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HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND DISTRIBUTION OF THE STUDENT PORTION FOR CARES ACT.

HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND DISTRIBUTION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL PORTION FOR CARES ACT.

CARES ACT FOR STUDENT AID; SECOND HALF

CARES ACT FOR STUDENT AID

EMERGING MINORITY BUSINESS LEADERS - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

BACTERIAL AND HOST FACTORS MEDIATING RED BLOOD CELL INVASION BY FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS

CARES ACT; HIGHER ED RELIEF

EMERGING MINORITY BUSINESS LEADERS (EMBL) PROGRAM

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

STUDIES EXAMINING QUANTITATIVE IN VIVO IMAGING OF BREAST CANCER-TARGETED, THERAPEUTIC HUMAN MAST CELLS

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF FREEZE DRIED ACAI BERRY (EUTERPE OLERACEA)EXTRACTS

HUMAN MAST CELLS AS A PLATFORM FOR NEW CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY STRATEGIES - ABSTRACT THE ROLE OF HUMAN TISSUE MAST CELLS (MC) IN THE PATHOLOGY OF MANY CANCERS IS NOT KNOWN. CORRELATIVE STUDIES IN HUMANS HAVE FOUND HIGH MC NUMBERS IN THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT HAVE PRO- AND ANTI-TUMOR EFFECTS AND CONTRASTING PATIENT OUTCOMES DEPENDING ON THE CANCER TYPES. WE DISCOVERED THAT HUMAN MC, ARE ACTIVATED BY, AND PROMOTE KILLING OF, CANCER CELLS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO, INFILTRATE SOLID CELL TUMOR MASSES, BIND TO TUMORS IN VIVO, CAN BE OBTAINED IN QUANTITIES NECESSARY FOR PATIENT INFUSION, CRYOPRESERVED WITHOUT LOSS OF FUNCTION, AND DISPLAY NO OVERT TOXIC EFFECTS WHEN INJECTED INTRAVENOUSLY INTO MICE WITH ENGRAFTED HUMAN TUMORS. TO DEVELOP THIS NOVEL, CELL-BASED CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY WE WILL UTILIZE FDA APPROVED HUMANIZED IGE (WHICH BIND MC FCERI WITH EXTREMELY HIGH AFFINITY) TO TARGET MC TO CANCER CELLS. THIS NEW APPROACH IS PREMISED ON EFFICIENT, AUTOLOGOUS PRODUCTION OF MC, TUMOR TARGETING, AND EFFECTIVE TUMOR SPECIFIC KILLING. THIS STRATEGY HAS NOT BEEN FEASIBLE HERETOFORE AS THESE CELLS RESIDE IN TISSUE AND CANNOT BE OBTAINED FOR AUTOLOGOUS USE. OUR OVERALL HYPOTHESIS IS TUMOR TARGETED MC WILL BIND TO CANCER CELLS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO AFTER INTRATUMORAL OR INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION AND ELICIT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITY. HERE WE WILL DETERMINE THE IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ACTIVITY OF HUMAN MC AGAINST SEVERAL CANCER TYPES. THESE STUDIES COULD LEAD TO NEW ADOPTIVE CELL THERAPIES FOR DIVERSE CANCERS RANGING FROM LYMPHOMA TO BREAST CANCER.

RUI: PRECISION NANOCRYSTALLIZATION FOR ENHANCED STRENGTH AND DUCTILITY IN BULK METALS

FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS INVASION OF HUMAN ERYTHROCYTES

CAREER: NEW SOLID STATE METAL FOAMS USING OXIDE REDUCTION AND INTRAPARTICLE EXPANSION

MRI: TRACK 1 ACQUISITION OF A BROAD BEAM ION MILL FOR ADVANCING RESEARCH AND TRAINING -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (MRI) AWARD SUPPORTS THE ACQUISITION OF A BROAD BEAM ION MILL THAT IS USED TO PREPARE SAMPLES FOR EXAMINATION BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY OFTEN REQUIRES GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MATERIALS ARE CONSTRUCTED AND CHANGE AT A VERY SMALL SCALE. TRADITIONAL SAMPLE PREPARATION BY ABRASIVE POLISHING CAN ACTUALLY OBSCURE OR DESTROY THE FEATURES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE USED TO PRESERVE THOSE FEATURES AND STUDY THEM IN DETAIL. THIS BROAD BEAM ION MILL ACQUISITION WILL SUPPORT RESEARCH IN NANOSTRUCTURED ALLOY DEVELOPMENT FOR HIGH-STRENGTH, LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURES, LOW-COST AND EFFICIENT CATALYSTS AND ELECTRODES, AND ADVANCING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES TO EXTEND THE MATERIALS CATALOG. LIBERTY UNIVERSITY PRIMARILY SERVES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN ITS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING PROGRAMS, AND THIS INSTRUMENT AND ASSOCIATED ANALYSIS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO ALL LEVELS OF THOSE PROGRAMS TO BETTER PREPARE FUTURE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. IN ADDITION TO BEING A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH, THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO BE USED IN NEW GRADUATE-LEVEL OPPORTUNITIES AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY. AS PART OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY?S COMMITMENT TO ENGAGE A DIVERSE RANGE OF STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS, THE INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO BE USED TO SUPPORT OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT IN LOCAL SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH SERVE HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IN THESE FIELDS. THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MATERIALS AND PROCESSES BY TRIAL AND ERROR IS TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE. INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS ENGINEERING IS A METHOD THAT OPTIMIZES MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERPLAY OF SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION TO ACCELERATE INNOVATION. HAVING THE BEST POSSIBLE MICROSTRUCTURAL DATA IS CRUCIAL TO THIS PROCESS. THE ION MILL WILL BE USED TO CREATE CROSS-SECTIONS AND PLANAR SURFACES WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO PRESERVE NANOSCALE FEATURES AFTER VARIOUS MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES TO ILLUMINATE CHEMISTRY-STRUCTURE-PROCESS-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS. THIS DATA WILL BE COMPARED TO COMPUTATIONAL PREDICTIONS INCORPORATING THE INTERNAL STATE VARIABLE APPROACH TO MULTISCALE MODELING. THE RESEARCH ENABLED WILL PAIR TOGETHER FACULTY WITH EXPERTISE IN COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ENGINEERING WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY AND INCLUDE INTERDISCIPLINARY WORK IN BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS WITH THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. THE ION MILL WILL BE USED SYNERGISTICALLY WITH LIBERTY UNIVERSITY?S WORLD-CLASS MICROSCOPY FACILITIES, INCLUDING A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND IN-SITU HEATING AND MECHANICAL TESTING STAGE FOR USE IN THE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE MAJOR INSTRUMENTATION RESEARCH PROGRAM (MRI) AND THE DIVISION OF CIVIL, MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING INNOVATION (CMMI). 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.

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, FEDERAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. GRFP HELPS ENSURE THE VITALITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING RESEARCH-BASED MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) AND IN STEM EDUCATION. THE GRFP PROVIDES THREE YEARS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE GRADUATE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN STEM AND STEM EDUCATION. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE NSF GRADUATE FELLOWS PURSUING GRADUATE EDUCATION AT THIS GRFP INSTITUTION. 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.

PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF COOPERATIVE STUDY UNITS TO FACILITATE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING TO INFORM SCIENCE-BASED MANAGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM (NPS). THE STUDY UNITS FACILITATE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION PRODUCTS ACROSS MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM.THE RECIPIENT WILL SURVEY NATIVE AND INVASIVE CRAYFISH AT NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE, GAULEY RIVER NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, AND BLUESTONE NATIONAL SCENIC RIVER. THIS SURVEY, COMPLETED BY GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, WILL HELP COMPLETE THE RESULTS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATEWIDE SURVEY AND UPDATE CRAYFISH INFORMATION IN THESE RIVERS. THE LAST SURVEY WAS COMPLETED IN THE EARLY 2000S.BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

FY24 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) CYBER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (CYSP) AND DOD CYBER AND DIGITAL SERVICES ACADEMY (DCDSA) GRANTS: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

EARMARKS

THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE INITIATIVE - THIS MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE INITIATIVE GRANT WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE ART THERAPY AND COUNSELING (ATC) PROGRAM AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM AT WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITY (WLU). THE FUNDS WILL PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS, HELP TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN STUDENTS, AND SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR CAREER CHOICE. THE MAJORITY OF WLU’S STUDENT BODY COMES FROM THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA, EASTERN OHIO, AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ALTHOUGH THE AREA IS CONSIDERED METROPOLITAN, WLU IS ALSO PART OF THE APPALACHIAN AREA WHICH IS RURAL AND HAS HIGH POVERTY RATES. BECAUSE OF THESE LIMITATIONS, MANY STUDENTS HAVE DIFFICULTY IN CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS AND MOVING INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE. THE GOAL OF THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE INITIATIVE IS TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS PREPARING FOR A CAREER IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD. PROVIDING THIS CAREER PATHWAY WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THE SHORTAGE OF MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY AND INCREASE ACCESS TO SERVICES, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS.

PROJECT TITLE NOT PROVIDED

FISCAL YEAR 2025 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER CYBER SERVICE ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIPS: LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

NETS: JUNO: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: LOCATION-BASED FORWARDING AND ID-BASED ROUTING (LORIF) FOR THE FUTURE INTERNET

GENETIC MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR BIG SANDY AND GUYANDOTTE RIVER CRAYFISH

NEW STIR GRANT "ADDRESSING THE STRENGTH-DUCTILITY TRADE-OFF USING AUTOMATED SURFACE NANOCRYSTALLIZATION"

RURAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE GRANTS

CONSIDERABLE EFFORT HAS BEEN UNDERTAKEN TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ECOLOGY AND LIFE HISTORY OF CAMBARUS CALLAINUS AND CAMBARUS VETERANUS SINCE THEIR FEDERAL LISTING IN 2016. MOST OF THIS EFFORT HAS FOCUSED ON THREE DEMOGRAPHICS: JUVENILES, ADULTS, AND GERIATRICS. ZERO CONCERTED EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO STUDYING NEONATE BIOLOGY. RECENT TELEMETRY WORK ON C. CALLAINUS INDICATED THAT MOST ADULTS MOVE UPSTREAM WHEN MAKING MOVEMENTS GREATER THAN 10M. ADULTS MOVING UPSTREAM IN RIVERINE SYSTEMS IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH NEONATAL MOVEMENTS DOWNSTREAM IN STREAM FISHES AND BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES, A BEHAVIOR REFERRED TO AS DRIFT. ZERO EFFORT HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO UNDERSTANDING NEONATAL CAMBARID CRAYFISH DISPERSAL STRATEGIES.SINCE SEVERAL ANIMALS EMPLOY DRIFT AS A DISPERSAL STRATEGY, AND EVIDENCE INDICATES C. CALLAINUS AND C. VETERANUS MAY EMPLOY DRIFT, A DEDICATED STUDY IS PROPOSED TO DETERMINE IF THESE IMPERILED SPECIES USE THIS BEHAVIOR. DRIFT NETS WILL BE DEPLOYED IN LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL IN STREAMS WITH ROBUST C. CALLAINUS POPULATIONS. NETS WILL BE CHECKED HOURLY FOR 24-HOUR PERIODS. COLLECTION VESSELS WILL BE SORTED IN WHITE PANEL DISHES, AND ALL CRAYFISH WILL BE IDENTIFIED TO SPECIES. ANIMALS WILL BE RELEASED AFTER IDENTIFICATION. DETERMINING IF DRIFT BEHAVIORS ARE UTILIZED BY IMPERILED CRAYFISH IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN MANAGING THE SPECIES. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL BE SHARED WITH USFWS BIOLOGISTS AND USED TO MAKE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS FOR BOTH IMPERILED TAXA.

RECIPIENT NAME: WEST LIBERTY UNIVERSITYCOOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NUMBER: G24AC00474PROJECT TITLE: BURROWING CRAYFISH SURVEYS IN NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARKPROJECT PERIOD: 09 30 2024 THROUGH 09 29 2025BUDGET PERIOD: 09 30 2024 THROUGH 09 29 2025AWARD PURPOSE: CRAYFISH ARE AN ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AND DIVERSE GROUP OF ORGANISMS NATIVE TO AQUATIC AND SEMI-AQUATIC HABITATS. THE HIGHEST DIVERSITY OF CRAYFISH IN THE WORLD OCCURS IN NORTH AMERICA, INCLUDING BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN THE SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS AND THE AREAS ENCOMPASSED BY NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE (NERI). CRAYFISH ARE EXPERIENCING DECLINE AT A DRAMATIC, THOUGH OFTEN UNDOCUMENTED, RATE DUE TO HABITAT DEGRADATION, ANTHROPOGENIC DEVELOPMENT, AND INTRODUCTION OF NONNATIVE SPECIESACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:CRAYFISH WILL BE SAMPLED IN AREAS OF NEW RIVER GORGE NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE (NERI) WITH ABANDONED COAL-MINE DISCHARGES, INCLUDING SEEPS AND MINE PORTAL DISCHARGES. SAMPLING FOR PRIMARY BURROWING (CAMBARUS AFF. DUBIUS UPLAND BURROWING CRAYFISH) WILL OCCUR IN AREAS OF SEEPAGE AND ANTHROPOGENIC OR NATURALLY OCCURRING WETLANDS HEADWATER AND SMALL PERENNIAL STREAMS WILL BE SAMPLED FOR SECONDARY BURROWING (CAMBARUS AFF. CARINIROSTRIS ROCK CRAWFISH). INVASIVE CRAYFISH SPECIES (FAXONIUS VIRILIS VIRILE CRAYFISH FAXONIUS SANBORNI SANBORNS CRAYFISH) WILL BE SAMPLED WHEREVER THEY ARE ENCOUNTERED WITHIN ALL WATERBODIES. ALL SAMPLING WILL FOLLOW STANDARD PROTOCOLS CONSISTENT WITH THOSE PREVIOUSLY USED IN WV AND BY THE LOUGHMAN LAB-- SEINE NET, DIP NET, AND HAND COLLECTION AS CONDITIONS DICTATE.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES:1.DETERMINE THE OCCURRENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BURROWING CRAYFISH FAUNA OF NERI. 2.PROVIDE PARK MANAGERS WITH INFORMATION THAT WILL BE USED TO MINIMIZE BURROWING CRAYFISH HABITAT DAMAGE DURING RECLAMATION OF ABANDONED MINE LANDS AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, TRAILS, AND OTHER LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES. INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES):