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CARES ACT: HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND-HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

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ENHANCEMENT OF CANCER RESEARCH AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

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CARES ACT INSTITUTIONAL EMERGENCY FUND

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

CARES ACT STUDENT EMERGENCY FUND

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY HBGI TITLE III PROJECT

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR PROSTATE CANCER RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVIC

ENHANCEMENT OF STUDENT TRAINING IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

NSF INCLUDES ALLIANCE: NATIONAL DATA SCIENCE ALLIANCE (NDSA) -THE NSF INCLUDES NATIONAL DATA SCIENCE ALLIANCE (NDSA) IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO EARN DATA SCIENCE CREDENTIALS, SUCH AS UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE, AND POST-BACCALAUREATE MINORS, CERTIFICATES, AND DEGREES. ON AVERAGE, BLACKS COMPRISE ABOUT 3% OF ALL DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS, DEMONSTRATING THE NEED FOR AN ALLIANCE-SCALE EFFORT TO ADDRESS THIS STEM BROADENING PARTICIPATION CHALLENGE. ALSO CENTRAL TO NDSA GOALS IS EXPANDING DATA SCIENCE RESEARCH THAT ADVOCATES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND TRANSFORMING DATA SCIENCE DISCOVERIES INTO TANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT ADVANCE EQUITY FOR ALL. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE PERPETUATION OF HARM THROUGH BIASED DATA TECHNOLOGIES AND ALGORITHMS IS WELL DOCUMENTED. THE NDSA ESTABLISHES A NATIONAL NETWORK OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) WITH INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT, AND ACADEMIC COLLABORATIONS TO APPLY AN EQUITY-CENTERED, COLLECTIVE APPROACH TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BLACK DATA SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS AND ELIMINATE HARMFUL BIASES IN DATA-DRIVEN MODELS. THE PROPOSAL INVOLVES THREE HBCUS, ORGANIZED INTO REGIONAL HUBS: CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, FISK UNIVERSITY AND HOWARD UNIVERSITY. THE NDSA IS ENGAGING OVER 1,000 HBCU FACULTY, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERS IN TARGETED EFFORTS THAT CREATE EQUITY-BASED DATA SCIENCE ECOSYSTEMS WHERE ALL STUDENTS CAN THRIVE. THE PROJECT AIMS TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 20,000 BLACK STUDENTS WITH DATA SCIENCE CREDENTIALS. THE NDSA PURSUES FOUR MUTUALLY REINFORCING GOALS: (1) EXPAND ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENGAGE HBCU STUDENTS IN DATA SCIENCE; (2) DEVELOP RESEARCH IN DATA SCIENCE THAT REDUCES BIAS AND PROMOTES ETHICS, FAIRNESS, AND VALIDITY; (3) FOSTER THE GROWTH OF SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY IN DATA SCIENCE AT HBCUS; AND (4) CHAMPION EVIDENCE-BASED INCLUSIVE PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES THAT BROADEN THE PARTICIPATION OF HBCUS IN DATA SCIENCE. THE NDSA LEVERAGES PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH (PAR) THROUGH FACULTY/STAFF WORKSHOPS, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WORKGROUPS, AND RESEARCH AFFINITY COHORTS. PROJECT OUTCOMES ARE EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY DIVERSIFY THE DATA-CAPABLE WORKFORCE AND RESULT IN SOCIETAL IMPACT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE NATION. THIS ALLIANCE IS FUNDED BY NSF INCLUSION ACROSS THE NATION OF COMMUNITIES OF LEARNERS OF UNDERREPRESENTED DISCOVERERS IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE (NSF INCLUDES), A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE U.S. LEADERSHIP IN DISCOVERIES AND INNOVATIONS BY FOCUSING ON DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM AT SCALE. THE ALLIANCE IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ? UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP), WHICH PROVIDES AWARDS TO STRENGTHEN STEM UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT HBCUS, AND THE LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (LSAMP) PROGRAM, WHICH ASSISTS UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN DIVERSIFYING THE STEM WORKFORCE. 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.

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM (FUTURE ACT)

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO TRANSITION CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY TO R1 (REDI CAU TO R1)

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT

CREST:CENTER FOR FUNCTIONAL NANOSCALE MATERIALS

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

CENTER FOR FUNCTIONAL NANOSCALE MATERIALS

MENTORING EFFECTIVENESS IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS IMPACTS ON MINORITY STUDENTS? SELF-EFFICACY AND PERSISTENCE IN STEM FIELDS

HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMERS AND COMPOSITES CENTER

GEORGIA - ALABAMA LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCE FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION

PREM- EMERGENT INTERFACE MATERIALS

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND

PARTNER: NSF AIHUB@CAU - AN AI HUB AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) -THIS PROJECT IS AN EXPANDAI PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) AND THE AI INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCES IN OPTIMIZATION (AI4OPT). IN THIS PROJECT, A MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION (CAU, AN HBCU) LEADS A NEW COLLABORATION WITH AN AI INSTITUTE TO PURSUE SHARED, COMPLEMENTARY GOALS TO UNLOCK UNTAPPED TALENT AT CAU AND OTHER HBCUS IN AI EDUCATION AND USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH. THE COLLABORATION CREATES AN AI HUB AT CAU (AIHUB@CAU) FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE LEVELS AND TO INITIATE RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH AI4OPT. AIHUB@CAU WILL LEVERAGE AI4OPT INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL TO ACCELERATE COURSE CREATION AND GROUND EXPERIENCES IN THE PROBLEMS AND MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM REAL WORLD APPLICATION. THROUGH A RANGE OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES, THE PROJECT WILL BUILD COMMUNITY AND NEW CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN AI AIMED AT EDUCATING FUTURE GENERATIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AI RESEARCHERS WHO WILL USE AI TO TRANSFORM SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES, ENGINEERING, BUSINESS, AND CYBERPHYSICAL SYSTEMS. THIS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP IN RESEARCH, EDUCATION/WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE CENTERED ON THE VISION TO ADDRESS THE DEARTH OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS PHD STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS IN AI, AND TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION BY CREATING SUSTAINABLE AI HUBS IN HBCUS, BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST AT CAU. AIHUB@CAU LEVERAGES THE EXISTING AI4OPT FACULTY TRAINING PROGRAM, THE NSF INCLUDES NDSA, A DEEP COLLABORATION BETWEEN CAU AND AI4OPT/GT, EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL FROM INTEL TARGETED AT HBCUS AND MSIS, AND THE COMMITMENT OF THE PARTNERS TO BUILD THE NECESSARY CAPACITY. THE PROJECT TAKES A BROAD VIEW OF AI THAT GOES BEYOND MACHINE LEARNING, AND BRANCHES INTO DECISION MAKING AND INNOVATIVE APPLICATION AREAS WHERE AI IS POISED TO PLAY AN INCREASING ROLE. THE SELECTED APPLICATION AREAS LEVERAGE EXISTING STRENGTHS OF CAU IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS, CYBER-PHYSICAL SECURITY, AND MATERIALS SCIENCE. A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH AI4OPT INCLUDES COLLABORATIVE GROWTH OF NEEDED RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS THE CO-SUPERVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT AIHUB@CAU. THE PROJECT IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY NSF?S LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION (LSAMP) PROGRAM WITHIN THE DIVISION OF EQUITY FOR EXCELLENCE IN STEM. 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.

COALITION FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT IN MATERIALS

TRIO UPWARD BOUND

UPWARD BOUND

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY PART F TITLE III PROJECT

INCREASING THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STEM TEACHER WORKFORCE WITH COMMUNITY COACHING, MENTORING, AND WELLBEING SUPPORT -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL NEED OF RECRUITING, PREPARING, RETAINING, AND SUPPORTING HIGH-QUALITY MATHEMATICS TEACHERS OF COLOR. USING A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA RECRUITMENT STRATEGY, THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE RECRUITMENT OF GRADUATES FROM HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) WHO HAVE GRADUATED WITH AT LEAST A STEM BACCALAUREATE DEGREE. THROUGH A YEAR-LONG MASTER'S PROGRAM, PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE THE PREPARATION AND SUPPORT NEEDED TO BECOME MATHEMATICS TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IN THEIR FIRST YEARS OF TEACHING, THE PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE COMMUNITY-BASED COACHING, MENTORING, AND HEALTH TOOLS RELATED TO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING. LOCATED IN GEORGIA, THE PROJECT WILL STUDY THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HINDERED AFRICAN AMERICAN MATHEMATICS TEACHER RECRUITMENT, PREPARATION, AND RETENTION IN URBAN SCHOOLS. THIS PROJECT AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS WITH CLAYTON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (CCPS), GENESIS INNOVATION ACADEMY (GIA), THE ATLANTA ALGEBRA PROJECT & YOUNG PEOPLE?S PROJECT (ATLANTA APYPP), AND QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES (QEM). NINETEEN STEM DEGREE-HOLDERS WILL BE RECRUITED IN TWO COHORTS USING MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND A NETWORK OF HBCUS. A SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT WILL ADVISE THIS EFFORT. EACH COHORT OF TEACHING FELLOWS WILL EARN A MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE THROUGH CAU?S NEW ONLINE-HYBRID ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETION OF THE DEGREE PROGRAM, FELLOWS WILL BECOME FULL-TIME TEACHERS IN PARTNER HIGH-NEED DISTRICTS. CCPS AND GIA, ALONG WITH CAU FACULTY, WILL PROVIDE MENTORING. THE ATLANTA APYPP WILL OFFER MATHEMATICS LITERACY COACHING FOR THE FELLOWS AS THEY PROGRESS THROUGH THEIR FIRST YEARS OF TEACHING. FELLOWS WILL PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY-SCHOOL BASED ACTIVITIES FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT. THE PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH QUESTIONS: (1) WHAT IMPACT DID THE MARKETING STRATEGY HAVE ON ATTRACTING STEM DEGREE-HOLDERS; (2) TO WHAT DEGREE DID SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH COACHING AND MATHEMATICS LITERACY COACHING IMPACT TEACHER PREPARATION; AND (3) TO WHAT DEGREE DID THE COACHING INFLUENCE RETENTION IN TEACHING? EACH COHORT WILL BE SURVEYED IN THE FIRST AND THIRD YEARS OF THEIR EXPERIENCE. THIS TRACK 2: TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE ROBERT NOYCE TEACHER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM (NOYCE). THE NOYCE PROGRAM SUPPORTS TALENTED STEM UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND PROFESSIONALS TO BECOME EFFECTIVE K-12 STEM TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED, EXEMPLARY K-12 TEACHERS TO BECOME STEM MASTER TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS RESEARCH ON THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RETENTION OF K-12 STEM TEACHERS IN HIGH-NEED SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

CAU G-RISE - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM, CAU G-RISE PROGRAM, WILL BUILD UPON OUR CURRENT GRADUATE PROGRAM AND IMPLEMENT A FORMAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. A MAJOR STRENGTH OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM IS OUR TRACK RECORD IN TRAINING UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, AND OUR BROAD EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS IN BIOMEDICINE GIVING OUR STUDENTS A BROAD OFFERING OF APPROACHES TO CONDUCT RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE. OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO COMPETITIVELY TRAIN UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, AND BUILD A COMPETITIVE AND INCLUSIVE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS A POSITIVE TRAINING EXPERIENCE, AND IN THE LONG-TERM, RETENTION IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. WE WILL REQUIRE GRADUATE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN ACADEMIC AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WILL ENHANCE THEIR COMPETITIVE FIT FOR THE BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, AND ENHANCE THEIR RESEARCH ACUMEN WITH CORE FACILITY TRAINING AND R- SUITE CERTIFICATION. WE WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC WRITING SKILLS AND EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS FOR PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS. WE WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN PEER-TRAINEE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEARNING COMMUNITIES. TO ENSURE A SUPPORTIVE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, OUR MENTORS WILL REGULARLY UNDERGO TRAINING IN MENTORSHIP SKILLS WHICH WILL CREATE A COMMUNITY OF UNIFIED EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES. IN THE END, WE EXPECT PREDOCTORAL TRAINEES TO TRANSITION TO BIOMEDICAL CAREERS AND MAKE LIFE-LONG CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD. OUR CURRENT TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, ALONG WITH CAU G-RISE, WILL PRODUCE A ROBUST AND COMPETITIVE PROGRAM THAT WILL PRODUCE COMPETITIVE SCIENTISTS WHO ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE FIELD.

TALENT SEARCH ATLANTA

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

TARGETING CHEMORESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER WITH NOVEL EED INHIBITORS - DOCETAXEL IS THE FIRST-LINE CHEMOTHERAPY FOR METASTATIC CASTRATION-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER (PCA), THE MAJOR CAUSE OF PCA MORTALITY. UNFORTUNATELY, IN MOST CASES PCA DEVELOPS DOCETAXEL RESISTANCE AND CONTINUES TO PROGRESS, WHICH HAS NO CURE. OUR RECENT STUDIES (THERANOSTICS, 2021, MAY 8; 11: 6873-6890) HAVE PROVIDED STRONG EVIDENCE DEMONSTRATING THAT CHEMORESISTANT PCA CELLS RELY ON AN ACTIVE EED-EZH2-STAT3-SKP2- ABCB1/SURVIVIN SIGNALING TO SURVIVE AND EVADE STANDARD CHEMOTHERAPY. IN THIS R01 PROJECT, WE HYPOTHESIZE THAT TARGETING EED-EZH2 INTERACTION WITH NOVEL EED INHIBITORS IS EFFECTIVE TO OVERCOME CHEMORESISTANCE AND ELIMINATE LETHAL PCA CELLS. IN AIM 1, WE WILL CONDUCT RATIONAL DESIGN AND CHEMICAL OPTIMIZATION OF NOVEL EED INHIBITORS. A TOTAL OF 200 NEW CHEMICAL ENTITIES WILL BE DESIGNED AND SYNTHESIZED. IN AIM 2, WE WILL VALIDATE THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF POTENTIAL LEADS IN CHEMORESISTANT PCA CELLS. WE WILL IDENTIFY THE IN VITRO AND IN VIVO ACTIVITIES OF NEW EED INHIBITORS AGAINST CHEMORESISTANT PCA IN MULTIPLE, HETEROGENOUS PRECLINICAL MODELS OF CHEMORESISTANT PCA. IN AIM 3, WE WILL CONDUCT GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE (GLP) AND NON-GLP STUDIES TO EVALUATE THE DRUG-LIKE PROPERTIES OF LEAD COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING PHARMACOKINETICS, ABSORPTION, DISTRIBUTION, METABOLISM, AND EXCRETION (ADME), SINGLE- AND REPEAT-DOSE TOXICITY AND SAFETY PHARMACOLOGY. WITH SUCCESSFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS PROJECT, WE EXPECT TO IDENTIFY 1~2 PATENTABLE LEAD COMPOUNDS AND ADVANCE THEM INTO FURTHER PRECLINICAL AND CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT. THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO TRANSLATE OUR BASIC RESEARCH INTO AN EFFECTIVE AND SAFE TREATMENT FOR LETHAL PCA, THEREFORE BENEFITING PATIENTS AND IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOMES.

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

THE HBCU CHIPS NETWORK: A PATH FOR CREATING, PREPARING, AND INCREASING RESEARCH, INNOVATION CAPACITY AND AN INCLUSIVE MICROELECTRONICS WORKFORCE -THE HBCU CHIPS NETWORK IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, INVOLVING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS), GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ACADEMIA, AND INDUSTRY, THAT WILL SERVE AS A NATIONAL RESOURCE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH, THE NETWORK WILL FACILITATE RESEARCH INNOVATIONS, RESOLVE LONG-STANDING DISPARITIES IN FACILITIES, BUILD DOMESTIC CAPACITY, PROVIDE SHARED ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS NETWORK STAKEHOLDERS, AND BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN THE MICROELECTRONICS WORKFORCE. THIS PROJECT ALLOWS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE, ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROTOCOLS TO 1) SUPPORT THE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH EFFORT AND 2) ADDRESS NATIONAL MICROELECTRONICS-RELATED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE NSF EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON INCLUDES INITIATIVE TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT OF 2022. THIS PROJECT IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP), WHICH PROVIDES AWARDS TO STRENGTHEN STEM UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT HBCUS. THE NETWORK OBJECTIVE IS TO ADVANCE LEADERSHIP IN MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY BY LEVERAGING THE COLLECTIVE RESEARCH EXPERTISE, CAPABILITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CORE COMPETENCIES OF HBCUS. ACTIVITIES ADDRESS THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF CHIPS AT VARIOUS HBCU INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING: (1) TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES (JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY AND NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY); (2) HIGH-EFFICIENCY THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS AND INTEGRATED DEVICES FOR THE APPLICATION OF POWER GENERATION AND SOLID-STATE COOLING (ALABAMA A&M STATE UNIVERSITY); (3) 2D-3D MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR INTEGRATION (DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY); (4) SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING USING COMPOSITE MATERIALS OF POLYMER AND BORON NITRIDE NANOTUBE COMPOSITES (NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY); (5) THE INTEGRATION OF UNDERFILL AND HEAT SPREADER MATERIALS FOR HETEROGENEOUS PACKAGING APPLICATIONS (NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIVERSITY); AND (6) THE PACKAGING OF HBCU CHIPS INTO SYSTEMS (GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY). TO CULTIVATE A DIVERSE AND SKILLED WORKFORCE FOR THE NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY, THE NETWORK SUPPORTS STUDENT RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED CURRICULA IN SEMICONDUCTOR DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND RELATED FIELDS, ALONG WITH INTERNSHIP AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN COLLABORATION WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS. 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.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

PREC TRACK 2: PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY-SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS -THIS AWARD IS FUNDED IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2). PLASTICS DERIVED FROM PETROLEUM ARE UBIQUITOUS IN OUR SOCIETY, COMPRISING AFFORDABLE PACKAGING, COMPONENTS OF AUTOMOBILES, COMPUTERS, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL DEVICES, ETC. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THEIR DURABILITY AND STABILITY, AND THEIR LOW LEVEL OF RECYCLING, PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND OCEANS HAS BECOME A MAJOR SOCIETAL, WORLDWIDE PROBLEM. THE NSF PARTNERSHIP FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN CHEMISTRY?SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS (PREC-SP) WILL EMBRACE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPING FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND APPLICATIONS OF SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS TO MEET SOCIETAL NEEDS. SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROPOSED WORK WILL RESULT IN HE PREC-SP FACULTY AND STUDENTS CONDUCTING COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE EXISTING NSF CENTER FOR SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS (CSP), AS PHASE II CENTER FOR CHEMICAL INNOVATION (CCI), SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY (CHE). THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SYNERGISTICALLY COMBINE THEIR TRANSFORMATIVE WORK OF HOW PLASTICS ARE MADE, UNMADE, AND REMADE THROUGH INNOVATIVE RESEARCH AND ENGAGING EDUCATION. THE MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL, COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS THAT WILL BE THE BACKBONE OF THIS PREC-SP/CSP PARTNERSHIP INCLUDE: (1) DEVELOPMENT AND STUDY OF POROUS CRYSTALLINE FRAMEWORK CATALYSTS FOR SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS VALORIZATION TO POLYMER FEEDSTOCKS; (2) PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION, PROCESSING, AND BIODEGRADATION OF PLA (POLYLACTIC ACID) AND PHB (POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE) NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL THAT ARE REINFORCED WITH CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS; (3) SYNTHESIS OF SUSTAINABLE BLOCK COPOLYMERS, FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS, AND HAIRY NANOPARTICLES VIA NOVEL POLYMERIZATION TECHNIQUES. THE PREC-SP HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND THE DIVERSITY OF RESEARCHERS SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE POLYMERS. SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION WILL INCREASE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES, FACULTY AND STUDENT EXCHANGES, JOINT PREC-SP/CSP WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS, RESEARCH GROUP MEETINGS, AND OTHER PRACTICES FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH. THESE OPPORTUNITIES COULD SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, DEGREE COMPLETION, OF AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO ENROLL IN AND COMPLETE GRADUATE DEGREES IN THE CHEMICAL SCIENCES, KEY ELEMENTS OF VIABLE PIPELINE. A SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP WILL BUILD A SUSTAINABLE PATHWAY FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS INTO THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POSITIONS. 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.

STRENGTHENING UNDERGRADUATE STEM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

LSAMP - THE GEORGIA LOUIS STOKES ALLIANCES FOR MINORITY PARTICIPATION

HBCU CAREER AWARENESS, RECRUITMENT, AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICES FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (HBCU C.A.R.E.S.)

TALENT SEARCH LAGRANGE

HBCU LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION AWARENESS AND PREPARATION (LEAP) IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH - CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) IS PART OF THE WORLD’S OLDEST AND LARGEST CONSORTIUM OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS), THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER (AUC) CONSORTIUM IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. MEMBER INSTITUTIONS HAVE A RICH HISTORY OF COMMUNITY-ENGAGED COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS SINCE 1929. CAU BOASTS TWO CONTINUOUSLY REAFFIRMED PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS: THE COUNCIL ON SOCIAL WORK (CSWE) ACCREDITED AND HISTORIC WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK AND THE COUNCIL FOR ACCREDITATION OF COUNSELING RELATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (CACREP) ACCREDITED SCHOOL OF EDUCATION MASTERS IN SCHOOL COUNSELING AND MASTERS IN CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING. THIS APPROACH FOR THE HBCU CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF RACIALLY/ETHNICALLY UNDER-REPRESENTED GRADUATE STUDENTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS ACROSS THE HBCU NETWORK WHILE BUILDING NETWORKS AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL FOSTER LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AMONG MINORITY STUDENTS TRAINED IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCIENCES. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO 1) RAISE STUDENT AWARENESS OF MULTIPLE CAREER PATHWAYS TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, 2) INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PREPARED TO ENTER THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD UPON COMPLETION OF THEIR TERMINAL DEGREE, AND 3) ENHANCE RETENTION AMONG STUDENTS BY EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS AMONG HBCUS AND BETWEEN STUDENTS AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS. TO ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS, THE HBCU LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION AWARENESS AND PREPARATION IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE WILL EXPAND ITS REACH TO UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE BY DEVELOPING DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOR ENGAGEMENT AND INCREASING AWARENESS ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE HBCU STUDENTS. THE HBCU L.E.A.P. ALSO AIMS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT CRITICAL NEED AREAS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE KEY AREAS OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (SOCIAL WORK, COUNSELING, PSYCHOLOGY, NURSING, AND PSYCHIATRIC AND/OR ADDICTION MEDICINE). THE PROJECT WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN PRE-CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORING PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO INCREASE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION PREPARATION AND SUPPORT GRADUATE STUDENTS BY OFFSETTING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ACCRUED WITH UNPAID PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP/RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AT HBCUS. WITH THE HELP OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CAREER ADVISORY COUNCIL, STUDENTS IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROGRAMS AT HBCUS WILL RECEIVE FUNDING SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MENTORING IN THEIR SELECTIVE FIELDS OF STUDY VIA THE L.E.A.P. PRE-CAREER FOOTSTEPS MENTORING CORPS.

TRIO - UPWARD BOUND - UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION GENE EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION IN PROSTATE CELLS

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER MARC U*STAR PROGRAM

CONTINUOUS AHR ACTIVITY ACCELERATES PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSION IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

DISSECTING MECHANISMS OF TUMOR INITIATION VIA IMMUNOMODULATION - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT SINCE THE YEAR 2000, PANCREATIC CANCER DIAGNOSIS HAS BEEN ON THE RISE WITH FUTURE PROJECTIONS CONSIDERING IT TO BE THE 2ND LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH BY 2030. FURTHERMORE, THE MAJORITY OF PATIENTS DIE WITHIN 1 YEAR OF DIAGNOSIS DUE TO A LACK OF EARLY DETECTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION, BOTH OF WHICH LIMIT THERAPY OPTIONS. PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA (PDAC) IS THE MAJOR FORM OF PANCREATIC CANCER AND A DISORDER OF ONCOGENIC KRAS. TURNING OFF KRAS MUTANTS, INCLUDING KRASG12D OR KRASG12V IS THE KEY TO CURING PDAC. HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO KNOWN INHIBITORS WHICH DIRECTLY TARGET THESE TWO MUTANTS. PDAC ORIGINATES FROM ACINAR CELLS THROUGH THE ACINAR-TO-DUCTAL METAPLASIA (ADM) PROCESS. UPON ACQUISITION OF ONCOGENIC KRAS MUTATION, IT CONVERTS ACINAR CELLS TO DUCT-LIKE CELLS, WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY DEVELOP INTO CANCER CELLS. BECAUSE 1) ACTIVATING KRAS MUTATIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR PDAC GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE; 2) ADM IS THE INITIAL STEP OF PDAC DEVELOPMENT; 3) KRASG12D AND KRASG12V IN PDAC ARE UNDRUGGABLE; AND 4) PDAC PATIENTS ARE DIAGNOSED TOO LATE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW KRASG12D REGULATES ADM AND PRECANCEROUS LESION FORMATION. ACQUIRING INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE ADM PROCESS AND ITS REGULATION WILL PROVIDE GROUNDWORK FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS USED FOR EARLY DETECTION, AND DRUG TARGETS FOR EARLY INTERVENTION SUCCESSFULLY REDUCING THE DEATH TOLL OF PDAC. WE IDENTIFIED CCL9 AS A NEW DOWNSTREAM TARGET OF KRASG12D IN PANCREAS ACINI OF ADM AND SUBSEQUENT PANIN DEVELOPMENT. SO FAR, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT CCL9 IN PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL SETTINGS. GENE AMPLIFICATION OF CCL15, A HUMAN ORTHOLOGUE OF CCL9, IS PRESENT IN HUMAN PDAC AND IS A PREDICTOR OF SHORTER SURVIVAL. THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DISSECT THE MECHANISMS AND FUNCTIONS OF KRASG12D/CCL9 AXIS ON PDAC INITIATION AND TUMOR DEVELOPMENT. WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL WITH THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC AIMS. 1. TO DELINEATE THE MECHANISMS OF CCL9-INDUCED PDAC INITIATION THROUGH ADM; 2. TO EVALUATE THE IN VIVO FUNCTION OF CCL9 IN KRASG12D-MEDIATED PDAC INITIATION. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THESE AIMS WILL REVEAL NEW FUNCTIONS OF CCL9 IN PDAC INITIATION AND GROWTH, ADD NEW MECHANISTIC INSIGHTS INTO THE EARLY EVENT OF PDAC DEVELOPMENT, AND ESTABLISH THE ESSENTIAL GROUNDWORK FOR CCL15, THE HUMAN ORTHOLOGUE OF CCL9, AS ONE OF THE BIOMARKERS FOR EARLY DETECTION AND THE NEW TREATMENT STRATEGIES FOR EARLY INTERVENTION IN THE CLINIC TO FIGHT PDAC DEATH.

IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT: DATA DRIVEN, ENGAGEMENT BASED, ADAPTIVE LEARNING, GROWTH MINDSET PEDAGOGY INFORMED COURSE REDESIGN WITH EARLY RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR STEM STUDENT SUCCESS

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED STUDY IS TO EXPLORE SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE (IPV) EXPERIENCES AND CAMPUS CLIMATE AT HBCUS USING A VALIDATED CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL USE THE METHODS DELINEATED IN A 2019 MANUAL ON CONDUCTING THESE SURVEYS AT HBCUS, WHICH WAS THE RESULT OF A PREVIOUSLY NIJ-FUNDED PROJECT THAT MODIFIED THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY PRODUCED BY THE BJS BASED ON INPUT FROM STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU). THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY WILL BE ADMINISTERED AT THREE HBCUS: CAU IN ATLANTA, GA; JC SMITH UNIVERSITY (JCSU) IN CHARLOTTE, NC; AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY (MVSU) IN ITTA BENA, MS. THE FUNDING WILL ALLOW FOR SURVEY IMPLEMENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP A TOOLKIT THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER HBCUS. PROJECT AIMS ARE: 1) IDENTIFY THE PREVALENCE OF AND RISK FACTORS FOR SV AND IPV AT THREE HBCUS, 2) DETERMINE HOW INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE AND HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED SV OR IPV PERCEIVE THEIR INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO SV AND IPV, THEIR AWARENESS OF THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS; AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO INTERVENE WHEN WITNESSING THESE EVENTS, AND 3) DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON BEST PRACTICES FOR ADAPTING AND ADMINISTRATING CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEYS AT HBCUS. THIS PROJECT IS UNIQUELY SITUATED TO PROVIDE EMPIRICALLY BASED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE INFORMATION TO GUIDE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION EFFORTS AT HBCUS. THIS RESEARCH HAS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR HBCUS REGARDING POLICY, TRAINING, PROGRAMMING, AND RESPONSES TO SV AND IPV FOR SURVIVORS AND THE BROADER STUDENT POPULATION. SEVERAL PRODUCTS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED. FIRST, A REPORT FOR EACH PARTICIPATING HBCU WILL BE DRAFTED AND PUBLISHED, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THEY CAN ADDRESS SV ON THEIR RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES. SECOND, A TOOLKIT WILL BE DEVELOPED AS A RESOURCE FOR NON-PARTICIPATING HBCUS. THIRD, THE APPLICANT WILL HOST A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO RELEASE FINDINGS AND THE TOOLKIT FOR THE 101 HBCUS IN THE UNITED STATES. FOURTH, THE RESULTS WILL BE PUBLISHED IN SCHOLARLY, PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND PRESENTED AT VARIOUS INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCES. FINALLY, STUDY DATA WILL BE ARCHIVED AT NACJD. CA/NCF

MINORITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT - MINORITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

U-RISE AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY - PROJECT SUMMARY THE U-RISE PROGRAM AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) IS DESIGNED TO TRANSITION ACADEMICALLY PROMISING UNDERGRADUATES SPREAD ACROSS THE BREADTH OF STEM DISCIPLINES INTO DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES. WE RECOGNIZE THAT MILLENNIAL SCIENTISTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO KEEP PACE WITH INCREASING DEMANDS TO USE QUANTITATIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES IN ORDER TO DETECT PATTERNS FROM LARGE DATASETS TO ANSWER BIOLOGICAL QUESTIONS. THEREFORE, THROUGH A THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED TRAINING PROGRAM WITH A COMMITTED GROUP OF ACADEMIC LEADERS AND FACULTY MENTORS, WE PROPOSE TO ENGAGE A COHORT OF PROMISING SCHOLARS IN A TRULY INTERDISCIPLINARY CURRICULUM THAT BUILDS ON A FOUNDATION PROVIDED BY CAU (THROUGH THE U-RISE PREP PROGRAM). OUR OVERALL OBJECTIVE FOR THE U- RISE PROGRAM AT CAU IS TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AND MEASURABLE IMPACT ON STUDENT RETENTION AND COMPLETION RATES WITHIN OUR STEM MAJORS SO THAT THESE SPECIALLY TRAINED SCHOLARS THEN PROGRESS LOGICALLY INTO DOCTORAL STUDIES. GIVEN THAT CAU HOLDS THREE MAJOR DISTINCTIONS: 1) THE LARGEST UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND (UNCF) INSTITUTION; 2) A CARNEGIE R2 RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION—A DOCTORAL UNIVERSITY WITH HIGH RESEARCH ACTIVITY; AND 3) THE FOURTH LARGEST GENERATOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PHDS, WE ARE WELL-POSITIONED TO SUBSTANTIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO OUR NATION’S AGENDA OF GROWING ITS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CAPACITY THROUGH THE PREPARATION OF COMPETITIVE SCIENTISTS WHO CONTINUE TO BE TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE BIOMEDICAL FIELD. OUR PLANNED OBJECTIVES SPAN FOSTERING A TALENTED POOL OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE CAPABLE OF THRIVING IN HIGH-CALIBER, RESEARCH-INTENSIVE INSTITUTIONS BOTH AS STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE ACADEMY WHILE UNDERTAKING A TRAINING PLAN THAT INCLUDES CURRICULAR ENHANCEMENTS, SPECIALIZED PROGRAMMING, AND RESEARCH IMMERSION THAT BEGINS EARLY AND ORCHESTRATED WITH DIRECT SUPPORT AND CONSULTATION FROM CAREFULLY MATCHED FACULTY MENTORS. BY INVESTING IN AN INCLUSIVE, TRAINING ENVIRONMENT FOR A COHORT OF PROMISING YOUNG SCIENTISTS, WE INTEND TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT IS DESIGNED TO OFFER A FRAMEWORK, THAT IS CONSTRUCTED WITH A TECHNICAL-OPERATIONAL-PROFESSIONAL STRATEGY, GROUNDED IN THE VALUES OF RESPONSIBLE CONDUCT FOR THE PURSUIT OF RESEARCH, AND ENRICHED WITH A TAILORED AND MEANINGFUL CURRICULUM AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT MODULES TO BECOME COMPETITIVE IN THE PURSUIT OF GRADUATE STUDIES. WITH PLANS FOR ONGOING EVALUATIONS AND DISSEMINATION, WE INTEND TO SHARE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND OUTCOMES WITH OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH RETENTION AND PROGRAM ADVANCEMENT, PARTICULARLY AT OTHER HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WHERE MANY OF AMERICA’S NEXT GENERATION OF GREAT BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS CAN BE DISCOVERED.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE TEAD AND AR TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS -THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UNCOVER HOW DIVERSE SIGNALING MOLECULES INTERACT WITHIN THE CELL. BY EMPLOYING MODERN SCIENTIFIC METHODS, THIS PROJECT OFFERS A HANDS-ON RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND A ROBUST TRAINING PLATFORM FOR GRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE RESEARCHERS, PARTICULARLY FROM AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN SCIENCE. ALSO, INTEGRATING THE DISCOVERIES FROM THIS PROJECT INTO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS WILL NOT ONLY ENRICH LEARNING BUT ALSO FOSTER A MORE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE RESEARCH WORKFORCE IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE THE MECHANISM OF THE MOLECULAR AND FUNCTIONAL INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE TEA DOMAIN (TEAD) TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AND ANDROGEN RECEPTOR (AR) IN MAMMALIAN CELLS, WHICH MAY BE CRUCIAL FOR FINDING HOW CELLS GROW, MOVE, AND SURVIVE AS WELL AS KEEP THEIR PHYSIOLOGY UNDER CONSTANTLY CHANGING EXTRACELLULAR STIMULI. THE AIMS OF THIS PROJECT ARE (A) TO INVESTIGATE HOW ANDROGENS AND CYTOKINES AFFECT THE TEAD-AR INTERACTIONS, (B) TO DEFINE THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF TEAD-AR INTERACTIONS, AND (C) TO UNCOVER HOW AR AFFECTS THE TEAD-DEPENDENT GENE EXPRESSION AND CELLULAR NETWORKS. THIS PROJECT EMPLOYS A RANGE OF ADVANCED CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY, HIGH-THROUGHPUT DNA/RNA SEQUENCING, AND BIOINFORMATIC DATA ANALYSIS TO ACHIEVE THE AIMS. THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO GAIN A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF THE CROSSTALK BETWEEN TEAD AND AR AT THE MOLECULAR LEVEL, SHEDDING LIGHT ON FUNDAMENTAL CELLULAR PROCESSES. THIS PROJECT WILL REDUCE DISPARITIES IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE NATION?S LIFE SCIENCES SECTORS THROUGH TRAINING THE HBCU UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PROTEOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS. 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.

MATRICELLUAR-MEDIATED CELL MIGRATION IN TUMOR CELLS

TRAINING, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION IN CYBERSECURITY FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (TRECCI)

NSF RISE: ENHANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE - LABORATORY FOR PROTOTYPE DEVICES BASED ON FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

WHEN COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS MEET CROSS-COUPLING REACTIONS: DIRECTED SYNTHESIS, MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATION, AND ENERGY APPLICATION

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATION OF WDR77 COORDINATES PROSTATE GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION DURING THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PUBERTY -THIS RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS HOW ALTERED MALE HORMONE LEVELS DURING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PUBERTY AFFECT GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND. THE PROJECT WILL FIRST DETERMINE WHETHER MALE HORMONE AT LOWER LEVELS (DURING PUBERTY) LEADS TO GROWTH OF THE PROSTATE GLAND AND, IN CONTRAST, IF HIGHER LEVELS OF THE MALE HORMONE (POST-PUBERTY) PROMOTE THE PROSTATE?S DIFFERENTIATION. THE RESEARCH WILL THEN INVESTIGATE HOW THE MALE HORMONE?S ACTION IS SWITCHED DURING PROSTATE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT PUBERTY. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH REPRESENTS A NOVEL STUDY CONCEPT THAT RELATES TO THE BASIC BIOLOGY OF PROSTATE DEVELOPMENT. THE VARIOUS AGE-RELATED DISEASES IN OLDER ADULT PROSTATE REFLECT THE LOSS OF DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION OF CELL PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION. THEREFORE, THE RESEARCH MAY ALSO HELP TO UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS PROSTATIC DISEASES IN OLDER MEN. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO DIRECTLY SUPPORT GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT TRAINING AND PROMOTE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN A MINORITY POPULATION AT THIS HBCU. THE MAMMALIAN PROSTATE GLAND PASSES THROUGH SEVERAL PHASES OF RAPID GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION DURING DEVELOPMENT. THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS THAT DETERMINE GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION STAGES, AS WELL AS COORDINATING THESE TWO PROCESSES ARE LESS DEFINED. THIS RESEARCH WILL ADDRESS THESE CRITICAL QUESTIONS. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO STUDY MOLECULAR EVENTS AND MECHANISMS THAT COORDINATE CELL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION DURING PROSTATE DEVELOPMENT FROM ADOLESCENT (PROLIFERATING) TO YOUNG ADULT (QUIESCENT/DIFFERENTIATED) STAGE. THE RESEARCH WILL FIRST INVESTIGATE THE ANDROGEN FUNCTION IN A DOSAGE-DEPENDENT MANNER TO CONTROL GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION OF THE PROSTATE DURING MOUSE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH PUBERTY. A CONCENTRATION THRESHOLD AT WHICH THE ANDROGEN ACTION IS SWITCHED FROM GROWTH PROMOTION TO GROWTH INHIBITION/DIFFERENTIATION WILL BE DETERMINED. PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE IDENTIFIED THE WDR77 PROTEIN LOCALIZED IN THE CYTOPLASM AT THE EARLY (DURING PUBERTY, PROLIFERATING) STAGE OF THE PROSTATE DEVELOPMENT DRIVES CELL PROLIFERATION. IN ADULT (POST-PUBERTY, QUIESCENT/DIFFERENTIATED) PROSTATE, THE PROTEIN IN THE NUCLEUS FUNCTIONS AS AN ANDROGEN RECEPTOR COFACTOR TO PROMOTE CELL DIFFERENTIATION. THE RESEARCH WILL THEN INVESTIGATE WHETHER WDR77 MEDIATES THE ANDROGEN?S ROLE TO COORDINATE GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION DURING THE PROSTATE DEVELOPMENT. HOW CHANGE OF ANDROGEN LEVELS ALTERS EPIGENETIC MODIFICATIONS, LEADING TO ALTERED EXPRESSION OF AR-TARGET GENES AS WELL AS WDR77 SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION WILL BE STUDIED USING CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION AND GENE PROMOTER MAPPING. 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.

NEW INITIATIVE, THE AUC SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS COMMUNITY INITIATIVE (ASCCI) AT THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM AND GUAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SANTE FE COM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

ELECTRON/PHOTON INTERACTIONS WITH ATOMS/IONS

THE CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY P. A. N. T. H. E. R. PROJECT (SPECIAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL ACQUIRING NEEDED TRAINING TO HELP EXCEPTIONAL READERS)

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MODERN SECONDARY ION SPECTROMETER FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TRAINING OF NEXT GENERATION SCIENTISTS

STABILIZING AND RECOVERING POLYMERIC NANOSCALE ASSEMBLIES UTILIZING DYNAMIC COVALENT BONDS

STUDIES OF ELECTRON AND PHOTON INTERACTIONS WITH ATOMS, IONS AND MOLECULES

IN RESPONSE TO THE CRITICAL NEED FOR BOLSTERED SECURITY MEASURES, THE UNIVERSITY PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, LOCATED IN A MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA, SEEKS FUNDING TO ENHANCE ITS CAMPUS SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO FORTIFY THE SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, PREDOMINANTLY COMPRISING UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, BY UPGRADING SECURITY CAMERAS, INTEGRATING A FULLY FUNCTIONAL VIDEO COMMUNICATION CENTER, AND REPLACING EMERGENCY CALL BOXES. THE PRIMARY ACTIVITIES OF THIS PROJECT ENTAIL THE INSTALLATION OF ADVANCED SECURITY CAMERAS EQUIPPED WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY ACROSS STRATEGIC POINTS ON THE CAMPUS PREMISES. THESE CAMERAS WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO A CENTRALIZED COMMUNICATION CENTER, FACILITATING REAL-TIME MONITORING AND RESPONSE TO SECURITY INCIDENTS, TO INCLUDE EFFICIENT UPGRADES IN THE VIDEO INTEGRATION COMMUNICATION CENTER. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT INVOLVES THE REPLACEMENT OF OUTDATED EMERGENCY CALL BOXES WITH MODERNIZED VERSIONS, ENSURING SWIFT ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF. THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THIS INITIATIVE ARE MANIFOLD. FIRSTLY, THE UPGRADED SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE OVERALL SAFETY OF THE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT, FOSTERING A SENSE OF SECURITY AMONG STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF. THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED SECURITY CAMERAS AND A FULLY FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATED COMMUNICATION CENTER WILL ENABLE PROACTIVE MONITORING AND RAPID RESPONSE TO SECURITY THREATS, THEREBY MITIGATING POTENTIAL RISKS EFFECTIVELY. MOREOVER, THE REPLACEMENT OF EMERGENCY CALL BOXES WILL FURTHER STREAMLINE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROCEDURES, ENSURING SWIFT ASSISTANCE DURING CRITICAL SITUATIONS. THE SERVICE AREA OF THIS PROJECT ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, CATERING TO THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ITS STUDENT BODY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF, AND VISITORS. BY FORTIFYING CAMPUS SECURITY, THIS INITIATIVE AIMS TO CREATE A SAFE AND CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT PRIORITIZES THE WELL-BEING OF ALL INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INSTITUTION. WHILE SUB-RECIPIENTS ARE NOT SPECIFIED IN THIS PROPOSAL, THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WILL COLLABORATE WITH RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS, TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT. IN SUMMARY, THIS PROPOSAL SEEKS FUNDING TO UPGRADE THE UNIVERSITYS CAMPUS SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPRISING THE INSTALLATION OF ADVANCED SECURITY CAMERAS, INTEGRATION OF A FULLY FUNCTIONAL VIDEO COMMUNICATION CENTER, AND REPLACEMENT OF EMERGENCY CALL BOXES. BY ENHANCING SECURITY MEASURES, THE PROJECT ENDEAVORS TO CREATE A SAFE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT AND MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF ITS STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

INTEGRATED STUDY OF EMERGING 2D MATERIALS AND INTERFACES

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FOR THE SUPPORT OF WARFIGHTERS.

RESEARCH IMPETUS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AT CLARK ATLANTA

GRAPHENE OXIDE NANORIBBONS (GONRS) BASED HETEROPHASE ELASTOMERIC CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES: PREPARATION, CHARACTERIZATION, MODELING AND PROPERTY EVALUATI

RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN RADIOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT

MRI: ACQUIRING A 500 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER TO ESTABLISH THE JOINT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE - CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY MAGNETIC RESONANCE FACILITY (MCMRF)

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: CROSSTALK BETWEEN THE STK4/HIPPO AND NF-KAPPA B PATHWAY IN MAMMALIAN CELLS

INTRACRINE REGULATION OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS

ACQUISITION OF AN X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AT CAU

2020 HPF HBCU - CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, PARK STREET CHURCH ROOF RESTORATION

2017 HPF HBCU - CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

CYBER SECURITY LEADERSHIP CENTER - RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING IN CYBERSECURITY FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

THE STRENGTHENING CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CAMPUS APPROACHES TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING INITIATIVE (CSC INITIATIVE) SUPPORTS HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS), HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS (HSIS), AND TRIBAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (TCUS) TO STRENGTHEN THEIR INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUS. THE CSC INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS TO ESTABLISH CULTURALLY RELEVANT STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFECTIVE RESPONSE PROTOCOLS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMMING. CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY IS A PRIVATE, HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY (HBCU) LOCATED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA. WITH THIS NEW AWARD, CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, IN COLLABORATION WITH ITS CAMPUS PARTNERS, WILL CREATE CULTURALLY SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TAILORED TO STUDENTS THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, LGBTQ+, OR FROM OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND WORK WITH THE DESIGNATED CAMPUS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER TO: 1) BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE INSTITUTION TO DEVELOP A CULTURALLY SPECIFIC, COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING BY SECURING RELEVANT PARTNERSHIPS, CONDUCTING TRAININGS, AND DEVELOPING RESOURCES TAILORED TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY; 2) DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN TO OUTLINE KEY STRATEGIES NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE; AND 3) ESTABLISH A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM THAT WILL OVERSEE AND IMPLEMENT PROJECT ACTIVITIES.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: COMPUTATIONAL MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON MULTIVALENT INTERACTION AT NANO-BIO INTERFACE FOR 2D MATERIALS

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH MECHANOCHEMISTRY AS AN ENABLING TOOL FOR THE SYNTHESIS, MODIFICATION, AND APPLICATION OF COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS -PART 1: NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY AS SOCIETY FACES CRITICAL CHALLENGES RELATED TO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO DEVELOP NEW SYNTHETIC APPROACHES IN MATERIAL CHEMISTRY. MECHANOCHEMISTRY, THE SCIENCE OF USING MILLING, SHEARING, AND COMPRESSING TO DRIVE CHEMICAL REACTIONS, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY AS AN IMPORTANT SYNTHESIS TECHNIQUE. THROUGH THIS EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH (EIR) PROJECT RESEARCHERS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY LEVERAGE MECHANOCHEMISTRY FOR THE SYNTHESIS AND TRANSFORMATION OF COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (COFS). COFS ARE 2D OR 3D CRYSTALLINE POROUS POLYMERS WITH PRECISE INTEGRATION OF MONOMER UNITS INTO EXTENDED PERIODIC NETWORKS, REPRESENTING ONE OF THE MOST EMERGING POROUS SOLIDS OWING TO THEIR EMINENT STRUCTURAL FEATURES AND WIDESPREAD APPLICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE IN GAS STORAGE, CATALYSIS, ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, CANCER THERAPY, AND BATTERY TECHNOLOGY. HOWEVER, TRADITIONAL SYNTHESIS METHODS OF COFS REQUIRE LONG REACTION TIMES (3-9 DAYS), HARSH CONDITIONS (HIGH TEMPERATURES AND VACUUM), AND THE USE OF TOXIC SOLVENTS, LIMITING THEIR WIDESPREAD APPLICATION. THE PROJECT ADVANCES INSIGHTS INTO MECHANOCHEMICAL COF SYNTHESIS AND ENABLES THE CAPABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES. THE RESEARCH PLAN INCLUDES THE MECHANOSYNTHESIS OF COFS THROUGH MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF COF-BASED COMPOSITES, THE APPLICATION OF COFS FOR RADIONUCLIDE SEQUESTRATION, AND THE ELUCIDATION OF MECHANOCHEMICAL COF FORMATION MECHANISMS. ADDITIONALLY, THE EDUCATIONAL PLAN INTEGRATES THE RESEARCH INTO A NEW GRADUATE COURSE, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH INITIATIVES, AND AN OUTREACH PROGRAM RELATED TO MECHANOCHEMISTRY. BY ENGAGING POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, AND K-12 STUDENTS, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES EXPOSURE TO FRONTIER RESEARCH WHICH CONSIDERABLY EXPANDS THE RESEARCH CAPABILITY AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. PART 2: TECHNICAL SUMMARY WITH THIS EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH (EIR) PROJECT RESEARCHERS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ESTABLISH A SOLID-STATE MECHANOCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS METHODOLOGY FOR THE PREPARATION OF COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (COFS) THROUGH MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATIONS AND CARRY OUT PROOF-OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENTS AIMED AT RADIONUCLIDE SEQUESTRATION. CURRENTLY, FULL EXPLOITATION OF THE POTENTIAL USES FOR COFS IS HAMPERED BY SYNTHETIC HURDLES ASSOCIATED WITH PREVALENT SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS, INCLUDING LONG REACTION TIMES (3-9 DAYS), HIGH TEMPERATURES, HAZARDOUS ORGANIC SOLVENTS, ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS, AND LIMITED SCALABILITY. THEREFORE, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND HIS TEAM FOCUS ON MECHANOCHEMICAL APPROACHES TO SYNTHESIZE, MODIFY, AND UTILIZE COFS, AN APPROACH THAT IS NOT WIDELY USED IN THE UNITED STATES. SPECIFICALLY, THE RESEARCHERS MECHANOCHEMICALLY HYBRIDIZE COFS WITH VARIOUS FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS TO CREATE UNIQUE HETEROSTRUCTURES AND HIERARCHICAL COFS TO CREATE DESIRED HIERARCHICAL POROSITY. THEY INVESTIGATE THE RESULTANT COFS FOR RADIONUCLIDE SEQUESTRATION, WITH CLEAR STRUCTURE-FUNCTION CORRELATIONS AND IN-DEPTH ELUCIDATION OF THE UNDERLYING MECHANISM. TO ENABLE THE PRECISION MECHANOSYNTHESIS OF COFS, THE RESEARCHERS UNRAVEL THE MECHANISM OF MECHANOCHEMICAL COF FORMATION VIA COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS, INCLUDING EX-SITU KINETIC STUDIES, IN-SITU PROBES, AND COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIONS. 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.

THE CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY LUCY CRAFT LANEY SCHOLARS PROGRAM (SPECIAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL PREPARATION TO ADDRESS LITERACY ACQUISITION NEEDS OF EXCEPTIONAL YOUTH)

NEW REP GRANT "ACQUISITION OF A HIGH-PERFORMANCE 400 MHZ NMR SPECTROMETER FOR MATERIALS/PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY"

TAS::89 0338::TAS RECOVERY ED WILL BE USING THE AMERICAN RECOVERY REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) FUNDS FOR FY 09. THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS TO CLARK AT

SIMULATION OF QUANTUM PHENOMENA IN NANOWIRE SENSORS

MINORITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT

INCORPORATION OF NANOMATERIALS IN PHENYLETHYNYL TERMINATED IMIDE (PTI) RESINS FOR IMPROVED PROPERTIES AND PROCESSING

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: A REDESIGN OF FIRST YEAR MATHEMATICS COURSES USING EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: DERIVING GENE FUNCTION FROM THREE-DIMENSIONAL GENE CLUSTERING -NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP) THROUGH RESEARCH INITIATION AWARDS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR JUNIOR AND MID-CAREER FACULTY AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WHO ARE BUILDING NEW RESEARCH PROGRAMS OR REDIRECTING AND REBUILDING EXISTING RESEARCH PROGRAMS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE AWARD HELPS TO FURTHER THE FACULTY MEMBER'S RESEARCH CAPABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPROVE RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT THE HOME INSTITUTION. THIS AWARD TO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO BE TRAINED IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY RESEARCH. THIS RESEARCH CHALLENGES THE TRADITIONAL BELIEF THAT EUKARYOTIC GENES ARE DISTRIBUTED RANDOMLY ON CHROMATIN THROUGHOUT THE NUCLEUS AND ARE NOT FUNCTIONING IN COORDINATION WITH EACH OTHER. IT AIMS TO IDENTIFY AND CONNECT PHYSICAL GENE CLUSTERING IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) SPACE IN THE NUCLEUS TO HELP IDENTIFY GENE FUNCTIONS. THIS COULD LEAD TO DISCOVERING NOVEL BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS OR PRODUCTS AND MAY BECOME TARGETS FOR BIOENGINEERING. TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: WHILE GENE CLUSTERS AND COEXPRESSION OF CO-LOCATED GENES IS COMMON IN PROKARYOTES, THE ORGANIZATION OF EUKARYOTIC GENOME IS THOUGHT TO EXCLUDE THESE TYPES OF GENOMIC FEATURES. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY FUNCTIONAL GENE CLUSTERING AND COORDINATED GENE EXPRESSION IN A GREEN ALGA, A. PROTOTHECOIDES, BY INTEGRATING MULTIPLE TYPES OF SEQUENCING DATA TO MAP THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL GENOME ARCHITECTURE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH EXPANDS UPON PREVIOUS RESEARCH FROM THIS RESEARCH TEAM THAT SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIED SEVERAL EVOLUTIONARILY CONSERVED FUNCTIONAL GENE CLUSTERS IN ALGAE. THIS RESULTED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF GENE FUNCTIONS FOR UNKNOWN GENES IN THESE CLUSTERS, ONE OF WHICH WAS VERIFIED IN BY EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH ARE: (1) EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENE CLUSTERING AND CO-EXPRESSION IN EUKARYOTES IN 3D SPACE BY EXPANDING THE COMPUTATIONAL SEARCH FOR THESE FEATURES, (2) IDENTIFY GENOMIC FEATURES (TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, LONG RANGE CHROMOSOMAL INTERACTIONS, GENOMIC ISLANDS, ETC.) THAT SUPPORT THE CO-REGULATION OF CO-FUNCTIONAL GENE CLUSTERS IN 3D SPACE, AND (3) EXPLORE THE DYNAMIC CHANGES OF GENE CLUSTERING THROUGH FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC STRESS ANALYSIS. THIS PROJECT WILL INFORM BASIC SCIENCE BY ELUCIDATING GENOME ARCHITECTURE AND FUNCTIONAL GENE DISTRIBUTION OF EUKARYOTES. IT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS NON-MODEL EUKARYOTES WITH SMALL GENOMES TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO THE EVOLUTIONARY TRANSITION TO EUKARYOTIC CELL 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.

ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE CO2 CONVERSION WITH ATOMICALLY PRECISE NANO-INTERMETALLIC CATALYSTS -NON-TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: ACHIEVING CARBON NEUTRALITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOCIETY AS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSION BECOMES AN INCREASINGLY URGENT ISSUE. THE CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE USING ELECTRICITY PRESENTS A PROMISING SOLUTION. THIS PROJECT AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY AIMS TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS BY DEVELOPING NEXT-GENERATION NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS TO MAKE ELECTRICITY-DRIVEN CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION MORE EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE. THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS LEVELS AND CONTRIBUTE TO A GREENER FUTURE WITH SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT ENRICHES THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS BY OFFERING INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS THAT INTEGRATE ELECTROCHEMISTRY, MATERIAL SCIENCE, CATALYSIS AND ENGINEERING. THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR?S (PI) RESEARCH WILL BE CLOSELY INTEGRATED WITH EDUCATION PLANS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY OF CLEAN ENERGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS EDUCATION TO STUDENTS AND COMMUNITIES. THIS WILL EXPAND THE PIPELINE OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS INTO CAREERS IN CLEAN ENERGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS BY EQUIPPING THEM WITH THE NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICAL SKILLS. TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: THE PROJECT FOCUSES ON ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION. CURRENT CATALYST MATERIALS FOR THIS PROCESS FACE SEVERAL CHALLENGES: (1) LOW ENERGY EFFICIENCY TO DRIVE THE REACTION, (2) PRODUCTION OF A MIXTURE OF VARIOUS PRODUCTS THAT COMPLICATES PRODUCT SEPARATION, AND (3) FAST DEGRADATION. TO ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES, THE PI AIMS TO ACHIEVE PRECISE CONTROL OVER THE INTERMETALLIC PHASE, NANOSTRUCTURES, SURFACE COMPOSITION AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE CATALYST MATERIALS, THUS IMPROVING THE CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY AND STABILITY. THESE ATOMICALLY PRECISE MATERIALS ALSO SERVE AS A PLATFORM TO STUDY THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE-CATALYSIS RELATIONSHIP, FURTHER PROVIDING GUIDELINES TO ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION DEVICES FOR WIDE APPLICATIONS. LEVERAGING THE PI?S EXPERTISE IN THE CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF NANOMATERIALS, MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION, ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SPECTROSCOPY, THE PROJECT WILL IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE METHODS INCLUDING COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS, SURFACE MODIFICATION, ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES, X-RAY STUDY, ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY, AND IN-OPERANDO SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY. THE OBJECTIVES ARE: (1) DEVELOPING NOVEL SYNTHETIC APPROACHES OF NANO-INTERMETALLICS BASED ON EARTH-ABUNDANT METALS VIA CONTROLLABLE SOLUTION-BASED SYNTHESIS AND POST-TREATMENT; (2) HARNESSING THE ELECTRONIC AND STRAIN EFFECTS FOR EFFICIENT CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION BY CONTROLLING THE SURFACE COMPOSITION, CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE AND FACETS OF NANO-INTERMETALLICS; (3) UNRAVELING THE REACTION PATHWAYS AND MECHANISMS FOR PRODUCING VALUABLE CHEMICALS AND FUELS BY STUDYING THE CATALYST STRUCTURES AND INTERMEDIATES UNDER THE REACTION CONDITIONS. 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.

(NO IDC) ACQUISITION OF THERMOMECHANICAL INSTRUMENTATION TO SUPPORT RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AT CAU

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF THE AGE-RELATED RE-GROWTH OF THE PROSTATE

CLARK RUSSELL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY ECOSYSTEM (CREATE)

HEALTH CARE AND OTHER FACILITIES

DIRECT TARGETING OF THE FKBP52 COCHAPERONE FOR THE TREATMENT OF CASTRATION-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER

DCL: HBCU: COMPUTATIONAL ATOMIC LABORATORY ASTROPHYSICS FOR STELLAR AND NEBULAR SPECTRAL DIAGNOSTICS

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED EDUCATION AND PRACTICES FOR SUCCESS (TEEPS) IN UNDERGRADUATE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY COURSES WITH RESEARCH INTEGRATION

TARGET INFUSION PROJECT: GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEMS-POLICY ANALYSIS CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT PROJECT (GDS-PACE) -THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP) THROUGH TARGETED INFUSION PROJECTS SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND STUDY OF EVIDENCE-BASED, INNOVATIVE MODELS AND APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING THE PREPARATION AND SUCCESS OF HBCU UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY MAY PURSUE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR MATHEMATICS (STEM) GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND/OR CAREERS. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO INFUSE GEOSPATIAL SYSTEMS AND DATA ANALYTICS INTO POLITICAL SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT NEW UNDERGRADUATE GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH COURSES IN THE POLITICAL SCIENCE CURRICULUM, INCORPORATE GEOSPATIAL DATA SYSTEMS AND/OR DATA ANALYTICS MODULES IN CURRENTLY EXISTING POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES, AND INCREASE GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYTICS THROUGH FACULTY-MENTORED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE PROJECT WILL LEAD TO A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICY ANALYSES IN AN INTELLECTUAL SENSE AND POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN PRACTICAL TERMS. THE OUTCOME OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE GRADUATES THAT CAN SOLVE REAL-WORLD PROBLEMS UTILIZING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF POLITICAL SCIENCE THEORY AND PRACTICE COUPLED WITH GEOSPATIAL DATA AND DATA ANALYTICS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO BETTER PREPARE OUR GRADUATES FOR GRADUATE STUDY AND THE WORKFORCE. 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.

INTEGRATING DATA SCIENCE INTO SOCIAL WORK UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY DEVELOPING UNDERGRADUATE COURSE MODULES THAT MODEL HOW TO APPLY SOCIALLY RELEVANT DATA SCIENCE AND ADVANCE THE FIELD OF SOCIAL WORK BY CULTIVATING DATA-DRIVEN TOOLS ADDRESSING HUMAN AND SOCIAL ISSUES. OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT ARE EXPECTED TO ADDRESS A CRITICAL GAP IN THE INFUSION OF DATA SCIENCE IN THE UNDERGRADUATE SOCIAL WORK CURRICULUM. THE PLANNED MODULES WILL PREPARE STUDENTS TO LEVERAGE DATA SCIENCE TO ADDRESS COMPLEX HUMAN AND SOCIAL ISSUES THAT CONFRONT SOCIETY USING AN AFROCENTRIC PERSPECTIVE FOCUSED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND OTHER MARGINALIZED GROUPS. THE MODULES CREATED IN THIS PROJECT PROVIDE ACTIONABLE IMPACT IN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION BY INCORPORATING DATA SCIENCE INTO SOCIAL SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE COURSES. SUCH AN APPROACH CAN ALSO BE APPLIED IN OTHER COURSES WANTING TO INCLUDE DATA SCIENCE. FRAMEWORKS FROM SOCIAL WORK AND DATA SCIENCE WILL GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MODULES THAT WILL EQUIP STUDENTS WITH SKILLS TO USE DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS TO ADDRESS SOCIAL CHALLENGES. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE BOTH SOCIAL WORK AND MATHEMATICS FACULTY, GUIDED BY AN ADVISORY BOARD OF DATA SCIENCE EXPERTS. FOUR OBJECTIVES FRAME THE PROJECT'S EFFORT. FIRST, IS TO DEVELOP CURRICULAR MODULES FOR THREE SOCIAL WORK CORE COURSES AND REDESIGN THREE SOCIAL WORK ELECTIVE COURSES TO REACH STUDENTS WITH DATA ANALYSIS SKILL-BUILDING. SECOND, IS TO IMPLEMENT A SEQUENCE OF DATA SCIENCE ACTIVITIES, ASSIGNMENTS, AND ASSESSMENTS WITHIN CLASSROOMS REACHING APPROXIMATELY 60 UNIQUE JUNIOR AND SENIOR SOCIAL WORK MAJORS STUDENTS OVER THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT. THIRD, IS TO EVALUATE THE MODULES TO DETERMINE THEIR IMPACT ON STUDENTS? CAPABILITIES, AMBITIONS, AND EVENTUAL GRADUATE SCHOOL/WORKFORCE PLACEMENTS. FOURTH, IS TO HOST A SYMPOSIUM AND DEVELOP A MANUAL THAT OFFERS MODEL CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND EVIDENCE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PEER INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO INTEGRATE DATA SCIENCE INTO EXISTING AND NEW SOCIAL WORK OR OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS. THE PROJECT RESEARCH FOCUSES ON UNDERSTANDING THE VARIED IMPACTS OF THE COURSE MODULES ON DIFFERENT STUDENTS. SPECIFICALLY, A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH COLLECTING BOTH QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA WILL INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF DATA SCIENCE MODULES ON STUDENTS? PERCEPTION OF DATA SCIENCE; WHAT IS REQUIRED OF FACULTY TO INTEGRATE DATA SCIENCE INTO SOCIAL WORK COURSES; AND HOW THE NEW AND ENHANCED MODULES PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DATA SCIENCE COMPETENCIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE COURSES IN SOCIAL WORK. THE RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ARE TO MEASURE STUDENTS' COMPETENCY WITH PROGRAMMING, COMPUTATION, AND DATA ANALYSIS; MEASURE DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS OF COURSE MODULES ON STUDENTS; AND DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE MEANS TO INFUSE EXISTING CLASSES WITH DATA SCIENCE CONTENT. THE PROJECT WILL INFORM THE BROADER COMMUNITY ON HOW DATA SCIENCE CAN BE INCORPORATED IN A VARIETY OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES SEEKING TO ADDRESS SOCIALLY RELEVANT CHALLENGES. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH ITS 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.

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF DATA SCIENCE COURSES, MODULES, AND CAPSTONE EXPERIENCES TO ENHANCE CAREER AND GRADUATE SCHOOL READINESS -THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP) THROUGH TARGETED INFUSION PROJECTS SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND STUDY OF EVIDENCE-BASED, INNOVATIVE MODELS AND APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING THE PREPARATION AND SUCCESS OF HBCU UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY MAY PURSUE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR MATHEMATICS (STEM) GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND/OR CAREERS. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO PROVIDE STEM STUDENTS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MODERN PRINCIPLES AND TECHNIQUES OF DATA-DRIVEN DISCOVERY BY INFUSING DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH INTO THE UNIVERSITY STEM CURRICULUM. THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO (1) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THREE NEW UNDERGRADUATE DATA SCIENCE COURSES TO EDUCATE AT LEAST 60 STUDENTS PER YEAR WITH INTERDISCIPLINARY DATA SCIENCE SKILLS; (2) DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT 10 DATA SCIENCE MODULES IN CURRENT STEM COURSES TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO DATA SCIENCE IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR DISCIPLINE; AND (3) INCREASE DATA SCIENCE INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING IMPLEMENTATION OF A DATA SCIENCE LABORATORY TO SUPPORT DATA SCIENCE COURSES AND MODULES, AND HOST TWO FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS PER YEAR. THIS ENDEAVOR WILL LEVERAGE THE EFFORTS OF THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER DATA SCIENCE INITIATIVE TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND INFUSE DATA SCIENCE INTO CLASSROOMS AND RESEARCH PROGRAMS. THE INFUSION OF DATA SCIENCE INTO THE UNDERGRADUATE STEM CURRICULUM WILL BETTER PREPARE UNDERGRADUATES, PRIMARILY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS, FOR GRADUATE STUDY AND THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND 4-YEAR INSTITUTIONS THAT SEEK TO EDUCATE AND MAINTAIN A DIVERSE DATA-DRIVEN STEM WORKFORCE. 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.

THE ROLE OF SNAIL SIGNALING IN PROSTATE CANCER METASTASIS

ACQUISITION OF AN X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER WITH WAXS AND SAXS FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH

ACQUIRE AN BRUKER DIMENSION FASTSCANTM ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM) FOR MATERIALS, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WORK IS TO PROVIDE LARGE SCALE ACCURATE RADIATIVE AND COLLISIONAL ATOMIC DATA FORTHOUSANDS OF LINES I

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD - BEYOND TRADITIONAL DYNAMIC LINKAGES: REINFORCING CHEMICAL STABILITY AND COMPLEXITY IN NEXT-GENERATION COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS

TAS::57 3600::TAS SEARCH FOR AND STUDY OF NOVEL SUPERCONDUCTOR WITH HIGHER TC AND JC

RESEARCH ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM PROJECT: STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE PERSISTENCE IN BIOLOGY -THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM (HBCU-UP) THROUGH RESEARCH ON BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN STEM PROJECTS SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND STUDY OF NEW THEORY-DRIVEN MODELS AND INNOVATIONS RELATED TO THE PARTICIPATION AND SUCCESS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE AWARD WILL FURTHER THE FACULTY MEMBER'S RESEARCH CAPABILITY, AS WELL AS IMPROVE THE RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND SUCCESS OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE. THIS PROJECT AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY SEEKS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE CONCURRENT INTEGRATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY CURRICULA, PEER MENTORING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION IN THE FIRST YEAR SEMINAR COURSE, AS WELL AS THE GATEWAY STEM COURSES FOR ALL FIRST-YEAR BIOLOGY MAJORS. THE PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE RETENTION, GRADUATION RATES, AND GATEKEEPER COURSE PASS RATES FOR FRESHMAN BIOLOGY MAJORS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. EMPLOYING A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL DESIGN, STUDENTS WILL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO TREATMENT AND CONTROL GROUPS TO RIGOROUSLY EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THESE INTERVENTIONS. DATA COLLECTION WILL ENCOMPASS PRE- AND POST-INTERVENTION SURVEYS, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE METRICS, AND QUALITATIVE FEEDBACK THROUGH FOCUS GROUPS AND INTERVIEWS. THE PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE REGRESSION ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY HIGH-RISK STUDENTS AND APPLY LONGITUDINAL TRACKING TO MONITOR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES. THE ANTICIPATED CONTRIBUTION INCLUDES GENERATING NEW KNOWLEDGE ON EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS IN STEM, PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES FOR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND INFORMING POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE STEM EDUCATION EQUITY AND SUCCESS. 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.

CATALYST PROJECT: QUANTUM-MECHANICAL INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN ORGANIC EMITTERS FOR EFFICIENT THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE (TADF)

SUPPORT FOR SUMMER MINORITY RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS AT THE CENTER FOR BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT NRL

MINORITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT

REU SITE: THE APPLICATION OF DATA SCIENCE TO CHEMISTRY -THIS RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU) AWARD TO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, LOCATED IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SUPPORTS THE TRAINING OF A TOTAL OF 9 STUDENTS FOR 9 WEEKS DURING THE SUMMERS OF 2022-2024. THIS REU SITE, SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY AND THE DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HBCU-UP PROGRAM, PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH A CHALLENGING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING DATA SCIENCE METHODS TO PROBLEMS IN MATERIALS CHEMISTRY. IN ADDITION TO RESEARCH, THE REU PROGRAM INCLUDES A TWO-WEEK DATA SCIENCE BOOTCAMP, SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, AN END OF PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM, AND MULTIPLE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. STUDENT RECRUITMENT FOCUSES ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, STUDENTS FROM MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTIONS, AND STUDENTS FROM INSTITUTIONS WITH LIMITED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES. TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF MATERIAL SCIENTISTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND DATA SCIENCE IS A KEY TO ACCELERATING MATERIALS MATERIALS INNOVATION . THE REU PROGRAM: (1) PROVIDES UNDERGRADUATES WITH AN EARLY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN APPLYING DATA SCIENCE TO PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY WITH THE FOCUS ON PUBLISHING THE RESULTS, (2) PREPARES UNDERGRADUATES FOR GRADUATE STUDIES IN STEM AND THE STEM PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE, AND (3) CONTRIBUTES TO THE DIVERSIFICATION OF THE STEM WORKFORCE. THE PROJECT WILL ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES THROUGH THE FOLLOWING KEY ELEMENTS. THE TWO-WEEK DATA SCIENCE BOOTCAMP UPSKILLS STUDENTS IN DATA SCIENCE AND ITS ROLE IN CHEMISTRY. THE RESEARCH PROJECTS INVESTIGATE APPLICATIONS OF DATA SCIENCE TECHNIQUES TO ACCELERATE MATERIALS INNOVATION AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS. RESEARCH TOPICS INCLUDE APPLYING DATA SCIENCE METHODS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRYSTALLINE POROUS MATERIALS, PEROVSKITES FOR 2-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED OXIDE MATERIALS, GRAPHENE AND GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS FOR NANOSCALE FUNCTIONAL INTERFACES, AND NON-SUSTAINABLE PETROLEUM-BASED COMPOSITES. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS ON TOPICS NECESSARY FOR FUTURE SUCCESS IN STEM. SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY RESEARCHERS WHO ARE ACTIVE IN THE APPLICATION OF DATA SCIENCE TO PROBLEMS IN CHEMISTRY. THE END-OF-PROGRAM SYMPOSIUM PROVIDES PARTICIPANTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR WORK TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY. THE PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL POSITION STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE VALUABLE PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WHILE MAKING SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHEMISTRY THROUGH DATA SCIENCE. 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.

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF EXCIPLEXES IN THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE -IN THIS PROJECT, JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF INTEGRATIVE ACTIVITIES (OIA), THE CHEMICAL STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND MECHANISMS-A (CSDM-A) PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, AND THE ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC MATERIALS (EPM) PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH, SEYHAN SALMAN AND HER RESEARCH GROUP AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ARE USING THEORETICAL MODELS AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS TO INVESTIGATE THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) MATERIALS THAT EXHIBIT THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE (TADF). THE PROJECT SEEKS TO SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF EXCITED-STATE COMPLEXES (EXCIPLEXES) THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TADF BASED ON THEIR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS TRANSITION PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXCITED COMPLEXES. BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF SUCH SPECIES WILL HELP GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT NEW MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS IN OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES, INCLUDING OLEDS, SOLAR CELLS, FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS, (BIO)CHEMICAL SENSORS AND STORAGE DEVICES. THE PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES STUDENTS FROM GROUPS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN SCIENCE WITH A CHALLENGING RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS CHEMISTRY THAT WILL HELP PREPARE THEM FOR THE STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS) WORKFORCE. THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ELUCIDATE THE EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS OF THERMALLY ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE (TADF) IN EXCIPLEX-BASED OLED MATERIALS. SUCH SYSTEMS REPRESENT ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING CLASSES OF MATERIALS FOR REALIZING HIGHLY EFFICIENT OLEDS USING ORGANIC MOLECULES AND COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN FABRICATION COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY. THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF EXCIPLEXES ARE INFLUENCED BY THE INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS IN THE EXCIPLEX STATE, WHICH ARE MARKEDLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT IN THE GROUND STATE AND ARE RELATIVELY WEAK, LEADING TO VARIOUS STRUCTURAL CONFORMATIONS. FURTHER STUDIES OF EXCIPLEXES, INCLUDING THEIR ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES, PROPERTIES, AND DYNAMICS OF CHARGE AND ENERGY TRANSFER PROCESSES, ARE NEEDED FOR THEIR APPLICATION IN OLEDS. THIS PROJECT USES STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES WITH THE GOAL OF QUANTIFYING MICROSCOPIC PARAMETERS AND ESTABLISHING STRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN THESE MATERIALS. THE RESEARCH TEAM USES AN INTEGRATED APPROACH COMBINING ALL-ATOM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS (AA-MD) SIMULATIONS WITH DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT) CALCULATIONS TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF THE SOLID MATRIX ENVIRONMENT ON THE EMISSIVE PROPERTIES OF EXCIPLEXES. THEY ARE ALSO EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF ENERGETIC DISORDER (STATIC AND DYNAMIC COMPONENTS) ON THE EFFICIENCY OF RADIATIVE DECAY PROCESSES. THE IMPACTS OF HOST-GUEST INTERACTIONS AND THE DYNAMICS OF CHARGE- AND ENERGY-TRANSFER PROCESSES ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE MODELING SCHEME IN ORDER TO ACCOUNT FOR INTERSYSTEM CROSSING AND OTHER RADIATIVE AND NON-RADIATIVE TRANSITIONS. 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.

SNAIL-MEDIATED SIGNALING IN HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: TOWARD BIONANOSCIENCE - BINDING OF AMINO ACIDS WITH GRAPHENE AND N-DOPED GRAPHENE

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: TURAN-TYPE PROBLEMS ON PARTIALLY ORDERED SETS -HBCU-UP?S RESEARCH INITIATION AWARDS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STEM FACULTY TO PURSUE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THEIR RESEARCH CAPABILITIES AND EFFECTIVENESS AND HELP ENHANCE RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT HBCUS. THIS AWARD TO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) WILL ESTABLISH A RESEARCH PROGRAM IN COMBINATORICS AIMED AT ADVANCING THE STUDY OF PARTIALLY ORDERED SETS AND STRUCTURES THAT DO NOT CONTAIN THEM. THIS PROJECT WILL FURTHER ENRICH TEACHING AND LEARNING AT CAU BY ENGAGING UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THROUGH RESEARCH TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE THEIR SKILL SETS WHILE PREPARING THEM FOR ADVANCED DEGREES OR TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE IN STEM FIELDS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON TUR?N-TYPE PROBLEMS AND EXPAND THE KNOWLEDGE OF TUR?N-TYPE THEORY ON PARTIALLY ORDERED SETS (POSETS). POSETS ARE SETS WHICH ARE REFLEXIVE, ANTISYMMETRIC, AND TRANSITIVE. TUR?N-TYPE POSET PROBLEMS INVESTIGATE THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF A FAMILY IN THE ??-DIMENSIONAL BOOLEAN LATTICE POSET THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN SOME SUBPOSET, WHICH IS CALLED THE FORBIDDEN SUBPOSET PROBLEM. SPECIFICALLY, THIS PROJECT AIMS TO RESOLVE THE FORBIDDEN SUBPOSET PROBLEM ON POSETS LIKE THE CROWN POSET, AND ADVANCE THE FORBIDDEN SUBPOSET PROBLEM AND THE POSET SATURATION PROBLEM FOR INDUCED SUBPOSETS. THIS PROJECT WILL UTILIZE PROGRAMMING CODE IN PYTHON TO ANALYZE THE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF FAMILIES IN THE BOOLEAN LATTICE THAT DO NOT CONTAIN VARIOUS POSETS. THE ANALYSES WILL THEN BE USED TO IMPROVE CURRENTLY KNOWN TECHNIQUES LIKE COUNTING AND DISCHARGING ARGUMENTS TO SOLVE THE FORBIDDEN SUBPOSET AND POSET SATURATION PROBLEMS FOR VARIOUS (INDUCED) SUBPOSETS. THE FINDINGS OF THIS PROJECT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY OF TUR?N-TYPE THEORY FOR POSETS AND INDUCED POSETS. IN COLLABORATION WITH CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL INTEGRATE THE LEARNING OF COMBINATORICS FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON, AND RESEARCH IN COMBINATORICS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY. 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.

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: TOWARD UNDERSTANDING PERSISTENT HOMOLOGY IN TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS -HBCU-UP?S RESEARCH INITIATION AWARDS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR STEM FACULTY TO PURSUE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THEIR RESEARCH CAPABILITIES AND EFFECTIVENESS AND HELP ENHANCE RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT HBCUS. THIS AWARD TO CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADVANCE TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS THAT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES, TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING AND DATA SCIENCE, AND PRODUCE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION MODULES FOR COURSES. THIS PROJECT IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT THE RESULTS MAY HAVE BROAD APPLICATIONS TO A NUMBER OF FIELDS AND THE WORK IS NECESSARY TO ADVANCE THE POTENTIAL OF TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS, WHICH FOCUSES ON HOW SPACES ARE ORGANIZED, STRUCTURED, AND CONNECTED. THE PROJECT WILL TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE HBCU STUDENTS IN DATA SCIENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY. THE PROJECT AIMS TO PRODUCE RESULTS THAT WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL MATHEMATICAL TOOLS TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF PERSISTENT HOMOLOGY BY BOLSTERING ITS CONNECTION TO STATISTICS AND MACHINE LEARNING. ONCE THESE TOOLS EXIST, THEY MAY BE APPLIED TO A DIVERSE SET OF APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING ECONOMICS, BIOLOGY, MEDICINE, POLITICS, CHEMISTRY, AND IMAGE ANALYSIS; THEREBY INCREASING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH MATHEMATICS. THE RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES PROPOSED IN THIS PROJECT AIM TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FROM MINORITIZED GROUPS TO ENGAGE IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND BECOME COMPETITIVE, WELL-SUITED CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND ULTIMATELY, THE WORKFORCE. THIS PROJECT WILL POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO AND ENCOURAGE THE RETENTION OF STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN 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.

BUILDING CAU CAPACITY TO PREPARE STEM TEACHERS FOR HIGH NEED K-12 SCHOOL DISTRICTS

LARGE SCALE DATA ANALYSIS AND KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION IN COMMUNICATION DATA

SUPPORT FOR SUMMER MINORITY RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS AT THE CENTER FOR BIO/MOLECULAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OF THE NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: TOWARD UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS FOR BRAIN ACTIVITY PATTERNS BY MODELING NETWORKS OF MULTI TIME- AND AMPLITUDE-SCALE DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.

NEW START REP GRANT: ACQUISITION OF AN INSTRON 68FM-100 FLOOR MODEL UNIVERSAL TESTER FOR POLYMER AND MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

ELECTRON COLLISION RATES OF ATOMS AND IONS FOR APPLICATION TO ATMOSPHERES OF PLANETS AND THEIR SATELLITESTHE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED RESEA

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH: A NETWORK-CENTRIC FRAMEWORK FOR CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE

DATA DRIVEN, ENGAGEMENT BASED, ADAPTIVE LEARNING, GROWTH MINDSET PEDAGOGY INFORMED COURSE REDESIGN WITH EARLY RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR STEM STUDENT SUCCESS

ENGINEERING ACCESSIBLE ADSORPTION SITES IN METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS FOR CO2 CAPTURE

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY COLLINS SCHOLARS PROJECT (SPECIAL EDUCATION PERSONNEL PREPARATION THROUGH COLLABORATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LITERACY LEADERS TO IMPLEMENT NEEDED SERVICES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION

CATALYST PROJECT: THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE INSCRIBED POLYGONAL PERIODIC FUNCTIONS

GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM

CAU STEM ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVE

COLLISIONS OF ELECTRONS AND PHOTONS WITH IONS OF ASTROPHYSICAL INTEREST, NRA NNG05ZDA001N

OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH HBCU/MI FACULTY START-UP PROGRAM IN MATERIALS PHYSICS

GPU CLUSTER FOR SIMULATIONS AND MACHINE-LEARNING

EXAMINING THE MECHANISMS OF RESPONSE TO ANTI-ANDROGEN THERAPIES IN AGGRESSIVE GENITOURINARY CANCERS - PROJECT SUMMARY PATIENTS WITH AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER INITIALLY EXHIBIT STRONG RESPONSES TO ANDROGEN DEPRIVATION THERAPY (ADT) TO BLOCK ANDROGEN-MEDIATED CELL PROLIFERATION. HOWEVER, DESPITE THIS STRONG RESPONSE TO ADT, THESE PATIENTS WILL ULTIMATELY DEVELOP RESISTANCE AND PROGRESS INTO CASTRATION-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER (CRPC). THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING THIS RESPONSE OR RESISTANCE TO ADT IN EARLY-STAGE CANCERS REMAIN LARGELY UNKNOWN. THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS PROPOSAL DERIVES FROM OUR WORK EXAMINING PRIMARY PROSTATE CANCER SPECIMENS FROM A PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL EXAMINING INTENSE NEOADJUVANT ADT (INADT) IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALLY ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE INELIGIBLE FOR SURGERY. BY EXAMINING THE GENOMIC AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC FEATURES OF THESE TUMORS AT AN EARLY STAGE, WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY NEW DRIVERS OF EARLY-STAGE PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSION. WE IDENTIFIED RESIDUAL CANCER BURDEN (RCB) AFTER TREATMENT, WHICH SERVES AS A SURROGATE FOR OVERALL PROGRESSION-FREE SURVIVAL, AND THEN STRATIFIED PATIENTS INTO THOSE WHO EXHIBITED EITHER EXCEPTIONAL RESPONSE (ER) OR INCOMPLETE/NON-RESPONSE (INR). THIS ALLOWS US TO EXAMINE THE GENOMIC AND TRANSCRIPTOMIC DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CLASSES, WHICH LED TO OUR CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS THAT A SUBSET OF GENETIC ALTERATIONS DRIVING TUMORIGENESIS PREDISPOSE TUMOR SENSITIVITY OR RESISTANCE TO ADT. OUR PRELIMINARY DATA HIGHLIGHT THE EGFR FAMILY, AND SPECIFICALLY HER2, IS OVEREXPRESSED IN POORLY RESPONDING TUMORS WITH LOW ANDROGEN RECEPTOR (AR) SIGNALING, WHILE THE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PHOSPHATASE, INPP4B, AS SIGNIFICANTLY OVEREXPRESSED IN ER SAMPLES COMPARED TO INR TO IDENTIFY MECHANISMS PREDISPOSING PROSTATE TUMORS TO INTRINSIC RESPONSE OR RESISTANCE TO INADT, WE WILL DETERMINE 1) THE MECHANISM UNDERLYING HER2-MEDIATED PROLIFERATION IN AN AR-LOW ENVIRONMENT; AND 2) HOW INPP4B PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY DRIVES RESPONSE TO ADT. IN AIM 1, WE WILL EXAMINE HER2-MEDIATED SIGNALING TO DRIVE PROSTATE CANCER PROLIFERATION IN AN AR-LOW ENVIRONMENT. IN AIM 2, WE WILL DETERMINE HOW INPP4B MEDIATES PROSTATE CANCER CELL SENSITIVITY OT ADT, BOTH IN PTEN-INTACT AND PTEN-NULL TUMORS. THIS WORK WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISMS UNDERLYING EARLY STAGE PROSTATE CANCER CELL RESPONSE TO ADT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS INTO POTENTIAL MECHANISMS TO PHENOCOPY THESE RESULTS TO IMPROVE OVERALL SURVIVAL OF AGGRESSIVE PROSTATE CANCER.

NEW START GRANT - ACQUISITION OF A CHEMI-/PHYSI-SORPTION/MICROPORE ANALYTIC SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AT CAU

START-UP FUNDS FOR A MATERIAL SCIENCE FACULTY AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

REU SITE: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GENOMICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

THE CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM (CAUAM) WILL EXPAND CAPACITY TO SERVE ITS COMMUNITY BY ESTABLISHING A MUSEUM EDUCATOR POSITION TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION, FOSTER PARTNERSHIPS WITH CAU FACULTY, AND ENHANCE PROGRAMS FOR THE PUBLIC AT THE MUSEUM. PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE ESTABLISHING THE POSITION OF MUSEUM EDUCATOR, ESTABLISHING CONNECTIONS WITH AT LEAST FIVE FACULTY MEMBERS IN AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, DEVELOPING AND PRESENTING CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMS FOR THOSE FACULTY AND THE STUDENTS, AND EVALUATING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS. THE MUSEUM EDUCATOR WILL BRING THE MUSEUM’S RESOURCES TO LIGHT AND ENHANCE STUDENT EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CENTER, A CONSORTIUM OF CAU, SPELMAN, AND MOREHOUSE, IMPACTING APPROXIMATELY 8,500 STUDENTS.

MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH IN CRYPTANALYSIS AD HOC NETWORKS AND BIOSTATICS

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY GLS CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE

ELECTRON COLLISION RATES OF ATOMS & IONS FOR APPLI CATION TO ATMOSPHERES OF PLANETS & THEIR SATELLIT

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM WILL ESTABLISH GREATER INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL CONTROL OF THE 1,200 ITEMS IN ITS COLLECTION. FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF A COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT FOR PRESERVATION (CAP) REPORT, THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE HIRING OF A FULL-TIME REGISTRAR/COLLECTIONS MANAGER. THE NEW POSITION WILL WORK WITH THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES MANAGER TO DEVELOP A SYSTEM TO PRIORITIZE THE DIGITIZATION OF ITEMS FOR THE HBCU HISTORY AND CULTURE ACCESS CONSORTIUM (HCAC). THE REGISTRAR/COLLECTIONS MANAGER WILL ALSO EVALUATE THE COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM RECORDS, ASSESS STORAGE SPACE MANAGEMENT, AND CONDUCT AN INVENTORY OF THE COLLECTION. THEY WILL THEN UPDATE CATALOG RECORDS, CREATE NEW COLLECTIONS POLICIES, IMPLEMENT NEW STORAGE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES AND A LOAN SYSTEM, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PRIORITY CONSERVATION ACTION. THIS PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL CARE OF COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND SCHOLARS.

DISCOVERY WORKSHOP ON ENHANCING DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION BY LEVERAGING DATA SETS FROM THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY GLS CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE

BUILDING CAPACITY TO MODERNIZE A MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING PROGRAM BY INFUSING DATA SCIENCE AND ANALYTICS

FULBRIGHT-HAYS GROUP PROJECTS ABROAD

SNAIL-CATHEPSIN L SIGNALING IN HUMAN BREAST CANCER

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSF INCLUDES: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO RETAIN UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS IN STEM DISCIPLINES

COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS EXPANDING GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION PATHWAYS

CONFERENCE: WORKSHOP FOR K-12 TEACHERS ON EXPANDING THE STEM PIPELINE THROUGH MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN K-12 CLASSROOMS -NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (MSE) PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN THE NATION'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING. THROUGH THE DISCOVERY OF NEW MATERIALS OR BY ALTERING PROPERTIES TO IMPROVE EXISTING MATERIALS, MATERIALS SCIENCE CONTINUES TO MAKE THE DESIGN OF NEW DEVICES, PRODUCTS, AND COMPONENTS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, MATERIALS SCIENCE CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE LEAST PREVALENT AREAS OF ENGINEERING SPECIALTIES CHOSEN BY STUDENTS. FURTHER MINORITY POPULATIONS ARE SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN THIS FIELD. IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES THAT CAN INCREASE HIGH SCHOOL AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT INTEREST IN MATERIALS SCIENCE WILL HELP BROADEN PARTICIPATION AND IMPROVE THE PIPELINE AT BOTH LEVELS. TO THIS END, PROJECT PARTNERS, CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) AND ASM MATERIALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (ASM MEF) IS TO EXECUTE A FIVE-DAY SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS THAT WILL EXPOSE THEM TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THE WORKSHOP BROADEN PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED GROUP IN MSE AND CREATING A PIPELINE OF STUDENTS INTO GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE MSE PROGRAMS. THE WORKSHOP ON THE CAMPUS OF CAU, TARGETS TEACHERS FROM SCHOOLS WITH PREDOMINANTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT POPULATION BUT ALLOWS ALL TEACHERS TO ATTEND. BY EXPOSING THESE TEACHERS TO MSE THROUGH INTERACTIVE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES, THE PARTNERS AIM TO IGNITE THEIR INTEREST IN THE FIELD, ENABLING THEM TO PASS THIS ENTHUSIASM AND KNOWLEDGE ON TO THEIR STUDENTS. THE WORKSHOP IS A DEMONSTRATION DESIGNED TO TEST THE IMPLEMENTATION OF AND RECEPTION TO THIS EVENT, WITH THE IDEA THAT IT WILL BE REPLICATED IN HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS PART OF A LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH PROJECT TO STUDY ITS EFFECTIVENESS IN ATTRACTING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO MSE. TECHNICAL SUMMARY TOWARDS BROADENING THE PARTICIPATION OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN MSE, CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ASM MATERIALS EDUCATION FOUNDATION (ASM MEF) IS EXECUTING A FIVE-DAY SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS THAT WILL EXPOSE THEM TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE THE PARTICIPATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MSE BY EQUIPPING THEIR TEACHERS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO INSPIRE AND ENGAGE THEM IN THIS FIELD. DURING THE WORKSHOP, TEACHERS LEARN THE BASICS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND WORK HANDS-ON WITH COMMON MATERIALS INCLUDING METALS, CERAMICS/GLASS, POLYMERS, AND COMPOSITES. THEY ARE EXPOSED NOT ONLY TO THE PROPERTIES OF EACH, BUT HOW THOSE PROPERTIES CAN BE CHANGED THROUGH PROCESSING. TEACHERS ARE ALSO BE EXPOSED TO A MYRIAD OF CAREER OPTIONS FOR THEIR STUDENTS. THIS RESULTS IN TEACHERS HAVING THE TOOLS AND MOTIVATION NEEDED TO USE MATERIALS SCIENCE AS A STRATEGY TO ENGAGE AND ENERGIZE STUDENTS ABOUT MSE IN PARTICULAR, AND STEM IN GENERAL. ULTIMATELY, STUDENTS PURSUING CAREERS IN MSE WILL LEAD TO STRENGTHENING THE NATION'S WORKFORCE IN THIS FIELD. 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.

THE CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM WILL SUPPORT ITS GOAL TO BE A CENTER FOR THE PRESENTATION AND CRITICAL STUDY OF AFRICAN DIASPORA ART BY FURTHERING ITS BLACK OPTICS ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM. BUILDING ON AN EXCHANGE WITH THE MUS?E SCHOELCHER, A CULTURAL INSTITUTION LOCATED IN POINTE-?-PITRE, GUADELOUPE, THE MUSEUM WILL INVITE GUADELOUPEAN INSTALLATION ARTIST MINHIA BIABIANY TO DEVELOP AN EXHIBITION AND PROGRAMMING THAT INVOLVES SHARING HER WORK AND EXPERTISE WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND WITH BROADER ATLANTA COMMUNITIES. THE ARTIST?S PROJECT WILL GENERATE NEW PERSPECTIVES ABOUT THE MUSEUM?S PERMANENT COLLECTION, EXHIBITION, AND/OR CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM PRACTICES. THE EXHIBITION WILL THEN TRAVEL TO GUADELOUPE TO BE PRESENTED IN THE MUS?E SCHOELCHER. THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO EXPLORE TRANSNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES THROUGH CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN U.S. ARTISTS OF AFRICAN DESCENT AND ARTISTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN.

PTFP-CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY

PROVIDE BROAD OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS INCLUDING UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE TO PARTICIPATE IN AERONAUTICS RESEARCH. ASSIST IN ACHIEVING AVIATION OUTCOMES DEFINED IN THE ARMD STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THROUGH NASA COMPLEMEN

THE REGULATORY ROLE OF PTEN ON CXCR4-MEDIATED METASTASIS IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS

ENHANCING DIVERSITY IN GRADUATE EDUCATION: RESEARCH RESULTS FROM MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS OF EMPOWERING WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS -THIS AWARD SUPPORTS PARTICIPATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS, POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS, AND EARLY-CAREER FACULTY IN THE SESSION TITLED ?THE EDGE (ENHANCING DIVERSITY IN GRADUATE EDUCATION) PROGRAM: PURE AND APPLIED TALKS BY WOMEN MATH WARRIORS? AT THE 2022 AND 2023 JOINT MATHEMATICS MEETINGS (JMM). THE 2022 JMM SESSION WILL BE HELD IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON AND THE 2023 JMM SESSION WILL BE HELD IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE EDGE PROGRAM WAS FOUNDED IN 1998 TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND COMPLETION RATES FOR WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND INCREASE DIVERSITY IN THE MATHEMATICS COMMUNITY. THE 2022 AND 2023 SESSIONS WILL SHOWCASE THE RESEARCH OF WOMEN WHO ARE AFFILIATED WITH THE EDGE PROGRAM. THE SESSION PROVIDES A PLATFORM FOR WOMEN IN ALL AREAS OF MATHEMATICS TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH FINDINGS AND GENERATE IDEAS FOR NEW RESEARCH TECHNIQUES AND DIRECTIONS. OPPORTUNITIES TO STRENGTHEN PARTICIPANTS? NETWORK OF WOMEN MATHEMATICIANS AND ESTABLISH NEW MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER WOMEN AFFILIATED WITH THE EDGE PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED. THE SESSION BENEFITS THE LARGER MATHEMATICS COMMUNITY BY INCREASING THE VISIBILITY OF WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS BY HIGHLIGHTING THEIR RESEARCH WORK, THEREBY CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS. FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE EDGE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND AT THE LINK BELOW. WWW.EDGEFORWOMEN.ORG 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.

ENHANCING THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES IN ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES [MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND MODERN LANGUAGES WILL ATTEND THE INSTITUTE FOR LIBERAL ARTS DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP SUMMER INSTITUTE IN SERVICE TO DEVELOPING COURSEWORK THAT WILL ENHANCE THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFERINGS TO ITS STUDENTS IN THE MAJOR AND TO THE WIDER STUDENT POPULATION.]

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE A MORE ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY METHOD OF RENDERING BIOETHANOL FROM CELLULOSIC WASTE. THE STUDENT TEAM WILL A

ADVANCE CATALYST: AN INSTITUTIONAL SELF-STUDY OF STEM FACULTY EQUITY AT CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY -CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY (CAU) WILL UNDERTAKE AN INSTITUTIONAL SELF-ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL GENDER-BASED EQUITY ISSUES FOR THEIR STEM FACULTY. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A FIVE-YEAR STEM FACULTY EQUITY PLAN THAT WILL GUIDE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES IDENTIFIED DURING THE GRANT. CAU IS A HBCU AND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH-AFFILIATED INSTITUTION THAT HAS STRONG ROOTS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN SOUTHERN CULTURE. TRADITIONALLY HELD BELIEFS ABOUT GENDER ROLES ARE THEORIZED BY THE PROPOSERS TO CURTAIL THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN THROUGH ACADEMIC RANKS AND INTO SENIOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT CAU. PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENTS INDICATE THAT INEQUALITY APPEARS IN SEVERAL AREAS AMONG CAU STEM FACULTY, INCLUDING ATTAINMENT OF TENURE AND POSITIONS IN SENIOR LEADERSHIP. TO GUIDE THE INSTITUTIONAL SELF-ASSESSMENT, CAU WILL FOLLOW AN INTERSECTIONAL FRAMEWORK THAT AIMS TO IDENTIFY HOW AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND ACADEMIC CULTURES INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND WITH GENDER AND OTHER SOCIAL CATEGORIES. THE INSTITUTIONAL SELF-ASSESSMENT AND FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN WILL SET A FOUNDATION TO IMPROVE EQUITY ON CAMPUS, FROM ENTRY-LEVEL FACULTY POSITIONS TO THE PRESIDENT?S OFFICE. THIS WILL BENEFIT STEM DISCIPLINES AS WELL AS NON-STEM DISCIPLINES DUE TO THE INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF UNIVERSITY POLICY. RESULTS OF THE CATALYST PROJECT WILL BE REGULARLY COMMUNICATED WITH THE CAU COMMUNITY AND MORE BROADLY THROUGH THE ATLANTA UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM. THE CATALYST PROJECT AT CAU WILL EXAMINE STEM FACULTY EQUITY THROUGH THE LENS OF INTERSECTIONALITY WITHIN A UNIQUE INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE THAT IS INFLUENCED BY MANY STRONG FACTORS. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO ADD TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STEM FACULTY EQUITY AND INTERSECTIONALITY. THE NSF ADVANCE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO FOSTER GENDER EQUITY THROUGH A FOCUS ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND ELIMINATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS THAT IMPEDE THE FULL PARTICIPATION AND ADVANCEMENT OF DIVERSE FACULTY IN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS. ORGANIZATIONAL BARRIERS THAT INHIBIT EQUITY MAY EXIST IN POLICIES, PROCESSES, PRACTICES, AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND CLIMATE. ADVANCE CATALYST AWARDS PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR INSTITUTIONAL EQUITY ASSESSMENTS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE-YEAR FACULTY EQUITY STRATEGIC PLANS AT ACADEMIC, NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. 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.

PROJECT HEALTH-INCREASING AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY AWARENESS: DYNAMICS OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION, BODY IMAGE, AND EARLY SEXUAL MATURATION

IMIPROVED CATALYST FOR HEAVY OIL UPGRADING BASED ON ZEOLITE Y NANOPARTICLES ENCAPSULATED IN STABLE NONPOROUS HOSTS

FA GA FY2011 AS CLARK ATL SHUJAEE

RESEARCH & TRAINING IN RADIOCHEMISTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION & WASTE MANAGEMENT

ENVIR TECH & WASTE MGT CONSORTIUM - ACADEMIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM