Fisk University

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

UNKNOWN TITLE

CARES ACT

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (GRADUATE)

CREST CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL SIGNATURES AND SENSING (BIOSS) PHASE II

CREST: CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL SIGNATURE AND SENSING

THE CENTER FOR PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS (CPCOM) AT FISK UNIVERSITY

FISK UNIVERSITY - THE JUSTICE PROPULSION LAB INITIATIVE FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE, CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION, AND DEMOCRATIC HUMAN FLOURISHING: EX SERMONEM ET JUSTITIAM PAX (FROM DISCOURSE AND JUSTICE, PEACE

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING, AND MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

UNKNOWN TITLE

CARES -ACT INSTITUTIONAL PORTION

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM (FUTURE ACT)

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (GRADUATE)

CARES-ACT

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM

THE FISK-VANDERBILT BIOMEDICAL BRIDGE TO THE DOCTORATE

IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT: ACHIEVING GREATER CONFIDENCE AND COMPETENCE IN QUANTITATIVE AND COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS IN STEM DISCIPLINES AT FISK UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES AT FISK IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH (GO-FAAR)

QUANTIFYING RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS IN SRI2:EU2+ WITH MATERIAL VARIATIONS: MECHANISMS AND SCINTILLATOR OPTIMIZATION (PDP11-03)

ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS AT FISK UNIVERSITY

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES AT FISK IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH (GO-FAAR)

FISK UNIVERSITY SSS LEADERSHIP ENRICHMENT AND ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT (LEAD) PROGRAM WILL SERVE FIRST GENERATION, LOW INCOME, AND DISABLED STUDENTS TO BOLSTER RETENTION, ACADEMIC, AND GRADUATION RATES.

FISK UNIVERSITY MARC U*STAR PROGRAM

LOUIS STOKES REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE IN BROADENING PARTICIPATION

CREATING A WORLD-CLASS ACADEMIC LABORATORY EXPERIENCE FOR STEM AND STEAM 21ST CENTURY SCHOLARS

THE FISK UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND PROJECT WILL SERVE 60 LOW-INCOME, FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS IN SOUTHEAST NASHVILLE, TN, HELPING THEM FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND ENROLL IN AND EARN THEIR COLLEGE DEGREE.

IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT: FISK UNIVERSITY STEM TRANSFORMATION VIA STRATEGIES FOR ACCELERATED MATHEMATICS CONFIDENCE, DEEPER LEARNING, AND COURSE-EMBEDD

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

THE URBAN COMMUNITY PROJECT TO STIMULATE INTERESTS IN STEM CAREERS (U-CPS)

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

HBCU - INSTITUTIONAL AID

ESTABLISH A DR. SAMUEL P. MASSIE CHAIR OF EXCELLENCE PROFESSORSHIP AT FISK UNIVERSITY

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

NEW REP GRANT

DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT FISK UNIVERSITY IN THE AREA OF INFRARED MATERIALS IN SUPPORT OF DOD'S MISSION

NOVEL CATALYST DEVELOPMENTS AND ATOMIC SCALE MECHANISM OF CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH IN CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION PROCESS

FISK UNIVERSITY/UIUC-MAYO KNOWENG BD2K CENTER R25 PARTNERSHIP

THE GOAL OF THIS INSTITUTIONAL PROJECT IS THE CREATION OF THE FISK UNIVERSITY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS THROUGH ROCKETRY, ELECTRONICS, ENGAGEMENT, AND CODING (STEM-TREEC) PROGRAM.

NA-64 "GRANT TO ESTABLISH A DR SAMUEL P. MASSIE CHAIR OF EXCELLENCE AT FISK UNIVERSITY"

DNDO EXPLORATORY RESEARCH PROGRAM

INTERFACIAL POLARIZATION IN MULTILAYERED DIELECTRIC FILMS AND POLYMER NANODIELECTRIS

DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL LI-BASED HALIDE DUAL MODE SCINTILLATORS FOR NEUTRON-GAMMA RADIATION DETECTION AND IMAGING

DEVELOPMENT OF INCLUSIVE STEM CURRICULUM USING DATA SCIENCE INNOVATIONS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS TO PROMOTE DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY DEVELOPING, EVALUATING, AND DISSEMINATING NOVEL CURRICULAR MATERIALS THAT AIM TO INCREASE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING AND PROMOTE DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE COURSES. THE NEW MATERIALS WILL BE OF BROAD IMPORTANCE AS THEY ARE INTENDED TO TEACH THE PROCESS OF SCIENTIFIC REASONING AND DATA VISUALIZATION ACROSS A RANGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH COURSES. CURRICULUM MATERIALS WILL FEATURE THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY WORK OF THE FOUNDATIONAL BLACK SOCIAL SCIENTIST, W.E.B. DU BOIS WHO PIONEERED DATA VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES THAT ARE STILL CONSIDERED STATE OF THE ART ACROSS SCIENCE DISCIPLINES. ADDITIONALLY, CENTERING THE SCHOLARLY WORK OF DU BOIS IS OF IMPORTANCE AS HE INVESTIGATED THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF RACIAL INEQUALITY AND PROMOTED EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK SCHOLARS IN WAYS THAT WERE ACCESSIBLE FOR BROAD AUDIENCES. THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO INCLUDE FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS AND SCIENCE DISCIPLINES TO CONTRIBUTE TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN TESTING ITS IMPACT. THE PROJECT INTENDS TO MEASURE HOW THE CURRICULUM INFLUENCES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT LEARNING, SENSE OF BELONGING IN SCIENCE, AND PERSISTENCE IN SCIENCE. CURRICULAR MATERIALS AND STUDY RESULTS WILL BE WIDELY SHARED IN AN OPEN, ONLINE REPOSITORY, WHICH COULD BENEFIT LARGE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY IN UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE COURSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND ASSESS THE DU BOIS CURRICULUM MODULE THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN A VARIETY OF SCIENCE COURSES DURING THREE, 50-MINUTE CLASS OR LABORATORY SESSIONS, ALONG WITH THREE HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS. UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED IN EXPLORING THE SCHOLARLY WORK OF DU BOIS IN DATA SCIENCE, USING DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED BY DU BOIS WITH DOMAIN-APPROPRIATE DATA FOR THEIR PARTICULAR DISCIPLINARY COURSE, AND COMPLETING METACOGNITIVE WRITTEN REFLECTIONS ON THEIR LEARNING. THE CURRICULUM WILL BE DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH SCIENCE FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT EACH OF THE THREE PARTNER INSTITUTIONS ? A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION, A HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WHERE DU BOIS EARNED A DEGREE, AND A TOP-RANKED, IVY LEAGUE AND PRIMARILY WHITE INSTITUTION ? EACH OF WHICH HAS UNIQUE STUDENT POPULATIONS. DEVELOPED CURRICULUM WILL BE PILOTED IN 40 COURSES REACHING OVER 1,600 STUDENTS ACROSS THE THREE COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS INCLUSIVE CURRICULUM CAN PROMOTE SCIENCE LEARNING AND SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, IN PARTICULAR FOSTERING POSITIVE SCIENCE ASSOCIATIONS AND REDUCING STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH SCIENTISTS FROM MARGINALIZED BACKGROUNDS. INVESTIGATION OF CURRICULUM IMPACT WILL USE A PRE/POST-ASSESSMENT DESIGN AND PUBLISHED ASSESSMENT TOOLS THAT HAVE EVIDENCE OF VALIDITY FOR MEASURING CONSTRUCTS SUCH AS: 1) BELONGING, 2) POSITIVE (STEREOTYPE BOOST) VS STIGMATIZED (STEREOTYPE THREAT) ASSOCIATIONS WITH RACIAL AND ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SCIENTIST IDENTITY, STEREOTYPES, AND RELATABILITY, AND 3) SELF-EFFICACY. FURTHER, THE PROJECT WILL COLLECT ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE IN COURSE OFFERINGS THAT USE THE MODULE INTERVENTION AS WELL AS IN COURSE OFFERINGS THAT DO NOT, ENABLING DIRECT ANALYSES TO TEST FOR SHIFTS IN STUDENT ASSESSMENTS OVER TIME THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERVENTION. THE PROJECT HAS STRONG POTENTIAL TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM HIGHLIGHTING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SCIENTISTS FROM MARGINALIZED GROUPS MIGHT PROMOTE STUDENT SUCCESS AND RETENTION, WHILE ALSO INTEGRATING THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. 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.

EXPLORING THE EXTREMES OF MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS

DEVELOPMENT OF OPTICAL CRYSTALS FOR HIGH POWER AND TUNABLE VISIBLE AND INFRARED LIGHT GENERATION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AGEP TRANSFORMATION ALLIANCE: BRIDGING THE PHD TO POSTDOC TO FACULTY TRANSITIONS FOR WOMEN OF COLOR IN STEM

MULTIFUNCTIONAL ZNO NANOMATERIALS FOR EFFICIENT ENERGY CONVERSION AND SENSING

ERECTED IN 1930 TO SERVE THE READING NEEDS OF FISK STUDENTS AND PROVIDE SPACE FOR 175,000 BOOKS, THE ERASTUS MILO CRAVATH LIBRARY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST BUILDINGS ON THE CAMPUS OF FISK UNIVERSITY AND IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE FISK UNIVERSITY HISTORIC DISTRICT AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORIAN AND SCHOLAR JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN IS LISTED AS STAFF FOR THE 1933 1934 ACADEMIC YEAR WHILE HE WAS A STUDENT THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS REPAIRS TO THE ROOFING SYSTEM, EXTERIOR MASONRY, AND WINDOW REHABILITATION

LOW COST AND HIGH EFFICIENCY 6LILNSE2 SEMICONDUCTOR FOR THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTORS

LOW COST AND HIGH EFFICIENCY6LILNSE2 SEMICONDUCTOR FOR THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTORS

CAREER: SUSCHEM: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DISULFONATED POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE 2,4,6-TRICHLORO-1,3,5-TRIAZINE) HYBRID COPOLYMERS

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH PROJECT: FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE X-ANTIGEN GENE FAMILY

TAS::89 0309::TAS INVESTIGATION OF PURITY CRYSTALLINE PERFECTION & GROWTH YIELD OF STRONTIUM IODIDE CRYSTALS

LASER FEMTOSECOND OPTO-ACOUSTIC SYSTEM FOR ELASTIC AND THERMAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT OF NANOCOMPOSITES

IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE AT FISK UNIVERSITY IN THE AREA OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, THIN FILM DEPOSITION AND CRYSTAL DEFECT CHARACTERIZATION FOR INFRARED APPL

AWARD NEW CA WITH FISK UNIVERSITY, TITLED " INNOVATIVE HALIDES CRYSTALS FOR DIODE-PUMPED EYE-SAFE LASERS".

SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CDZNTE MATERIAL AND DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT

SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CDZNTE MATERIAL AND DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT

SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CDZNTE MATERIAL AND DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT

SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CDZNTE MATERIAL AND DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT

ARI-MA: SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CDZNTE MATERIAL AND DETECTOR DEVELOPMENT

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: CYBERQUEST-CURRICULUM INNOVATION AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT -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 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED AT HBCUS SO THAT THEY MAY PURSUE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, OR MATHEMATICS (STEM) GRADUATE PROGRAMS AND/OR CAREERS. THE GOAL OF THE CYBERQUEST-CURRICULUM INNOVATION AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FOR CYBERSECURITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS TO LEVERAGE A COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS THE LACK OF ACCESS TO CURRENT LEARNING TOOLS AND ESTABLISH A NEW CYBERSECURITY CONCENTRATION, ENRICHED BY IMMERSIVE AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AT FISK UNIVERSITY AND MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THE PROJECT AIMS TO: 1) DEVELOP A NEW CURRICULUM IN CYBERSECURITY, 2) INTEGRATE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, AND 3) FOSTER INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION THROUGH AI-ASSISTED RESEARCH BUDDY. THIS PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION AT FISK UNIVERSITY BY ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS. THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL STRENGTHEN A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FISK UNIVERSITY AND MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE, PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH FOUNDATIONAL SKILL SETS TO SOLVE REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS WITH CYBERSECURITY PRACTICES, AND BUILD TECHNICAL SKILLS TO INCREASE COMPETITIVENESS FOR THE WORKFORCE. THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE NEW PEDAGOGICAL KNOWLEDGE ON HANDS-ON TRAINING AND MODERN LEARNING STRATEGIES THAT RESULT IN STUDENTS? BUILDING PRACTICAL SKILLS, CONFIDENCE, AND ACADEMIC MOMENTUM, WHILE SUPPORTING PATHWAYS TO INTERNSHIPS, GRADUATE STUDY, AND CYBERSECURITY CAREERS. THE PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SERVE AS A SCALABLE MODEL FOR OTHER INSTITUTIONS SEEKING TO EXPAND ACCESS TO ADVANCED STEM EDUCATION THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN CYBERSECURITY. 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.

HBCU - ALLOYING AND DOPING EFFECTS ON RADIATION HARDENING PROPERTIES OF WIDE GAP SEMICONDUCTORS AND SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERGRAD BIOINFORMATICS AND BIOMATHEMATICS TRACK AT FISK UNIVERSITY TO ENHANCE UNDERGRAD STEM EDUCATION

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: STRENGTHENING THE UNDERGRADUATE STEM CURRICULUM AT FISK UNIVERSITY THROUGH THE INFUSION OF COMPUTATIONAL-BIOLOGICAL CONTENT IN PRE-CALCULUS

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: CREATION OF A BIOPHYSICS MINOR PROGRAM FOR STEM SUCCESS -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. THE PROJECT AT FISK UNIVERSITY SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY'S ABILITY TO RECRUIT, RETAIN, AND GRADUATE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM BY ADDING A BIOPHYSICS MINOR TO THE EXISTING DEGREE PROGRAMS. THE PROGRAM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO OFFER A NEW PATHWAY FOR LIFE-SCIENCE STUDENTS TO DISCOVER HOW QUANTITATIVE METHODS CAN BE APPLIED TO LIFE-SCIENCE APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO CREATE A BIOPHYSICS MINOR PROGRAM FOR STEM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS TO GAIN AN OVERVIEW AND APPLIED KNOWLEDGE OF BIOPHYSICS. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PRESENT QUANTITATIVE MODELING AND EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES TO A BROAD CROSS-SECTION OF LIFE-SCIENCE MAJORS EARLY IN THEIR ACADEMIC CAREERS. TWO NEW COURSES WILL BE LAUNCHED, ?BIOPHYSICS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELING? AND ?EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS? COURSE, OF BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE AN EXTENSION OF THE INTRODUCTORY COURSES, YET BROADEN STUDENT KNOWLEDGE IN MORE COMPLEX SYSTEMS INCLUDING, OSMOSIS, LIGAND BINDING AND LEAST-SQUARES FITS, DIFFUSION USING FINITE-DIFFERENCE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS, EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS AND ENTROPY, ENERGY AND THE BOLTZMANN FACTOR, AND THE MEMBRANE VOLTAGE POTENTIAL OF TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ?BIOPHYSICS SEMINAR? COURSE, WHERE INVITED SPEAKERS WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO CURRENT RESEARCH TOPICS IN BIOPHYSICS RESEARCH, AS WELL AS CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. THESE ACTIVITIES, COUPLED WITH FACULTY MENTOR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, ARE ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE STUDENTS? BROAD INTERESTS IN STEM RELATED FIELDS, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY BIOPHYSICS, RESULTING ENHANCEMENTS IN STUDENT SELF-EFFICACY, SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND CAREER READINESS 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 NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

TIP: TRANSFORMING COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION USING 'UPSIDE DOWN' CURRICULUM, COURSE-EMBEDDED PROJECTS, INTEGRATION WITH OTHER STEM DISCIPLINES, AND P

HBCU-UP TIP: INTEGRATING INNOVATIVE POLYMER CHEMISTRY RESEARCH INTO THE INTRODUCTORY GENERAL CHEMISTRY TWO COURSE SEQUENCE- FOSTERING STEM INTEREST A

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: INFUSING QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY METHODS INTO COGNATE AND UPPER DIVISION COURSES: ENHANCEMENT OF THE LIFE SCIENCES CURRICULUM

A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TO FISK UNIVERSITY IN COLLABORATION WITH OAKRIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY.

BUILDING STEM STUDENT SUCCESS AT FISK UNIVERSITY

BROADENING PARTICIPATION RESEARCH PROJECT: INVESTIGATING THE INTEGRATION OF MATHEMATICS INTO BIOLOGY BY RECIPROCAL COURSE CONTENT EXCHANGE

BCSER: INVESTIGATING FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS? SELECTION OF COMPUTATIONAL INTERNSHIPS AND CAREERS

PARTNERING TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY IN THE FUSION WORKFORCE

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: UNCOVERING THE ROLE OF GERMLINE-SPECIFIC MAGE-B2 PROTEIN IN MAINTENANCE OF CELLULAR IDENTITY

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: DESIGNING SYNTHETIC POLYGLYCIDOL-BASED POLYMERIC NETWORKS TO INFLUENCE CELLULAR BEHAVIOR -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, IMPROVE RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT THE HOME INSTITUTION, AND INVOLVES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH PROPOSED AT FISK UNIVERSITY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS AND POLYMERIC MATERIALS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS PROJECT INVOLVES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY GROUPS IN THE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS FIELDS. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF THIS RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM MULTIPLE BACKGROUNDS, THEREBY EXPOSING THEM TO THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY NATURE OF STATE-OF-THE ART POLYMER CHEMISTRY RESEARCH. THE BROADER IMPACT EXTENDS NATIONWIDE AS STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROJECT WILL FURTHER PREPARE THEM FOR MATRICULATION TO TOP-RANKED GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS AND TO CAREERS IN POLYMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING OR RELATED FIELDS, THEREBY DIVERSIFYING THE NATION?S SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS WORKFORCE. THE STRATEGIC ENGINEERING OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES INTO CURRENT HYDROGEL TECHNOLOGIES HAS BEEN MET WITH LIMITED SUCCESS, DUE IN PART TO THE SCARCITY OF FUNCTIONAL BIOCOMPATIBLE POLYMERS AND FACILE SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGIES NEEDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEXT-GENERATION SYNTHETIC BIOMATERIALS. THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NETWORK TOPOLOGY OF POLYGLYCIDOL-BASED HYDROGELS CAN BE EASILY TUNED TO PRESENT MULTIPLE BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CUES SIMULTANEOUSLY, WHICH CAN THEN BE USED TO REGULATE MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS ATTACHMENT, PROLIFERATION, AND DIFFERENTIATION. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL, THIS PROJECT COMBINES A SELECTION OF ESTABLISHED SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS TO PRODUCE A NEW FACILE METHODOLOGY FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF TOPOLOGICALLY AND COMPOSITIONALLY UNIQUE POLYGLYCIDOL-BASED HYDROGELS, UNATTAINABLE WITH CURRENT POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL)-BASED METHODOLOGIES. THE RESEARCH TEAM FIRST INVESTIGATES THE INFLUENCE OF CROSSLINK KINETICS, NETWORK TOPOLOGY, AND COMPOSITION ON THE VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF THE HYDROGEL NETWORK, THEN ACCESS THE BEHAVIOR OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS WHEN INCORPORATED INTO THESE POLYMERIC NETWORKS, AS A FUNCTION OF POLYMER TOPOLOGY AND COMPOSITION, USING MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY APPROACHES. THIS APPROACH ALLOWS THE RESEARCH TEAM TO ESTABLISH STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE POLYMERIC NETWORK AND CELLULAR RESPONSES. THE FACILE MODIFICATION OF POLYETHER-BASED NETWORKS TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE BIOPHYSICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE TOWARDS DESIGNING CELL-SCAFFOLDS THAT CAN BE USED TO GAIN FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF THESE PROPERTIES ON CELLULAR BEHAVIOR, ADVANCING THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED TO INFLUENCE CELLULAR PROCESSES WITH SYNTHETIC MATERIALS. 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.

HBCU-UP RIA: ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL CHEMICAL ENTITIES FROM MARINE MICROORGANISMS

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION OF FLUORESCENT BIOSENSORS FOR DOPAMINE SENSING IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS -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 FISK UNIVERSITY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP TOOLS THAT CAN DETECT DOPAMINE WITH HIGH SPATIOTEMPORAL RESOLUTION, THEREBY ENHANCING THE EXTENT TO WHICH ITS IMPACT ON NEURAL CIRCUITRY CAN BE ANALYZED. UTILIZING CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS (C. ELEGANS) AS A MODEL ORGANISM, GENETICALLY ENCODED PROTEIN SENSORS AND NON-GENETICALLY ENCODED NANOSENSORS WILL BE DEVELOPED, CHARACTERIZED, AND USED TO INVESTIGATE SIGNALING MECHANISMS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTION AND ANIMAL BEHAVIOR. THIS PROJECT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SCIENTIFIC INNOVATION, CREATIVITY, AND PRODUCTIVITY. DOPAMINE (DA) IS AN IMPORTANT NEUROTRANSMITTER INVOLVED IN MANY DIFFERENT CONSERVED SIGNALING FUNCTIONS ACROSS THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, INCLUDING HUMANS. DESPITE ITS WELL-KNOWN IMPORTANCE IN PROCESSES INCLUDING MOTOR CONTROL, REWARD-MOTIVATED BEHAVIORS, AND LEARNING, THERE REMAINS A DEARTH OF TOOLS TO TRACKING DA LEVELS OR THE ACTIVITY OF DA NEURONS IN VIVO. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DEVELOP DA BIOSENSORS IN C. ELEGANS THAT CAN PRECISELY MEASURE THE SPATIOTEMPORAL CONTENT OF DA. GENETICALLY ENCODED AND SYNTHETIC DA BIOSENSORS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO CONTAIN FLUORESCENT COMPONENTS THAT WILL EMIT LIGHT UPON THE RELEASE OF DA. AFTER RELEASE OF DA FROM PRESYNAPTIC VESICLES, DA WILL BIND TO THE RECEPTOR AND RESULT AN INCREASE OF FLORESCENT INTENSITY. THE SYNTHETIC DA NANOSENSORS INCLUDE A) SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE SENSORS (NIRCAT) AND B) CARBON DOT (CD) SENSORS. BINDING OF DA TO NIRCAT WILL INCREASE ITS FLUORESCENT INTENSITY. MOREOVER, CDS WILL BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH MNO2 NANOSHEETS (NSS). CDS ARE NATURALLY PHOTOLUMINESCENCE AND CAN BE QUENCHED BY MNO2 NSS. HOWEVER, DA CAN TRANSFORM MNO2 NSS INTO MN2+ IONS AND RESULT IN THE RECOVERY OF THE PHOTOLUMINESCENT SIGNAL. FLORESCENT MICROSCOPY OF THE TRANSGENIC WORM (DLIGHT) AND IN THE PRESENCE OF SYNTHETIC BIOSENSORS, WILL ENABLE DYNAMIC TRACKING OF DA IN THE LIVE ANIMAL. THESE BIOSENSORS WILL BE DEVELOPED, OPTIMIZED FOR C. ELEGANS AND THEIR TOXICITY AND EFFICIENCY WILL BE INVESTIGATED. UTILIZATION OF DA BIOSENSORS IN COMBINATION WITH OPTOGENETIC MANIPULATION OF NEURONAL ACTIVITY WILL SUPPORT FURTHER INQUIRY ON THE SPATIOTEMPORAL TRANSMISSION OF DA AT THE SINGLE CELL LEVEL. 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.

INTEGRATING INNOVATIVE BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH DATA INTO BIOSTATISTICS ? FOSTERING STEM INTEREST AND RETENTION

TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: INFUSING MACHINE LEARNING IN COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE BIAS ANALYSIS: ENHANCEMENT OF THE COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY CURRICULA

TAS::57 3600:: TAS "MAKING ZERO-ENERGY LOGIC PRACTICAL - THE SEARCH FOR PRACTICAL LOGIC OPERATORS THAT HAVE NO COST IN ENERGY OR SIGNAL BANDWIDTH"

MINORITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT - MINORITY SCIENCE IMPROVEMENT

FISK UNIVERSITY WILL COLLABORATE WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART AND THE ALLIANCE OF HBCU MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES TO TRAIN STUDENTS IN CONSERVATION AND REGISTRATION AND PERFORM AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FISK GALLERIES' HOLDINGS. THE PROJECT GOALS ARE TO INCREASE PUBLIC ACCESS TO FISK UNIVERSITY'S COLLECTION THROUGH A COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT AND TO BUILD CAPACITY THROUGH THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF 25 HBCU STUDENTS (2 FELLOWS, 2 STUDENT ARTISANS, AND 21 TRAINING PARTICIPANTS) IN THE FIELDS OF CONSERVATION AND REGISTRATION. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, FISK HOPES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT MUSEUMS CAN AFFORDABLY PROVIDE TRAINING FOR NEW ENTRANTS TO THE CONSERVATION AND REGISTRATION FIELDS WITHOUT REQUIRING UNPAID INTERNSHIPS OR FURTHER GRADUATE STUDY.

GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES AT FISK IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH (GO-FAAR)

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: FKH-8 CONTROL OF DOPAMINE SIGNALING

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD: REVEALING THE STRUCTURAL BASIS FOR CALPROTECTIN-RAGE SIGNALING AXIS

HBCU-UP RIA: GENETIC EVALUATION OF STRUCTURAL DETERMINANTS OF DOPAMINE TRANSPORTERS

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD GRANT: SYNTHESIZE AND CHARACTERIZE OF DISULFONATED POLY(ARYLENE ETHER SULFONE-TETRACHLOROCYCLOTRIPHOSPHAZENE) HYBRID COPOLY

INTEGRATED FISK STEM 3 YR UNDERGRAD-2YR MASTERS IN CS- VANDERBILT INFORMATICS PHD

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IDEAS LAB: HBCU RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION EXCHANGE -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCE THE RESEARCH CAPACITY, VISIBILITY, AND STATURE OF FACULTY AT HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCUS) BY ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE EXPERTISE DIRECTORY. WHILE THE NATION?S HBCUS ARE THE SOURCE OF MANY TALENTED FACULTY, RESEARCHERS, AND STUDENTS CONDUCTING IMPORTANT, TRANSFORMATIONAL RESEARCH, THERE ARE OFTEN BARRIERS AND CHALLENGES THAT PREVENT THESE FACULTY, RESEARCHERS, AND STUDENTS FROM RECEIVING RECOGNITION OR ACCESS TO CRITICAL RESOURCES. BY CONNECTING RESEARCHERS ACROSS HBCUS, THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES FUNDAMENTAL CHALLENGES OF VISIBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, AND COLLABORATION THAT MANY HBCU FACULTY FACE, PARTICULARLY AT SMALLER, GEOGRAPHICALLY ISOLATED, OR LESS RESOURCED INSTITUTIONS. THE PROJECT WILL FACILITATE EASIER ACCESS TO COLLABORATORS AND RESOURCES, THUS BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND ENHANCING DIVERSITY WITHIN THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY. THIS PROJECT AIDS IN OVERCOMING THE ISOLATION EXPERIENCED BY RESEARCHERS, ESPECIALLY AT SMALLER HBCUS, AND EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN AND STRENGTHEN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS HBCUS. AS A RESULT, THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE CULTIVATION OF A DIVERSE STEM WORKFORCE, WHICH IS CRUCIAL FOR MAINTAINING THE UNITED STATES' GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS PILOT PROJECT, HBCU RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION EXCHANGE (HBCU RACE) FOCUSES ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AN EXPERTISE DIRECTORY ACROSS SIX PARTICIPATING HBCUS: ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY, FISK UNIVERSITY, NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND WINSTON SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY. THIS DIRECTORY WILL COLLECT, CURATE, AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO DETAILED PROFILES OF FACULTY RESEARCH INTERESTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND PROJECTS, FACILITATING INCREASED INTER-INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION AND RESOURCE SHARING. THE PROJECT WILL LEVERAGE AN ADVANCED RESEARCH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH THE SUPPORT OF AN EXTERNAL CONTRACTOR TO ENSURE THE DIRECTORY IS COMPREHENSIVE, USER-FRIENDLY, AND EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATED ACROSS INSTITUTIONS. KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDE DATA COLLECTION, EXPERT REPRESENTATION, INTERFACE DESIGN, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDIZED DATA PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY AND ACCURACY. THE DIRECTORY?S IMPACT ON RESEARCH COLLABORATION AND CAPACITY WILL BE DIRECTLY ASSESSED THROUGH METRICS SUCH AS GRANT SUBMISSIONS, RESEARCH EXPENDITURES, AND FACULTY ENGAGEMENT, SUPPLEMENTED BY SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSES TO QUANTIFY CHANGES IN COLLABORATION PATTERNS. BY PROVIDING EMPIRICAL DATA ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EXPERTISE DIRECTORIES IN EXPANDING RESEARCH ACTIVITY, THIS PILOT PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INFORM BEST PRACTICES FOR ENHANCING RESEARCH COLLABORATION ACROSS DIVERSE HBCUS AND OTHER TYPES OF INSTITUTIONS, ULTIMATELY CONTRIBUTING TO A MORE ROBUST AND DIVERSE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, HBCU RACE WILL NOT ONLY HAVE POTENTIAL TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE BUT COULD ALSO STRENGTHEN THE RESEARCH WORKFORCE AND EDUCATIONAL LANDSCAPES OF THE INVOLVED HBCUS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

IRES: INTERNATIONAL CHEMISTRY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS IN VIETNAM

HBCU-TARGETED INFUSION PROJECT: TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN BIO-FUELS: FROM THE RESEARCH LABORATORY TO THE MARKET PLACE

EVALUATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO NUCLEAR THREAT DETECTION

EVALUATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO NUCLEAR THREAT DETECTION

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARI-MA REALIZING HIGH PERFORMANCE INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS AT LOW COST

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARI-MA: REALIZING HIGH PERFORMANCE INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS AT LOW COST

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARI-MA: REALIZING HIGH PERFORMANCE INORGANIC SCINTILLATORS AT LOW COST

RESEARCH INITIATION AWARD GRANT FOR IDENTIFYING CHANGES IN SEROTONIN RECEPTOR FUNCTION DUE TO NATURALLY OCCURRING SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS (SN

LABORATORY TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN BREAST CANCER

BEGINNINGS: CREATING AND SUSTAINING A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF EXPERTISE IN QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE (EQUIS) ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES -THE PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY INTRODUCING QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (QISE) EDUCATION TO PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY, USING QISE CONCEPTS, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE WORLD. FOR THIS EMERGING FIELD, EDUCATING THE WORKFORCE AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN QISE NOW ARE CRUCIAL TO PREPARE FUTURE GENERATIONS FOR RELATED EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS AND ENABLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF QISE PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS. FIVE UNIVERSITIES ? THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA, MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY, TENNESSEE TECH, FISK UNIVERSITY, AND AUBURN UNIVERSITY ? HAVE ASSEMBLED A TEAM OF EXPERTS TO PROVIDE QISE TRAINING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTHEAST, INCLUDING FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS, WOMEN, AND HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS IN STEM. THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON FOUR MAIN THRUSTS: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN QISE, QISE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FOSTERING REGIONAL QISE PARTNERSHIPS, AND BROADENING QISE PARTICIPATION. THE TEACHING MODEL EMBRACES THREE ELEMENTS: A TAILORED QUANTUM COMPUTING CURRICULUM, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND A STRONG MENTORSHIP NETWORK. THE CURRICULUM CULMINATES IN A MULTI-TIER ONLINE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, PROVIDING LEARNERS WITH THE FLEXIBILITY NEEDED TO MASTER TECHNICAL NUANCES AT THEIR OWN PACE. THEORETICAL LEARNING IS COMPLEMENTED BY A HANDS-ON APPROACH VIA WORKSHOPS, FACULTY-GUIDED RESEARCH, AND EXPOSURE TO NATIONAL LABS AND INDUSTRY EXPERIENCES. BY ESTABLISHING A REPLICABLE METHODOLOGY FOR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, THE PROJECT SERVES AS A BLUEPRINT FOR SIMILAR PROGRAMS WHERE ACCESS TO QISE EDUCATION REMAINS LIMITED. TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY, THE PROJECT WILL ACTIVELY ENGAGE LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL COMPANIES, LABS, AND ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE NSF EXLENT PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE NSF TIP AND EDU DIRECTORATES, AS IT SEEKS TO SUPPORT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM DIVERSE PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS TO INCREASE THEIR INTEREST IN, AND THEIR ACCESS TO, CAREER PATHWAYS IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FIELDS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING AND CONTROLLING THE MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMER NANOFIBERS

US-BRAZIL HIGHER EDUCATION CONSORTIA PROGRAM

EXPLORING PARTNERSHIPS TO BUILD TRAJECTORIES INTO STEM TEACHING PROFESSIONS

EDI SPECIAL PROJECTS

HBCU-UP PLANNING GRANT AT FISK UNIVERSITY TO ENHANCE STUDENT PREPAREDNESS FOR AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

ACQUISITION OF A CRYSTAL POST-GROWTH ANNEALING SYSTEM FOR INFRARED APPLICATIONS

SCHOOL EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE (PROJECT SERV)

A GRANT AGREEMENT TO FISK UNIVERSITY IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S OAKRIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY.

GAMMA-RAY AND OTHER IONIZING DETECTION IS AN IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY IN SUPPORT OF FUTURE HIGH-PRIORITY SCIENCE MISSIONS SUCH AS SPACE-BASED X- AND GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATORIES THAT PROMISE TO DELIVER FRESH INSIGHTS INTO THE PROCESSES OF PARTICLE ACCELERATION BY ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI (AGN) FOR IN SITU INVESTIGATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL MAKEUP OF PLANET AND ASTEROID SURFACES AND IN RECENT YEARS IN THE AREA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTRONOMY (MMA) IN THE SEARCH OF HIGH ENERGY GAMMA-RAY COUNTERPARTS FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVE EVENTS. WITHIN THE PAST YEARS WE HAVE DISCOVERED SEVERAL BRIGHT NEW CRYSTALS INCLUDING LIINSE2 THAT WAS THE FIRST LI-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR AND A NUMBER RARE-EARTH HALIDE SCINTILLATOR CRYSTALS THAT HAVE OUTSTANDING ENERGY RESOLUTION DUE TO THEIR HIGH LIGHT OUTPUT AND IMPROVED ENERGY-DEPOSIT-TO-LIGHT LINEARITY AND THUS THEY CAN SUBSTANTIALLY ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION MISSIONS FOR HARD X-RAY GAMMA-RAY AND NEUTRON ASTROPHYSICS OR PLANETARY SCIENCE. THE CRYSTALS WE ARE TARGETING SHOW GOOD CROSS-SECTION FOR THERMAL AND FAST NEUTRONS AND VERY HIGH LIGHT YIELDS OF UP TO 120 000 PHOTONS/MEV LOW COST AND WITH POTENTIAL ENERGY RESOLUTIONS AS GOOD AS 1% AT 662 KEV. PEROVSKITE ARE A FAST-EMERGING FAMILY OF MATERIALS WITH THE BEST KNOWN BEING CSPBBR3 THAT SHOW THE PROMISE OF BEING A LOW COST AND EFFECTIVE DETECTOR ARE INVESTIGATED BY A NUMBER OF ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS WORLD-WIDE. AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PMTS SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIERS (SIPM) HAVE GENERATED ENORMOUS INTEREST FOR A NUMBER OF PHOTO-SENSING APPLICATIONS. THE UNIQUE COMBINATION OF A HIGH LIGHT OUTPUT SCINTILLATOR WITH A HIGH EFFICIENCY PHOTODETECTOR SHOULD DELIVER EXCELLENT ENERGY RESOLUTION IN LOW POWER COMPACT AND LOW WEIGHT SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE ONES USING THE CUBESAT PLATFORM THAT WAS RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED IN OUR LABS. FOR MANY YEARS IT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED THAT BULK CRYSTAL GROWTH AND PURITY OF THE DETECTOR MATERIAL THE KEY TO THE SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION OF RELIABLE RADIATION DETECTORS. SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS ARE NOW ROUTINELY GROWN IN SMALL SIZES AT FISK UNIVERSITY FOR USE AS GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS WHICH ARE USED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS. RECENTLY FISK AND XI PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPED SEVERAL ADVANCED TL-BASED WIDE GAP SEMICONDUCTORS AND SCINTILLATORS TOGETHER WITH OTHER GROUPS WORLDWIDE. IN THE M-STTR FISK/XI PARTNERSHIP WE PROPOSE WILL BUILD UPON EXTANT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EXPERTISE IN MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT APPLYING MATERIALS RESEARCH TO DESIGN FABRICATE AND CHARACTERIZE ASTROPHYSICAL DETECTORS ASSEMBLIES AND INSTRUMENTS. THE PI ALONG WITH CO-I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONDUCTING ALL THE PROJECT SCIENTIFIC AND MANAGEMENT REPORTING DUTIES. THE RESEARCH PLAN INCLUDES WEEKLY MEETINGS OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE RESEARCH TASKS AND DELIVERABLES OF THE PARTNERS WILL BE CLEARLY DEFINED. THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON MATERIAL ENGINEERING CRYSTAL GROWTH AND CERAMICS PROCESSING (TO BE PERFORMED AT XI) AND CHARACTERIZATION DETECTOR FABRICATION AND TESTING (TO BE PERFORMED AT FISK) OF NOVEL APBX3 (APX) PEROVSKITES WHERE ALI OR TL AND XBR OR CL. BY THE END OF THE 4-MONTH M-STTR PROJECT WE WILL BE ABLE TO NOT JUST ASSESS THE MERITS OF THIS FAMILY OF COMPOUNDS BUT ALSO IDENTIFY THE BEST MODE OF OPERATION (SEMICONDUCTING OR SCINTILLATING) THAT MIGHT BE BEST TO PURSUE IN THE FUTURE. OUR TEAM HAS THE NEEDED EXPERTISE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THIS COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT THAT WILL HAVE AN EXCELLENT CHANCE OF ADVANCING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR TEAM IN THE FUTURE MAINSTREAM SBIR/STTR COMPETITIONS.

SGER - PULSED ELECTRON-BEAM DEPOSITION OF PBTE/CDTE NANOCOMPOSITES AND THERMAL PROPERTY STUDY

LITHIUM CARBENOIDS AND RELATED SPECIES: STRUCTURE AND REACTIONS

DEVELOPING A NEW RESEARCH COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA

GRANT FOR PURIFICATION, GROWTH, FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF WIDE BANDGAP MATERIALSFOR GAMMA-RAY DETECTORS