Bethel University

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND AUTHORIZED BY THE CARES ACT

INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT

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

FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH CARES ACT PAID DIRECTLY TO STUDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RULES AND REGULATIONS.

GCCMF TRAINING BUILDING

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS - BETHEL UNIVERSITY, A PRIVATE LIBERAL ARTS INSTITUTION IN ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, SEEKS FUNDING THROUGH THE HRSA SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS (SDS) PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND GRADUATION OF DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN ITS NURSE-MIDWIFERY PROGRAM. THIS INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH HRSA PRIORITIES TO BUILD A STRONGER HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE, IMPROVE MATERNAL HEALTH OUTCOMES, AND EXPAND ACCESS TO QUALITY CARE IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS AND MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES (MUCS), WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON RURAL AREAS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES CRITICAL BARRIERS TO NURSE-MIDWIFERY EDUCATION, INCLUDING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, LIMITED ACCESS TO CLINICAL TRAINING IN UNDERSERVED SETTINGS, AND SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. OVER FIVE YEARS, BETHEL UNIVERSITY WILL PROVIDE 50 FULL-TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS, MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS, TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS FOR CLINICAL PLACEMENTS, AND COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS FOR THESE STUDENTS. SCHOLARSHIPS WILL PRIORITIZE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, ALLEVIATING FINANCIAL STRAIN AND ENABLING FULL ENGAGEMENT IN ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL TRAINING. MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS WILL CONNECT STUDENTS WITH ALUMNI AND FACULTY TO FOSTER RETENTION AND CAREER READINESS, PARTICULARLY FOR GRADUATES ENTERING UNDERSERVED AREAS. TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENTS OF UP TO $2,172 PER STUDENT WILL ADDRESS THE FINANCIAL BURDENS OF CLINICAL PLACEMENTS IN RURAL AND MUC SETTINGS. BETHEL UNIVERSITY’S NURSE-MIDWIFERY PROGRAM HAS A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESS, WITH 20% STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, 89% OF GRADUATES ENTERING PRIMARY CARE ROLES, AND 52% PRACTICING IN MUCS AND 30% IN RURAL AREAS. THIS FUNDING WILL ENABLE THE PROGRAM TO FURTHER REDUCE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS, ADDRESS FINANCIAL INEQUITIES, AND EXPAND ITS CAPACITY TO GRADUATE CULTURALLY COMPETENT MIDWIVES PREPARED TO SERVE IN HIGH-NEED AREAS. BETHEL UNIVERSITY REQUESTS FUNDING PRIORITIES 1, 2, AND 3 BASED ON THE PROGRAM’S DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS: - PRIORITY 1: HIGH ENROLLMENT OF DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS (20%). - PRIORITY 2: HIGH RATE OF GRADUATES ENTERING PRIMARY CARE ROLES (89%). - PRIORITY 3: HIGH RATE OF GRADUATES PRACTICING IN MUCS (52%) AND RURAL AREAS (30%). THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, BETHEL UNIVERSITY REAFFIRMS ITS COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS, BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE PIPELINE OF MIDWIFERY PROFESSIONALS EQUIPPED TO WORK IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS, REDUCE MATERNAL HEALTH DISPARITIES, AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

FUNDS PROVIDED WILL BE USED TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY'S ONLINE COURSE OFFERINGS AND/OR PURCHASE IT EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR LOW INCOME STUDENTS TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

CAREER: DIGITAL PLASMONICS-BASED NANO-TWEEZING AND NANO-IMAGING FOR NANO-PARTICLES

RUI: HIGH-SPEED IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY OF SINGLE MOLECULES

RUI: BRIDGING DISCOVERY AND TRANSPARENCY -- VECTOR-LIKE QUARK SEARCHES AND CMS OPEN DATA -A MAJOR SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE 20TH CENTURY WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS. THE STANDARD MODEL IS A SUCCESSFUL THEORY, AGREEING WITH DECADES OF EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS INVOLVING WEAK, ELECTROMAGNETIC, AND STRONG INTERACTIONS. THE HIGGS BOSON DISCOVERY AT THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER (LHC) AT CERN COMPLETES THE SUITE OF PREDICTED STANDARD MODEL PARTICLES AND PROVIDES A MECHANISM FOR GENERATING ELEMENTARY PARTICLE MASSES. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT FORMULATION OF THE STANDARD MODEL DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE OBSERVED VALUE OF THE HIGGS BOSON MASS, MAKING DISCOVERY OF PHYSICS BEYOND THE STANDARD MODEL A PRIMARY GOAL OF THE LHC EXPERIMENTS, INCLUDING THOSE BEING CARRIED OUT IN THIS AWARD INVOLVING THE COMPACT MUON SOLENOID (CMS). THIS WORK WILL FOCUS ON SEARCHES FOR NEW PHYSICS, AS WELL AS UPGRADE DEVELOPMENTS TOWARD THE HIGH GRANULARITY CALORIMETER (HGCAL) FOR THE CMS EXPERIMENT DURING THE HIGH-LUMINOSITY LHC RUN IN THE EARLY 2030S. THIS RESEARCH WILL ALSO ENGAGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN CMS DATA ANALYSIS AND DETECTOR HARDWARE PROJECTS AT BETHEL UNIVERSITY, FERMILAB, AND CERN. THE PRIMARY ANALYSIS GOAL IS TO SEARCH FOR VECTOR-LIKE QUARK (VLQ) PAIR PRODUCTION WITH THE RECORD-BREAKING CMS DATASET. SEVERAL DEEP MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY HADRONIC DECAYS OF BOTTOM QUARKS, TOP QUARKS, W, Z, AND HIGGS BOSONS, WHICH ARE ALL RECONSTRUCTED AS JETS WITH UNIQUE INTERNAL STRUCTURE. WITH THESE DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES, VLQ PAIR PRODUCTION SEARCHES CAN BE DRAMATICALLY IMPROVED TO INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION AND MASS RECONSTRUCTION. SPECIFICALLY, THIS WORK WILL USE IMAGE RECOGNITION MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES TO DEVELOP JET IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR HL-LHC STUDIES. ADDITIONALLY, EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE MADE ON DESIGN FEATURES AND ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES FOR UPGRADED SILICON SENSORS TO BE USED IN THE HGCAL. THE BETHEL CMS GROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN MODULE PRODUCTION TESTS AT FERMILAB. THIS AWARD WILL ALLOW THE BETHEL GROUP TO ENGAGE WITH SEVERAL OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES, REACHING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH TOURS OF DETECTOR EXHIBITS AND PREPARING NEW STUDENTS AND COLLABORATORS FOR CMS ANALYSIS VIA AN ANNUAL DATA ANALYSIS SCHOOL AND HANDS-ON SUMMER TUTORIALS. THE BETHEL GROUP WILL ALSO DEVELOP INQUIRY-BASED OPEN DATA ANALYSIS EXERCISES APPROPRIATE FOR UPPER-LEVEL MODERN PHYSICS COURSES AND/OR ADVANCED LABORATORY COURSES TO BE SHARED WITH OTHER UNIVERSITIES. 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 OPTICAL DEVICES AND PROJECT-BASED LEARNING TO IMPROVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS? SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING DESIGN SKILLS

RUI: SUPER-RESOLUTION PLASMON-ENHANCED IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY WITH PATTERNED METALLIC SURFACES AND DYNAMIC ILLUMINATION

FIBER LASER FREQUENCY COMBS FOR THE ADVANCED LABORATORY

RUI: DIGGING DEEP FOR NEW PHYSICS WITH THE CMS EXPERIMENT

RUI: DIGGING DEEP FOR NEW PHYSICS WITH THE CMS EXPERIMENT

INTERGOVERNMENTAL MOBILITY ASSIGNMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INSPIRING UNDERGRADUATE ENGAGEMENT IN ADVANCED LABORATORIES THROUGH WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE VIDEO

COLLABORATIVE: CONNECTING UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY THROUGH SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS THINKING

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FROM THE LEARNER'S PERSPECTIVE: UNPACKING THE WHY AND HOW OF MODEL-BASED LEARNING ABOUT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

2026-2027 TEACH BASE RECORD

SURF BOULDER

2026-2027 TEACH BASE RECORD

FY 2011 SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP - NIST BOULDER