIT THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER PARASITES. TO SHARE THIS WORK, THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE DEVELOPED AN ART-SCIENCE COLLABORATION INVOLVING INDIGENOUS ARTISTS AND A SCIENCE JOURNALISM STUDENT TO PRODUCE A TRAVELING EXHIBITION FOCUSED ON THIS PROJECT. RESEARCH IS ALSO BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE CLASSROOM THROUGH A COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE COURSE FOCUSED ON THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE, A HIGH SCHOOL SUMMER SCIENCE PROGRAM, AND IS BEING MADE BROADLY AVAILABLE THROUGH PUBLISHED LESSON PLANS. PARASITE TRANSMISSION IS SHAPED BY A COMPLEX INTERPLAY OF ECOLOGICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND IMMUNOLOGICAL FACTORS, YET OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE FACTORS INTERACT AND THEIR RELATIVE IMPACTS ON DISEASE PREVALENCE ACROSS SCALES REMAINS FRAGMENTED. THE PROJECT DEVELOPS A GENERAL FRAMEWORK, INFORMED BY EMPIRICAL DATA, FOR UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING HOW THESE DIFFERENT PROCESSES OPERATE WITHIN MULTIPLE HOSTS AND SHAPE PARASITE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION ACROSS SPACE AND TIME. THIS WORK ADDRESSES FOUR MAIN QUESTIONS: (1) WHAT ARE THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PARASITE EXPOSURE (A DOSE-RESPONSE) VERSUS IMMUNITY ON TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS? (2) HOW SENSITIVE ARE EXPOSURE AND IMMUNITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION, NAMELY RESOURCES AND HOST POPULATION STRUCTURE? (3) TO WHAT EXTENT IS PARASITE ABUNDANCE DRIVEN BY LOCAL FACTORS OR LANDSCAPE-LEVEL PATTERNS OF PARASITE DISPERSAL? (4) IS THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF PARASITES DRIVEN MORE BY TRAITS OF THE FIRST, SECOND, OR TERTIARY HOST? USING THE MODEL TAPEWORM SYSTEM, S. SOLIDUS, THIS RESEARCH DEVELOPS AND APPLIES CUTTING-EDGE STATISTICAL AND MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES AND A GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO LARGE TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DATASETS SPANNING MULTIPLE LEVELS OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION. THIS PROJECT BUILDS ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE WELL-STUDIED THREESPINE STICKLEBACK HOST AND FILLING IN IMPORTANT MISSING INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER TWO HOSTS IN THIS SYSTEM (LOONS AND COPEPODS). THIS RESEARCH PRODUCES A GENERAL, YET MECHANISTIC, MODELING FRAMEWORK TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TRANSMISSION IN THIS SYSTEM, AS WELL AS INFORM WORK WITH OTHER COMPLEX LIFE CYCLE PARASITES. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, DIVISION OF INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS, AND DIVISION OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES. 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.

CARLETON COLLEGE HEERF APPLICATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ON THE CUTTING EDGE: A COMMUNITY RESOURCE TRANSFORMING GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION

CARLETON COLLEGE TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CULTURAL CHANGE IN GEOSCIENCE (C-CHANGE): TRANSFORMING DEPARTMENTAL CULTURE THROUGH FACULTY AGENTS OF CHANGE -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY ESTABLISHING PRACTICES TO IMPROVE INCLUSIVITY IN ACADEMIC GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS. GEOSCIENCE IS A CRITICAL DISCIPLINE FOR TODAY?S WORLD, INTEGRATING OTHER PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES INTO A WHOLISTIC PERSPECTIVE WITH RELEVANCE TO THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY TODAY INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY RESOURCES, AND NATURAL HAZARDS. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF GRADUATES AND STUDENTS PURSUING GEOSCIENCES IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE DEMAND FOR GEOSCIENCE EXPERTISE IN THE ECONOMY. WHILE GEOSCIENCE DEGREES CAN PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND PRACTICE WORKFORCE-RELEVANT SKILLS, MANY SYSTEMIC BARRIERS PREVENT EQUAL PARTICIPATION, EXACERBATING THE GAP IN THE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE. THROUGH INTENTIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE CULTURAL CHANGE IN GEOSCIENCE (C-CHANGE) PROJECT WILL CREATE A CORPS OF FACULTY CHANGE AGENTS EMPOWERED TO MAKE SUCCESSIVE, INCREMENTAL CHANGES THAT WILL LEAD TO POSITIVE CULTURAL SHIFTS WITHIN THEIR HOME DEPARTMENTS. THIS CULTURAL CHANGE WILL FOSTER AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL PEOPLE EXPERIENCE ACADEMIC GEOSCIENCE AS SAFE, WELCOMING, AND SUPPORTIVE. C-CHANGE WILL ALSO COMPILE AND LEVERAGE EXISTING EFFORTS FOCUSED ON CULTURAL CHANGE. THIS WILL CREATE A NETWORK OF LEADERS AND RESOURCES THAT RAISES THE VISIBILITY OF ALL ASPECTS OF THIS IMPORTANT WORK AND ENHANCES OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION. C-CHANGE WILL GENERATE POSITIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN THE CULTURE OF ACADEMIC GEOSCIENCE DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITY THROUGH FACILITATING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR GEOSCIENCE FACULTY THAT WILL A) FOSTER HIGH-QUALITY DISCUSSION AND SHARING OF EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES, B) DEVELOP WEB RESOURCES WITH GEOSCIENCE-SPECIFIC EXAMPLES, C) PROMOTE CHANGE IN PARTICIPANT ATTITUDES AND D) EQUIP PARTICIPANTS WITH RESOURCES TO LEAD FURTHER CHANGE IN THEIR DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FACULTY WITH CONCRETE WAYS TO IMPLEMENT INCLUSIVE STRATEGIES IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE AT MANY SCALES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO INCLUSION AND BELONGING FOR STUDENTS FROM MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES, AND TRAINING TO HELP PARTICIPANTS SHARE WHAT THEY LEARN WITH COLLEAGUES IN THEIR LOCAL PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT, AND INSTITUTION. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO LEVERAGE EXISTING EXPERTISE TO GENERATE A NATIONAL NETWORK OF PROJECTS FOCUSED ON MAKING ACADEMIC GEOSCIENCE MORE INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING, AND SUPPORTIVE OF PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND IDENTITIES. THIS NETWORK WILL ELEVATE THE NATIONAL VISIBILITY OF EXISTING EFFORTS WITHIN THE GEOSCIENCES AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION AMONG DISPARATE PROGRAMS. THROUGH THIS NETWORK, WE WILL CREATE A CYCLE BY WHICH C-CHANGE PARTICIPANTS LEARN FROM THE CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPACTFUL PRACTICES, ARE ABLE TO APPLY THIS LEARNING IN THEIR LOCAL CONTEXT, AND THEN PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PROJECT NETWORK ABOUT THE EFFICACY AND CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTING THOSE RESEARCH-INFORMED PRACTICES. 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.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

BECOMING A SCIENTIST: SUPPORTING SUCCESS OF LOW-INCOME, ACADEMICALLY-TALENTED STUDENTS IN THE "BROADER FOCUS" PROJECT

EMSW21-MCTP: THE CARLETON COLLEGE SUMMER MATHEMATICS PROGRAM FOR WOMEN

RAISE: GUIDING EARTH EDUCATORS TO TRANSFORMATIVE RESOURCES: BROADENING THE SCOPE AND INCREASING THE EFFICACY OF THE SERC DISCOVERY SYSTEM

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

LONGITUDINAL COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL TESTING AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT OF BETA AMYLOID PLAQUES IN A MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

EVALUATING THE LISTENING EFFORT ASSOCIATED WITH AUDIOVISUAL SPEECH

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ON THE CUTTING EDGE: BUILDING A CULTURE IN WHICH THE CYCLE OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION CAN THRIVE

CAREER: TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL AND VIRAL FUNCTION AND ADAPTATION IN HYDROTHERMAL VENTS

COHORT DEVELOPMENT: GROWING A COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS

QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY, REASONING, AND KNOWLEDGE IN STUDENT WRITING

CAREER: ALGORITHMIC APPROACHES FOR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF TUMOR EVOLUTION

RUI: IDENTIFYING NEW REGULATORS OF SEX-SPECIFIC NEUROGENESIS

THE AWARD APPROVES FUNDING FOR THE FY2022 NATIONAL SERVICE AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIBED IN THE APPROVED PROGRAM NARRATIVE AND BUDGET. THE 2022 REQUIRED MATCH IS 0%. THIS AWARD ALSO FORWARD FUNDS $105,818 IN FUNDING FOR THE 2023-24 PROGRAM YEAR.?

RUI: THE ROLE OF RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM EFFECTOR PROTEIN RSP1281 IN BACTERIAL WILT DISEASE

CAREER: COMBINING FIELD DATA AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELS TO CHARACTERIZE THE DISTRIBUTION OF OCEANIC TRANSFORM FAULT DEFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE LITHOSPH

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A VARIABLE PRESSURE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AT CARLETON COLLEGE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: INTEGRATION OF TEMPORAL, POSITIONAL, AND SEX-SPECIFYING CUES IN NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT -REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS DEPEND ON SPECIFIC NEURONAL CIRCUITS THAT EMERGE DURING DEVELOPMENT. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL DISCOVER THE MOLECULES THAT REGULATE HOW SPECIFIC NEURONS THAT CONTROL REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS ARE GENERATED BY USING THE WORM C. ELEGANS AS A MODEL. AS GENES THAT CONTROL FUNDAMENTAL PROCESSES ARE OFTEN SIMILAR AMONG DIVERSE ORGANISMS, THESE STUDIES MAY PROVIDE A BASIS FOR FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS THAT SHED LIGHT ON HUMAN REPRODUCTION AND ON NERVOUS SYSTEM DIFFERENCES AND DISORDERS THAT DISPLAY A SEX BIAS. THE STUDY IS FULLY INTEGRATED IN THE CURRICULAR COURSES OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT CARLETON COLLEGE WHO WILL INVESTIGATE HOW NEURONS DEVELOP AND MAKE CONNECTIONS THAT ALLOW THEM TO REGULATE REPRODUCTION. UNDERGRADUATE COURSE-BASED AND SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS IN ANSWERING SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROBIOLOGY, PRACTICING INDEPENDENT THINKING, CRITICAL ANALYSIS, ENGAGEMENT WITH LITERATURE, AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION. THIS WORK SEEKS TO ELUCIDATE HOW SEX-DETERMINING SIGNALS ARE INTEGRATED WITH SEX-SHARED PROGRAMS OF NEURAL DEVELOPMENT, USING THE WELL-UNDERSTOOD NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEMATODE C. ELEGANS AS A MODEL. IN C. ELEGANS, SEVERAL NEUROBLASTS OF THE P LINEAGE DIVIDE IN MALES, BUT NOT IN HERMAPHRODITES, INITIATING DIVERGENT PROGRAMS OF DIFFERENTIATION IN THE VENTRAL CORD AND TAIL. THESE SEX-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS DEPEND ON THE SEX DETERMINATION FACTOR TRA-1 AND THE HOX PROTEINS MAB-5 AND LIN-39. THIS WORK INVESTIGATES THE ROLE OF TRA-1 AND THE HOX PROTEINS, AS WELL AS SEEKING PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN REGULATORY COMPONENTS, SUCH AS CELL CYCLE REGULATORS AND DEVELOPMENTAL TIMERS. THE INVESTIGATORS AND THEIR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS HAVE DEVELOPED REAGENTS TO ADDRESS HOW THESE REGULATORS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER TO PROMOTE SEX-SPECIFIC NERVOUS SYSTEM ORGANIZATION. A CELL CYCLE SENSOR AND A MASCULINIZED P LINEAGE STRAIN, P-MASC, ALLOW EXPLORATION OF THE MECHANISMS BY WHICH SEX-DETERMINING FACTORS ACT WITHIN NEURONAL LINEAGES TO INFLUENCE EARLY NEUROGENESIS AS WELL AS DIFFERENTIATION, CIRCUIT FORMATION, AND BEHAVIOR. WHEREAS PREVIOUS STUDIES OF MASCULINIZED NEURONS HAVE FOCUSED ON LATER STAGES OF NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION, THIS WORK WILL IDENTIFY EARLY EVENTS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SEX-SPECIFIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. 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.

CAREER: SUSCHEM: COOPERATIVE SMALL-MOLECULE ACTIVATION BY AMBIPHILIC PINCER-TYPE COMPLEXES FEATURING METAL/MAIN-GROUP BONDS

NEUROBIOLOGY OF FEMALE SEXUAL HEALTH - PROJECT SUMMARY SEXUAL HEALTH CONTRIBUTES TO WOMEN’S QUALITY OF LIFE, EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS, AND PHYSICAL PLEASURE BUT UNDERSTANDING OF FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION IS WOEFULLY LIMITED. SEXUAL DESIRE, THE INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL AROUSAL, THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE OF THE GENITALS, AND SEXUAL SATISFACTION, THE ASPECTS OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY THAT PROMOTE FUTURE SEXUAL INTEREST, ARE OVERLAPPING ASPECTS OF FEMALE SEXUAL FUNCTION THAT FEED BACK ON EACH OTHER TO SUPPORT SEXUAL HEALTH. HUMAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR CAN BE MAPPED ONTO THESE CONSTRUCTS, AS CAN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN RATS, WHICH ENABLES EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL MANIPULATION THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE IN HUMANS. THE PI AND HER STUDENTS HAVE ESTABLISHED A PRECLINICAL MODEL OF ENHANCED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN FEMALE RATS, IN WHICH FEMALE RATS EXHIBIT HEIGHTENED SEXUAL DESIRE, AROUSAL, AND SATISFACTION. THIS NOVEL MODEL OF EXPERIENCE-ENHANCED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN FEMALE RATS WILL BE USED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND NEURAL AND PERIPHERAL FACTORS THAT DRIVE HEIGHTENED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. THE SPECIFIC GOALS OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE TO 1) DETERMINE WHETHER ACTIVITY IN THE POSTERODORSAL MEDIAL AMYGDALA DURING MATING IS KEY FOR EXPERIENCE-ENHANCED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND MOTIVATION IN FEMALE RATS; 2) TEST WHETHER OPIOID-MEDIATED REWARD UNDERLIES CONDITIONED PREFERENCE FOR A SINGLE MATING INTERACTION IN SEXUALLY EXPERIENCED FEMALE RATS; 3) ESTABLISH WHETHER OPIOID REWARD SYSTEMS ARE SENSITIZED IN SEXUALLY EXPERIENCED FEMALE RATS BY ASSESSING CROSS- SENSITIZATION OF MATING AND MORPHINE; AND 4) EXPLORE VAGINAL AND CLITORAL MORPHOLOGY IN RATS THAT SHOW ENHANCED MATING BEHAVIOR. THE RESEARCH TEAM’S APPROACH TO SEXUAL BEHAVIOR FROM A POSITION OF HEALTH IS INNOVATIVE AND WILL PROVIDE A BETTER GRASP OF THE NEURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTE FUTURE SEXUAL INTEREST TO HELP ESTABLISH EFFECTIVE THERAPIES FOR FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION. FURTHERMORE, THIS PROPOSAL WILL ENHANCE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT CARLETON COLLEGE. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF TECHNIQUES THEREBY ACQUIRING SKILLS IN ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY, IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE, MICROSCOPY, PHARMACOLOGICAL MANIPULATIONS, DATA ANALYSIS, AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION. THE PI TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS ARE INVITED TO BECOME STUDENT RESEARCHERS IN HER LAB AND TO FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING WITHIN THE LAB COMMUNITY.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONFERENCE: SUMMIT ON INNOVATIONS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE STEM EDUCATION -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY GENERATING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EFFECTIVE EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES THAT INCREASE STUDENT SUCCESS, STRENGTHEN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH, AND EXPAND PATHWAYS TO THE STEM WORKFORCE. HIGHLINE COLLEGE, IN COLLABORATION WITH CARLTON COLLEGE, SEEK TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A MULTI-DAY CONFERENCE THAT BRINGS TOGETHER AWARDEES FOR THE IUSE: INNOVATIONS IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE STEM EDUCATION (ITYC) PROGRAM FROM ACROSS STEM DISCIPLINES TO SHARE EXPERTISE, IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS WITH EACH OTHER, PROSPECTIVE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS, AND NSF PROGRAM OFFICERS. THE PROJECT INTENDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO BUILDING A ROBUST COMMUNITY OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE STEM EDUCATION RESEARCHERS AND PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSING CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH FOCUSED ON STEM EDUCATION AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES WITH THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION AND BUILD THE CAPACITY OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY TO STRENGTHEN STEM EDUCATION IN THE NATION. ULTIMATELY, THIS PROJECT WILL BENEFIT THE NATION BY POSITIVELY AFFECTING STUDENT LEARNING IN STEM AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES, THUS POTENTIALLY EXPANDING THE STEM WORKFORCE AND INCREASING SCIENTIFIC LITERACY. THE PROJECT AIMS TO: (A) SHARE ITYC AWARDEES? EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCES WITH THEIR ITYC PROJECTS; (B) DISCUSS SOLUTIONS TO CHALLENGES IN STEM PATHWAYS AND EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADING FUNDED PROJECTS; (C) INCREASE AWARENESS OF NSF PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES FOR TWO-YEAR COLLEGES; (D) PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR PROSPECTIVE AWARDEES; AND (E) FOSTER NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING AMONG ITYC AWARDEES, PROSPECTIVE AWARDEES, AND NSF PROGRAM OFFICERS. TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS, THE PROJECT ENGAGES PARTICIPANTS IN WORKING GROUPS, INTERACTIVE TOPICAL SESSIONS, AND PRESENTATIONS. PARTICIPANTS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES, EXPLORE STRATEGIES FOR LEADING GRANT-FUNDED PROJECTS, DEEPEN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF NSF PROGRAMS, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND CONSIDER FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION EFFORTS FOCUS ON IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT CURRENT AND FUTURE ITYC AWARDEES IN LEADING NSF PROJECTS, AS WELL AS ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE ON THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF PI MEETINGS. DISSEMINATION INCLUDES POST-SUMMIT WEBINARS, A REPORT, AND A WEBSITE THAT CAPTURE AND SHARE KEY CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS WITH PARTICIPANTS AND THE BROADER STEM COMMUNITY. THE SUMMIT PROGRAM IS STRUCTURED TO FOSTER NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING AMONG PARTICIPANTS FROM VARIOUS STEM DISCIPLINES AND INSTITUTIONS, GENERATING VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE ROLE OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGES IN THE STEM EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM?PARTICULARLY IN TEACHING, LEARNING, AND WORKFORCE EXPANSION. THE NSF IUSE: INNOVATION IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE STEM EDUCATION PROGRAM SEEKS TO ACCELERATE AND ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE IMPACT OF EMERGING AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. 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: CAS-SC: PROMOTING GROUP-TRANSFER REACTIONS AT METAL/MAIN-GROUP BONDS -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS PROGRAM OF THE CHEMISTRY DIVISION, MATTHEW T. WHITED AND HIS RESEARCH GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT CARLETON COLLEGE ARE DEVELOPING NEW APPLICATIONS OF METAL COMPLEXES FEATURING BONDS TO HEAVY NON-METAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS SILICON. THESE COMPOUNDS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MAIN GROUP ATOM AND THE METAL. THIS ENABLES THE COMPOUND TO BRING TOGETHER DIFFERENT GROUPS AND ENABLE REACTIONS BETWEEN THEM. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP SYSTEMS WHERE REACTIVE CHEMICAL FRAGMENTS ARE ATTACHED TO INEXPENSIVE AND READILY ABUNDANT SUBSTRATES TO AFFORD PRODUCTS WITH APPLICATIONS IN BOTH THAT BULK AND FINE CHEMICAL ARENAS. THIS APPROACH ALSO SEEKS TO REPLACE EXPENSIVE, RARE METALS WITH EARTH ABUNDANT ONES IN CATALYSIS. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A TRAINING GROUND FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS AND ENABLE EXPANDED OUTREACH TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NORTHFIELD, MN AND FARIBAULT, MN ON TOPICS RELATED TO CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP THE CHEMISTRY OF LATE-METAL/MAIN-GROUP INTERACTIONS BY EXPLORING METAL-SILICON SINGLE AND MULTIPLE BONDS AS PLATFORMS FOR TRANSFER OF REACTIVE NITRENE, CARBENE, AND RELATED GROUPS TO ORGANIC SUBSTRATES. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS HAVE SHOWN THAT THESE ?ELECTRONICALLY FRUSTRATED? LINKAGES CAN ENABLE DUAL-SITE CATALYSIS WHEREBY THE TWO SITES (METAL AND MAIN-GROUP ELEMENT) INTERACT WITH DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES TO BRING THEM TOGETHER, BUT THE GENERALITY OF THIS STRATEGY HAS NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED. SUCH AN APPROACH SERVES TO AVOID PROBLEMS OF POISONING PRESENT IN MANY CATALYSTS AND ALSO PROVIDES A DISTINCT APPROACH TO USING EARTH ABUNDANT METALS SUCH AS IRON, COBALT, AND NICKEL IN GROUP-TRANSFER CATALYSIS. 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: FET: SMALL: RUI: LEVERAGING SYMBIOTIC CO-EVOLUTION FOR IMPROVED PROBLEM SOLVING -EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS ARE A POWERFUL TOOL FOR SOLVING MANY IMPORTANT COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEMS, SUCH AS ROBOT NAVIGATION IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS, AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL DATA, AND DESIGN OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS. WHILE THESE ALGORITHMS HAVE BEEN HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, EVEN STATE-OF-THE-ART APPLICATIONS NEGLECT PROCESSES BELIEVED TO BE KEY TO THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL LIFE, SUCH AS CO-EVOLUTION BETWEEN SPECIES LIVING IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH EACH OTHER (I.E. SYMBIONTS). THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO LEARN HOW TO LEVERAGE THIS CO-EVOLUTION TO IMPROVE EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS AND BETTER CONTROL THE EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS IN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES. WITH THIS AWARD, THE TEAM OF RESEARCHERS WILL IMPLEMENT AND SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF SIX FORMS OF SYMBIOSIS IN A COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORM. ADDITIONALLY, THEY WILL TEST HOW THESE EFFECTS CHANGE UNDER THREE COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS. THE RESEARCHERS WILL DETERMINE WHICH COMBINATIONS OF SYMBIOSIS AND ENVIRONMENT HAVE THE MOST POTENTIAL TO SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS IN BOTH COMPUTATIONAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTEXTS. DURING THE COURSE OF THIS PROJECT, THE RESEARCHERS WILL MENTOR TEN UNDERGRADUATE AND ONE GRADUATE STUDENT IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH AT THE INTERSECTION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS. THE INVESTIGATORS PROPOSE TO ADVANCE SOCIETY?S UNDERSTANDING OF HOW SYMBIOTIC CO-EVOLUTION IMPACTS EVOLUTION?S PROBLEM-SOLVING, SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERING THE PARASITISM-MUTUALISM SPECTRUM, THE TYPE OF BENEFIT/HARM, AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY WILL DEVELOP AND TEST NOVEL TECHNIQUES FOR LEVERAGING SYMBIOTIC CO-EVOLUTION TO IMPROVE EVOLUTIONARY SEARCH ALGORITHMS, AND THEY WILL MODEL HOW THESE TECHNIQUES COULD BE USED TO STEER THE EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE LABORATORY. OVERALL, THIS WORK WILL REVOLUTIONIZE SOCIETY?S ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS USING EVOLUTION, BOTH IN COMPUTERS AND BEYOND. IN ADDITION TO IDENTIFYING POWERFUL ALGORITHMIC INNOVATIONS, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL IDENTIFY RULES FOR WHEN THESE INNOVATIONS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE EFFECTIVE, A CRITICAL GOAL THAT IS OFTEN NEGLECTED IN BOTH EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION AND DIRECTED EVOLUTION RESEARCH. MORE BROADLY, THE PROJECT WILL INFORM THE DESIGN OF NOVEL LABORATORY PROTOCOLS FOR DIRECTED MICROBIAL EVOLUTION, ENABLING THE IMPROVED EFFICACY OF DIRECTED EVOLUTION IN FAR REACHING APPLICATIONS SUCH AS BIODEGRADING ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS AND PRODUCTION OF BIOFUELS. FURTHER, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL MENTOR TEN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS (FROM PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS) AND ONE GRADUATE STUDENT IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH AT THIS INTERSECTION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY, AIMING TO RECRUIT STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. STUDENTS WILL BE EXPOSED TO A BROADER RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND INTERACT WITH RESEARCHERS AT A VARIETY OF INSTITUTION TYPES (RESEARCH 1, SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE, AND PUBLIC REGIONAL UNIVERSITY), FURTHER BROADENING THEIR CAREER HORIZONS. 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 PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MASS SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING IN CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY AT CARLETON COLLEGE

CARLETON COLLEGE CHALLENGE GRANT IN SUPPORT OF THE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS ENDOWMENT

CC*IIE CAMPUS DESIGN: ADVANCING RESEARCH AT CARLETON COLLEGE VIA 10GBPS UPGRADE TO THE NORTHERN LIGHTS GIGAPOP AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A SCIENCE DMZ

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL AUGMENTED REALITY TOOL FOR TEACHING MOLECULAR VISUALIZATION IN BIOCHEMISTRY

REVISITING CHALLENGED FINDINGS TO DETERMINE SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE ABILITIES

CARLETON COLLEGE'S COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS PROJECT, "PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH ON RURAL SECONDARY EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES OF DIVERSE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND TEACHERS" WILL WILL FOCUS ON FARIBAULT, MN, A RURAL COMMUNITY WITH RAPIDLY GROWING LATINX AND SOMALI POPULATIONS. FARIBAULT'S POPULATION OF STUDENTS OF COLOR HAS GROWN FROM ABOUT 25% IN 2010 TO MORE THAN 55% IN 2018, CREATING SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN ATTAINMENT AND COMPLETION FOR SOMALI REFUGEE AND LATINX IMMIGRANT STUDENTS. WITHIN THE FUNDING PRIORITY OF "COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO TACKLE A LOCALLY IDENTIFIED ISSUE," THIS RESEARCH HAS THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF UNDERSTANDING THE EXPERIENCES OF LATINX AND SOMALI HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS AND OF WHITE TEACHERS WITH THE FARIBAULT SCHOOL SYSTEM. INSTEAD OF LAMENTING DISPARATE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES, THIS PROJECT WILL USE PAR TO EMPOWER THESE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS TO DOCUMENT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH THE FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND TO EQUIP TEACHERS TO CONDUCT PARALLEL PAR RESEARCH ON TEACHING SOMALI AND LATINX STUDENTS. AT EVERY STEP, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPOSAL, CARLETON STAFF AND FACULTY WILL COLLABORATE WITH KEY FARIBAULT ORGANIZATIONS: THE SCHOOL DISTICT'S COMMUNITY EDUCATION PROGRAM, COMMUNITY WITHOUT BORDERS, AND THE SOMALI COMMUNITY RESETTLEMENT SERVICES. GIVEN THE PAR APPROACH TO THIS OBJECTIVE, SPECIFYING DISCRETE RESEARCH QUESTIONS IS PREMATURE, BUT WE SEEK A FINE-GRAINED UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGIN, CHARACTER, AND EFFECTS OF GAPS IN ATTAINMENT, COMPLETION, AND THE PURSUIT OF HIGHER EDUCATION BETWEEN AND AMONG ETHNIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS. IN ADDITION, WE WILL DOCUMENT THE EXPERIENCES OF LATINX AND SOMALI STUDENTS IN THE FARIBAULT SCHOOLS, OF THOSE STUDENTS' PARENTS AS MEMBERS OF THE FARIBAULT COMMUNITY, AND OF TEACHERS' EXPERIENCES EDUCATING LATINX AND SOMALI STUDENTS. SINCE PAR STRESSES THE NEED TO AVOID PREDETERMINED OUTCOMES AND IDEAS ABOUT RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS, WE CANNOT SPECIFY OUTCOMES IN ADVANCE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE AN ARRAY OF POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FROM THE PAR GROUPS: 1) COLLECT MORE DATA ABOUT SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF EDUCATION IN FARIBAULT; 2) CREATE MORE PAR GROUPS TO ADVANCE THE RESEARCH IN SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS; 3) RECOMMEND SPECIFIC POLICIES TO POLICY AND DECISION-MAKERS, FROM HIGH SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL; 4) CONVENE PUBLIC MEETINGS, DIALOGUES, TOWN HALLS, OR OTHER EVENTS TO SHARE FINDINGS, TEST RECOMMENDATIONS, AND GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; 5) DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS KEY CHALLENGES FACING SOMALI AND LATINX STUDENTS, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR TEACHERS; AND 6) PRODUCE MATERIALS THAT APPEALINGLY PRESENT RESEARCH FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINING AT CARLETON COLLEGE AND ST. OLAF COLLEGE

RUI: RADIO ASTRONOMICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, RELATIVISTIC GRAVITATION, AND PULSARS

RUI: RELATIVISTIC GRAVITATION, PULSAR BEAMS AND BIRTH PROCESSES, AND THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM

RUI: CAS-CLIMATE: CARBON SEQUESTRATION THROUGH ENHANCED WEATHERING IN AGRICULTURAL SOILS WITH CO-BENEFITS TO SOIL QUALITY AND CROP YIELD -CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL AT THE GIGATON SCALE WILL BE NECESSARY TO MEET INTERNATIONAL GOALS FOR LIMITING FUTURE WARMING. ENHANCED WEATHERING IS AN EXCITING CARBON DIOXIDE REMOVAL TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD BE APPLIED IN AGRICULTURE USING EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE PROVIDING ADDED BENEFITS TO FARMERS THROUGH IMPROVED SOIL QUALITY AND CROP YIELDS. IN PLACE OF MORE TRADITIONAL MATERIALS USED IN AGRICULTURE (LIKE CARBONATE ROCKS USED FOR LIMING), SILICATE ROCKS RICH IN CA AND MG (E.G., BASALTS) ARE ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE THEIR DISSOLUTION CONSUMES CARBON DIOXIDE AND ULTIMATELY STORES THAT CARBON AS ALKALINITY IN THE OCEANS. SPREADING CRUSHED SILICATE ROCKS INCREASES THE RATE OF WEATHERING (AND CARBON REMOVAL) BY INCREASING THE AVAILABLE MINERAL SURFACE AREA FOR WEATHERING. HOWEVER, FIELD EXPERIMENTS EVALUATING ENHANCED WEATHERING ARE RARE AND REALIZED RATES OF CARBON REMOVAL AND CO-BENEFITS ARE POORLY UNDERSTOOD. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS RESEARCH THAT WILL CONDUCT A THREE-YEAR FIELD TRIAL TESTING THE CARBON REMOVAL EFFICIENCY AND CO-BENEFITS TO CROPS AND SOILS OF ANNUAL APPLICATIONS OF CRUSHED SILICATE MINERALS. THE INVESTIGATOR WILL MONITOR A THREE-YEAR FIELD TRIAL THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL FARMING PARTNERS IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENTS OF ENHANCED WEATHERING INCLUDE A LOCALLY OCCURRING CRUSHED BASALT AND A SILICATE INDUSTRIAL WASTE PRODUCT (SLAG). THE PROJECT WILL PRIORITIZE DIRECT TRACKING OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION THROUGH MEASUREMENTS OF ALKALINITY IN SOIL WATER, TOTAL CARBON CONTENT OF SOILS (BOTH ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CARBON), AND SOIL RESPIRATION RATES. CAREFUL MONITORING OF SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE SOIL WILL HELP TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS THAT CRUSHED SILICATES HAVE ON THE SOIL MICROBIOME AND THE ORGANIC COMPONENT OF SOIL CARBON, BOTH OF WHICH ARE THE MAIN FOCUS OF MANY EFFORTS IN CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE. ALL PHASES OF THIS RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM CARLETON COLLEGE. RESULTS FROM THIS WORK WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT REAL-WORLD CONSTRAINTS ON ENHANCED WEATHERING AND WILL BE SHARED BROADLY WITH BOTH THE SCIENTIFIC AND AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES. 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: TEACHING DATA ANALYSIS THROUGH SOLID EARTH INVESTIGATIONS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY IMPROVING CURRICULA FOR STRENGTHENING STUDENTS' DATA ANALYSIS SKILLS IN SOLID EARTH GEOSCIENCE COURSES. THE ABILITY TO PROCESS, ANALYZE, AND VISUALIZE DATA IS INCREASINGLY VITAL FOR CONDUCTING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE PROJECT PLANS TO ADVANCE GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION BY DEVELOPING UPPER-LEVEL TEACHING MODULES THAT WILL HELP STUDENTS USE ADVANCED DATA ANALYSIS TO EXPLORE THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF THE SOLID EARTH. THIS COLLABORATIVE IUSE LEVEL 1 ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK PROJECT WILL ALSO LEAD AND FACILITATE FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO ENHANCE DATA-CENTRIC TEACHING APPROACHES FOR SOLID EARTH COURSES. TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF DATA ANALYSIS AND STRENGTHEN THE QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND SELF-EFFICACY OF GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS, THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT ARE TO: 1) CREATE UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING MATERIALS FOR INVESTIGATING SOLID EARTH GEOSCIENCE PROBLEMS WITH A FOCUS ON DATA ANALYSIS SKILLS; 2) LEAD AND FACILITATE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR INCREASING FACULTY CONFIDENCE IN USING DATA-RICH TEACHING ACTIVITIES IN SOLID EARTH COURSES; AND 3) EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF DATA-RICH TEACHING MODULES ON CHANGES IN STUDENTS' CONFIDENCE IN DATA-ANALYSIS SKILLS IN SOLID EARTH COURSES. THE TEACHING MODULES WILL PROVIDE FREELY AVAILABLE INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY RESOURCES TO TEACH DATA ANALYSIS IN SOLID EARTH CONTEXTS TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP CRITICAL THINKING AND OTHER SKILLS NECESSARY TO SUCCEED IN STEM DISCIPLINES. DURING THE PROJECT, APPROXIMATELY 30-40 INSTRUCTORS AND OVER 400 STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE EFFORTS. THE SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER (SERC) WILL PROVIDE RESEARCH SUPPORT, ASSESSMENT, PROJECT EVALUATION, AND WEBSITE HOSTING. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOSCIENCE TEACHERS (NAGT) WILL SUPPORT DISSEMINATION. THE PROJECT PLANS TO CONTRIBUTE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES MAY INCREASE INSTRUCTORS? CONFIDENCE IN INCLUDING MORE DATA ANALYSIS IN THEIR COURSES. THE PROJECT ALSO AIMS TO ENHANCE THE QUANTITATIVE REASONING AND DATA ANALYSIS SKILLS OF GEOSCIENCE STUDENTS, PREPARING THEM FOR GRADUATE RESEARCH, CAREERS IN THE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE, AND ENGAGING WITH CHALLENGES SUCH AS NATURAL HAZARDS AND ENERGY RESOURCES. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. 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.

MRI-R2: ACQUISITION OF AN X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER FOR POWDER AND THIN FILM MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION

CARLETON COLLEGE TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

NSF INCLUDES: ENGAGING LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN GEOSCIENCE PATHWAYS

RUI: CONDENSATION DOMAIN-CATALYZED DEHYDRATION

ONLINE MODULES FOR QUANTITATIVE SKILL BUILDING: EXPLORING, ADAPTATION AND ADOPTION

CAREER: RESEARCH IN AND PATHWAYS TO ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY -PRIMES ARE THE MULTIPLICATIVE BUILDING BLOCKS OF INTEGERS, AND UNDERSTANDING THEIR PROPERTIES IS A CENTRAL THEME IN NUMBER THEORY. ONE WAY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR DISTRIBUTION AMONG THE INTEGERS IS THROUGH THE STUDY OF THE RIEMANN ZETA-FUNCTION, A PURSUIT THAT IS FOUNDATIONAL TO THE AREA OF ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY. IN PARTICULAR, A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE LOCATION OF THE SO-CALLED NONTRIVIAL ZEROS OF THIS FUNCTION WOULD GIVE VERY PRECISE ASYMPTOTIC FORMULAS FOR THE NUMBER OF PRIMES UP TO A GIVEN (LARGE) INTEGER. THIS IS A CENTRAL PROBLEM IN ALL OF MATHEMATICS WITH CONNECTIONS TO OTHER DEEP PROBLEMS, SUCH AS THE CLASS NUMBER PROBLEM, ORIGINALLY STUDIED BY GAUSS. THE PROPOSED WORK SEEKS TO FURTHER EXPLORE THE ANALYTIC PROPERTIES OF THE RIEMANN ZETA-FUNCTION AND, MORE GENERALLY, OF L-FUNCTIONS, WITH AN OVERARCHING GOAL TO OBTAIN NEW INFORMATION REGARDING THE ZEROS OF THESE FUNCTIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES, THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDES PATHWAY PROJECTS TO PROVIDE NOVEL, COMPREHENSIVE GUIDES TO AREAS OF ACTIVE RESEARCH IN ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY, AND AN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION OF HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM. THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE IN ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY AND FALL INTO THREE THEMES. THE FIRST THEME CONCERNS THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ZEROS OF THE RIEMANN ZETA-FUNCTION. IN PARTICULAR, LIMITATIONS ON THE STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS USED TO DETECT FLUCTUATIONS IN GAPS BETWEEN NON-TRIVIAL ZEROS WILL BE DETERMINED. MOREOVER, A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE PROBLEM OF GAPS BETWEEN ZEROS OF THE RIEMANN ZETA-FUNCTION AND ITS CONNECTION TO SEVERAL ACTIVE AREAS OF RESEARCH IN ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY WILL BE WRITTEN. IN THE SECOND THEME, APPLICATIONS OF THE CHEBOTAREV DENSITY THEOREM WILL BE PURSUED. IN PARTICULAR, IMPROVED ZERO-DENSITY ESTIMATES FOR MOST L-FUNCTIONS WITHIN CERTAIN PRESCRIBED FAMILIES WILL BE PROVED. THE THIRD THEME ENCOMPASSES THE MECHANICS AND APPLICATIONS OF THE ASYMPTOTIC LARGE SIEVE. IN PARTICULAR, THE ASYMPTOTIC LARGE SIEVE WILL BE USED TO STUDY THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ZEROS OF VARIOUS L-FUNCTIONS. A STRENGTHENING OF THE TECHNIQUE WILL BE DEVELOPED AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPLIED TO MAKE NEW PROGRESS ON CALCULATING MOMENTS OF CERTAIN L-FUNCTIONS. FINALLY, A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE ASYMPTOTIC LARGE SIEVE, WHICH IS POISED TO BE USEFUL IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS, WILL BE WRITTEN TO MAKE THE TECHNIQUE MORE WIDELY KNOWN AND UNDERSTOOD. 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: CLIMATE LITERACY & ENERGY AWARENESS NETWORK (CLEAN) PATHWAY

LEAPS-MPS: SPECIAL POINTS, MODULI PROBLEMS, AND RESOLVENT FILTRATIONS -POLYNOMIALS ARE UBIQUITOUS ACROSS MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING, AND THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. WE DESCRIBE THE MOTION OF BODIES, PREDICT THE BEHAVIOR OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS, AND DESIGN CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES VIA THE LANGUAGE OF POLYNOMIALS. UNDERSTANDING HOW POLYNOMIAL SOLUTIONS DEPEND ON THEIR COEFFICIENTS IS A FUNDAMENTAL AND LONG-STANDING PROBLEM IN MATHEMATICS. THIS PROJECT CONCERNS A RECENTLY FORMALIZED MEASURE OF COMPLEXITY --RESOLVENT DEGREE -- INTRODUCED TO QUANTIFY THE DIFFICULTY OF SOLVING POLYNOMIALS. DRAWING ON BOTH CLASSICAL AND MODERN TECHNIQUES IN NUMBER THEORY AND ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY, THIS PROJECT WILL ENRICH OUR UNDERSTANDING OF RESOLVENT DEGREE AS A MEASURE OF COMPLEXITY IN OTHER CONTEXTS. THE BROADER IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT ONGOING COMMUNITY BUILDING AMONGST UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENT AFFINITY GROUPS, INCLUDING DEVELOPING RESEARCHERS FROM THEIR RANKS AND CONTRIBUTING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CONFERENCE ATTENDANCES. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE DATA-SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES AND TRANSLATIONS OF CLASSICAL MATHEMATICAL LITERATURE INFORMING RESEARCH IN RESOLVENT DEGREE, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULAR UNITS FOR MATH AND MATH HISTORY COURSES TOWARDS BROADENING PERSPECTIVES IN MATH EDUCATION. THE PROJECT AIMS TO ADVANCE THE THEORY OF RESOLVENT DEGREE, A BROADLY APPLICABLE MEASURE OF COMPLEXITY MOTIVATED BY CLASSICAL PROBLEMS IN MATHEMATICS (E.G., HILBERT?S 13TH PROBLEM) AND CONSISTS OF THREE MAIN THREADS. THE FIRST ADVANCES THE FRAMEWORK OF ?SPECIAL POINTS? THROUGH THE MACHINERY OF POLAR CONES, TOWARDS BOTH SHARPENING BOUNDS ON RESOLVENT DEGREE OF FINITE GROUPS AND RELATED ARITHMETIC INTERESTS; THE OTHERS ARE CENTERED AROUND PHENOMENA UNCOVERED IN WORK OF FARB?KISIN?WOLFSON THAT ARE YET TO BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD, ON THE TOPOLOGY OF MODULI PROBLEMS AND RESOLVENT FILTRATIONS OF ?TALE FUNDAMENTAL GROUPS. WE EXPECT TO DEVELOP COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, IMPROVE EXISTING THEOREMS IN RESOLVENT DEGREE AND ADJACENT AREAS OF MATHEMATICS, FORMALIZE IDEAS FROM THE LITERATURE INTO GENERAL FRAMEWORKS, AND EXPLORE NEW REGIMES THAT WILL INFORM TRAJECTORIES OF FUTURE RESEARCH. 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: RUI: TRANSLATION AND ACCRETION OF THE YAKUTAT MICROPLATE AND PRINCE WILLIAM TERRANE, ALASKA

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPROVING THE GEOSCIENCE MAJOR: DEVELOPING COMMUNITY EXPERTISE IN CURRICULUM DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PROVENANCE AND THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE CHUGACH-PRINCE WILLIAM TERRANE FLYSCH, SOUTHERN ALASKA

RUI: PARAMETER ESTIMATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION FOR LIGO

RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AREA SIZE AND POPULATION HISTORY -IN THIS RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS AWARD THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, ALONG WITH COLLEAGUES WILL CARRY OUT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELDWORK AND LIDAR-BASED REMOTE SENSING RESEARCH IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF OCCUPATION AND USE ACROSS A NUMBER OF SMALL, CURRENTLY UNINHABITED ISLANDS. ARCHAEOLOGY IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO INVESTIGATE THE HISTORY OF SUCH MARGINAL ENVIRONMENTS, WHICH HAVE BEEN LARGELY DISMISSED IN THE RECENT PAST AS UNSUITABLE FOR HUMAN HABITATION. PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS ALREADY REVEALED A RICH (IF NON-CONTINUOUS) HISTORY OF USE ON MANY SUCH ISLANDS. THE CURRENT PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN EXPANDED AND COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF SMALL-ISLAND ENVIRONMENTS IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN ISLAND SIZE AND RISK OF SETTLEMENT AND EXPLOITATION, BASED ON SIZE, ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY, AND LOCATIONAL AFFORDANCES OF MARGINALITY AND CONNECTIVITY. SURVEY ARCHAEOLOGY HAS TRADITIONALLY FOCUSED ON THE HISTORY OF SETTLEMENT ACROSS A CONTINUOUS LANDSCAPE. THIS PROJECT PROVIDES ALSO A HISTORY OF NON-SETTLEMENT, OF INCIDENTAL USE, ACROSS A PARTICULAR TYPE OF MARITIME SETTING. THE RESEARCH WILL PRODUCE A SERIES OF INDIVIDUAL CASES STUDIES AND A LARGE-SCALE, COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK ANALYSIS OF CYCLES OF USE AND ABANDONMENT IN AN UNDER-RESEARCHED TYPE OF ISLAND ENVIRONMENT. TWO SEASONS OF FIELDWORK WILL PROVIDE SYSTEMATIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEYS OF 30 UNINHABITED ISLANDS. A GEOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED ALONGSIDE THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A FULLY INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS OF INDIVIDUAL ISLAND LANDSCAPES, AS WELL AS A NEW STUDY OF THE DYNAMIC HUMAN AND NATURAL HISTORY. AS AN RUI PROPOSAL, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES UNIQUE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM (AND RELATED FIELDS). MOREOVER, IT PROVIDES MULTI-LEVEL MENTORING AND TRAINING THAT ALSO INVOLVES INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENT RESEARCH, THE LIDAR DATA WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO OTHER ARCHAEOLOGISTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TEAMS.. THIS WILL HAVE A IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO ASSESS AND MONITOR AREAS THAT ARE UNIQUELY VULNERABLE TO LOOTING AND LANDSCAPE DEGRADATION. 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.

EMBRACE-EAR-SEED: A SYNOPTIC SURVEY OF SPRINGS IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA TO IDENTIFY SPATIAL PATTERNS IN GROUNDWATER QUALITY -THIS RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON GROUNDWATER AND SPRINGS IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA OF THE UPPER MIDWEST, A TOPOGRAPHICALLY DISTINCT KARST REGION SPANNING FOUR STATES. EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE ABOVE GROUND AND FAST WATER FLOW THROUGH CAVES AND OTHER OPENINGS BELOW GROUND MAKE THE REGION AT RISK FOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, WHICH HAS BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM FOR DECADES BUT HAS RECENTLY REACHED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN MANY COMMUNITIES RELYING ON GROUNDWATER FOR THEIR DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY KEY CONTROLS OF GROUNDWATER QUALITY AT SPRINGS. SPRINGS ACT LIKE WINDOWS INTO WHAT IS HAPPENING BELOW GROUND, AND ARE ALSO IMPORTANT ECOLOGICALLY, CULTURALLY, AND ECONOMICALLY, MAKING THEM EXCELLENT STUDY SITES. A TEAM OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WILL VISIT 200 OR MORE SPRINGS ACROSS THE REGION, RECORDING THE SAME SET OF BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT GEOLOGY, WATER QUALITY, AND FLOW RATES. THIS DATA SET WILL THEN BE USED TO TEST HYPOTHESES ABOUT WHICH FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTHIER SPRINGS, AND WILL BE MADE PUBLIC. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY CAN HELP GUIDE GROUNDWATER RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP IN THE FUTURE. ADDITIONALLY, THE STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT WILL RECEIVE MENTORING, TECHNICAL METHODS TRAINING, AND REAL-WORLD FIELD EXPERIENCES THAT WILL HELP PREPARE THEM FOR CAREERS IN THE EARTH SCIENCES. THE RESEARCH GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO TEST HYPOTHESES AS TO THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION, GROUNDWATER AGE AND PROVENANCE, SPRINGSHED LAND USE, AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION ON SPRING WATER QUALITY. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE EITHER FOCUSED ON RECORDING FLOW RATES AND CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS OVER TIME AT A SINGLE POINT IN SPACE, OR SURVEYED MANY POINTS IN SPACE AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN TIME. THE TEMPORAL RANGE MAKES INTERPRETATION DIFFICULT, AND THE SPATIAL SCOPE IS OFTEN LIMITED BY STATE BOUNDARIES. THIS PROJECT WILL RECORD PATTERNS IN SPACE OVER A SHORT WINDOW OF TIME, ENABLING MORE MEANINGFUL ANALYSES - STUDENTS WILL CONDUCT A SYNOPTIC ?SNAPSHOT IN TIME? SURVEY OF 200 SPRINGS ACROSS THE REGION, UNDER BASEFLOW-DOMINATED CONDITIONS AT TWO POINTS DURING THE SAME HYDROLOGIC YEAR (MIDWINTER AND LATE SUMMER). FOR A SUBSET OF SPRINGS, TRITIUM, STABLE ISOTOPE, AND MAJOR ION ANALYSIS WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE GROUNDWATER AGE AND PROVENANCE. THE SURVEY WILL INCLUDE EXISTING AND PLANNED LONG-TERM SPRING MONITORING SITES (KNOWN AS ?SENTINEL SPRINGS?). THE SYNOPTIC SURVEY WILL ALLOW SENTINEL SPRINGS TO BE UNDERSTOOD IN THEIR BROADER REGIONAL CONTEXT, WHILE THE SENTINEL SPRINGS PROVIDE A MORE IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF INDIVIDUAL SITES IN THE SURVEY, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE INFORMATION VALUE OF EACH DATASET. 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.

LEAPS-MPS: DEVELOPMENT OF MODELS IN SPATIAL STATISTICS FOR COMPLEX POLICING AND SOCIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS -PRESSING RESEARCH CONCERNS IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES OFTEN REQUIRE THE ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL DATA, WHICH HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY COMPLEX. THIS RESEARCH AIMS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND MODEL SOME OF THESE COMPLEXITIES WITH INNOVATIVE STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY THAT WILL ALLOW THE PI, OTHER RESEARCHERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BETTER ANSWER RESEARCH QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO PUBLIC POLICY. THE PI ALSO WILL HOST A FORUM AT CARLETON COLLEGE IN FALL 2023 ON STATISTICAL CHALLENGES IN THE ANALYSIS OF POLICE USE OF FORCE. THIS WORK WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON THE UNDERGRADUATES AT CARLETON COLLEGE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THIS RESEARCH PROCESS, THE STUDENTS OUTSIDE CARLETON WHO ATTEND THE STATISTICAL FORUM ON POLICING, AND THE LOCAL MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY THROUGH INTENTIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROPOSED WORK WILL HELP THOSE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES ANSWER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICING OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, ALLOWING THEM TO ADD ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FROM DATA TO THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP NEW STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY WITH THREE SPECIFIC AIMS: METHODS TO ADDRESS AND ACCOUNT FOR SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY, METHODS TO INCORPORATE BOUNDED OR CONSTRAINED ACTORS INTO SPATIAL MODELS, AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL EXTENSIONS OF PRELIMINARY SPATIAL MODELS. THE FIRST AIM WILL DEVELOP SOFTWARE TO IMPLEMENT A CONSTRAINED SPATIAL PRIVACY METHOD THAT PROTECTS THE ORIGINAL LOCATIONS WHILE PRESERVING THE STATISTICAL UTILITY OF THE ORIGINAL DATASET. NEW METHODOLOGY WILL BE PROPOSED TO ANALYZE SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY DUE TO BOTH STRUCTURED (PRIVACY) AND UNSTRUCTURED (GEOCODING ERROR OR IMPRECISE DATA COLLECTION) PROCESSES. THE SECOND AIM WILL DEVELOP RESEARCH METHODS TO INCORPORATE ACTORS THAT ARE SPATIALLY CONSTRAINED BOTH DUE TO STRUCTURED (E.G., POLICE JURISDICTIONS) AND INFERRED (REGIONAL UNIONS) BOUNDARIES. THE THIRD AIM WILL EXTEND A NEWLY DEVELOPED SPATIAL MODEL, WHICH IS A SHARED COMPONENT MODEL FOR CHARACTERIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO POINT PROCESSES, TO A SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODEL, INCORPORATING TEMPORAL DYNAMICS AS WELL. 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.

LEAPS-MPS: DYNAMIC MODELS OF DISTURBANCE AND RESILIENCE -AS HUMAN IMPACTS ON ECOSYSTEMS AND CLIMATE INTENSIFY, PROMOTING RESILIENCE OF NATURAL AND SOCIAL COMMUNITIES HAS EMERGED AS A CRITICAL GOAL. BUT DESPITE THE WIDESPREAD USE OF RESILIENCE LANGUAGE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL LITERATURE, ITS DEFINITION IS OFTEN OMITTED OR DISPUTED. THE MATHEMATICAL FIELD OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS IS RECOGNIZED AS A COMMON LANGUAGE IN WHICH TO FORMALIZE AND RECONCILE SOMETIMES DISPARATE NOTIONS OF RESILIENCE. USING THIS LENS, ONE FINDS THAT A MAJORITY OF RESILIENCE METRICS ARE BASED ON EQUILIBRIA (STEADY STATES) OF A SYSTEM AND THE LIKE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT REPEATED DISTURBANCES SUCH AS FIRES AND HURRICANES CAN DRIVE A SYSTEM FAR AWAY FROM THESE STATES. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THIS GAP IN THE DYNAMICAL THEORY OF DISTURBANCE AND RESILIENCE. THE TWO RESEARCH THREADS DESCRIBED BELOW ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS AND THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ONGOING DISTURBANCE AND RECOVERY. IN ADDITION TO CONNECTING THE PI TO RESEARCH COLLABORATORS AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS, THE PROJECT BROADENS UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AT CARLETON, THE LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE WHERE THE PI TEACHES. SENIORS ENGAGE WITH THE PI'S RESEARCH THROUGH CAPSTONE PROJECTS, WHILE SUMMER RESEARCH STUDENTS ARE RECRUITED EARLIER IN THEIR COLLEGE CAREERS FROM CAMPUS PROGRAMS THAT SERVE GROUPS HISTORICALLY MINORITIZED IN STEM. TO ENHANCE STUDENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND BUILD COMMUNITY AMONG LOCAL APPLIED MATHEMATICIANS, THE PROJECT ALSO SUPPORTS A PILOT SERIES OF VERTICALLY INTEGRATED SUMMER WORKSHOPS THEMED ON COMMUNICATION. CHARACTERIZING THE OUTCOME OF ONGOING DISTURBANCES IN DYNAMICAL MODELS OF ECOSYSTEMS LEADS TO NOVEL MATHEMATICAL QUESTIONS ADDRESSED IN TWO RESEARCH THREADS OF THIS PROJECT. THE FIRST THREAD GENERALIZES THE CONCEPT OF INTENSITY FROM ATTRACTORS TO MORSE SETS IN ORDER TO MEASURE VULNERABILITY OF A BROADER CLASS OF DYNAMIC STRUCTURES TO DISTURBANCE. PRIOR INTENSITY THEORY DESCRIBES RESILIENCE OF ATTRACTORS TO UNKNOWN TIME-VARYING PERTURBATIONS AND/OR MODELING ERRORS. IN COLLABORATION WITH EXPERTS IN CONLEY THEORY, THE PI EXTENDS INTENSITY FIRST TO REPELLERS AND THEN TO GENERAL MORSE SETS. THE SECOND RESEARCH THREAD, FLOW-KICK MODELS, INVESTIGATES THE DYNAMICS INDUCED WHEN PERIODIC, DISCRETE DISTURBANCES (KICKS) PUNCTUATE CONTINUOUS RECOVERY MODELED BY A FLOW. TO INFORM SCIENTISTS' MODEL SELECTION, THE PI AND COLLABORATORS INVESTIGATE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (ODES) CAPTURE THE ROUGH DYNAMICS OF A FLOW-KICK SYSTEM. BASED ON EXISTING RESULTS FOR HYPERBOLIC FIXED POINTS AND SADDLE-NODE BIFURCATIONS, IT IS CONJECTURED THAT PERIODIC ORBITS AND HOPF BIFURCATIONS CONTINUE FROM AN ODE MODEL TO NEARBY FLOW-KICK MODELS WITH THE SAME AVERAGE DISTURBANCE RATE. 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: RUI: LANDSCAPE-LEVEL CONTROLS ON TERRESTRIAL, AQUATIC, AND WETLAND RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SOUTHERN CANADIAN ARCTI

CARLETON COLLEGE GLS CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE: EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY

RUI: PARAMETER ESTIMATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION FOR LIGO

RUI: PARAMETER ESTIMATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION FOR LIGO

RIG: ABOVEGROUND AND BELOWGROUND EFFECTS OF MULTI-SPECIES HERBIVORY ACROSS A SUCCESSIONAL GRADIENT IN TALLGRASS PRAIRIE

RUI: MOLECULAR INSIGHT INTO CATION MOTION WITHIN ZEOLITES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: CHARACTERIZING BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS IN ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS IN THE LABORATORY AND IN NATURE -THIS PROJECT USES TWO DIFFERENT METHODS TO STUDY BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS, WHICH ARE FEATURES FORMED IN WELLS DRILLED TO OBTAIN OIL, GAS, AND WATER. THESE FEATURES CAN BE DETECTED AS DISTORTIONS IN THE SHAPE OF THE WELL?S CIRCUMFERENCE. THESE DISTORTED SHAPES ARE USED TO UNDERSTAND STRESSES WITHIN THE EARTH?S CRUST, INCLUDING IN CALIFORNIA NEAR THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT, WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR ESTIMATING EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS. HOWEVER, THE INFERENCE OF STRESS FROM BREAKOUTS IS CHALLENGING WHEN THE WELL GOES THROUGH STRONGLY LAYERED ROCKS. THE FIRST METHOD FOR THIS PROJECT IS A LABORATORY APPROACH, WHERE BREAKOUTS ARE CREATED IN ANALOG MATERIALS SUCH AS SAND, GELATIN, AND WAX AND THE LAYERING CONDITIONS CAN BE CONTROLLED. THE SECOND METHOD IS A STUDY OF INFORMATION COLLECTED AT THE TIME WELLS WERE DRILLED TO LOOK HOW BREAKOUTS ACROSS AN AREA RELATE TO ROCK LAYERING. THE TEAM WILL DEVELOP NEW STATISTICAL TOOLS TO COMPARE DATASETS FROM THE PROJECT, WHICH MAY PROVE USEFUL IN MANY OTHER SITUATIONS. THE PROJECT WILL INVOLVE THE TRAINING OF ONE GRADUATE STUDENT AND MULTIPLE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AS WELL AS CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS ARE USED TO INFER STRESS DIRECTIONS IN THE SHALLOW CRUST. BY ASSUMING ROCKS ARE HOMOGENEOUS AND ISOTROPIC, BREAKOUT DIRECTIONS ARE INFERRED TO FORM PARALLEL TO THE MINIMUM HORIZONTAL STRESS. HOWEVER, THE ROCKS IN WHICH BREAKOUTS ARE COMMONLY FOUND ARE OFTEN LAYERED MUDSTONES, SHALES, AND SANDSTONES IN SEDIMENTARY BASINS, ALL OF WHICH ARE ANISOTROPIC. THIS PROPOSAL USES TWO RESEARCH METHODS TO STUDY HOW ANISOTROPY, DUE TO ROCK LAYERING, IMPACTS STRESS INFERENCES FROM BREAKOUTS. THE FIRST APPROACH RELIES ON PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS TO INVESTIGATE HOW AND WHEN ANISOTROPY?IN THE FORM OF LAYER ORIENTATION, LAYER THICKNESS, AND MATERIAL STRENGTH?MAY IMPACT BREAKOUT DIRECTIONS. THE ADVANTAGE OF AN ANALOGUE MODELING APPROACH IS THAT THE PROBLEM CAN BE SIMPLIFIED TO ISOLATE A VARIABLE OF INTEREST, NAMELY, THE ORIENTATION OF LAYERING VERSUS THE APPLIED STRESSES. THE SECOND APPROACH RELIES ON THE ANALYSIS OF WELL LOGS, SEEKING TO AMASS A RICH DATASET OF BREAKOUT AZIMUTHS, LOCAL BEDDING DIRECTIONS, AND LITHOLOGIC INFORMATION FROM A NATURAL SYSTEM?IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA?TO LOOK FOR PATTERNS BETWEEN THESE DATASETS. BREAKOUT DATA FROM THIS REGION PROVIDED CRITICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ?WEAK-FAULT HYPOTHESIS? FOR THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT, REFLECTING THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING THIS REGION. PRELIMINARY RE-ANALYSIS OF PUBLISHED DATA SHOWS IT IS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD TO REPLICATE THE PRIOR RESULTS. FURTHER, BREAKOUTS ARE OFTEN PARALLEL TO BEDDING STRIKE OR DIP DIRECTION, SUGGESTING THAT LOCAL ANISOTROPY MAY PLAY A LARGER ROLE THAN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED. STATISTICAL TOOLS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ANALYZE DATA FROM BOTH PROJECTS BECAUSE THE DATA TYPES ARE NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD TO COMPARE. THE EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS WILL BE LEVERAGED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH ANISOTROPY MIGHT IMPACT BREAKOUT DIRECTIONS FROM THE NATURAL DATASET FROM CALIFORNIA, WHICH MAY HELP IDENTIFY BREAKOUTS THAT REFLECT LOCAL CONDITIONS LIKE LAYERING RATHER THAN REGIONAL STRESSES. 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.

DEVELOPING AND TESTING MATERIALS TO IMPROVE SPATIAL SKILLS IN UPPER DIVISION GEOSCIENCE COURSES

LEAPS-MPS: CUBULATION AND PROPERTY (T) IN RANDOM GROUPS -GROUPS ARE MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES THAT DESCRIBE THE SYMMETRY OF A GEOMETRIC OBJECT. THEY ARE USED THROUGHOUT THE SCIENCES: IN THE STUDY OF CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES, MOLECULAR SYMMETRY, THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS, PUBLIC-KEY ENCRYPTION SYSTEMS, AND MORE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO UNDERSTAND GROUPS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT; INSTEAD OF STARTING WITH AN OBJECT AND CALCULATING ITS SYMMETRY GROUP AS A CHEMIST OR PHYSICIST MIGHT, A MATHEMATICIAN CAN START WITH AN ABSTRACT GROUP AND THEN STUDY THE SPACE(S) WHOSE SYMMETRIES IT COULD DESCRIBE. A NATURAL QUESTION TO ASK IS: WHAT PROPERTIES DOES A `TYPICAL? GROUP SATISFY? THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON UNDERSTANDING THESE `TYPICAL? PROPERTIES OF GROUPS BY INTRODUCING AND INVESTIGATING A NEW MODEL OF RANDOM GROUPS. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO SUPPORT UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS AND THE PI?S ONGOING LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVITY AND CONNECTIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE WOMEN AND OTHER UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS WITHIN MATHEMATICS, SUCH AS THE STUDENT GROUP GENDER MINORITIES IN MATH/STATS (GEMMS), MENTOR/MENTEE PROGRAMS, BOOK CLUBS AND OTHER COMMUNITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AT CARLTON COLLEGE. GROMOV RANDOM GROUPS HAVE BEEN A RICH SOURCE OF EXAMPLES IN GEOMETRIC GROUP THEORY. THE FIRST BRANCH OF THIS PROJECT INTRODUCES AND EXPLORES PROPERTIES OF A NEW MODEL OF RANDOM QUOTIENTS OF FREE PRODUCTS OF GROUPS, WHICH IS COMBINATORIALLY RELATED TO GROMOV?S MODEL. IN COLLABORATION WITH EINSTEIN, KRISHNA, NG, AND STEENBOCK THE PI WILL INVESTIGATE (RELATIVE) CUBULATION IN THIS SETTING. THE PI WILL ALSO EXPLORE PROPERTY (T) FOR THESE GROUPS. IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, THE PI WILL WORK WITH UNDERGRADUATES TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CUBULATION IN GROMOV RANDOM GROUPS; IN PARTICULAR THEY WILL INCREASE THE KNOWN BOUND FOR COCOMPACT ACTIONS ON CAT(0) CUBE COMPLEXES. 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.

SCAFFOLDING CONCEPTUALLY DRIVEN GENOMICS EDUCATION

RUI: EUO THIN FILMS AS A LABORATORY FOR EXPLORING METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITIONS AND COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE

RUI: REGIONAL EXPANSION OF EARLY POLITIES -THIS PROJECT UTILIZES ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND LABORATORY ANALYSIS TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGIONAL EXPANSION OF EARLY POLITIES, THROUGH EXCAVATION AND MATERIAL ANALYSIS AT TWO SITES IN A PERIPHERAL HIGH ELEVATION CONTEXT. THROUGH ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION, THIS PROJECT EXPLORES HOW THIS POLITY SOLIDIFIED TERRITORIAL PRESENCE IN THE BUILT LANDSCAPE THROUGH PERMANENT STRUCTURES, AS WELL AS WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THE MAINTENANCE OR ATTENUATION OF ITS TERRITORIAL CONTROL OVER THOSE SITES. AS A RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS (RUI), THIS PROJECT PROVIDES UNIQUE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE ARCHAEOLOGY PROGRAM (AND RELATED FIELDS). STUDENTS RECEIVE MULTI-LEVEL MENTORING AND TRAINING FROM THE RESEARCH TEAM, COMPRISED OF THE INVESTIGATORS WHO WORK AT A SMALL LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE AND A LARGE R1 INSTITUTION, AS WELL AS RESEARCHERS AT THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE. THE PROJECT ALSO ACCELERATES SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND PROVIDES TRAINING FOR STUDENTS IN THAT PRIORITY AREA, THROUGH THE USE OF A RANGE OF INTEGRATED MACRO- AND MICROBOTANICAL ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES. THE PROJECT FOSTERS PUBLIC SCIENCE AND SUPPORTS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS. THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO ANSWER TWO BASIC RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1) WHAT IS THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE FEATURES AT DEFENSIVE FORTIFICATIONS, BASED ON RADIOCARBON DATES AND STRATIGRAPHY?, AND 2) WHAT ACTIVITIES TOOK PLACE AT THESE SITES, WITH WHAT PARTICIPANTS, AND FOR WHOSE VIEWING? ONE SEASON OF EXCAVATION TAKES PLACE AT THESE STRUCTURES. CERAMIC, FAUNAL, AND PALEOBOTANICAL ANALYSES ARE EMPLOYED IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE USE OF THE STRUCTURES AND TO IDENTIFY WHO WAS PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AT THESE SITES. THE STUDY OF EXCAVATED MATERIAL INFORMS HOW THE STRUCTURES WERE BUILT, HOW THEY WERE USED, AND OVER WHAT TIME FRAME, TO SHED LIGHT ON REGIONAL-LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS OF STATE EXPANSION. 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.

CRII: III: RUI: COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES FOR INFERRING THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES OF CANCER GENOMES

RUI: RELATING QUANTUM AND CLASSICAL TOPOLOGY AND GEOMETRY

RUI: TESTS OF GRAVITY, DATA ANALYSIS, AND DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION FOR LIGO

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CONFERENCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOSCIENCE TEACHERS (NAGT) EARLY CAREER GEOSCIENCE FACULTY WORKSHOP -THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT AN ANNUAL WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOSCIENCES TEACHERS (NAGT) TO BRING NEW GEOSCIENCE FACULTY TOGETHER FOR THE EARLY CAREER GEOSCIENCE FACULTY WORKSHOP. DURING THE FIVE-DAY WORKSHOP, EXPERIENCED FACILITATORS WILL HELP PARTICIPANTS INTEGRATE EVIDENCE-BASED TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE PRACTICES INTO THEIR CAREERS. AFTER THE WORKSHOP, NAGT WILL OFFER FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES TO CONTINUE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. THE WORKSHOP WILL IMPACT EARLY CAREER FACULTY, THEIR STUDENTS AND THE GEOSCIENCE WORKFORCE BY DEVELOPING WELL-PREPARED TEACHERS AND MENTORS, SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS AND PRODUCING A STRONG WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE. THE WORKSHOP FOR EARLY CAREER GEOSCIENCE FACULTY: TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND MANAGING YOUR CAREER IS A LONG-RUNNING PROGRAM WITH A SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF PROVIDING HIGH-IMPACT SUPPORT FOR MORE THAN 1200 EARLY CAREER FACULTY IN THE ATMOSPHERIC, OCEAN, AND SOLID EARTH SCIENCES. PAST PARTICIPANTS REPORT THAT THE DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC NATURE OF THE WORKSHOP MAKE THE PRACTICES EASY TO ADOPT. THE MAJORITY OF PARTICIPANTS REPORT THAT THEIR CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED IN THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS INCREASED SOMEWHAT OR DRAMATICALLY AS A RESULT OF THEIR PARTICIPATION. GIVEN THE PRIOR SUCCESS OF THE WORKSHOP AND THE ONGOING NEED FOR SUPPORT OF EARLY CAREER FACULTY, NAGT WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER THE EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP FOR GEOSCIENCE FACULTY OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WORKSHOP SESSIONS WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT EVIDENCED-BASED PRACTICES AND BETTER INTEGRATE THE CONCEPTS INTO THE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF EARLY CAREER FACULTY. IN ADDITION, TO EXTEND THE SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY OFFERED BY THE WORKSHOP, FOLLOW-ON SESSIONS WILL BRING TOGETHER PARTICIPANTS FROM THE THREE PREVIOUS YEARS TO FURTHER EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE. THROUGH EVALUATIONS, REFLECTIONS, AND INTERVIEWS, THE TEAM WILL DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THE WORKSHOP AND FOLLOW-ON ACTIVITIES ON PARTICIPANTS, ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE ON HOW IN-PERSON DISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMBINED WITH FOLLOW-ON VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CAN STRENGTHEN A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOR EARLY CAREER FACULTY. 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: IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY OF INTEGRATE-GETSI MODULES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION TOOL -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF TEACHING MATERIALS SHARED BY THOUSANDS OF GEOSCIENCE EDUCATORS THAT ARE PUBLISHED ONLINE ON THE TEACH THE EARTH WEBSITE. MATERIALS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE FOR INSTRUCTORS TO USE, AND MANY INCLUDE DATA SETS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY COMPILED BY MATERIALS' AUTHORS. THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE AND IMPLEMENT THE USE OF A COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION TOOL (CCT) TO FACILITATE UPDATES TO CURRICULAR MATERIALS, SO THEY MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENCY AND RELEVANCE TO STUDENTS. THE CCT WILL PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR THE ONLINE MATERIALS TO BE CONTINUALLY REFRESHED BY INSTRUCTOR USERS AND WILL SUPPORT ONGOING COMMUNITY BUILDING EFFORTS AMONG GEOSCIENCE EDUCATORS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO HOST A WORKSHOP IN WHICH FACULTY PARTICIPANTS WILL TEST THE USE OF THE CCT AS THEY CONTRIBUTE UPDATES TO A SUITE OF COMMONLY USED, HIGH QUALITY PEER-REVIEWED MATERIALS THAT WERE CREATED THROUGH PREVIOUS NSF FUNDING AND PUBLISHED ONLINE IN 2013-2019. THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE CCT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FACULTY TO CONTRIBUTE UPDATES, SUCH AS DATA SETS, TO EXISTING AND FUTURE ONLINE TEACHING MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE TEACH THE EARTH WEBSITE. THIS WILL BENEFIT THOUSANDS OF INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR STUDENTS, WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO DATA-RICH TEACHING RESOURCES THAT ARE CURRENT AND RELEVANT. THE CCT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO ONGOING EFFORTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF CURRICULA THAT ENGAGE STUDENTS IN BUILDING DATA ANALYSIS SKILLS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO STUDENTS' PREPARATION FOR THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO CREATE AND TEST A NEW TOOL THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR GEOSCIENCE INSTRUCTORS TO UPDATE DATA SETS AND SUGGEST MODIFICATIONS FOR CURRICULUM MATERIALS THAT ARE PUBLISHED ON THE TEACH THE EARTH (TTE) WEBSITE. THE COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION TOOL (CCT) WILL ALLOW USERS TO UPLOAD FILES, SUCH AS UPDATED DATA SETS AND RELATED RESOURCES, THUS PROVIDING A MECHANISM TO EXTEND THE CURRENCY AND RELEVANCE OF THE DATA AND CURRICULUM. OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS COULD INCLUDE THE USE OF TARGETED REGIONAL DATA SETS OR ADAPTATIONS FOR DIFFERENT COURSE FORMATS. THE CCT WILL BE TESTED BY A GROUP OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS WHO WILL USE THE TOOL TO UPDATE CURRICULAR MODULES THAT WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE NSF-FUNDED INTEGRATE (AND AFFILIATED) PROGRAMS AND WERE PUBLISHED IN 2013-2019. UPDATED DATA SETS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY EXTEND THE UTILITY LIFESPAN OF THE SHARED ONLINE MATERIALS. THE WORKSHOP WILL ALSO INCLUDE FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE CURRICULAR RESOURCES. ONCE TESTED IN THE WORKSHOP, THE CCT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH OTHER CURRICULA POSTED ON TTE SO THAT EXISTING AND FUTURE MATERIALS CAN ALSO BE UPDATED THROUGH A CROWD-SOURCED MECHANISM. THE CCT WILL MAKE EVIDENT THE REVISION HISTORY OF CONTRIBUTIONS LINKED TO ACTIVITIES TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE ORIGINAL, AND NEWLY CONTRIBUTED, COMPONENTS. EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDE 1) DEVELOPING AND THOROUGHLY TESTING THE CCT TO MAKE NEW AND EXISTING DATA-RICH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES SUSTAINABLE WITH UPDATES THAT RESULT IN THEIR LONG-TERM VIABILITY AND 2) UPDATING AND REVISING INTEGRATE AND RELATED MODULES WITH MORE CURRENT DATA SETS FOR USE BY FACULTY AND THEIR STUDENTS. PROJECT OUTCOMES WILL BE REPORTED IN SUBSEQUENT GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION CONFERENCE SESSIONS TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY AND PUBLICIZE THE CCT. THIS PROJECT WILL ENHANCE INSTRUCTORS? USE OF DATA-RICH CURRICULUM TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN BUILDING THEIR SKILLS USING DATA SETS, WHICH SUPPORTS PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. 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: SKEINS ON SURFACES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARLY CAREER GEOSCIENCE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP: A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NAGT AND NSF

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE MATH YOUR EARTH SCIENCE MAJORS NEED, WHEN THEY NEED IT: IMPROVING QUANTITATIVE SKILLS IN THE FUTURE EARTH SCIENCE WORKFORCE -THIS PROJECT WILL SERVE THE US NATIONAL INTEREST BY STRENGTHENING UNDERGRADUATE EARTH SCIENCE MAJORS' PROFICIENCY AND CONFIDENCE WITH QUANTITATIVE SKILLS AND REASONING, RESULTING IN STUDENTS WHO BETTER UNDERSTAND EARTH PROCESSES AND ARE PREPARED FOR GEOSCIENCE CAREERS. IT IS A TIER 2 PROJECT ON THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK. QUANTITATIVELY SKILLED EARTH SCIENCE GRADUATES ARE CRITICAL TO MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE WORKFORCE AND THE COUNTRY. HOWEVER, THE APPLICATION OF MATH SKILLS IN A GEOSCIENCE CONTEXT IS FRAUGHT WITH DIFFICULTIES SUCH AS THE UNEVEN PREPARATION OF STUDENTS, GATEKEEPER MATHEMATICS PREREQUISITE COURSES, FACULTY WHO ARE NOT TRAINED TO TEACH QUANTITATIVE SKILLS, STUDENT MATH ANXIETY, AND THE COGNITIVE DIFFICULTY OF TRANSFERRING MATHEMATICAL SKILLS TO A SPECIFIC SCIENCE CONTEXT. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP THE NEEDED CURRICULAR RESOURCES AND FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE GEOSCIENCE MAJORS? DISCIPLINARY MATH CAPABILITIES. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE QUANTITATIVE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE OF EARTH SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES BY A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH: 1) DEVELOPING CO-CURRICULAR MODULES TO SUPPORT MAJORS-LEVEL QUANTITATIVE SKILL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN EARTH SCIENCE COURSES AND PROGRAMS; 2) ORGANIZING FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPING AND INTEGRATING THESE RESOURCES; AND 3) CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AND STUDENT SKILL PROGRESSION AND ATTITUDES. CENTRAL TO THE RESOURCE DESIGN WILL BE THE APPLICATION OF MATH SKILLS TO EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS WITH EXAMPLES DRAWN FROM A VARIETY OF SUB-DISCIPLINES. MODULE AUTHORS HAVING A RANGE OF GEOSCIENCE DISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE WILL BE RECRUITED TO ENSURE BROAD APPLICABILITY OF THE RESULTING RESOURCES. ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION WILL BE CARRIED OUT BY THE PROJECT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AND AN EXTERNAL EVALUATOR. THE MODULAR APPROACH WILL ALLOW FACULTY TO ADOPT MODULES APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR INDIVIDUAL COURSES AND HELP SCAFFOLD QUANTITATIVE SKILLS ACROSS GEOSCIENCE CURRICULA OR INTO DEDICATED QUANTITATIVE GEOSCIENCE COURSES. THE FREE ONLINE MODULE COLLECTION WILL BE HOSTED ON THE SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER (SERC) SITE. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO WORK WITH SERC TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTOR DISCOVERY OF EXISTING ACTIVITY COLLECTIONS IN WHICH STUDENTS CAN FURTHER APPLY THE QUANTITATIVE SKILLS THEY HAVE DEVELOPED USING MODULES WRITTEN IN THIS PROJECT. THE NSF IUSE: EHR PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. 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.

CONFERENCE: CLASP: BROADENING PARTICIPATION AND DEEPENING ITS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE -THE COLLEGES OF LIBERAL ARTS SPONSORED PROGRAMS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (CLASP) IS A FREE AND OPEN RESOURCE THAT CURRENTLY REPRESENTS MORE THAN 330 PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, PARTICULARLY INSTITUTIONS THAT FIT WITHIN THE ?LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE? FRAMEWORK (PUI LACS) ACROSS THE NATION. CLASP WILL HOLD A SERIES OF CONVENINGS TO IMPROVE ITS ABILITY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SPONSORED RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS, OFTEN THE ONLY SUCH PROFESSIONAL AT PUI LAC INSTITUTIONS. AT THESE CONVENINGS SPONSORED RESEARCH PROFESSIONALS WILL: DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING THE CAPACITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION ACROSS A DIVERSE RANGE OF INSTITUTIONS; BUILD PROTOCOLS THAT IMPROVE OUTREACH TO, AND SUPPORT FOR, INSTITUTIONS THAT SERVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF STUDENTS UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE SCIENCES; AND CREATE PROCEDURES FOR REPRESENTING AND ADVOCATING FOR THE RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS SUBSET OF EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCIENCE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER (SERC) AT CARLETON COLLEGE, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL SURVEY AND CONVENE THE CLASP MEMBERSHIP, BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON, TO: 1) DEVELOP TOOLS AND SCALABLE MODELS ADVANCING RESEARCH AT PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS THAT FIT WITHIN THE ?LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE? FRAMEWORK (PUI LACS); 2) BROADEN PARTICIPATION WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS, AND 3) REDUCE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO ACCESSING INFORMATION ABOUT AND FROM EXTERNAL FUNDERS. THESE FINDINGS WILL PROVIDE EARLY INSIGHT INTO HOW TO INCREASE PARTNERSHIP, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, AND ENHANCE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RESEARCH ADMINISTRATORS AT PUI LACS OF ALL SIZES AND TYPES.? 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.

STELLAR MAGNETIC ACTIVITY CONFUSES THE INTERPRETATION OF RADIAL VELOCITY (RV) MEASUREMENTS IMPEDING PRECISE EXOPLANETARY MASS MEASUREMENTS. SPATIALLY RESOLVED MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS HAVE SHOWN PROMISE FOR CORRECTING THE EFFECTS OF ACTIVITY ON THE SUN BUT SIMILAR METHODS HAVE NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED FOR DISK-INTEGRATED LIGHT THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO OTHER STARS. AIMS: OBSERVE A SMALL NUMBER OF HIGHLY MAGNETICALLY SENSITIVE LINES AT ULTRA-HIGH (R>106) RESOLUTION IN DISK-INTEGRATED SUNLIGHT TO EXPLORE WHETHER THE MAGNETIC FIELD CHANGE IS RECOVERABLE (FIG. 1) AND WHETHER THIS DIRECT PROBE CAN INFORM AND ADVANCE COMPLEMENTARY TECHNIQUES. A CONCLUSIVE TEST OF A SIMPLE METHOD FOR MEASURING THE STELLAR MAGNETIC FIELD TO CORRECT RV VARIABILITY. THIS TEST WILL DETERMINE THE RESOLUTION SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO AND TEMPORAL SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO INFORM FUTURE OBSERVATIONS OR INSTRUMENTATION OR IT WILL REVEAL THE OBSERVATIONAL OR MODELING LIMITATIONS OF THIS APPROACH. EITHER WAY THE RELIABLY CALIBRATED ULTRA-HIGH RESOLUTION TIME SERIES SPECTRA OF HIGHLY MAGNETICALLY SENSITIVE SOLAR LINES WILL BE A POWERFUL STARTING POINT FOR DEVELOPING AND TESTING THE ADVANCED MAGNETO-HYDRODYNAMICAL MODELS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ACCURATELY SIMULATE SOLAR/STELLAR SPECTRA.

CARLETON COLLEGE GLS CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE: EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY

CONFERENCE: A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY TO SUPPORT TWO-YEAR COLLEGE AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY COLLABORATIONS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY STRENGTHENING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES, SOMETHING BOTH GROUPS HAVE BEEN STRIVING TO ACHIEVE. THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CORE GROUP OF LEADERS TO ENACT SUSTAINABLE CHANGE THAT WILL ENHANCE THESE CONNECTIONS. THIS PROJECT WILL FACILITATE AND EVALUATE A VIRTUAL, MULTI-DAY WORKSHOP WITH A FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL INCLUDE TEAMS OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES. ELEVEN DISCIPLINES WILL PARTICIPATE. THE FIRST PART OF THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE SESSIONS ON SPECIFIC LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PLANNING FOR PARTICIPANT-LED OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO PUT THOSE SKILLS INTO PRACTICE, WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR CROSS-DISCIPLINE SHARING. THESE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES FOR THEIR TWO-YEAR COLLEGE AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY COLLEAGUES WILL INCLUDE WORKSHOPS OFFERED AT THEIR CAMPUS, IN THEIR REGION, AND AT DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY CONFERENCES AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH ADMINISTRATORS. BUILDING ON THEIR DISCIPLINARY ACTION PLANS, THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES WILL ENGAGE PEOPLE BEYOND THE WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND COMMUNICATE THE BENEFITS OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE ENGAGEMENT WITH SOCIETIES. IN THE LAST PART OF THE WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS WILL REPORT ON THEIR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSS NEXT STEPS. THE LEADERSHIP CAPACITIES GAINED AND PRACTICED IN THIS WORKSHOP WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE BROADER STEM ENTERPRISE BY EMPOWERING THE PARTICIPANTS TO BE AGENTS OF CHANGE ON CAMPUS, IN THEIR DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES, AND IN CROSS-DISCIPLINARY EFFORTS. THE PROJECT WILL FOSTER ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES, STRENGTHEN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY AND THEIR DISCIPLINARY COMMUNITIES, AND SUPPORT SHARING OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES. THE WORKSHOP GOALS ARE TO (1) PROVIDE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS PARTICIPANTS IN ADVANCING IN LEADERSHIP ROLES NEEDED TO PROMOTE TWO-YEAR-COLLEGE AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS; (2) SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS IN LEADING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD ON DISCIPLINARY ACTION PLANS AND COMMUNICATE THE BENEFITS OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE-DISCIPLINARY SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT; (3) BUILD NETWORKS AND COMMUNITIES OF PARTICIPANTS WITHIN AND ACROSS DISCIPLINES; AND (4) INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF THIS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN MOVING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES FORWARD. THIS PROJECT WILL ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES THROUGH AN ANALYSIS OF THE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES LED BY PARTICIPANTS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE WORKSHOP INFLUENCED PARTICIPANT LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CONFIDENCE USING PRE- AND POST-SURVEYS. A WORKSHOP REPORT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL IN THE PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ON THE WORKSHOP WEBSITE. A PRACTICE BRIEF WILL BE SHARED WITH ORGANIZATIONS FOR TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE NSF IUSE: INNOVATION IN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE STEM EDUCATION (ITYC) PROGRAM SEEKS TO ACCELERATE THE IMPACT OF AND ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EMERGING AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. 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: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MICROSCALE INTERACTIONS OF FOUNDATION SPECIES WITH THEIR FLUID ENVIRONMENT: BIOLOGICAL FEEDBACKS ALTER ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS OF MUSSELS

RUI: PARAMETER ESTIMATION, DATA ANALYSIS, AND DETECTOR CHARACTERIZATION FOR LIGO

UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LINKING SLIP DYNAMICS TO OFF-FAULT DEFORMATION IN STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS

CLASS GROUPS OF NUMBER FIELDS AND ZEROS OF L-FUNCTIONS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY AND STATISTICS OF DEFORMATION TENSORS

CHEMISTRY EARLY CAREER INVESTIGATOR WORKSHOP

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN AGILE ELECTRO-OPTIC FREQUENCY COMB FOR PRECISION NEAR-INFRARED RADIAL VELOCITY SPECTROSCOPY WITH THE HABITABLE ZONE PLANET FINDER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: MICROBES NEED FRENEMIES: UNVEILING MICROBIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PROTIST AND VIRUSES THAT SUPPORT DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENT FOOD WEBS -NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS AMONG MICROBES (BACTERIA AND ARCHAEA), VIRUSES, AND EUKARYOTIC MICROORGANISMS ARE CRITICAL JUNCTIONS IN MARINE FOOD WEBS. THESE INTERACTIONS RANGE FROM MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS TO SOURCES OF MICROBIAL MORTALITY. INTERACTIONS BETWEEN VIRUSES-MICROBES AND EUKARYOTES-MICROBES AT DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS IMPACT LOCAL CARBON CYCLING. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY THESE MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS, SPECIFICALLY THOSE RELATED TO CELL DEATH BY PROTISTAN GRAZING OR VIRAL LYSIS, AND EXPLORE HOW THEY VARY ACROSS DIFFERENT HYDROTHERMAL VENT HABITATS. BY PROVIDING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPOSITION AND NATURE OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS, THE INVESTIGATORS AIM TO BUILD A BETTER FOOD WEB MODEL OF DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS AND IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITIES IMPACT THE ECOSYSTEM. OUTCOMES FROM THIS PROJECT INCLUDE THE GENERATION OF NEW MICROBIOLOGY, OCEANOGRAPHY, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE CURRICULA TARGETED AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, IT INVOLVES RESEARCH WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT ALL STAGES OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS AND PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PEER-TO-PEER MENTORING. TECHNICAL ABSTRACT THIS PROJECT EXAMINES TROPHIC INTERACTIONS AMONG MICROBIAL EUKARYOTES, VIRUSES, BACTERIA, AND ARCHAEA AT DEEP-SEA HYDROTHERMAL VENTS USING METAGENOMICS AND METATRANSCRIPTOMICS AND CHARACTERIZES THESE ECOLOGICALLY-SIGNIFICANT INTERACTIONS, SUCH AS MUTUALISM, PREDATOR-PREY, OR VIRUS-HOST. THE INVESTIGATORS ARE SEQUENCING SAMPLES COLLECTED TO TARGET ARCHAEA/BACTERIA, VIRUSES, AND EUKARYOTIC GRAZERS DURING A 2020 EXPEDITION TO THE MID-CAYMAN RISE HYDROTHERMAL VENT FIELD TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS. SPECIFIC AIMS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO 1) INVESTIGATE THE MICROBIAL, VIRAL, AND PROTISTAN ASSEMBLAGES AND DETERMINE HOW LIFESTYLE, COMMUNITY COMPOSITION, AND METABOLISM VARY ACROSS VENTING FLUIDS OF THE MID-CAYMAN RISE; AND 2) IDENTIFY ECOLOGICALLY-SIGNIFICANT INTERACTIONS AMONG PROTISTS, VIRUSES, BACTERIA, AND ARCHAEA AND INCORPORATE THESE INTERACTIONS INTO A MODEL FOR TURNOVER AND EXCHANGE OF CARBON IN THE VENT-ASSOCIATED FOOD WEB. BY MODELING HOW TROPHIC INTERACTIONS INFLUENCE MICROBIAL MORTALITY, THE PROPOSED PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY CONTRIBUTES TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FATE OF CARBON IN ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE ECOSYSTEMS OF THE DEEP SEA. 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.

RIG: BIOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF THE BCR MULTIENZYME POLYPEPTIDE

NEH-HFRI: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF SMALL ISLANDS IN THE NORTHEAST MEDITERRANEAN [ISLANDS OCCUPY A SPECIAL PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF HUMAN SOCIETIES AND IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL IMAGINATIONS. IN THE ANCIENT WORLD, ISLAND LIFE INCLUDED SANCTUARIES, SETTLEMENTS, TRADE SYSTEMS, AND LEGENDARY POINTS OF REFERENCE. ISLAND ARCHAEOLOGY, NOW A WELL-ESTABLISHED SUBFIELD OF ARCHAEOLOGY, HAS BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN MIGRATION, EVOLUTION, AND SOCIAL COMPLEXITY. YET SMALL ISLANDS ARE REGULARLY LEFT OUT OF THE PICTURE, DUE TO THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGES OF HUMAN OCCUPATION AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH ON THEM. NEVERTHELESS, SMALL ISLANDS SHED LIGHT ON SOME OF THE LEAST KNOWN PATTERNS AND SCALES OF HUMAN ADAPTABILITY, ENDURANCE, AND ACTIVITY IN MARGINAL ENVIRONMENTS FROM PREHISTORIC TO MODERN TIMES. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER RESEARCHERS FROM THE U.S., GREECE, AND ELSEWHERE TO DEVELOP NEW METHODOLOGICAL AND COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR SMALL-ISLAND STUDIES BASED ON RECENT RESEARCH IN GREECE, ONE OF THE WORLD?S MOST SIGNIFICANT ISLAND THEATERS.]

FOSTERING TWO-YEAR COLLEGE COLLABORATIONS WITH DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES -THIS WORKSHOP WILL SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY ENHANCING THE INVOLVEMENT OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY IN THE FABRIC OF DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES. TWO-YEAR COLLEGES PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL WORKFORCE, AND PROMOTING THE STABILITY OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS SUCH, THEY HOLD TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR DISCIPLINES TO EXPAND THE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY OF MAJORS AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD. YET, NATIONAL AND DISCIPLINARY REPORTS HIGHLIGHT A DISCONNECT BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES. THIS PROJECT WILL FACILITATE AND EVALUATE A MULTI-STAGE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP THAT INCLUDES PARTICIPANTS FROM DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES AND TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY TO ENHANCE TWO-YEAR COLLEGE DISCIPLINARY ENGAGEMENT AND RAISE AWARENESS OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES APPLICABLE TO TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. THE WORKSHOP WILL BE SIGNIFICANT IN SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS, EXPLORING CROSS-DISCIPLINARY POSSIBILITIES, AND IDENTIFYING WAYS TO SUSTAIN TWO-YEAR FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IN DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES. THE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE 60 TO 75 PARTICIPANTS FROM 12 DISCIPLINES FROM MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS AND WILL CONSIST OF TWO SYNCHRONOUS TWO-DAY MEETINGS WITH ASYNCHRONOUS WORK IN BETWEEN. THE GOAL WILL BE FOR PARTICIPANTS TO DEVELOP AND INITIATE DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC AND CROSS-DISCIPLINARY ACTION PLANS THAT ENHANCE THE INVOLVEMENT OF TWO-YEAR COLLEGE FACULTY IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES. DURING THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVE PLENARY SESSIONS, DEVELOP DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS AND EXPLORE MULTI-DISCIPLINE STEM-FOCUSED PROJECTS. THEN, ASYNCHRONOUSLY OVER SEVERAL MONTHS, TEAMS WILL RECEIVE FEEDBACK, REVISE ACTION PLANS, AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION. FINALLY, DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE WORKSHOP, TEAMS WILL PRESENT AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON ACTION PLANS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT EXTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. CROSS-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS WILL ALSO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING INITIATING AND SUSTAINING ONGOING SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN TWO-YEAR COLLEGES AND DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES. THE PROJECT WILL BE EVALUATED THROUGH SURVEYS AND PROJECT ARTIFACTS AND WILL ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTITY INFLUENCES CHANGE PROCESSES. THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND THE ASSOCIATED REPORT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL PARTICIPANTS, PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINARY SOCIETIES, AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL IN THE PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THE NSF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ON ADVANCING INNOVATION AND IMPACT IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION AT TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT ADVANCE STEM EDUCATION INITIATIVES AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PROMOTES INNOVATIVE AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION AT TWO-YEAR COLLEGES. 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.

CONFERENCE: 8TH BIENNIAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS FORUM -THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE 8TH BIENNIAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS FORUM AT CARLETON COLLEGE. THE CONFERENCE WILL HELP RESEARCHERS BETTER UNDERSTAND PROCESSES THAT CAUSE NATURAL HAZARDS LIKE EARTHQUAKES. THE VOLUNTEER LED MEETING WILL ALSO INCLUDE TIME FOR MENTORING, NETWORKING, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING. THE 8TH BIENNIAL STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS FORUM WILL BE HELD AT CARLETON COLLEGE IN AUGUST, 2026. THE MEETING BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND RESEARCHERS FOR A THREE-DAY CONFERENCE BOOKENDED BY PRE- AND POST-MEETING FIELD TRIPS, WORKSHOPS, AND SHORT COURSES. THE GOALS OF THIS MEETING ARE TO (1) SHARE NEW ADVANCES AND INSIGHTS?BOTH IN TERMS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING?IN STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND TECTONICS; (2) HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD AS NEW TOOLS AND NEW PROBLEMS EMERGE; (3) FACILITATE TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; AND (4) FOSTER NETWORKING TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT A VIBRANT SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. 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.

BELONGING IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION WORKSHOP: PLANNING TO ENACT CULTURAL CHANGE -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY RECOGNIZING, CHARACTERIZING, AND UNDERSTANDING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES THAT WILL LEAD TO POSITIVE CULTURAL CHANGE AND INCREASED SENSE OF BELONGING FOR INDIVIDUALS IN THE GEOSCIENCES. THIS WORKSHOP WILL SUPPORT THE EVOLUTION OF GEOSCIENCE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING, MAXIMIZING ITS UTILITY AND REACH IN MEETING THE CURRENT CHALLENGES RELATED TO BROADENING OF OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPANDING PARTICIPATION OF GROUPS, INSTITUTIONS, AND GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE GEOSCIENCES. IT IS DESIGNED TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO WAYS THAT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GEOSCIENCE TEACHER?S ON THE CUTTING EDGE, AN EXISTING GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, CAN EVOLVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING TO BE CURRENT AND RELEVANT AND ENCOURAGE LEADERSHIP IN THE INCLUSIVE TEACHING SPACE. INVITED PARTICIPANTS WILL REPRESENT A RANGE OF BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCE AND INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS (1) FROM GROUPS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE CURRENT COMMUNITY AND (2) WHO SERVE AS CHANGE AGENTS THROUGH NSF-FUNDED INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS. PLANNED WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES WILL SUPPORT ROBUST GENERATION AND SYNTHESIS OF IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO GUIDE FUTURE EFFORTS. THE GOAL OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO BEGIN THE WORK OF MAPPING OUT NEW DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BASED ON THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF GEOSCIENTISTS FROM HISTORICALLY EXCLUDED GROUPS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING IN INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION. THE WORKSHOP PROGRAM AND STRUCTURE WILL EMPLOY BEST PRACTICES LEARNED FROM THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVIOUS GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES TO CONVENE AN INTERACTIVE WORKSHOP AND PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCUSSION AND SYNTHESIS AMONG PARTICIPANTS. DISCUSSIONS WILL BE STRUCTURED TO ELICIT IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN EACH OF FOUR TARGET AREAS 1) DEPARTMENTAL CULTURE 2) CREATING INCLUSIVE SPACES 3) PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR CHANGE EFFORTS AND 4) INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINING PROGRAMMING. RECOMMENDATIONS PRODUCED DURING THIS WORKSHOP WILL GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION OF SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS TO BETTER CULTIVATE A THRIVING, DIVERSE GEOSCIENCE COMMUNITY, AND TO INCREASE VALUED PROGRAMMING FOR GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH IN CREATING A CULTURE OF BELONGING. THE RESULTING SYNTHESIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE SHARED PUBLICLY AND MADE AVAILABLE TO PRACTITIONERS ACROSS STEM FIELDS. 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.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CURRICULAR-BRIDGE COURSES BETWEEN HUMANITIES AND STEM [THE HUMANITIES CENTER AT CARLETON COLLEGE SEEKS AN NEH HUMANITIES CONNECTIONS GRANT TO COUNTERACT THE DEMONSTRABLE DECLINE IN HUMANITIES ENROLLMENTS AND TO PROMOTE MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BY DEVELOPING A SUITE OF ?CURRICULAR-BRIDGE COURSES? THAT WOULD PAIR FACULTY MEMBERS ACROSS DIVISIONS TO TEACH COLLABORATIVELY. AS THE PRODUCTS OF EQUAL PARTNERSHIPS OF HUMANITIES AND STEM DEPARTMENTS, THESE COURSES, WE HOPE, WILL CONSTRUCTIVELY MODEL POSSIBLE SYNTHESES OF DISPARATE CURRICULAR IMPULSES, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO THINK BEYOND ACADEMIC SILOS TO DISCOVER A WEALTH OF OVERLAPPING AND MIXTURES BETWEEN SUBJECTS. WE INTEND SUCH PROGRAMMING TO RESONATE AS WELL WITH A PLANNED REEXAMINATION OF BEST PRACTICES FOR MEANINGFUL STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH CURRICULAR EXPLORATION AND WITH INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE STUDENT REFLECTION UPON INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN COURSEWORK AND EXTRACURRICULAR EXPERIENCES THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE CAREERS.]

A COMMUNITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON ENERGY, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING MEETING; NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA - NOVEMBER 2019

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING EXOPLANETS ORBITING FULLY CONVECTIVE STARS WITH THE HABITABLE-ZONE PLANET FINDER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CYBER ENABLED DATA AND MODELING DRIVEN CURRICULUM MODULES FOR HYDROLOGY EDUCATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARLY CAREER GEOSCIENCE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP

COSMOS OR CHAOS: VIEWS OF THE WORLD, VIEWS OF THE GOOD LIFE

CONFERENCE: INGRAM OLKIN FORUM AT CARLETON COLLEGE -A FORUM ON ?STATISTICAL CHALLENGES IN THE ANALYSIS OF POLICE USE OF FORCE? WILL BE HOSTED AT CARLETON COLLEGE IN NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA ON NOVEMBER 9-10, 2023. ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING FORCE USED BY POLICE PRESENTS A NUMBER OF STATISTICAL CHALLENGES THAT CAN, IF NOT ADDRESSED CAREFULLY, LEAD TO AN INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES. THIS CAN IN TURN HAMPER OR IMPROPERLY REDIRECT REFORM EFFORTS, DAMAGE THE CREDIBILITY OF ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNS, AND ALIENATE THE COMMUNITIES MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE USE OF FORCE BY POLICE. THIS FORUM IS PART OF A LARGER SERIES OF WORKSHOPS HOSTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCES (NISS) IN A FORUM SERIES TITLED ?STATISTICS SERVING SOCIETY.? THIS SERIES SEEKS TO ADDRESS URGENT ISSUES OF STATISTICAL IMPORTANCE IN SOCIETY. PAST FORUM TOPICS HAVE INCLUDED ALGORITHMIC FAIRNESS, UNPLANNED DISRUPTIONS TO CLINICAL TRIALS DURING COVID-19, AND PRIVACY-PRESERVING METHODOLOGIES. THE FALL 2023 FORUM WILL RESULT IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH THAT IS AIMED AT IMPROVING EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY ON POLICING IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS. PRACTITIONERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL FURTHER MOTIVATE THE WORK BEING CONDUCTED AND THE RESULTING OUTPUT OF THE FORUM. ENGAGEMENT OF BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE FORUM. THIS IN-PERSON FORUM WILL HIGHLIGHT THE UNIQUE APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES DEVELOPED BY SCHOLARS WORKING IN THIS AREA, IN ORDER TO BUILD A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ISSUES AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EVIDENCE USED TO INFORM REFORM EFFORTS. THE RANGE OF OBSTACLES AND DATA LIMITATIONS PRESENT IN POLICE USE OF FORCE DATA MAKE IT A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING AREA TO STUDY, WITH ISSUES INCLUDING DATA QUALITY AND COMPLETENESS, PROCESSING OF UNSTRUCTURED DATA, PRIVACY CONCERNS, AND STATISTICAL CHALLENGES IN ANALYZING FAIRNESS. THESE ISSUES ARE PRESENT IN THE STUDY OF OTHER IMPORTANT SOCIAL PHENOMENA, AND THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED THROUGH THIS EXCHANGE CAN IMPROVE RESEARCH ON RELATED URGENT SOCIAL ISSUES. THIS FORUM WILL ALSO FOSTER INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION BETWEEN ITS PROPOSED AUDIENCE OF STATISTICIANS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ACTIVISTS, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, POLICYMAKERS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS. SUCH COLLABORATION CAN LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INNOVATIVE, DATA-DRIVEN APPROACHES TO ADDRESS THE COMPLEX ISSUE OF POLICE USE OF FORCE. LINK: HTTPS://WWW.NISS.ORG/EVENTS/IOF-WORKSHOP-STATISTICAL-CHALLENGES-ANALYSIS-POLICE-USE-FORCE 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.

FOSTERING DAKOTA LANGUAGE RESTORATION THROUGH WORKSHOPS: FIRST STEPS TO PARTNERING BY THE SISSETON-WAHPETON OYATE, THE DAKOTAH LANGUAGE INSTITUTE A

SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF) NIST BOULDER PROGRAMS - PML

TO SUPPORT AN EXTRACURRICULAR THEATRE RESIDENCY FOR STUDENTS TO CREATE A NEW WORK AND PRODUCE A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE.

ASSESSING LAURENCE MCKINLEY GOULD LIBRARY'S SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES VAULTS [CARLETON COLLEGE REQUESTS FUNDING FROM THE NEH PRESERVATIONS ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR SMALLER INSTITUTIONS TO HIRE A CONSULTANT TO ASSESS THE SPACE AND MECHANICAL SYSTEM SERVING THE MAIN SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES STORAGE AREAS, WHERE MANY OF THE LAURENCE MCKINLEY GOULD LIBRARY?S MOST SIGNIFICANT COLLECTIONS ARE HOUSED. THE CONSULTANT?S ASSESSMENT WILL CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OF THE SPACES, INCLUDING DATA FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE KEPT THERE. THE RESULTS OF THE ASSESSMENT WILL ALLOW GOULD LIBRARY STAFF TO DETERMINE WHETHER CURRENT SYSTEMS CAN ADEQUATELY SERVE THE PRESERVATION NEEDS OF THE COLLECTIONS, OR WHETHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY TO THE MECHANICAL SYSTEM?OR TO THE SPACE ITSELF?TO PROVIDE THE APPROPRIATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR THE LONG-TERM PRESERVATION OF THE COLLECTIONS THAT SUPPORT HUMANITIES EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND PUBLIC PROGRAMMING AT CARLETON COLLEGE AND BEYOND.]

FY 2012 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - NIST BOULDER

FY 2016 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PML-PL

FY 2017 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PML-PL

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: PROMOTING A GROWTH MINDSET USING AUTOMATED FEEDBACK