University Of The South

THE RESILIENCE AND ADAPTATION FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM WILL OFFER RISING LEADERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN EXPERTISE IN A RANGE OF DISCIPLINES THAT STRENGTHEN CLIMATE RESILIENCE, INCLUDING NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, BLUE ECONOMIES, RESILIENT FOOD

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SERVES AS AN INTERMEDIARY HUB FOR A MULTI-PARTNER VISTA PROJECT, THE SOUTH CUMBERLAND PLATEAU VISTA PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH CUMBERLAND PLATEAU, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN, MARION AND GRUNDY. THE PROPOSED VISTA PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE CNCS ECONOMIC, EDUCATION, AND HEALTHY FUTURES FOCUS AREAS AND EXPECTS TO BENEFIT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND 20 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT 16 VISTA MEMBERS WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED BELOW OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 2 -3 YEARS. BABSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL COMMERCE (1): TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF BETTERFI, TENNESSEE'S FIRST VISTA-INITIATED NONPROFIT LENDING ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENDING PREDATORY LENDING BY DEVELOPING A HOLISTIC LOW-INCOME LOAN PROGRAM COMBINED WITH A REQUIRED FINANCIAL COACHING PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS IN THE TRI-COUNTY AREA OF FRANKLIN, GRUNDY AND MARION TO IMMEDIATELY RESOLVE SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL CRISES AS A STEP TOWARD ACHIEVING INTERMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM FISCAL WELL BEING. FOLKS AT HOME:(1): THE SYSTEMS & PROGRAMS COORDINATOR WILL CREATE, EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES TO INCREASE THE ORGANIZATION'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION EFFECTIVELY AND MEET ITS GOAL OF ACTIVELY WORKING TO PREVENT POVERTY IN OLDER ADULTS BY PROVIDING ELDERLY CARE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. GRUNDY COUNTY HEALTH COUNCIL (1): THE COMMUNITY AND HEALTH AMBASSADOR COORDINATOR WILL WORK TO DEVELOP A NETWORK OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS (AMBASSADORS) TO EXPAND/STRENGTHEN GRUNDY COUNTY HEALTH COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO IMPACT HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS AWARENESS PROGRAMS. GRUNDY SAFE COMMUNITIES COALITION (GSCC) (2): THE OUTREACH SPECIALIST WILL INCREASE THE ABILITY OF THE GSCC TO REDUCE SUBSTANCE ABUSE RATES AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN GRUNDY COUNTY. THE VISTA SERVING WITH OPIOID PROGRAMMING WILL FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE OPIOID CRISIS IN GRUNDY COUNTY BY STRENGTHENING THE ABILITY OF THE GSCC TO DECREASE THE NON-MEDICAL ACCESS TO PRESCRIPTION OPIOIDS AND OVERDOSE RATES IN GRUNDY COUNTY. THE GRUNDY COUNTY HEALTH NETWORK COORDINATOR (GCHC) (1): THE HEALTH NETWORK COORDINATOR WILL WORK TO EXPAND/STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF GCHC TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL HEALTHCARE SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, AND CHURCHES TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY-WIDE HEALTH INFORMATION, EDUCATION NETWORK AS A MEANS OF IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF GRUNDY COUNTY'S LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. GRUNDY COUNTY MAYOR'S OFFICE (1): THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR WILL EXPAND/STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR'S ABILITY TO COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT WORK TO TARGET AND ASSIST LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT GRUNDY COUNTY. MOUNTAIN T.O.P (1): THE HOUSING COALITION COORDINATOR WILL DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A LOCAL ASSESSMENT OF THE HOUSING NEEDS IN GRUNDY COUNTY TO INCLUDE IDENTIFYING GAPS IN SERVICES FOR LOW- AND VERY-LOW INCOME FAMILIES IN SEVERE AND SUBSTANDARD HOUSING SITUATIONS. SOUTH CUMBERLAND COMMUNITY FUND (2): THE GRANT AND NONPROFIT NETWORK COORDINATOR WILL EXPAND/STRENGTHEN THE ABILITY OF SCCF TO SUPPORT THOSE SOUTH CUMBERLAND PLATEAU NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO DEVELOP THESE NON-PROFITS' CAPACITY TO SEEK AND IMPLEMENT GRANTS AND STRENGTHEN THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS NEEDED TO CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION MORE EFFECTIVELY. THE TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS VISTA WILL FOCUS ON CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING NEW SYSTEMS AND EFFICIENCIES TO EXPAND THE SCCF'S FUNDRAISING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND MARKETING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT NONPROFITS SERVING LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS IN THE DESIGNATED "DISTRESSED" AND "AT-RISK" TRI-COUNTY AREAS OF GRUNDY, MARION AND FRANKLIN. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, SEWANEE DINI

CAREER: THE INFLUENCE OF CATION SUBSTITUTION ON THE HYDROUS PHASES OF THE LOWER MANTLE -PLATE TECTONICS CONNECTS THE HYDROSPHERE TO A WATER CYCLE DEEP IN THE EARTH, AS HYDROGEN-BEARING MATERIALS ARE CYCLED INTO THE PLANET'S INTERIOR. THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF MULTIPLE NATURAL DIAMOND INCLUSIONS FROM THE DEEP EARTH THAT CONTAIN HYDROUS PHASES IS COMPELLING EVIDENCE THAT THE WATER CYCLE OF THE DEEP EARTH MAY EXTEND EVEN DEEPER THAN WAS ORIGINALLY BELIEVED. THIS STUDY WILL USE A COMBINATION OF COMPUTATIONAL MODELS AND EXPERIMENTS TO EVALUATE THE STABILITY AND GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDROUS PHASES BELIEVED TO BE STABLE AT THE CONDITIONS OF THE EARTH'S LOWER MANTLE. ALTHOUGH THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR PHASES, THE POTENTIAL FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE IN THE LOWER MANTLE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE, AS IT COMPRISES APPROXIMATELY 56% OF THE EARTH'S VOLUME. THIS PROJECT WILL FUND CRITICAL TRAINING FOR AN EARLY CAREER SCIENTIST WHO WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH LEARNING HOW TO BALANCE TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND STUDENT MENTORSHIP AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. A COMPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP A VIRTUAL REALITY APPLICATION THAT WILL HELP UNDERGRADUATE GEOLOGY STUDENTS DEVELOP SPATIAL REASONING SKILLS, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON FOSTERING EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR NEURODIVERSE STUDENTS WITH VISUAL-SPATIAL DEFICITS. PHASE D [MGSI2O4(OH)2] AND PHASE H [MGSIO2(OH)2] ARE DENSE HYDROUS MAGNESIUM SILICATES (DHMSS) THAT ARE EXPECTED TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE HYDROGEN CYCLE OF THE LOWER MANTLE. IMPORTANTLY, FE- AND AL-SUBSTITUTION HAS A PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON THE STABILITY AND PROPERTIES OF THESE PHASES. IN FACT, PHASE H FORMS A SOLID SOLUTION WITH D-ALOOH AND E-FEOOH, FORMING A POTENTIALLY CONTINUOUS HYDROUS RESERVOIR WITH STABILITY DOWN TO THE CORE-MANTLE BOUNDARY. THIS PROJECT COMBINES AB INITIO CALCULATIONS WITH HIGH-PRESSURE, HIGH-TEMPERATURE VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY AND SINGLE-CRYSTAL X-RAY DIFFRACTION TO EVALUATE THE GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITIONS OF AL,FE-BEARING PHASE D AND PHASE H, AND TO PROBE HOW CATION SUBSTITUTION AFFECTS PRESSURE-INDUCED HYDROGEN BOND SYMMETRIZATION, WHICH CAN HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL INFLUENCE ON THE BULK MODULUS AND ITS PRESSURE DERIVATIVE. FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS WILL SYSTEMATICALLY EVALUATE HOW CATION SUBSTITUTION INFLUENCES THE PRESSURE-DEPENDENT PROPERTIES AND HYDROGEN ACCOMMODATION IN THESE PHASES, PROVIDING A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR HIGH-PRESSURE EXPERIMENTS. COMBINING CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC APPROACHES WILL PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE INTERATOMIC FORCES AND BONDING ENVIRONMENTS OF HYDROGEN WITHIN THESE PHASES, HELPING EXPLAIN WHY THESE PHASES ARE STABLE AT EXTREME PRESSURES AND TEMPERATURES. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RUI: MECHANISMS OF ACCLIMATION IN THE EASTERN RED SPOTTED NEWT

MRI-R2: ACQUISITION OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM

RUI: GUERBET ALCOHOLS AS MESOGEN-INDUCING GROUPS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIPYRIDINE-BASED METALLOMESOGENS

MCA: HOW DO EARLY COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRESS RESPONSE? -THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT THAT INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCE DURING EARLY LIFE CAN AFFECT BRAIN DEVELOPMENT WITH LONG-LASTING EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOR. EARLY COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS IN PARTICULAR CAN DETERMINE AN INDIVIDUAL?S EARLY ACCESS TO RESOURCES, THEIR CIRCULATING STRESS HORMONE LEVELS, AND THEIR EVENTUAL DOMINANCE RANK. HOWEVER, WHETHER THESE EARLY INTERACTIONS ALTER DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRESS RESPONSE AND HOW INDIVIDUALS REACT TO FUTURE STRESSORS REMAINS UNKNOWN. THIS STUDY WILL EXAMINE WHETHER COMPETITIVE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS EARLY IN LIFE CARRY OVER TO AFFECT HOW INDIVIDUALS COPE WITH STRESSORS LATER, BOTH BEHAVIORALLY AND HORMONALLY. IT WILL SUPPORT TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP OF A MID-CAREER INVESTIGATOR AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION TO LEARN TECHNIQUES IN HORMONE EXTRACTION AND ALLOW THE MODERNIZATION OF DATA COLLECTION METHODS WITH AN AUTOMATED BEHAVIORAL SOFTWARE PROGRAM. THIS SUPPORT WILL ALSO POSITIVELY IMPACT MANY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO TRAIN IN THESE BEHAVIORAL AND HORMONAL METHODS THROUGH HANDS-ON RESEARCH AND NEW COURSE OFFERINGS. UNDERSTANDING HOW EARLY SOCIAL EXPERIENCES SHAPE AN INDIVIDUAL?S STRESS RESPONSE CAN SHED LIGHT ON WHY THERE IS SO MUCH VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR RESILIENCE TO STRESS. ONE EXPLANATION FOR WHY EARLY SOCIAL EXPERIENCES HAVE SUCH BROAD BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES IS THAT THEY ALTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEUROENDOCRINE STRESS RESPONSE. BECAUSE THE NEUROENDOCRINE STRESS RESPONSE ENABLES INDIVIDUALS TO REACT APPROPRIATELY AND HABITUATE TO STRESSORS THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES, EXPERIENCES THAT HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN AND NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY HAVE MULTIPLE DOWNSTREAM BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL MANIPULATE EARLY COMPETITIVE INTERACTIONS RESULTING IN THE FORMATION OF DOMINANT AND SUBORDINATE INDIVIDUALS IN GENETICALLY IDENTICAL SIBLING FISH, AND WILL EXAMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS EXPERIENCE ON HORMONAL AND BEHAVIORAL PLASTICITY ACROSS THE LIFESPAN OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROPOSAL WILL SUPPORT A MID-CAREER PI IN (1) ESTABLISHING A SYNERGISTIC PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST WHO WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE TRAINING IN MEASURING WATER-BORNE GLUCOCORTICOID HORMONES AND GUIDANCE IN ESTABLISHING A SET-UP TO MEASURE HORMONES AT THE PI?S PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION, AND (2) INCORPORATING A SOFTWARE PROGRAM TO AUTOMATE AND STANDARDIZE HOW THE PI MEASURES BEHAVIOR ON INDIVIDUALS THROUGH TIME. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INTEGRATE BEHAVIORAL MEASURES WITH THE UNDERLYING HORMONAL MECHANISMS, AND HELP US UNDERSTAND WHY EARLY SOCIAL EXPERIENCES CAN HAVE LIFE-LONG CONSEQUENCES FOR AN INDIVIDUAL?S BEHAVIOR. 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.

TAS::57 3600::TAS 'KIRITIMATI EQUATORIAL IONOSPHERIC OBSERVATORY (KEIO): UPPER ATMOSPHERIC OBSERVATIONS AT KIRITIMATI ISLAND USING HF RADAR'

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A 400 MHZ MULTINUCLEAR NMR SPECTROMETER

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO MONITOR GREEN TURTLES FROM THE CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC DISTINCT POPULATION SEGMENT AGGREGATING AT THREE FORAGING GROUNDS IN FIJI, CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC.

CHANGING CLIMATES

SEWANEE FLOURISH: A CAMPUS-WIDE SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE

SEWANEE FLOURISH: A CAMPUS-WIDE SUICIDE PREVENTION INITIATIVE

RUSSELL CAVE ARCHEOLOGICAL PROJECT

EVALUATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF MARINE CONSERVATION EFFORTS ON THE SOUTHERN COAST OF VITI LEVU, FIJI

INTEGRATING KEY ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION TO IMPROVE MPA EFFECTIVENESS IN FIJI

MONITORING OF AMERICAN SAMOA-ORIGIN STOCK OF GREEN TURTLES IN TWO KEY FORAGING GROUNDS IN FIJI, WITH CASCADE EFFECTS ON MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL SOUTH P

ESTIMATED TOTAL FUNDS REFER TO THE FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR CASH GRANTS WHILE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF GRANTS EQUALS TOTAL OF ALL AMERICORPS VISTA PROJECTS, TH

EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF TREE REGENERATION AND HYDROLOGIC CHANGE IN SINKING POND, ARNOLD AIR FORCE BASE, TN

DEVELOPMENT OF A NETWORK OF MPAS BUILDING ON COMMUNITY BASED MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES FOR THE ISLAND PROVINCE OF KADAVU, FIJI

TAS::57 3600::TAS AOARD PROPOSAL 16IOA054 "SPACE WEATHER EFFECTS ON IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON CONTENT AND L BAND SCINTILLATION AT EQUATORIAL AND LOW LATIT

MEETING-THE MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF INTROMITTENT ORGANS, SOCIETY OF INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY: JANUARY 5TH, 2016; PORTLAND, OREGON

CONSERVATION OF AMERICAN SAMOA-ORIGIN STOCK OF GREEN TURTLES IN A KEY FORAGING GROUND IN FIJI, WITH CASCADE EFFECTS ON MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL SOUTH PA

"ESTABLISHING A GEO/EARTHCACHE PROGRAM FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CHANGE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC."WILL SUPPORT TH ESTABLISHING OF A

"CLIMATE CHANGE, CORAL REEF AND FOOD SECURITY"WILL SUPPORT A SET OF FIELD WORK AT THREE DIFFERENT SITE IN FIJI TO EXAMINE THE ABUNDANCE OF FOOD FISH,

DEVELOPMENT OF A WIND-SOLAR HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM - TO STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF USP TO ADVANCE CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES TO CONTRIBUTE TO

'RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE" THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT A WORKSHOP TO TRAIN GOLABEL CORAL REEF MONITORING NETWORK (GCRMN) COUNTRY CORODINATORS FROM 8

RESTORE, REMEMBER AND REBUILD THE ST. MARK?S COMMUNITY

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC (USP) WILL HOST THE 2024 PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE (PIMC).

TO SUPPORT SEWANEE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL: BELA FLECK COMMISSION PROJECT.

TO SUPPORT THE ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM OF THE 54TH SEWANEE SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL.

APECS NORDIC: BRIDGING EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN NORDIC COUNTRIES

INVERTEBRATE INVENTORY OF PRIORITIZED CUGA CAVES

TO FACILITATE THE RECIPIENT'S PROJECT ENTITLED 'INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE PACIFIC ECONOMY: A DIALOGUE WITH 7 PACIFIC ARTISTS".

CONSERVATION PROGRAM

TO MOUNT ENVIRONMENT POSTER FRAMES AT UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC TO DISPLAY EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS.

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