Sponsor Inc

SUPPORTING COMMUNITY EFFORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

FY 2009 TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS

TEACHER QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS GRANTS

HUMBOLDT SBDC CARES ACT

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM (STEM)

WASTE TO WISDOM: UTILIZING FOREST RESIDUES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOENERGY AND BIOBASED PRODUCTS

CSUB CENTER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND CARBON SEQUESTRATION

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC

AN EQUITABLE PATHWAY TO IN-DEMAND STEM CAREERS

CSUB CREST PHASE II: CLIMATE SCIENCE AND NATURAL RESOURCE SOLUTIONS FOR WATER-LIMITED, PAIRED MOUNTAIN/VALLEY SYSTEMS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC

ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION WORKFORCE

CITIZEN SCIENTIST RESIDENCY PATHWAY

HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM (STEM)

COMMUNITY LIGHTHOUSE SOLAR AND ENERGY STORAGE RESILIENCE ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023 UNDER THE HEADING ENERGY PROJECTS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

SUPPORTS RESETTLEMENT OF REFUGEES THROUGH SPONSORSHIP BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFUGEES WITH DEMONSTRATED TALENT AND APTITUDE TO COMPLETE A PROGRAM OF STUDY.

“PATHWAY ADELANTE: A MODEL HSI CAREER PATHWAY IN HEALTH SCIENCES”

PROMOTING EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE EDUCATION AND INCREASING HISPANIC STEM RELATED DEGREE COMPLETION

GAINING EARLY AWARENESS AND READINESS FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS (GEAR UP PARTNERSHIP)

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPEMENT CENTERS

PROMOTING POSTBACCALAUREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC AMERICANS (PPOHA)

STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS - HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS

CSUB TRIO TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY PROMOTORAS SCHOLARS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

BRIDGING GAPS IN REFUGEE SUPPORT: A NEW NATIONAL-LOCAL APPROACH TORESTORING PREFERRED COMMUNITIES SERVICES IN CRITICAL SITES - THE PREFERRED COMMUNITIES (PC) PROGRAM, FUNDED BY THE OFFICE OF REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT (ORR), PROVIDES INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO REFUGEES WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OR VULNERABILITIES WHO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION. THE PROGRAM FOCUSES ON HELPING THESE REFUGEES ACCESS SPECIALIZED RESOURCES, OVERCOME BARRIERS TO SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AND CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES TO ADDRESS THEIR UNIQUE CHALLENGES SUCH AS MEDICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, DISABILITIES, OR OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING ENHANCED ASSISTANCE.

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

PROVIDING AID TO SUPPORT STEM SUCCESS FOR TALENTED, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS -THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR WELL-EDUCATED SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND TECHNICIANS BY SUPPORTING THE RETENTION AND GRADUATION OF HIGH-ACHIEVING, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD (CSUB). CSUB CARRIES DESIGNATIONS AS BOTH A MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION AND HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION. OVER ITS 6-YEAR DURATION, THIS PROJECT WILL FUND SCHOLARSHIPS OF UP TO $15,000 PER YEAR TO 54 UNIQUE FULL-TIME STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING BACHELOR?S DEGREES IN BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY, CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER ENGINEERING, COMPUTER SCIENCE, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING, ENGINEERING SCIENCES, GEOLOGY, MATHEMATICS, AND/OR PHYSICS. LOWER-DIVISION STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO FIVE YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND UPPER-DIVISION STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE UP TO THREE YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIPS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO IMPROVE RETENTION AND PERSISTENCE RATES, IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES, AND SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS. SUPPORTS FOR SCHOLARS INCLUDE MENTORING, CAREER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, GRADUATE SCHOOL PREPARATION, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND WORKSHOPS ON ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. CSUB SERVES COMMUNITIES WITH LOW ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENT AND HIGH POVERTY RATES, SO THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM FIELDS. THIS PROJECT WILL FURTHER CSUB?S MISSION OF PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY AND IMPACTFUL DEGREE PROGRAMS, LAYING THE FOUNDATION FOR SCHOLARS TO ENGAGE IN STEM CAREERS OR GRADUATE SCHOOL AFTER THEY OBTAIN THEIR DEGREE. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE STEM DEGREE COMPLETION OF LOW-INCOME, HIGH-ACHIEVING UNDERGRADUATES WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED. THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE PROJECT. GOAL 1: INCREASE THE RETENTION AND PERSISTENCE RATES OF SUPPORTED SCHOLARS AND ELIMINATE ACHIEVEMENT GAPS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. GOAL 2: INCREASE SCHOLARS' GRADUATION RATES AND FACILITATE THEIR POST-GRADUATION ENTRY INTO EITHER STEM CAREERS OR A STEM GRADUATE PROGRAM. THE PROJECT WILL BE EVALUATED USING RESULT-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY BASED ON EACH SCHOLAR?S ACADEMIC PROGRESS, SURVEYS AND INTERVIEWS WITH SCHOLARS, AND FEEDBACK FROM THE FACULTY MENTORS. THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF MODELS FOR RETENTION, SUCCESS, MENTORSHIP, AND ENRICHMENT OF STEM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND PROJECT OUTCOMES WILL BE WIDELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH A PROJECT WEBSITE AT CSUB, CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, AND JOURNAL ARTICLES. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY NSF?S SCHOLARSHIPS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS PROGRAM, WHICH SEEKS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOW-INCOME ACADEMICALLY TALENTED STUDENTS WITH DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL NEED WHO EARN DEGREES IN STEM FIELDS. IT ALSO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE STEM WORKERS, AND TO GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS, RETENTION, TRANSFER, GRADUATION, AND ACADEMIC/CAREER PATHWAYS OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. 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.

(HEP)

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD – HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM

(HEP)

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM 2020 - 2025, HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

HSU TALENT SEARCH HUMBOLDT

CAMP

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD - COLLEGE ASSISTANCE MIGRANT PROGRAM

CAMP

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

PUEDES! CAMINOS, CARIÑO, Y CARRERAS IN A POST-PANDEMIC ERA

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

NANOPORE CHARACTERIZATION FOR GEOLOGIC STORAGE OF H2 AND CO2

HUMAN POPULATIONS ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST CONTINUE TO GROW AND HUMAN USE OF COASTAL AREAS HAS POTENTIAL TO CAUSE DISTURBANCE TO SEABIRDS. SEABIRDS USE COASTAL AREAS TO ESTABLISH THEIR NESTS AND RAISE THEIR YOUNG TO FLEDGLING AGE. THUS THERE IS NEED TO MONITOR NESTS AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES NEAR THE NESTS SO AS TO INFORM PROGRAMS THAT CAN MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE AND PROTECT VULNERABLE SEABIRD COLONIES ALONG THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST.

THE FOUR FREEDOMS (TFF)

NURSE EDUCATION, PRACTICE, QUALITY AND RETENTION SIMULATION EDUCATION TRAINING PROGRAM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

HSU TRIO UPWARD BOUND

SEABIRD RESTORATION AND MONITORING

U-RISE AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT THE MISSION OF THE U-RISE PROGRAM AT CSUB IS TO PROVIDE ASPIRING YOUNG RESEARCHERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AUTHENTIC AND TRANSFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCES THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THEIR ACCEPTANCE AND SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PH.DS. IN THE BIOMEDICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH FIELDS LEADING TO A DIVERSE POOL OF THE NATION’S SCIENTISTS. WE WILL TARGET STUDENTS FROM BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY/BIOCHEMISTRY, KINESIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY PROVIDING THE TECHNICAL, OPERATIONAL, AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME STRONG RESEARCH SCIENTISTS THAT WILL SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION FROM UNDERGRADUATE TO GRADUATE TO THE BIOMEDICAL WORKFORCE. OUR OBJECTIVES ARE TO HAVE 100% OF OUR TRAINEES GRADUATE WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN A TIMELY MANNER, EFFECTIVELY PREPARE TRAINEES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH AND BEYOND BY PROVIDING A TRANSFORMATIONAL INTRAMURAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE WITH DEDICATED AND SUPPORTIVE FACULTY, INCREASE TRAINEE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF THE BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THROUGH OUR SERIES OF COURSES, FROM CSUB TO PH.D., INCREASE CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS USING THE CRITICAL THINKING ASSESSMENT TEST (CAT), AND INCREASE LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND PERSONAL GROWTH THROUGH VARIOUS EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT/SERVICE LEARNING AND NEAR-PEER MENTORING. PROGRAM OUTCOMES INCLUDE CLOSING THE GAP IN 4-YEAR GRADUATION RATES AND TIME TO DEGREE BETWEEN WELL-REPRESENTED AND UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, HAVE 70% OF THE U-RISE TRAINEES ADMITTED TO PH.D. PROGRAMS IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND TO IMPACT THE SUCCESS OF CSUB U-RISE ALUMNI IN PH.D. PROGRAMS, AS MEASURED BY AT LEAST 75% OF THOSE ENTERING PH.D. PROGRAMS ADVANCING TOWARD OR SUCCEEDING IN EARNING THEIR DOCTORAL DEGREES. THE U-RISE PROGRAM IS IN COMPLETE ALIGNMENT, AND WILL ENHANCE THE MISSION OF CSUB, WHICH PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON STUDENT LEARNING VIA A COMMITMENT TO SCHOLARSHIP, DIVERSITY, SERVICE, GLOBAL AWARENESS AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM WILL GIVE STUDENTS AN EDGE IN GAINING ACCEPTANCE TO GRADUATE SCHOOL AND WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY BREADTH TO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITION INTO GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. ULTIMATELY, THE NATION'S PREEMINENCE IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES CANNOT BE MAINTAINED WITHOUT TAPPING INTO EVERY AVAILABLE SOURCE OF TALENT AND PERSPECTIVE. THE FACT THAT CERTAIN ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES SHOWS THAT WE, AS A NATION, SHOULD DO BETTER TO PROVIDE THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO ALL STUDENTS THAT WANT TO BECOME SCIENTISTS. RELATIVELY IMPOVERISHED RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL AREAS WITH LARGE MINORITY POPULATIONS HAVE A WEALTH OF UNDERUTILIZED TALENT. CSUB, SITUATED IN SUCH A LOCATION, POSSESS THIS UNDERUTILIZED TALENT.

SPONSORS OFFENDER REENTRY PROGRAM

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE PROFESSIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM

PATHWAYS OF POSSIBILITIES FOR TRANSFORMING HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT PROGRAM (POP THE CAP)

MASTERS PROGRAM: INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM IN ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION

UPWARD BOUND

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY UPWARD BOUND - HUMBOLDT

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT TITLE V DHSI CAMINAR JUNTOS

HSU TALENT SEARCH DEL NORTE

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT MCNAIR PROJECT

STEM RETENTION AND GRADUATION: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH

SPONSORS FY 15 SCA MENTORING PROGRAM

CAREER: REGIONAL CONTROL OF LOCAL FUNCTIONS: DISPERSAL AND THE BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP

ADD FUNDS TO SUPPORT RESEARCH OR EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT WILL OFFER A FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) DEGREE IN COMMUNICATION FOR INMATES AT PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST B.A. PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES OFFERED AT A LEVEL-FOUR, MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON (PELICAN BAY IS THE ONLY SUPER MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON IN CALIFORNIA). THROUGH B.A. DEGREE COMPLETION AND WRAP-AROUND CAREER PREPARATION, THE PROGRAM HELPS INCARCERATED STUDENTS ACHIEVE DESIRED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND ACCESS CAREER PATHWAYS UPON RELEASE. THE PROGRAMS EMPHASIS IS ON RACIAL EQUITY (GOAL 1), ACHIEVED THROUGH SERVING INCARCERATED STUDENTS IN ONE OF THE MOST RACIALLY SEGREGATED INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PROJECT REBOUND, THE PROGRAM WILL BRIDGE INCARCERATED STUDENTS AND RECENTLY RELEASED STUDENTS IN DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. OVER THE COURSE OF THE GRANT PERIOD WE ANTICIPATE SERVING 60 STUDENTS, WITH MORE THAN HALF ACHIEVING THEIR B.A. DEGREE. ADDITIONALLY, THE GRANT RESOURCES WILL ALLOW CAL POLY HUMBOLDT TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUSTAIN LONG-TERM, POST-GRANT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO PURSUE FOUR-YEAR DEGREES AT PELICAN BAY. THE AA-TO-BA PATHWAY BETWEEN COLLEGE OF THE REDWOODS AND CAL POLY HUMBOLDT WILL BE STRENGTHENED. TARGETED POST-DEGREE EMPLOYMENT PREPARATION AND RE-ENTRY SUPPORT WILL BE GUIDED BY THE BEST PRACTICES PROVIDED BY PROJECT REBOUND AND THE ADVISING AND ACADEMIC CAREER CENTER AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT. THE IMPACT OF THIS WORK WILL BE TO DEMONSTRABLY AND POSITIVELY IMPACT POST-RELEASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCARCERATED STUDENTS, STRENGTHENING THEIR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND DRAMATICALLY REDUCING RECIDIVISM AND ENHANCING COMMUNITY SAFETY. THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THIS WORK FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN BE DRAMATIC AS IT FOCUSES ON THE NEEDS OF THOSE MOST AFFECTED BY THE SYSTEMS OF INCARCERATION. THIS PROGRAM WILL HELP RACIAL JUSTICE, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND ADD CAPABLE WORKERS TO THE CALIFORNIA ECONOMY.

CALIFORNIA COAST NOYCE SCHOLARS

URM: RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY CCAMPIS PROJECT 2021-2025

ADD'T FUNDING AND ADD'L PROJECT

CATALYZING NEW PRACTICES FOR THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY TO INNOVATE EFFECTIVE TEACHING PEDAGOGIES IN LOWER-DIVISION MATHEMATICS AND CHEMISTRY COURSES

CAREER: EXAMINING XYLEM VESSEL NETWORK STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN WOODY PLANTS USING DEVELOPMENTAL AND INTRA-ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT: PERSONNEL PREPARATION IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND RELATED SERVICES

MINORITY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (MSEIP)

THIS EDA INVESTMENT FUNDS THE FIRST YEAR OF A FIVE-YEAR UNIVERSITY CENTER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TOOLS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, SPUR INNOVATION, AND PROMOTE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO HELP INCREASE LONG-TERM REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION.

SCIENCE MASTER'S PROGRAM: PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL WORK FORCE

BPC-DP: COALITION FOR NATIVE AMERICANS IN COMPUTING (CNAC)

SYNAPTIC ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTION OF RETICULOSPINAL SENSORIMOTOR PATHWAYS

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN APEX ACCELERATOR TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES, INCLUDING NEWLY STARTED BUSINESS ENTITIES, TO OBTAIN PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

CHILD CARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY CCAMPIS PROJECT 2017-2021

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN APEX ACCELERATOR TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR BUSINESS ENTITIES, INCLUDING NEWLY STARTED BUSINESS ENTITIES, TO OBTAIN PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE MEANS PROFESSIONAL, SPECIALIZED ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO CLIENTS THAT ENABLES THEM TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CONTRACTUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND OBTAIN OR PERFORM UNDER CONTRACTS, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY GRANTS OR CONTRACTS, AND OTHER FEDERALLY FUNDED INSTRUMENTS, WITH DOD, OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES, STATE AND/OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND/OR WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND/OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN APEX ACCELERATOR TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESS, INCLUDING NEWLY STARTED BUSINESSES, TO OBTAIN PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

CONSERVATION OF SURFACE AND GROUND WATER IN A WESTERN WATERSHED EXPERIENCING RAPID LOSS OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURAL LAND TO DEVELOPMENT

PTAP OPTION PERIOD 2 AWARD

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BASE AWARD

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THIS SUPERSTAR PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO THE REEU PROGRAM BY ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE FACULTIES AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD (CSUB). THIS 4-YEAR PROJECT (40 WEEKS PER YEAR) WILL ACHIEVE THE AFRI EWD PROGRAM GOAL OF DEVELOPING PATHWAYS AND COVER 4 AFRI PROGRAM PRIORITY AREAS (PLANT HEALTH AND PRODUCTION, FOOD NUTRITION AND HEALTH, BIOENERGY/NATURAL RESOURCES/ENVIRONMENT, AND AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS). THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO ENRICH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND DEVELOP WORKFORCE TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM (CROP HEALTH, GRAPE QUALITY, ALTERNATIVE IRRIGATION WATER, WILDFIRE, VALLEY FEVER, COW MANURE MANAGEMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEMAND, WATER-ENERGY NEXUS) IN THE NATION'S LEADING AGRICULTURE REGION, CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY. THE PROJECT ALIGNS WITH USDA AFRI GOALS, USDA SCIENCE BLUEPRINT THEMES, AND USDA AGRICULTURE INNOVATION AGENDA. CSUB (HOST INSTITUTION) WILL COLLABORATE WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO TRAIN STEM/FANH PROGRAM UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, WOMEN, UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES, VETERANS AND FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS TO GUARANTEE DIVERSITY/EQUALITY (50% OUTSIDE STUDENTS). THE PROJECT HAS 5 OBJECTIVES: 1) ENRICH STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS OF AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY VIA EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING WITH 7 FACULTY MENTORS AT CSUB (12 STUDENT RESEARCHERS ANNUALLY, MENTOR/RESEARCHER RATIO=1/4); 2) DEVELOP SERVICE-LEARNING INTERNSHIPS AT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND BUSINESS/COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH AT LEAST 6 INDUSTRY/GOVERNMENT MENTORS (12 INTERNS ANNUALLY, MENTOR/INTERN RATIO>1/2); 3) IMPROVE SUSTAINABILITY-RELATED EDUCATION BY UPDATING CURRICULUM MATERIALS; 4) DISSEMINATE PROJECT INFORMATION THRU WEBSITE/LISTSERVS, SYMPOSIUMS AND RESEARCH CONFERENCES, AND 5) ENHANCE STUDENTS' ENTHUSIASM FOR EARNING A STEM/FANH DEGREE AND PURSUING GRADUATE STUDY. THE PROJECT WILL ULTIMATELY ENHANCE AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY, IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF FUTURE AGRICULTURAL WORKFORCE, AND BUILD A TIGHT CONNECTION BETWEEN STUDENTS AND EMPLOYERS.

THE HUMBOLDT MODEL: HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY'S COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE

THE ECOLOGY AND CLASSIFICATION OF RICKETTSIA SPECIES PHYLOTYPE G022, AN UNCHARACTERIZED BACTERIUM FROM IXODES PACIFICUS TICKS - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT WHILE BOTH TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASE AGENTS HAVE RAPIDLY BECOME A SERIOUS AND GROWING THREAT TO HUMAN AND VETERINARY PUBLIC HEALTH, MOUNTING EVIDENCE INDICATES THAT MANY TICK-BORNE DISEASES DUE TO RICKETTSIAL INFECTION MAY BE UNDER-REPORTED IN NORTHERN AMERICA BECAUSE OF THEIR UNCHARACTERISTIC SYMPTOMS IN HUMANS AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS. IXODES PACIFICUS IS A PRINCIPAL VECTOR FOR PATHOGENIC AND ENDOSYMBIOTIC BACTERIA ON THE PACIFIC WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. COMPARED TO PATHOGENIC RICKETTSIAE IDENTIFIED IN OTHER TICK SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA, THE ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF PATHOGENIC RICKETTSIAE IN I. PACIFICUS REMAINS LARGELY UNEXPLORED. OUR LAB DETECTED A NOVEL RICKETTSIA SPECIES, RICKETTSIA SPECIES PHYLOTYPE G022, IN QUESTING ADULT TICKS OF I. PACIFICUS IN THREE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 2011, 2013, AND 2020. DUE TO PHYLOTYPE G022’S LOW PREVALENCE (2-4.5%) IN ADULT I. PACIFICUS AND PUBLISHED PHYLOGENETIC TREES PLACING THE BACTERIUM WITHIN OTHER PATHOGENIC SPOTTED FEVER GROUP RICKETTSIAE, OUR HYPOTHESIS IS THAT PHYLOTYPE G022 IS A PATHOGENIC RICKETTSIA. THE PROPOSED STUDY ULTIMATELY SERVES AS A CONTINUATION OF OUR PREVIOUS FINDINGS REGARDING THE ECOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF RICKETTSIA SPECIES IN I. PACIFICUS. OUR RESEARCH PURSUES THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC AIMS: 1) WE WILL CONDUCT A SURVEY TO ESTIMATE THE PREVALENCE OF RICKETTSIA SPECIES PHYLOTYPE G022 IN NYMPHAL TICKS OF I. PACIFICUS BY COLLECTING THE NYMPHS FROM THE FIELD AND DETECTING THE BACTERIUM BY REAL-TIME PCR; 2) WE WILL STUDY TRANSMISSION ROUTES OF RICKETTSIA SPECIES PHYLOTYPE G022 IN I. PACIFICUS BY COLLECTING ALL LIFE STAGES OF THE TICKS VIA FEEDING ON NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBITS AND DETECTING THE BACTERIUM BY REAL-TIME PCR; 3) WE WILL PERFORM THE PROPAGATION AND ISOLATION OF THE RICKETTSIA PHYLOTYPE G022 ISOLATE FROM I. PACIFICUS USING TICK EMBRYONIC CELL LINES AND LIMITING DILUTION ASSAY; 4) WE WILL PERFORM THE MOLECULAR TYPING OF THE RICKETTSIA SPECIES PHYLOTYPE G022 ISOLATE BY MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; 5) WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE PRESENCE OF RICKETTSIA SPECIES PHYLOTYPE G022 INFECTION IN DOMESTIC DOGS FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS STUDY WILL NOT ONLY RESULT IN THE OFFICIAL NAMING OF PHYLOTYPE G022 BY TYPING THE PURE BACTERIAL ISOLATE, BUT ALSO ENABLE US TO START GATHERING DATA ON TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF THE BACTERIUM AS WELL AS ITS POTENTIAL PATHOGENICITY, THE LONG-TERM RESEARCH GOAL OF OUR LAB, TO HUMANS AND ANIMAL HOSTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM- AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

RUI: MO: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: AN INTEGRATED STUDY OF EUKARYOTIC, PROKARYOTIC, AND VIRAL DIVERSITY AND DYNAMICS IN AN ACIDIC HOT LAKE.

PROJECT HOPE - EXPLORING THE ROLE OF HARM REDUCTION VENDING MACHINES IN REDUCING THE RISK OF HIV INFECTION AND TRANSMISSION - NO KNOWN STUDIES HAVE EXAMINED A HEALTH VENDING MACHINE PROGRAM’S (PROJECT HOPE) EFFICACY, MECHANISMS, AND IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A LONGITUDINAL MIXED METHODS APPROACH. THE LONG-TERM GOAL IS TO DETERMINE IF PROJECT HOPE PROVIDES A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO ACCESSING HIV SELF-TESTING AND HEALTH PROMOTION SUPPLIES AND INFORMATION AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS (PWUDS) FACING COMPLEX HEALTH CHALLENGES. THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSAL ARE THREE-FOLD: 1) DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF PARTICIPATION ON PROJECT HOPE ON HIV SCREENING BEHAVIORS, 2) ASSESS WHETHER PROJECT HOPE IMPROVES ACCESS TO HIV SELF-TESTING KITS AND HEALTH-RELATED SUPPLIES, AND 3) EXAMINE HOW HEALTH VENDING MACHINE CHARACTERISTICS (E.G. LOCATION, OPERATING HOURS) INFLUENCE UTILIZATION PATTERNS. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT PEOPLE IDENTIFIED AS HIGH-RISK FOR OVERDOSE AND HIV INFECTION WILL UTILIZE MORE HEALTH PROMOTION SUPPLIES, INCLUDING HIV SELF-TESTING AND NALOXONE KITS, THAN LOW-RISK PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, RESULTING IN INCREASED HIV SCREENING, REDUCED RISK BEHAVIORS, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE NALOXONE CASCADE, AND DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION WITHIN PEER NETWORKS. THE RATIONALE IS THAT AMID THE FOURTH WAVE OF THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC, PWUDS ARE EXPERIENCING AN ACCELERATION OF DRUG-RELATED MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY OUTCOMES, INCLUDING HIV INFECTION, YET ENCOUNTER A MULTITUDE OF BARRIERS TO ACCESSING HEALTH PROMOTION AND HIV SELF-TESTING RESOURCES. THE PROPOSED WORK AIMS TO INFORM THE EXPANSION OF EVIDENCE-BASED, ACCESSIBLE, LOW-THRESHOLD, AND LOW-BARRIER HEALTH VENDING MACHINE PROGRAMS, WHICH INCLUDE HIV SELF-TESTING KITS. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS WILL BE TESTED BY PURSUING THREE SPECIFIC AIMS: 1) TO EXAMINE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE WHO UTILIZE PROJECT HOPE; 2) TO DESCRIBE THE IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM ON DRUG AND SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIORS, HIV SCREENING BEHAVIORS, NALOXONE CASCADE OUTCOMES, AND DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; AND 3) TO EXAMINE THE LONGITUDINAL UTILIZATION PATTERNS IN RELATION TO PROJECT HOPE HEALTH VENDING MACHINE FEATURES. WE WILL PURSUE THESE AIMS BY CONDUCTING A MIXED METHODS STUDY, INCLUDING 300 BRIEF CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEYS WITH PEOPLE REGISTERED TO USE PROJECT HOPE, QUARTERLY INTERVIEWS WITH 75 PARTICIPANTS RECRUITED INTO THE HIGH-RISK COHORT, AND PERIODIC QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS WITH A SUBSET OF 12 HIGH-RISK COHORT PARTICIPANTS. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS SIGNIFICANT, BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST STUDY TO INCLUDE A NETWORK OF HEALTH VENDING MACHINES WITH VARYING CHARACTERISTICS AND TO EMPLOY A LONGITUDINAL MIXED METHODS APPROACH TO STUDY THE EFFICACY OF THE HEALTH VENDING MACHINE MODEL IN IMPROVING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE “SEEK, TEST, TREAT, AND RETAIN” MODEL OF CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION SUPPLIES; AND THE NALOXONE CASCADE.

PALCO HCP COMPLIANCE MONITORING

MRI: ACQUISITION OF AN FEI QUANTA 250 ESEM WITH EDS FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN THE HSU COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND SCIENCES

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT GEAR UP

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING AT CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD -THIS MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION AWARD SUPPORTS THE ACQUISITION OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (FE-SEM) FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY BAKERSFIELD (CSUB), A DESIGNATED HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION AND THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY WITHIN A RADIUS OF OVER 100 MILES. THE NEW FE-SEM IS AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM THAT CAN ACHIEVE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING OF SAMPLES AT NANOMETER SCALE, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PERFORMING QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE OF THE SAMPLE. THE REMARKABLE VERSATILITY OF THIS INSTRUMENT WILL UPGRADE OUR RESEARCH CAPABILITIES ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, INCLUDING GEOLOGY, BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ENGINEERING, PHYSICS, AND AGRICULTURE. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF CSUB?S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION OF MINORITY STUDENTS, TO ENHANCE THEIR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, TO DEVELOP RESEARCH SKILLS NECESSARY FOR GRADUATE-LEVEL STUDY, AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS IN PURSUING GRADUATE DEGREES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) FIELDS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL ALSO ENHANCE OUTREACH EFFORTS TO NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY COLLEGES, HIGH SCHOOLS, AND SCIENCE TEACHER TRAINING INITIATIVES WHICH ARE PARTLY SUPPORTED BY SEPARATE NSF FUNDING. THE NEW INSTRUMENT INCLUDES AN FE-SEM, AN ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY (EDS) WITH SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR AND A COLDSTAGE. THE FE-SEM PROVIDES NANOMETER-SCALE RESOLUTION FOR THE IMAGING OF SAMPLE SURFACES AT LOW ACCELERATING VOLTAGE, WITHOUT THE REQUIREMENT OF CONDUCTIVE COATINGS, WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE IMAGING ARTIFACTS AND IMPROVE THE CAPABILITY OF RESOLVING FINE-SCALE FEATURES. THE EDS WITH SILICON DRIFT DETECTOR PROVIDES ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS, AND IT ALLOWS FAST SCANNING AND EXCELLENT ENERGY RESOLUTION. THE COLDSTAGE BRINGS AN ENTIRELY NEW SEM TECHNOLOGY TO CSUB THAT IS PARTICULARLY VALUABLE FOR EXAMINATION OF BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL REVOLUTIONIZE THE ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES OF CSUB SEM LABORATORY AND NEW RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS, INCLUDING 1) NANOMETER-SCALE PORE STRUCTURE IN MUDROCKS AND CLAY MICROPOROSITY IN SANDSTONES (GEOLOGY); 2) PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, GEOBIOLOGY AND PALEOCLIMATE (GEOLOGY); 3) WOOD STRUCTURE AND PLANT HYDRAULIC FUNCTION (BIOLOGY); 4) STRUCTURE OF SOFT MATTER LIKE CELLULOSE AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (ENGINEERING); 5) AGRICULTURAL-WASTE-DERIVED CATALYST SCREENING AND CHARACTERIZATION FOR ENHANCED ENERGY AND RESOURCE RECOVERY (AGRICULTURE). IT WILL SUPPORT SEVERAL CURRENT EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS INCLUDING PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE NSF. IT WILL ALSO ENABLE NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS FOR CSUB FACULTY AND FACILITATE NEW COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS BETWEEN CSUB FACULTY FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS COLLABORATIONS WITH RESEARCHERS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 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.

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OPTION YEAR 1

PROJECT ABSTRACTTHE PROJECT WILL CONDUCT SEABIRD COLONY SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING IN CENTRAL COASTAL CALIFORNIA AS PART OF THE LUCKENBACH OIL SPILLS RESTORATION PLANS SEABIRD COLONY PROTECTION PROGRAM. THE PROJECT IS CONDUCTED COOPERATIVELY BY THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE USFWS AND CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION. THE GOAL OF THE RESTORATION PLAN IS TO RESTORE BREEDING SEABIRD POPULATIONS HARMED BY THE LUCKENBACH OIL SPILLS, ESPECIALLY THE COMMON MURRE URIA AALGE, BY REDUCING HUMAN DISTURBANCE AS WELL AS TO MONITOR SEABIRD POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON SPECIES AFFECTED BY THE OIL SPILL THAT ARE MOST SENSITIVE TO TYPICAL FORMS OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE ESPECIALLY COMMON MURRES. IN ADDITION, FOCUSED MONITORING AND SURVEILLANCE OF BRANDTS CORMORANTS URILE PENICILLATUS, PELAGIC CORMORANTS URILE PELAGICUS, WESTERN GULLS LARUS OCCIDENTALIS, AND PIGEON GUILLEMOTS CEPPHUS COLUMBA WILL BE CONDUCTED WHERE THEY NEST IN CLOSE ASSOCIATION TO MURRES. IN 2025, EFFORTS WILL BE CONCENTRATED AT THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SEABIRD COLONIES KNOWN AS POINT REYESHEADLANDS AND DEVILS SLIDE ROCK AND MAINLAND. SURVEYS WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DOCUMENT HUMAN DISTURBANCE TO COMMON MURRES AND OTHER SEABIRDS, AND THE IMPACTS OF SUCH DISTURBANCE. CONCURRENTLY WE WILL MONITOR IMPORTANT DEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS SUCH AS POPULATION SIZES AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS. DATA COLLECTED WILL INCLUDE NUMBERS OF AIRCRAFT AND WATERCRAFT OBSERVED WITHIN STANDARDIZED DISTANCES TO COLONIES, WITHIN STATE SPECIAL CLOSURES, AND ANY OTHER OBSERVED HUMAN DISTURBANCE TO THE MURRES. ADDITIONALLY, SPECIFIC BIOLOGICAL METRICS MEASURED WILL INCLUDE 1 SEASONAL ATTENDANCE PATTERNS OF COMMON MURRES 2 PRODUCTIVITY OF COMMON MURRES, BRANDTS CORMORANTS, PELAGIC CORMORANTS, AND WESTERN GULLS AT STANDARDIZED COLONIES AND PLOTS 3 NEST AND OR BIRD COUNTS OF BRANDTS CORMORANTS, PELAGIC CORMORANTS, BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS, WESTERN GULLS AND PIGEON GUILLEMOTS AT ALL COLONIES. THESE METRICS WILL BE USED TO ASSESS THE LEVELS AND IMPACTS OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE AND TO PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SEABIRD PROTECTION NETWORK. ALL DATA WILL BE ENTERED INTO STANDARDIZED DATABASES FOR LONGTERM ARCHIVING AT THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX, AND DATA WILL BE SUMMARIZED IN A JOINT USFWS AND HSUSPF ANNUAL REPORT. WE WILL CONTINUE SUMMARIZING COMMON MURRE COLONY DISTURBANCE INFORMATION DATING BACK TO THE INITIATION OF THE PROJECT 1996 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE MORE INDEPTH INFORMATION ON THE LEVELS AND IMPACTS OF DISTURBANCE TO MURRE COLONIES

FEEDSTOCKS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH 2010 BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (BRDI) GRANT

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM - THE ALTRUISTIC BEHAVIOR INSTITUTE’S RURAL AND TRIBAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT WILL INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND IMPROVE THE DISTRIBUTION OF A WELL-TRAINED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE IN RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF REMOTE NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. PROJECT GOALS, OBJECTIVES, MILESTONES, AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO 40 TRAINEES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING SITES ALONG WITH DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, AND EVALUATION OF ADDITIONAL COURSEWORK, EXTERNAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING RELATED TO TEAM-BASED CARE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND THEIR FAMILIES IN RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF FAR NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. CONTINUATION OF THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW FOR STRENGTHENED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES IN UNDERSERVED MEDICAL COMMUNITIES AND HEALTH PROFESSION SHORTAGE AREAS WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST POPULATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN RURAL CALIFORNIA. ALL TRAINEES WILL BE EXPECTED TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT IN RURAL AND TRIBAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS UPON GRADUATION. CAL POLY HUMBOLDT’S PROGRAM HAS DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO TRAIN PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, AND SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS TO WORK IN INTEGRATED CARE SETTINGS AND HAS DOCUMENTED AN AVERAGE INCREASE IN THE CENTER FOR INTEGRATED HEALTH SOLUTIONS’ “SIX LEVELS OF COLLABORATION/INTEGRATION” OF 50%, FROM APPROXIMATELY 3.0 TO 4.5. IN ADDITION TO THIS REQUESTED FUNDING PRIORITY, THE PROGRAM MEETS FUNDING PREFERENCE QUALIFICATION 1 BY PLACING 100% OF PROGRAM GRADUATES IN MEDICALLY UNSERVED COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM FOR WHICH CONTINUATION IS REQUESTED HAS DEMONSTRATED A 275% INCREASE IN NEW AND EXPANDED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING SITES IN HIGH-NEED AND HIGH-DEMAND AREAS FROM 2021-2024. CAL POLY HUMBOLDT’S MSW PROGRAM WAS BUILT GROUND-UP BY AND FOR THE RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. WE KNOW, AS NATIONAL RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES, THAT THE BEST WAY TO STRENGTHEN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE IN RURAL AND TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IS TO “GROW YOUR OWN.” THESE ARE THE FOLKS MOST LIKELY TO STICK AROUND. OUR PROGRAM HAS HAD GREAT SUCCESS WITH THIS MODEL. CONTINUATION OF THE RURAL AND TRIBAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM WILL PRODUCE MEASURABLE RESULTS AND ENDURING OUTCOMES.

DESCRIPTION:THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES CONDUCT AMBIENT AIR MONITORING OF POLLUTANTS OF GREATEST CONCERN IN COMMUNITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH OUTCOME DISPARITIES STEMMING FROM POLLUTION AND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. THIS PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH THE KLAMATH REGION COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING NETWORK - A COMMUNITY OPERATED NETWORK OF REAL-TIME PARTICULATE MATTER SENSORS (PM) WITH SUPPORTING CALIBRATION AND DATA MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE COMMUNITIES IN THE KLAMATH REGION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEAVILY AFFECTED BY WILDFIRES AND INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS. THIS ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FULL FEDERAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000.00. PRE-AWARD COSTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BACK TO 6/01/2023.ACTIVITIES:THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO MONITOR THEIR OWN AIR QUALITY AND TO PROMOTE AIR QUALITY MONITORING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL, STATE, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT: LEVERAGE EXISTING AIR QUALITY EXPERTISE, EXPAND USE OF COMMUNITY MONITORING GROUPS AND OTHER APPROACHES THAT GIVE THE COMMUNITY A VOICE IN THE MONITORING OF THE AIR QUALITY, AND BUILD A FOUNDATION OF TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS AND ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING FROM WHICH SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS TO COMMUNITY AIR POLLUTION PROBLEMS CAN BE FOUND. THE PROJECT BUILDS ON COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN THREE GROUPS LOCATED IN THE REGION (SCHATZ ENERGY RESEARCH CENTER , THE KARUK TRIBE, AND THE BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA TRIBE) TO DEPLOY 100 LOW-COST PM SENSORS IN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR LOCATIONS , NEAR-REFERENCE AND REFERENCE METHOD PM2.5 MONITORS, AND BLACK CARBON MONITORS TO ASSESS AIR QUALITY IN THE REGION. THE PROJECT INCLUDES ACTIVITIES THAT ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN UNDERSTANDING HOW DATA FROM THE NETWORK CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC PROGRAM DECISION MAKING, TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF DATA AND AIR MONITOR PERFORMANCE, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING INFRASTRUCTURE TO FOSTER PARTNERSHIP AND SUSTAIN THE USEFULNESS OF THE AIR NETWORK INTO THE FUTURE. SUBRECIPIENT:THE KARUK TRIBE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (KDNR) WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR THE KARUK TRIBE, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT WILL SERVE AS THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY PARTNER AT BLR. COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FACILITATED BY PARTNERS WILL IDENTIFY USE CASES AND NEEDS WITH RESPECT TO AIR SENSOR DATA AND HELP REFINE NETWORK DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY AND DATA DASHBOARDS/RESOURCES. DEPLOYMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SENSOR NETWORKS WILL BE PERFORMED JOINTLY BY KDNR, BLR, AND SCHATZ CENTER OVER THE ENTIRE TWO-YEAR PROJECT PERIOD. SCHATZ CENTER WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING TRAINING MATERIALS FOR SENSORS/INSTRUMENTS IN THE NETWORK, BUT BOTH COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DESIGN AND REVIEW OF CURRICULUM OUTPUT. SCHATZ CENTER'S EXPERTISE IN AIR MONITORING AND IN LONG-TERM TECHNICAL ADVISORY ROLES IS INTENDED - THROUGH PROJECT ACTIVITIES - TO BOLSTER TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN THE NETWORK, EXTENDING BEYOND THE PROJECT PERIOD. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO BE AN UPFRONT INVESTMENT THAT IN THE FUTURE WILL ENABLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY IN TECHNICAL MONITORING CAPACITY AND IMPROVE EFFICIENCY TO ALLOW MORE RESOURCES TO FLOW TO USING DATA TO SERVE COMMUNITIES AND FOR FUNDRAISING (AS OPPOSED TO MANAGING DATA, FIXING SENSORS, ETC.). OUTCOMES:THE ANTICIPATED DELIVERABLES TO EPA INCLUDE A QUARTERLY AND FINAL REPORT DETAILING PARTNER AND PARTICIPANT MEETINGS, PROCUREMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AIR QUALITY MONITORS, COLLOCATION AND CALIBRATION OF LOW-COST PM SENSORS, AND TRAINING OF PARTNERS ON AIR POLLUTION EQUIPMENT. THE EXPECTED OUTCOMES INCLUDE: 1) REAL-TIME MONITORING OF PM2. CONCENTRATIONS ACROSS THE KLAMATH REGION; 2) COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC ASSESSMENTS OF AIR POLLUTION DATA; 3) DEPLOYMENT OF EQUIPMENT TO CONDUCT AIR QUALITY MONITORING; 4) PARTNERSHIP BUILDING AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING; 5) COMMUNITY SPECIFIC MONITORING CAPACITY RESILIENCE. THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE RESIDENTS O

USING SCHOLARSHIPS, TEAMS AND RESEARCH TO ENGAGE UNDERGRADUATE STEM STUDENTS AT AN HSI -WITH SUPPORT FROM THE IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION (IUSE) FOR HSI STEM, THIS PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE NATIONAL NEED FOR WELL-EDUCATED SCIENTISTS, MATHEMATICIANS, ENGINEERS, AND TECHNICIANS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND ACADEMIC SUPPORTS FOR STEM MAJORS AT CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, HUMBOLDT (CAL POLY HUMBOLDT). OVER ITS THREE-YEAR DURATION, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE PEER AND FACULTY MENTORING, TUTORING, AND UP TO THREE YEARS OF SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT TO LOW-INCOME STUDENTS PURSUING BACHELOR?S DEGREES IN BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATICS, OR MATHEMATICS. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS WILL BE PLACED INTO COHORTS TO EXPLORE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, BUILD WORKFORCE SKILLS, PARTICIPATE IN JOB SHADOWING, AND ENGAGE IN RESEARCH. SUCCESSFUL INTERVENTIONS WILL BE SCALED BEYOND THE PROJECT?S INITIAL PARTICIPANTS TO THE BROADER POPULATION OF MAJORS AT THE INSTITUTION. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE STEM DEGREE COMPLETION IN THE FOCAL DISCIPLINES AND GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE ON EFFECTIVE ASPECTS OF THE MULTI-PART PROJECT MODEL. THE LONG-TERM EXPECTED OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE INCREASED STUDENT RETENTION IN STEM PROGRAMS, REDUCED TIME TO GRADUATION, INCREASED GRADUATION RATES, AND INCREASED JOB PLACEMENT OR ENTRY INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL. THE MENTORING PLAN, CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, AND RICH EXPERIENCES ALIGN WITH THE PROJECT?S GOAL TO STRENGTHEN PARTICIPATING STUDENTS? IDENTITY AS STEM LEARNERS AND FUTURE PROFESSIONALS. PROJECT RESEARCH WILL USE A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH TO EXPLORE HOW EACH EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORT SYSTEM IMPACTS STUDENTS' SCIENCE IDENTITY. OUTCOMES AND PRACTICES WILL BE BROADLY DISSEMINATED TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION CONCERNED WITH ASSISTING AND RETAINING A DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS. THE LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE INCREASED STUDENT RETENTION IN STEM PROGRAMS, REDUCED TIME TO GRADUATION AND IMPROVED GRADUATION RATES IN STEM, AND INCREASED PLACEMENT IN THE STEM WORKFORCE FOR CAL POLY HUMBOLT STEM GRADUATES. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE HSI PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION, BROADEN PARTICIPATION IN STEM, AND BUILD CAPACITY AT HSIS. 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.

OFFSHORE WIND GENERATION AND LOAD COMPATIBILITY ASSESSMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ELECTRICITY GRID CONSTRAINTS, MITIGATION MEASURES AND ASSOCIATED COSTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIVERSITY AND EVOLUTION OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGI OF THE GUINEO-CONGOLIAN RAINFOREST

THE CONSENT PROJECT: INCREASING HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY''S ABILITY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SEXUALIZED VIOLENCE IN A SURVIVOR CENTERED MANNER

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MICRO PHOTONICS SKYSCAN 1273 HIGH-ENERGY MICRO-CT SCANNER FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN THE HSU COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES & SCIENCES

BRC-BIO MARAJO: THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF VERTEBRATE DIVERSITY IN THE PLANET'S LARGEST FLUVIAL ISLAND -AMAZONIA HOUSES THE LARGEST BIODIVERSITY ON THE PLANET, AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THIS BIODIVERSITY WAS ESTABLISHED IS A LINGERING QUESTION IN BIOLOGY. ANSWERS TO THAT QUESTION COULD PROVIDE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON HOW SPECIES RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND CLIMATE CHANGES AND LEAD TO BETTER CHOICES IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY. HOWEVER, BASIC DATA ON DISTRIBUTION AND EVOLUTION OF AMAZONIAN BIODIVERSITY REMAIN FRAGMENTARY, POSING CHALLENGES TO SCIENTISTS TO TACKLE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS. A SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE GAP CONCERNS THE COMPOSITION AND ORIGINS OF THE BIODIVERSITY OF MARAJO?, THE WORLD'S LARGEST FLUVIAL ISLAND (ROUGHLY THE SIZE OF SWITZERLAND). MARAJO? IS DIVIDED INTO A DENSELY FORESTED WEST AND A MOSTLY OPEN (TREELESS GRASSLAND AND SAVANNA WOODLANDS) EAST. THE SHARP CLIMATIC AND VEGETATION DIFFERENCES MAKE THE ISLAND A NATURAL EXPERIMENT TO UNDERSTAND EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL GROUPS IN AMAZONIA. THIS PROJECT WILL EMPLOY FIELD- AND LABORATORY-BASED APPROACHES TO STUDY THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF FAUNA AT MARAJ?. IT WILL USE GEOGRAPHIC AND GENOMIC DATA FROM VERTEBRATE SPECIES TO REVEAL HOW AND WHEN THESE GROUPS COLONIZED THE ISLAND, AND HOW THE DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES PROMPTED THEIR EVOLUTION AND DIVERSIFICATION. THE PROJECT WILL CREATE HANDS-ON LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND WILL CREATE A COMMUNITY FOR KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE ON BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION. UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORIGIN AND MAINTENANCE OF AMAZONIAN BIODIVERSITY REQUIRES INTEGRATIVE STUDIES BRIDGING MACRO- AND MICROEVOLUTION. MARAJ?S DYNAMIC HISTORY, WHICH INCLUDES A RELATIVELY RECENT SEPARATION FROM THE MAINLAND (DURING LATE PLEISTOCENE TO HOLOCENE) AND A MARKED DIVISION INTO A DENSELY FORESTED WEST AND MOSTLY OPEN HABITATS IN THE EAST, MAKES IT A NATURAL EVOLUTIONARY EXPERIMENT TO UNDERSTAND DIVERSIFICATION OF ANIMAL ASSEMBLAGES ON MARAJ? ITSELF, AS WELL AS BETWEEN HABITAT TYPES WITHIN THE ISLAND. THIS PROJECT WILL USE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AND GENOMIC DATA (ULTRACONSERVED ELEMENTS) FROM SEVEN VERTEBRATE GROUPS (TWO AMPHIBIANS, TWO LIZARDS, AND THREE MAMMALS), AND A COMBINATION OF PHYLOGENETIC METHODS AND FINE SCALE POPULATION GENETIC ANALYSES TO EVALUATE GENOMIC STRUCTURES WITHIN MARAJ?, AND IN A BROADER SCOPE INCLUDING MAINLAND SITES. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ANSWER TWO MAIN QUESTIONS: (1) HOW AND WHEN DID THESE GROUPS COLONIZE THE ISLAND? (2) HOW THE USE OF DIFFERENT LANDSCAPES WITHIN THE ISLAND MAY HAVE FOSTERED MICROEVOLUTIONARY DIVERSIFICATION? THE RESEARCH PLAN INCLUDES FIELD COLLECTIONS AT FOUR MARAJ? SITES, GATHERING OF COMPLEMENTARY SAMPLES AVAILABLE THROUGH NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTIONS, GENERATION OF GENOMIC DATA, AND PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION GENETIC ANALYSES. 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.

BRC-BIO: THE ORIGIN AND GENETIC MAKEUP OF RARE PLANTS: BRIDGING MICRO- AND MACROEVOLUTION IN THE CALIFORNIA FLORISTIC PROVINCE -THIS PROJECT WILL EXAMINE THE ORIGIN AND GENETICS OF FOUR RARE PLANTS IN CALIFORNIA, A STATE KNOWN FOR HAVING HIGH BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. IN CALIFORNIA, THERE ARE OVER 6,000 DIFFERENT PLANT SPECIES, AND ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM ARE RARE. OFTEN FOUND IN ONLY A SINGLE COUNTY OR A FEW ADJACENT COUNTIES, RARE SPECIES ARE THOSE THAT LIVE IN SMALL AREAS. BECAUSE RARE SPECIES OCCUPY SMALL AREAS, ANY CHANGES TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT CAN AFFECT THEM MORE RELATIVE TO WIDESPREAD SPECIES. BY STUDYING THEIR GENETIC MAKEUP AND ASPECTS OF THEIR MORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, THIS STUDY AIMS TO INCREASE OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT RARE PLANTS. UNDERSTANDING HOW RARE PLANTS EVOLVE AND HOW GENETICALLY DIVERSE THEY ARE WILL HELP BIOLOGISTS TO MANAGE AND PROTECT THESE RARE SPECIES. THIS STUDY FOCUSES ON FOUR RARE PLANTS IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. THIS AREA IS KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE PLANTS BUT FACES IMPORTANT CHALLENGES FROM RECENT WILDFIRES AND PROLONGED DROUGHTS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO PROVIDE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR COLLEGE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE SCIENCES. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY WILL BE PRESENTED TO LOCAL INDIGENOUS TRIBES AND TO REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SOCIETIES. HOTSPOTS OF BIODIVERSITY HAVE A HIGH PROPORTION OF RARE PLANTS: IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT A THIRD OF PLANT TAXA IN THE CALIFORNIA FLORISTIC PROVINCE ARE RARE. RECENT EVIDENCE HAS SHOWN THAT BUDDING SPECIATION COULD BE A PRIMARY DRIVER OF RARE SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE CALIFORNIA FLORISTIC PROVINCE. DESPITE THE APPARENT RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF RARE SPECIES IN THE ASSEMBLAGE OF BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS, FINE EVOLUTIONARY SCALE STUDIES THAT TEST THE PREDICTIONS OF BUDDING SPECIATION ARE MISSING, AND LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ORIGIN AND GENETICS OF RARE PLANT SPECIES. BUDDING SPECIATION IS DEFINED AS A PROCESS IN WHICH A WIDESPREAD SPECIES (PROGENITOR) GIVES RISE TO A NARROWLY DISTRIBUTED SPECIES (DERIVATIVE), WITH THE ?DERIVATIVE? SPECIES BEING GEOGRAPHICALLY ADJACENT OR OVERLAPPING TO THE ?PROGENITOR? SPECIES. THIS PROJECT WILL STUDY FOUR RARE SPECIES (ERYSIMUM MENZIESII, LUPINUS CONSTANCEI, SILENE SERPENTINICOLA, WYETHIA LONGICAULIS) IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TO: 1) TEST THE PHYLOGENETIC AND GENETIC PREDICTIONS OF BUDDING SPECIATION, AND 2) TEST FOR ECOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THE ?DERIVATIVE? AND ITS PUTATIVE ?PROGENITOR.? THE PROJECT WILL SAMPLE HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF DNA REGIONS AND MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS PER SPECIES FOR AIM 1. VEGETATIVE HABIT, FLOWER SIZE, FLOWERING PERIOD, SOIL PREFERENCE, AND CLIMATIC NICHE WILL BE COMPARED BETWEEN THE ?DERIVATIVE? SPECIES AND ITS PUTATIVE ?PROGENITOR? FOR AIM 2. KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE INPUT IN THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES GOVERNING RARE PLANT SPECIES. 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.

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT TRIO SSS 2025-2030

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A FLUIDIGM BIOMARK HD SYSTEM FOR RESEARCH AND TRAINING AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

EXPANDING UNDERSTANDING OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR IN SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH EDUCATOR PREPARATION: AN EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEM APPROACH -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY IMPROVING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS OF COLOR IN THE PURSUIT OF CAREERS AS SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) TEACHERS IN K-12 SETTINGS. THERE IS A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF K-12 TEACHERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND THIS SHORTAGE IS PARTICULARLY SEVERE FOR THOSE TEACHING IN STEM DISCIPLINES. THE LACK OF QUALIFIED STEM EDUCATORS IN THE UNITED STATES IMPACTS SOCIO-ECONOMIC STABILITY AND THREATENS THE NATION'S CAPACITY FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS. IMPORTANTLY, RESEARCH INDICATES THAT ALL STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM HAVING TEACHERS OF COLOR, AND THIS BENEFIT IS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED FOR STUDENTS OF COLOR. THE LACK OF DIVERSITY OF STEM K-12 EDUCATORS IS BOTH A RESULT AND POTENTIAL CAUSE OF SIGNIFICANT INEQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN UNDERGRADUATE STEM PROGRAMS AND MAJORS. THIS IUSE: EDU ICT LEVEL 2 RESEARCH PROJECT WILL TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTRITION AND RETENTION OF STUDENTS OF COLOR IN STEM TEACHING CAREER PATHWAYS. THE RESEARCH WILL RESULT IN CASE STUDIES THAT HELP SENSITIZE UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONALS WHO SUPPORT THIS POPULATION OF STUDENTS AND DEVELOP POLICIES TO THAT END. PREVIOUS RESEARCH DOCUMENTS THE INSTITUTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL BARRIERS LEADING TO THE ATTRITION OF DIVERSE STUDENTS IN EDUCATION AND STEM FIELDS ALIKE. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE QUALITIES OF THE EDUCATIONAL ECOSYSTEMS PRE-SERVICE STEM EDUCATORS EXPERIENCE IN THEIR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY, AND HOW THESE ECOSYSTEMS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE ATTRITION OF STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS. THE STUDY WILL EMPLOY A CRITICAL CARTOGRAPHIC CASE STUDY METHODOLOGY, A PROCESS OF CAREFUL OBSERVATION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL AND DISCURSIVE INFLUENCES ON STUDENT EXPERIENCE, IDENTITY, AND SUBJECTIVITY AND CAREFUL LISTENING TO STUDENTS WHO ARE LIVING AND LEARNING IN THOSE PATHWAYS. THE STUDY EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF PRESUMED CAUSES OF STUDENT RETENTION/ATTRITION BY EXAMINING MULTIPLE, CONTEXTUAL, AND OFTEN OVERDETERMINED INFLUENCES ON STUDENT EXPERIENCE. TO DOCUMENT THE COMPLEX BUT CONSEQUENTIAL CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES ON STUDENT EXPERIENCE, THE STUDY WILL EMPLOY MULTIPLE MODALITIES OF OBSERVATION (STUDENT SHADOWING, PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION IN CLASSES AND OTHER SETTINGS) AND MULTIPLE INTERVIEW FORMATS (POST-OBSERVATION DEBRIEFS, PEER INTERVIEWS, AND STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS). CASE STUDY REPORTING METHODS, WHICH ARE ESPECIALLY WELL SUITED FOR DOCUMENTING AND COMMUNICATING COMPLEX CAUSAL RELATIONS THAT ARE HIGHLY CONTEXT DEPENDENT IN NATURE, WILL BE USED TO ANALYZE THIS DATA AND REPRESENT FINDINGS. FINDINGS WILL BE DISSEMINATED IN STEM EDUCATION ACADEMIC JOURNALS, STEM EDUCATION POLICY AND PRACTITIONER PUBLICATIONS, AND THROUGH A SERIES OF PILOT WORKSHOPS USING THE PRODUCED CASE STUDIES AS CORE CURRICULA. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE INSTITUTIONAL AND COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION (ICT) TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM AND IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION ACROSS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINARY 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.

TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN APEX ACCELERATOR TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE FOR LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING NEWLY STARTED BUSINESSES, TO OBTAIN PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

HYDROGEN EDUCATION FOR CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: TESTING THE LINK BETWEEN SKELETAL LABYRINTH MORPHOLOGY AND HABITAT IN SHARKS -THE INNER EAR IS USED BOTH FOR DETECTING SOUND AND FOR THE SENSE OF EQUILIBRIUM (SENSING THE BODY?S ORIENTATION IN SPACE). THE SHAPE OF AN ANIMAL?S EAR OFTEN CORRELATES WITH LOCOMOTION OR PRIMARY HABITAT. FOR EXAMPLE, EAR SHAPE DIFFERS BETWEEN BURROWING, TERRESTRIAL, AND TREE-DWELLING MAMMALS. THIS WORK WILL USE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) TO EVALUATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH EAR SHAPE DIFFERS BETWEEN CHONDRICHTHYANS (SHARKS, RAYS, AND RATFISHES) LIVING IN DIFFERENT HABITATS. IF CORRELATIONS WITH HABITAT EXIST, THEN EAR SHAPE CHARACTERIZATION IN REPRESENTATIVE EXTANT SPECIES CAN BE USED TO MAKE INFERENCES ABOUT THE LIVES OF EXTINCT SHARKS AND RAYS. IF EAR SHAPE IS RELATED MORE TO EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY, RATHER THAN HABITAT, THEN EAR SHAPE CAN BE USED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ANCESTOR-DESCENDANT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN LIVING AND FOSSIL GROUPS OF SHARKS. THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE 3D RENDERINGS OF THE INNER EARS OF ALL LIVING FAMILIES OF SHARKS AND RAYS, ASSESS STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY BETWEEN SOFT TISSUE AND SKELETAL PARTS OF SHARK INNER EARS, PREDICT LOCOMOTORY MODE AND HABITAT FOR FOSSIL SHARKS, AND DEVELOP A TREE DIAGRAM THAT DEPICTS EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS OF SHARKS AND THEIR RELATIVES. FUNDING WILL SUPPORT TWO GRADUATE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS UNDERGRADUATES, ALL OF WHOM WILL PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH AT CONFERENCES AND CONTRIBUTE TO PUBLISHING PAPERS. 3D ANATOMICAL MODELS WILL BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ONLINE AND USED AS EDUCATIONAL TOOLS AT BOTH THE K-12 AND COLLEGE LEVEL, AS WELL AS FOR PUBLIC DISPLAYS AT UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES AND PUBLIC NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS. ELASMOBRANCHS REPRESENT AN EXCELLENT BUT UNDERSTUDIED NON-TETRAPOD GROUP FOR TESTING THE LINK BETWEEN INNER EAR GEOMETRY AND ECOMORPHOLOGY: THEIR LABYRINTHS ARE FULLY ENCLOSED IN CARTILAGE, THE INNER EAR DISPLAYS BOTH SYMPLESIOMORPHIES AND SPECIALIZATIONS FOR LOW-FREQUENCY SOUND DETECTION, AND THE GROUP OCCUPIES A WIDE RANGE OF HABITATS INCLUDING PELAGIC TAXA, REEF-ASSOCIATED SPECIES, AND SANDY-BOTTOM BENTHIC FORMS. THE MEMBRANOUS CANALS OF THE INNER EAR ARE HOUSED IN THE SKELETAL LABYRINTH, WHICH CAN BE VIRTUALLY INFILLED TO CREATE AN ENDOCAST USED FOR COMPARATIVE ANALYSES. TO ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EAR SHAPE AND LOCOMOTOR ECOLOGY AND HABITAT, THE PROJECT WILL FIRST USE MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY TO DOCUMENT SKELETAL LABYRINTH MORPHOLOGY FOR ALL LIVING SHARK AND BATOID FAMILIES. A COMBINATION OF DIFFUSIBLE IODINE-BASED CONTRAST-ENHANCED CT AND MRI WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SKELETAL LABYRINTH IS AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF THE VARIATION IN SHAPE OF THE SOFT-TISSUE MEMBRANOUS LABYRINTH. THEN, A REGRESSION ANALYSIS WILL TEST FOR CORRELATION BETWEEN LIFESTYLE AND LABYRINTH GEOMETRY, AND DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS AND CROSS-VALIDATION ANALYSIS WILL TEST THE PREDICTIVE POWER OF SHAPE VARIABLES. IF A STRONG ECOMORPHOLOGICAL CORRELATION IS PRESENT, INFERENCES CAN THEN BE MADE ABOUT LOCOMOTORY ECOLOGY OF EXTINCT TAXA. RECENT PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSES OF CHONDRICHTHYANS HAVE REVEALED CLADE INSTABILITY AND PARAPHYLY THAT MAY BE RESOLVED WITH ADDITIONAL MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS. THEREFORE, THE DATASET WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TOWARD RESOLVING PHYLOGENETIC CONFLICTS BY ADDING INNER EAR CHARACTERS TO A TOTAL EVIDENCE ANALYSIS. DATASETS RESULTING FROM THE WORK WILL ALSO BE PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND THEREFORE HELPFUL FOR DOWNSTREAM ANALYSES BY RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD. 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: RUI: GLACIER RESILIENCE DURING THE HOLOCENE AND LATE PLEISTOCENE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -GLACIERS ARE IMPORTANT WATER RESOURCES FOR DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES AND ARE SENSITIVE RECORDERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THE RECONSTRUCTED POSITION OF GLACIERS THROUGH THE LAST ICE AGE HAS BEEN USED TO INFER PAST CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE WESTERN U.S. HOWEVER, PREVIOUS RESEARCH HAS FOCUSED ALONG THE CONTINENTAL INTERIOR (E.G., THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS) OR THE SIERRA NEVADA. THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES CLIMATE CHANGES OVER THE PAST 20,000 YEARS IN THE TRINITY ALPS REGION OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BY RECONSTRUCTING PAST GLACIER CHANGES. THE STUDY PROVIDES THE FIRST QUANTITATIVE DATA ON GLACIATION FROM THE PACIFIC-PROXIMAL KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, A LOCATION THAT MAY BE OUT-OF-PHASE CLIMATICALLY WITH INTERIOR CONTINENTAL RANGES. THE RESEARCH IS PRODUCING NEW RECONSTRUCTIONS OF PAST CLIMATE FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FILLS A SPATIAL GAP IN THE GLACIAL HISTORY ALONG THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. THE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON GLACIERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WITH SOCIETAL IMPACTS FOR WATER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA AND GLOBALLY. ADDITIONAL PROJECT GOALS INCLUDE ACTING AS A CATALYST TO INSPIRE AND RECRUIT GEOSCIENCE UNDERGRADUATE MAJORS AND DEVELOP PATHWAYS FOR CAREERS AS GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS. ALL PROJECT INSTITUTIONS ARE MINORITY-SERVING OR HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS; THE PROJECT PROVIDES 32 STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A ONE-WEEK FIELD TRIP FOCUSING ON THE CENTRAL VALLEY WATER PROJECT AND WATER RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA. BY BRINGING TOGETHER DIVERSE STUDENTS FROM THE NORTHERNMOST AND SOUTHERNMOST PARTS OF THE STATE, THE AIM OF THIS FIELD TRIP IS TO STIMULATE THE STUDENTS? INTEREST IN GEOSCIENCE, EXPAND THEIR PERSPECTIVES, AND FOSTER COLLABORATION WITHIN THESE FUTURE LEADERS. ADDITIONALLY, THIRTEEN UNDERGRADUATE AND THREE GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE SUPPORTED TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS AT CONFERENCES. THIS PROJECT USES A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO IDENTIFY PAST CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE TRINITY ALPS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND TO EVALUATE THE MECHANISMS FOR THESE CHANGES BY INTEGRATING GEOMORPHIC MAPPING, 10BE SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING, LAKE SEDIMENT CORING, DENDROCHRONOLOGY/DENDROCLIMATOLOGY AND NUMERICAL MODELING OF GLACIERS AND CLIMATE CHANGES. UNTIL THEIR RECENT DEMISE, GLACIERS IN THE TRINITY ALPS WERE SOME OF THE LOWEST-ELEVATION GLACIERS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THESE GLACIERS ARE CLOSER TO THE MOISTURE SOURCE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN THAN THE BETTER-STUDIED GLACIERS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND SIERRA NEVADA. THUS, GLACIERS IN THE TRINITY ALPS MAY HAVE RESPONDED DIFFERENTLY TO CLIMATE CHANGES OVER THE PAST 20,000 YEARS THAN THE DRIER REGIONS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES. THE MECHANISMS FOR THESE PAST CLIMATE CHANGES ARE BEING EVALUATED BY COMPARING THE CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM THIS PROJECT TO OUTPUT FROM PALEOCLIMATE GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS FROM PMIP4/CMIP6 AND PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED PALEOCLIMATE RECORDS. BY USING METHODS FROM MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES, THIS PROJECT PROVIDES A NEW GLACIAL AND CLIMATE HISTORY FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EVALUATES OF THE MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CHANGES. 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.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC:INCREASING OUR INNOVATION SCORES: SYMBIOTIC COLLABORATION OF REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS -THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT ACROSS THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS: SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, CAL POLY HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. FRANCIS UNIVERSITY, ST. MARY?S UNIVERSITY, AND UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY. THE EPIIC AWARD IS TO ESTABLISH AN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM IN A COHORT-BASED MODEL SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS (PUIS). THE COHORT COMPRISES A DIVERSE RANGE OF INSTITUTIONS WITH VARYING DEMOGRAPHICS, SIZES, MISSIONS, AND LOCATIONS. THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TWOFOLD: (1) TO DEVELOP INNOVATION CAPACITY WITHIN THE COHORT INSTITUTIONS AND (2) TO COLLECTIVELY ESTABLISH BEST PRACTICES AND FOSTER A COMMUNITY OF INNOVATION FOR PUIS. THIS REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM ENCOMPASSES SEVERAL RURAL INSTITUTIONS, MANY OF WHICH CATER TO LOW-INCOME AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS, WHILE OTHERS HAVE A SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION OF HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM FIELDS. THE COHORT IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTING INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES THAT EXPAND ACCESS TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES REQUIRING ADVANCED SKILLS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE REGIONS. THE OVERARCHING AIM IS TO CULTIVATE A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP AMONG THE COHORT MEMBERS, EMPOWERING EACH INSTITUTION TO PLAY AN EXPANDED ROLE WITHIN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY. THE AWARD'S PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A SYMBIOTIC COLLABORATION FOR REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM (SCORE) COHORT, WHICH INTRODUCES AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ENHANCING STEM INNOVATION CAPACITY. THIS APPROACH STEMS FROM THE COHORT'S UNDERGRADUATE-FOCUSED MISSION AND ITS STRONG EMPHASIS ON STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. THE PROPOSED PROJECT ENVISIONS A COMMUNITY-BASED APPROACH, FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES IN VARIOUS ASPECTS OF INNOVATION AND PARTNERSHIPS, INCLUDING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS, INVESTORS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND REGULATORY ISSUES. OPERATING AS A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE, THE COHORT OF PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS WILL COLLABORATE, LEARN, AND GROW TOGETHER WHILE UPHOLDING THE VALUES OF INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE AS A CENTRAL ASPECT OF THE PROJECT. THE GREATEST COLLECTIVE IMPACT THE COHORT WILL HAVE WILL COME FROM THE INCREASED CAPACITY TO SERVE THE REGIONS? ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY NEEDS AND TO EXPAND INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS INTO AN ADVANCED, QUICKLY EVOLVING STEM WORKFORCE. A BROADER IMPACT OF THIS COHORT-BASED LEARNING COMMUNITY FOR INNOVATION WILL RESULT IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INNOVATION CAPACITY, CONTINUED COLLABORATIONS, ENHANCING INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR THE STEM WORKFORCE, AND DEVELOPING MODELS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR PUIS NATIONWIDE. 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: DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF CONIFERS TO DROUGHT ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC GRADIENTS

THE GRANTS TO REDUCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUS PROGRAM (CAMPUS PROGRAM) IS AUTHORIZED BY 34 U.S.C. 20125. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO COMBAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING ON CAMPUSES. THESE COMPREHENSIVE EFFORTS ARE DESIGNED TO ENHANCE VICTIM SERVICES (INCLUDING LEGAL SERVICES), IMPLEMENT PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN SECURITY AND INVESTIGATION STRATEGIES TO PREVENT, PROSECUTE, AND RESPOND TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND STALKING. THE CAMPUS PROGRAM SUPPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT DEVELOP CAMPUS-BASED COORDINATED RESPONSES AMONG CAMPUS VICTIM SERVICES, CAMPUS LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HOUSING OFFICIALS, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENT LEADERS, FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND DISCIPLINARY BOARDS, AND ENHANCE VICTIM SAFETY AND ASSISTANCE AND HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE. TO BE EFFECTIVE, THESE RESPONSES MUST BE LINKED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, PROSECUTORS OFFICES, COURTS, AND NONPROFIT, NONGOVERNMENTAL VICTIM ADVOCACY AND VICTIM SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION IS A PUBLIC, HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION LOCATED IN BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA.WITH THIS CONTINUATION AWARD, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OPEN DOOR NETWORK AND THE KERN COUNTY FAMILY JUSTICE CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MEET THE STATUTORY AND PROGRAMMATIC REQUIREMENTS.IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP TAILORED AND CONCRETE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT LGBTQ STUDENTS, INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RUNNER PRIDE: PREVENTION, INCLUSION, DIVERSITY, EXCELLENCE PROGRAMAND TRAINING THATS SPECIFIC TO LGBTQ+ STUDENTS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EPIIC: ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIPS FOR INNOVATION, RESEARCH, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AI (ASPIRE-AI) -ASPIRE-AI WILL ACCELERATE SUSTAINABLE EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND APPLYING AI TO DRIVE INNOVATION, RESEARCH, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE PROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BY ESTABLISHING INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES FOR PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHENING FACULTY ENGAGEMENT, AND ADVANCE WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS. EACH COLLABORATING INSTITUTION BRINGS UNIQUE STRENGTHS, LEVERAGING REGIONAL AND DISCIPLINARY EXPERTISE TO ADDRESS BARRIERS SUCH AS LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE AND FRAGMENTED INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES. BY PROMOTING INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AND BUILDING SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, ASPIRE-AI GENERATES ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO ADVANCE APPLIED AI RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. THE COHORT COLLABORATION WILL CREATE A MODEL FOR NON-R1 INSTITUTIONS TO LEVERAGE EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE REGIONAL CAPACITY IN RESPONDING TO EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. ASPIRE-AI WILL ESTABLISH CENTRALIZED PARTNERSHIP HUBS, IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND FACILITATE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH INITIATIVES THAT GENERATE ACTIONABLE KNOWLEDGE AND TOOLS TO ADVANCE APPLIED AI RESEARCH AND INNOVATION. THESE EFFORTS ARE SUPPORTED BY SHARED RESOURCES AND A FOCUS ON SCALING SUCCESSES ACROSS COHORT INSTITUTIONS, WHICH NATURALLY FORM A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE TO AUGMENT MUTUAL SUPPORT FOR CAPACITY BUILDING. THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING TOOLKITS FOR MANAGING EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS, FACULTY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOKS, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FRAMEWORKS TAILORED TO THE CHALLENGES OF UNDER-RESOURCED INSTITUTIONS. ASPIRE-AI WILL ALSO INTEGRATE AI INTO RESEARCH AND CURRICULA ACROSS FIELDS SUCH AS AGRICULTURE, HEALTHCARE, CLIMATE ADAPTATION, AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, EQUIPPING STUDENTS WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO ADDRESS CRITICAL SOCIETAL CHALLENGES THROUGH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, ASPIRE-AI WILL DRIVE INSTITUTIONAL CULTURAL CHANGE THAT ENCOURAGES AND SUPPORTS EXTERNAL COLLABORATION IN USE-INSPIRED RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND WORKFORCE INITIATIVES. THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, THE PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMERGE AS REGIONAL LEADERS IN AI-DRIVEN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AND BECOME VITAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THEIR REGIONAL INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS. 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.

STRESSCURE: A COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE TOOLKIT FOR CREATING LABORATORY COURSES THAT INVESTIGATE BIOLOGICAL STRESS IN THE ROUNDWORM CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY BUILDING AND SUPPORTING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN LIFE SCIENCE LABORATORY COURSES THAT MORE CLOSELY MIMIC AUTHENTIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. ACCESS TO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IS SOMETIMES LIMITED TO STUDENTS ADVANTAGED WITH PRIOR RESEARCH EXPERIENCE OR HIGHER ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. BY INCORPORATING RESEARCH EXPERIENCES INTO LABORATORY COURSES, STUDENTS LEARN LABORATORY SKILLS AND ACQUIRE VALUABLE ACADEMIC TRAITS INCLUDING PERSISTENCE, PROBLEM-SOLVING, TEAMWORK, AND SELF-EFFICACY. THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF TEACHING TOOLS THAT WILL ATTRACT FACULTY TO ADOPT THE COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE MODEL IN A WIDE VARIETY OF LABORATORY COURSES SERVING FIRST THROUGH FOURTH-YEAR STUDENTS. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL INVESTIGATE THE EFFICACY OF THE MATERIALS CREATED, THE OUTCOMES OF FACULTY ADOPTION OF THIS TEACHING METHOD, AND CHANGES IN STUDENT AND FACULTY ATTITUDES POST-ADOPTION. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY IS THAT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE ADOPTION OF COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS AND INCREASE STUDENT RESILIENCE AND SELF-DRIVEN LEARNING, THEREBY INCREASING THE RETENTION OF STUDENTS IN STEM COURSES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH BY FACILITATING FACULTY ADOPTION OF A COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN THEIR LABORATORY COURSES. TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, FACULTY FROM SIX DIVERSE INSTITUTIONS PLAN TO DEVELOP MODULES OF LABORATORY EXERCISES AND SORT THEM BY DISCIPLINE ENABLING FACULTY TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY AND ADOPT PROTOCOLS APPROPRIATE TO THEIR INTERESTS, BUDGET, EQUIPMENT, AND FACILITIES, AND FACILITATE STUDENT-GENERATED LINES OF INVESTIGATION. THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO DISSEMINATE THE PRODUCTS OF THIS WORK BY ATTENDING AND PRESENTING AT VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEETINGS, BY PARTICIPATING IN EACH SOCIETY?S EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, BY PUBLISHING THE MODULES ON THE PROJECT?S WEBSITE, AND BY PUBLISHING OUTCOMES OF THE PROJECT IN PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE. IN THE FINAL YEAR OF THE PROJECT, THE TEAM INTENDS TO HOST A REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR FACULTY FROM PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS TO FURTHER FACILITATE ADOPTION FOR FACULTY FROM INSTITUTIONS THAT DO NOT REGULARLY ATTEND LARGER SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND TO FACILITATE THE BUILDING OF A REGIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE. WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT ARE PLANNED ASSESSMENTS OF BOTH STUDENT AND FACULTY MATERIALS. STUDENT EXIT SURVEYS AND STUDENT ARTIFACTS WILL HELP DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT ON CHANGES IN STUDENT AFFECTIVE LEARNING OUTCOMES REGARDING SCIENCE AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, AND STUDENT GROWTH IN SCIENCE LITERACY AND COMMUNICATION. FACULTY SURVEYS, WEBSITE METRICS, AND INTERACTION IN THE PROJECT?S COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE WILL BE USED TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF MODULES, EASE OF ADOPTION, FACULTY WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT THIS EVIDENCE-BASED STYLE OF TEACHING, AND FACULTY PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH. THIS RESEARCH PROPOSAL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE UNDERSTANDING OF BARRIERS TO ADOPTION OF COURSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES AND THE EFFICACY OF MEANS TO OVERCOME THOSE BARRIERS WHILE INCREASING STUDENT RETENTION AND SUCCESS IN STEM COURSES THROUGHOUT THEIR FOUR-YEAR EDUCATION. IT ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ENCOURAGE THE CREATION OF SIMILAR MODULAR-BASED LABORATORY EXPERIENCES BASED ON OTHER MODEL ORGANISMS AND SCIENTIFIC PROBLEMS, THEREBY INCREASING ADOPTION OF THIS EVIDENCE-BASED AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE TO A WIDER AUDIENCE. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH THE ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THIS 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 PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RUI: SMELLING IN WATER AND AIR: EVOLUTION OF OLFACTION IN PLETHODONTID SALAMANDERS

EMBRACE-EAR-GROWTH: TEMPERATURE CORRECTION IN THE LASER-HEATED DIAMOND ANVIL CELL: RECONCILING DISCREPANT HIGH-PRESSURE MELTING CURVES -A LONGSTANDING PROBLEM IN RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT HIGH PRESSURES IS THE MEASUREMENT OF MELTING TEMPERATURES. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING ELASTIC, ELECTRICAL, DEFORMATION, CHEMICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES, ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT IN MELTS WHEN COMPARED TO SOLIDS OF THE SAME COMPOSITION. THE MELTING BEHAVIOR OF MINERALS IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTANDING THE EVOLUTION OF PLANETS INCLUDING THE EARTH THROUGHOUT TIME AND SPACE. HOWEVER, MEASUREMENTS OF HIGH-PRESSURE MELTING CURVES OFTEN DIFFER BY SEVERAL 100S TO 1000S OF DEGREES. TO UNDERSTAND AND CORRECT DIVERGENT MELTING TEMPERATURES, THE ABSORPTION OF RELEVANT PLANETARY MATERIALS WILL BE MEASURED AND USED TO IMPROVE MELTING CURVES BY CONSIDERING OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN OPEN-SOURCE, USER-FRIENDLY TOOLKIT AND DATABASE FOR THE HIGH-PRESSURE COMMUNITY TO USE IN CORRECTING TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS TO ADDRESS A MAJOR SOURCE OF DISCREPANT VALUES. THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER AND SEVERAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, WHO WILL GAIN THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO FURTHER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE EARTH. THE PROPOSED PROJECT COMBINES A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK WHICH CONSIDERS WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION OF SAMPLES AND ITS EFFECT ON THERMAL EMISSION AS WELL AS MEASUREMENTS OF RELEVANT PLANETARY MATERIALS? OPTICAL PROPERTIES AT EXTREME CONDITIONS. A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) TOOLKIT INCORPORATING WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION, TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS, AND SAMPLE GEOMETRY WILL BE DEVELOPED AND A DATABASE ASSEMBLED TO RECONCILE THE SPREAD IN EXISTING MELTING CURVES AND ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURE CORRECTION OF SAMPLES FOR MORE ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS IN FUTURE LASER-HEATED DIAMOND-ANVIL CELL (LHDAC) EXPERIMENTS. THIS PROJECT WILL INFLUENCE OTHER BRANCHES OF GEOSCIENCE INCLUDING GEODYNAMICS, SEISMOLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY AND IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH?S DEEP INTERIOR AND THE FORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE PLANET. THE GUI TOOLKIT WILL PROVIDE THE MINERAL PHYSICS COMMUNITY WITH A FREE, OPEN-SOURCE, USER-FRIENDLY CODE THAT CAN BE USED BY GROUPS THAT MEASURE TEMPERATURES BY THERMAL RADIATION. THE PROPOSED METHODS OF TEMPERATURE CORRECTION WILL HELP THE MINERAL PHYSICS COMMUNITY RESOLVE LONG-STANDING TEMPERATURE DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN STUDIES AND ALLOW FOR A BETTER DETERMINATION OF MELTING TEMPERATURES. KNOWING THE MELTING TEMPERATURE MORE ACCURATELY WILL BETTER CONSTRAIN PROPERTIES THAT ARE TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT SUCH AS ELEMENT PARTITIONING AND RHEOLOGY. THIS RESEARCH WILL ALSO IMPACT THE MATERIALS SCIENCE COMMUNITY IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION AFFECTS TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS MORE GENERALLY. AS WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT ABSORPTION AND EMISSION ARE UBIQUITOUS IN EARTH MATERIALS BUT MOSTLY IGNORED, THE TOOLKIT PROPOSED TO CORRECT TEMPERATURES WILL BE USED TO IMPROVE EXISTING DATA SETS AS WELL AS FUTURE MEASUREMENTS. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE GEOPHYSICS AND PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY PROGRAMS. 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.

CHILD CARE

MODERNIZATION OF THE HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY SEAWATER SYSTEM

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

CISE-MSI : RCBP-ED: CCF-FET : IMPROVING RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY IN PHASE CHANGE MAIN MEMORY (PCM) -PHASE CHANGE MEMORIES (PCMS) ARE A CUTTING-EDGE TYPE OF COMPUTER MEMORY TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN REVOLUTIONIZE DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL. PCMS USE SPECIAL MATERIALS THAT CAN SWITCH BETWEEN TWO STATES, SIMILAR TO HOW ICE CAN CHANGE FROM SOLID TO LIQUID WITH TEMPERATURE. THIS UNIQUE PROPERTY ALLOWS PCMS TO STORE AND RETRIEVE DATA QUICKLY, EVEN WHEN THE POWER IS TURNED OFF. HOWEVER, PCMS FACE CHALLENGES RELATED TO THEIR ENDURANCE AND RELIABILITY. RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TO IMPROVE THE DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY OF PCMS TO MAKE THEM MORE ROBUST AND SUITABLE FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PCM RESEARCH EXTENDS AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRIDGE THE PERFORMANCE GAP BETWEEN STORAGE AND MAIN MEMORY, LEADING TO FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT COMPUTING SYSTEMS. THIS CAN HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON FIELDS SUCH AS DATA ANALYSIS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BY ENABLING FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE DATA ACCESS. INVESTING IN PCM RESEARCH THROUGH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE NSF IS VITAL BECAUSE THIS RESEARCH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING, LEADING TO FASTER AND MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT SYSTEMS WITH TRANSFORMATIVE APPLICATIONS THAT BENEFIT SOCIETY. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO EXPLORE EFFICIENT COMPUTER ALGORITHMS AND ARCHITECTURE FOR THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PCM TO FULFILL THE STORAGE REQUIREMENTS OF CONSUMERS. THE MAIN FOCUS IS ON ENHANCING THE RELIABILITY AND DURABILITY OF PCM TECHNOLOGY, WHICH SERVES AS A CRUCIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR NON-VOLATILE ELECTRICAL DATA STORAGE AT THE NANOMETER SCALE. THIS PROJECT TACKLES PROBLEMS FROM BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PERSPECTIVES. ON THE HARDWARE SIDE, ALL PROPOSED SOLUTIONS STRIVE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF A PCM MAIN MEMORY SYSTEM WHILE ADDRESSING CONCERNS RELATED TO LIMITED ENDURANCE, HARD ERRORS, AND DRIFT-INDUCED SOFT ERRORS. FROM A SOFTWARE STANDPOINT, IT INVOLVES OPERATING SYSTEM SUPPORT FOR ADDRESS TRANSLATION FROM VIRTUAL MEMORY ADDRESSES TO PHYSICAL ADDRESSES AND FROM PHYSICAL ADDRESSES TO ACTUAL PCM ADDRESSES. 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.

CSUB SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING PROGRAM (SATP)

RUI: COLONIZATION GENETICS OF GLOBALLY INVASIVE MARINE BRYOZOA: DOES ADAPTATION PRIOR OR POST-INTRODUCTION DETERMINE SPREAD?

SYMBIOTIC RICKETTSIA SPECIES AS A MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF FOLATE BIOSYNTHES

ARCHAEOLOGICAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL: TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT, ORGNAIZATION AND EXECUTION OF AN EVENT TO SHOWCASE US DOCUMENTARY FILM IN PAKIS

VBOC 2025-2026 HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY (HSU)

VBOC 2024-2025 HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION - VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER (VBOC)

VBOC 2023-2024 HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY (HSU)

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A POREWATER PERSPECTIVE ON BENTHIC SOURCES OF NEODYMIUM TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC -DOCUMENTING DEEP OCEAN CIRCULATION CHANGES IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING PAST CLIMATE VARIABILITY. NEODYMIUM (ND) ISOTOPES, RECORDED IN DEEP OCEAN SEDIMENTS, HAVE BEEN USED TO RECONSTRUCT PAST OCEAN CIRCULATION. HOWEVER, SEVERAL RECENT STUDIES SUGGEST THAT SOME ND IS RELEASED INTO SEAWATER FROM THE UNDERLYING SEDIMENT, WHICH WOULD COMPLICATE THE ABILITY TO USE ND ISOTOPES TO ACCURATELY TRACK DEEP WATER IN THE OCEAN. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE ND IN SEAFLOOR SEDIMENTS AND NEAR BOTTOM WATER IN THE NORTHWEST ATLANTIC. THE STUDY REGION IS A LOCATION WHERE NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER IS FORMED. BROADER IMPACTS INCLUDE MENTORING SUPPORT TO ALLOW TWO EARLY-CAREER SCIENTISTS TO SERVE AS CO-CHIEF SCIENTISTS FOR THE FIELD PROGRAM. THERE IS ALSO SUPPORT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM AN INSTITUTION WITH A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN STEM, AND UNDERGRADUATES FROM A MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION. THE INTERPRETIVE FRAMEWORK OF ND ISOTOPES AS A PALEO CIRCULATION PROXY RELIES ON DEEP OCEAN SIGNALS BEING DRIVEN BY MIXING BETWEEN WATER MASSES WITH LITTLE INFLUENCE FROM BENTHIC SOURCES OF ND TO THE OCEAN. IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT ND ISOTOPES ARE RECORDED ACCURATELY IN SEDIMENTS AND ENDMEMBER COMPOSITION IS INDEPENDENTLY KNOWN THROUGH TIME. RECENT STUDIES HAVE CHALLENGED THIS FRAMEWORK, SUGGESTING THAT BENTHIC FLUXES FROM OCEAN SEDIMENTS MAY EXERT A PRIMARY CONTROL ON DEEP WATER ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION. HOWEVER, THE LIMITED GLOBAL COVERAGE OF DIRECT BENTHIC FLUX MEASUREMENTS (FROM ONLY 10 PUBLISHED LOCATIONS PRIMARILY IN THE NORTH PACIFIC) PREVENTS A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MARINE ND CYCLE. THIS PROJECT WILL (I) QUANTIFY THE FLUXES OF ND TO BOTTOM WATER FROM SEDIMENTS, (II) EXAMINE HOW THOSE FLUXES AFFECT THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER, (III) INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF DIAGENETIC REACTIONS IN SETTING PORE WATER RARE EARTH ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY, AND (IV) DETERMINE WHAT ISOTOPIC SIGNALS ARE RECORDED IN MARINE ARCHIVES. THE FIELD COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT WILL OCCUPY SITES ALONG TWO DEPTH TRANSECTS IN THE LABRADOR SEA, AND IT WILL INVOLVE COLLECTING SEDIMENT AND PORE WATER FROM SHORT CORES, CORRESPONDING FILTERED BOTTOM WATER, AND DEEP-SEA PARTICLES, IN ORDER TO FULLY DESCRIBE THE SYSTEM. THE STUDY LOCATION WILL ALLOW FOR INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE THAT REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND WATER DEPTH PLAY IN SETTING THE BENTHIC FLUX OF ND TO SEAWATER. ALTOGETHER, THIS PROJECT WILL BE ONE OF THE MOST THOROUGH INVESTIGATIONS TO DATE OF THE CONTROLS ON BENTHIC ND FLUX, THE IMPACT OF BENTHIC FLUXES ON THE ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF NORTH ATLANTIC DEEP WATER, THE SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS THAT FACILITATE ND RELEASE, AND THE IMPACT OF THESE PROCESSES ON AUTHIGENIC ND ISOTOPE RECORDS. 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.

REU SITE: NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCE ON NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

REU SITE: ROLE MODEL IN SCIENCES (REU-RMS)

THE SMALL BUSINESS ACT PROVIDES FOR ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, COUNSELING, AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY ELIGIBLE VETERANS, AS WELL AS THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS TO, AND ENTER INTO CONTRACTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, PRIVATE BUSINESSES, VETERANS' NONPROFIT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUTREACH PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AND SERVICE-DISABLED VETERANS.

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

CHILDCARE ACCESS MEANS PARENTS IN SCHOOL - CHILD CARE

COMMON MURRE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL DIVERSITY OF THE CENTRAL GUIANA SHIELD

THERE IS A NEED TO UNDERSTAND HOW FIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES RECOVER AND HOW RECOVERY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WILDFIRE RECOVERY MAY REPRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUILDING TRANSFORMATIVE RESILIENCE ON THE LANDSCAPE. WE WILL PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN WILDFIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO GENERATE INFORMATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO THEM AS THEY BUILD BACK THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE SEEK TO IDENTIFY HOW RESIDENTS VIEW COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE, WHO IS WORKING ON RECOVERY EFFORTS, AND HOW RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED, AS WELL AS GAPS IN RESOURCE AVAILABILITY. WE WILL DEVELOP A MODEL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN WILDFIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES THAT CAN INFORM RECOVERY IN COMMUNITIES BEYOND OUR CASE STUDY LOCATIONS.OBJECTIVE 1 BUILD UPON AND EXPAND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.OBJECTIVE 2 CHARACTERIZE HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS VIEW RECOVERY AND SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, AND HOW THEY ASSESS PROGRESS MADE TOWARD RECOVERY.OBJECTIVE 3 ASSESS THE EQUITY ISSUES OF COMMUNITY RECOVERY IN FIRE ADAPTED LANDSCAPES, INCLUDING WHO IS IMPACTED BY PAST FIRES, WHO IS INVOLVED IN RECOVERY, WHO BENEFITS FROM RECOVERY EFFORTS, AND WHO HAS OR DOES NOT HAVE POWER IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING ADAPTIVE CAPACITY AND SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE.OBJECTIVE 4 DESCRIBE THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL SOCIAL NETWORKS, INCLUDING LOCAL TO FEDERAL ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING TOWARD RECOVERY AND BUILDING SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, HOW THEY INTERACT, AND HOW THEY IMPACT COMMUNITY RECOVERY EFFORTS.OBJECTIVE 5 DESCRIBE THE RESOURCES FINANCIAL, SOCIAL, AND HUMAN AVAILABLE TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY RECOVERY, AS WELL AS GAPS IN AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE RESOURCES.OBJECTIVE 6 BUILD UPON AND REFINE EXISTING MODELS OF COMMUNITYRECOVERY TO CLARIFY WHAT IS HELPFUL FOR THESE COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS IN BUILDING SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN FIRE PRONE LANDSCAPES.OUR PRIMARY AUDIENCE WILL BE WILDFIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. CASE STUDY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE TARGETED THROUGH COMMUNITY FORUMS, A PUBLIC FACING WEBSITE, AND DISSEMINATION OF A SCIENCE BRIEF. OTHER COMMUNITIES WILL BE TARGETED THROUGH THE SCIENCE BRIEF AND PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS. FOR POLICY MAKERS AND AGENCIES, WE WILL DEVELOP A WHITE PAPER THAT CAN INFORM HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF FIRE IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. FOR ACADEMICS, WE WILL COMMUNICATE FINDINGS THROUGH TWO MASTERS THESES, TWO PEER REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS, AND FOUR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS. WE WILL ALSO DISTRIBUTE FINDINGS THROUGH THE NEWLY FORMED HUMBOLDTSTATE UNIVERSITY FIRE RESILIENCE INSTITUTE, WHICH IS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN OREGON REGION, AND THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST FIRE SCIENCE CONSORTIUMS.

PROJECT TITLE: BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE MONITORING - STREAMBED DISTURBANCE AND SEASONAL INUNDATIONPERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 08 01 2025 - 12 31 2027ABSTRACT SUMMARY: THIS PROJECT WILL FILL KEY INFORMATION GAPS REGARDING THE DYNAMICS OF BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES RELATED TO SEASONAL AND DISTURBANCE-INDUCED VARIATION IN RIVER DISCHARGE AND WATER TEMPERATURE, THROUGH THE LENS OF SALMONID FOOD AVAILABILITY. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO QUANTIFY RECOLONIZATION OR COLONIZATION OF BENTHOS BY MACROINVERTEBRATES IN DISTURBED AREAS OF THE PERENNIAL CHANNEL, AND IN SEASONALLY INUNDATED AREAS RELATIVE TO THE PERENNIALLY INUNDATED AREAS. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED - TASK 1: FIELD SAMPLING AND DATA COLLECTION BENTHIC SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED AT THREE SITES DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE RIVER TO CHARACTERIZE TWO DISTURBANCE AND OR COLONIZATION MECHANISMS: CATASTROPHIC DRIFT AND SUCCESSION IN NEWLY AND PERENNIALLY AVAILABLE HABITATS. STREAMBED DISTURBANCE SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED TWICE PER MONTH MID-NOVEMBER TO MID-APRIL, AND MONTHLY FOR THE REMAINING YEAR. INUNDATION SAMPLES WILL BE COLLECTED AT EACH SITE IN WETTED AREAS ABOVE THE MINIMUM WINTER BASEFLOW ELEVATION (E.G., CURRENTLY 300 CFS RELEASE FROM LEWISTON DAM) TWICE PER MONTH STARTING WITH THE ONSET OF ELEVATED BASEFLOW RELEASES FROM LEWISTON DAM (APPROXIMATELY MID-FEBRUARY THROUGH MID-JUNE), PROVIDED INCREASES IN FLOW RESULT IN SUFFICIENT INCREASES IN INUNDATED AREA TO SAMPLE EFFECTIVELY.TASK 2: LABORATORY PROCESSING OF FIELD SAMPLES AFTER SAMPLE COLLECTION IN THE FIELD, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT (CPH), WILL PROCESS EACH SAMPLE SO THAT BENTHIC DENSITY (E.G., BIOMASS M2, OR EQUIVALENT), BIOMASS, AND COMMUNITY COMPOSITION CAN BE CHARACTERIZED. SAMPLES WILL BE SORTED AND INDIVIDUALS WILL BE COUNTED AND IDENTIFIED TO FAMILY FOR INSECTS AND CLASS OR FAMILY FOR NON-INSECT TAXA UNDER A DISSECTING MICROSCOPE.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES -TASK 3: ANALYSIS AND REPORTING ANALYSIS AND REPORTING WILL PRIMARILY BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CPH GRADUATE STUDENT WITH OVERSIGHT FROM THE PROJECT PI AND GRADUATE COMMITTEE. THE GRADUATE STUDENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING A MASTERS THESIS, WITH INTENTION TO PUBLISH IN A PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL. THE GRADUATE STUDENT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PREPARING AND PROVIDING TWO PRESENTATIONS, ONE TO THE TRINITY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL RESPONSIBLE FOR FLOW MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING, AND ONE TO THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WHICH OVERSEES IS THE SCIENCE AND MONITORING BRANCHES OF THE TRINITY RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES) -THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE TRINITY RIVER RESTORATION PROGRAM, AND THE IMPORTANT FEDERAL, STATE, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS REPRESENTED ON ITS MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. ADDITIONAL BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE THE GENERAL SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, AS THE RESULTS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT COULD INFORM WATER MANAGEMENT IN SETTINGS WHERE MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING CONSIDERS IMPACTS TO SALMONID FOOD AVAILABILITY.

RUI: MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF MICROGLIA -MICROGLIA ARE A SPECIAL TYPE OF IMMUNE CELL FOUND ONLY IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. THESE MULTIFACETED CELLS FIGHT INFECTIONS, REPAIR DAMAGE, REMOVE DEBRIS, AND ARE CENTRAL TO MAINTAINING BRAIN HEALTH. HOWEVER, THESE CELLS CAN GO ROGUE AND CONTRIBUTE TO NEURODEGENERATIVE PATHOLOGIES SUCH AS ALZHEIMER?S DISEASE. THIS IS LINKED TO A SHIFT IN THEIR CELLULAR METABOLISM, BUT HOW AND WHY THIS METABOLIC REPROGRAMMING OCCURS AND ITS IMPACT ON DISEASE PROGRESSION REMAINS UNKNOWN. THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AND ANALYZE MULTI-SCALE MATHEMATICAL MODELS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF VARIOUS MOLECULAR MECHANISMS IN MICROGLIA BEHAVIOR AND HOW THIS BEHAVIOR INFLUENCES AND ORCHESTRATES FURTHER CELLULAR ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN. THIS PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE AND TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH TECHNIQUES. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT WILL ASSESS THE IMPACT OF AN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ON STUDENTS? SCIENCE IDENTITY AND PERSISTENCE IN STEM. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO ACCOMPLISH THREE SPECIFIC GOALS: 1) MODELING MICROGLIA METABOLISM IN A SINGLE HEALTHY CELL AND UNDERSTANDING HOW THE METABOLISM CORRESPONDS TO PHENOTYPE COMMITMENT AND BEHAVIOR THROUGH ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS; 2) INCORPORATING CROSSTALK BETWEEN MICROGLIA AND OTHER CELL TYPES AND MATHEMATICALLY DESCRIBING A POTENTIAL LACTATE SHUTTLE WHICH MAY OCCUR UNDER INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS THROUGH ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS; AND 3) INCORPORATING A SPATIAL COMPONENT AND CELL HETEROGENEITY BY USING AGENT-BASED MODELS. THE PRIMARY TOOLS TO BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDE NUMERICAL SIMULATION, GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS, AND PARAMETERIZING MODELS BY USING DATA FROM BIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED BY COLLABORATORS IN PARALLEL WITH THE MATHEMATICAL WORK. CROSS-TALK AND AGENT-BASED MODELS WILL SPECIFICALLY CONSIDER PATHWAYS LINKED TO ALZHEIMER?S DISEASE. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE WITH A MIXED METHOD STUDY TO ASSESS CHANGES IN STUDENTS? SENSE OF BELONGING, SCIENCE SELF-EFFICACY, AND SCIENCE IDENTITY. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE MPS DIVISION OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES (DMS) THROUGH THE MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY PROGRAM, AND THE BIO DIVISION OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOSCIENCES THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY CLUSTER. 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.

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION - CA

HSU CONSENT PROJECT

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, IS EXPERIENCING AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIME DUE TO DROUGHT, A RECURRING FEATURE OF CALIFORNIA'S CLIMATE. MEANWHILE, NITRATE, A KEY COMPONENT OF FERTILIZER USED IN AGRICULTURE, IS CONTAMINATING GROUNDWATER WHICH IMPACTS HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES, SUSTAINABLE PRECISION AGRICULTURE, WHICH EMPOWERS FARMERS TO EFFECTIVELY USE IRRIGATION WATER AND FERTILIZERS AND PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE SAME TIME, IS A PROMISING DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.BIODEGRADABLE SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS AND SOIL NITRATE SENSORS PROPOSED IN THIS PROJECT ENABLE FREQUENT, TIMELY CHARACTERIZATIONS OF SOIL MOISTURE AND NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS AT HIGH SPATIAL DENSITY, SO THE LOCATION AND AMOUNTS OF WATER AND FERTILIZER INPUT CAN BE OPTIMIZED. IN ADDITION TO BUILDING CAPACITY TO FABRICATE AND TEST BIODEGRADABLE SOIL SENSORS WITH UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE RESEARCHERS, THIS INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH/EXTENSION PROJECT ALSO DEVELOPS COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND ATTRACTS AND PREPARES DIVERSE STUDENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS IN AGRICULTURE. THIS CONSORTIUM CONSISTING OF CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAKERSFIELD (CSUB), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY (UC BERKELEY), AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION (UCCE) KERN COUNTY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES OF THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, INCLUDING (1) RECRUITING AND TRAINING UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES AND WOMEN, ON FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND OPTIMIZATION OF BIODEGRADABLE SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS AND NITRATE SENSORS; (2) DEVELOPING STUDENT RESEARCHERS' LEADERSHIP SKILLS BY INVOLVING THEM IN OUTREACH/EXTENSION ACTIVITIES; (3) DEVELOPING A NEW COURSE, BIODEGRADABLE ELECTRONICS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; (4) DELIVERING WORKSHOPS ON BIODEGRADABLE SOIL SENSORS TO VALLEY'S AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY, FORMING COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND PROVIDING INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO CSUB STUDENTS; (5) ENGAGING COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS AND K-12 STUDENTS BY DELIVERING LECTURES ON BIODEGRADABLE ELECTRONICS, OFFERING LAB TOURS AND FARM TOURS, AND PROVIDING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES IN LABS AND ON FARMS.

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF CALIFORNIA IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL REGIONS AND MOST COUNTIES IN THE VALLEY (E.G. TULARE, KERN) ARE THE NATION'S TOP AGRICULTURE PRODUCING COUNTIES. THE VALLEY'S TOP AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES ARE DAIRY AND CROP PRODUCTS. ACCORDINGLY, A HUGE AMOUNT OF AGRICULTURE-DERIVED WASTE STREAMS SUCH AS DAIRY WASTEWATER AND ORCHARD PRUNING ARE GENERATED. THEREFORE, THE OVERARCHING GOAL OF THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT BETWEEN CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAKERSFIELD (CSUB) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE (UCR) IS TO BUILD THE CAPACITY FOR FANH PROGRAM STUDENTS, WOMEN, AND UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN INVESTIGATING SUSTAINABLE WASTE TREATMENT METHODS AND DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH INTEGRATED RESEARCH/EDUCATION/OUTREACH/EXTENSION. TWO RESEARCH LABORATORIES, ONE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB, AND THREE RESEARCH CENTERS WILL COLLABORATE TO ACHIEVE SIX SUPPORTING OBJECTIVES: 1) DEVELOP STUDENT HANDS-ON SKILLS VIA EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN ASSESSING AN ADVANCED THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY AND A POLYMER COMPOSITE FABRICATION METHOD FOR ENERGY/RESOURCE RECOVERY FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTES (10 STUDENTS); 2) DEVELOP STUDENT COMPUTATIONAL AND ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES IN MODELING WASTE-TO-ENERGY PROCESS AND ASSESSING AGRICULTURAL WASTE AVAILABILITY AND PROCESS FEASIBILITY (4 STUDENTS); 3) CONDUCT OUTREACH WITH THE VALLEY COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INTERNSHIPS AND BUILD NEW STARTUPS (~66 STUDENTS); 4) DELIVER CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ON SUSTAINABLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS DEVELOPMENT (~470 STUDENTS); 5) DEVELOP CURRICULUM MATERIALS FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LECTURE AND TEACHING LABORATORY, AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS CLASSES, AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, AND 6) ENRICH EXTENSION ACTIVITIES THROUGH VISITING AGRICULTURAL WASTE TREATMENT PROJECTS AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION. MOREOVER, A CSUB-UC PIPELINE WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR PREPARING CSUB STUDENTS TO PURSUE GRADUATEDEGREES.

ADVANCE CATALYST: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE FOR GENDER EQUITY IN STEM ACADEMIC PROFESSIONS -AS THE NATION CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF DIVERSITY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATORS WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION, MANY UNIVERSITIES ARE TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THEIR HIRING PRACTICES AND THEIR CULTURE OF EQUITY AND INCLUSION. EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT A DIVERSE STEM WORKFORCE IS ESSENTIAL TO THE EDUCATION OF FUTURE SCIENTISTS. ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO DEVELOPING A DIVERSE AND SUPPORTED STEM FACULTY, PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR, REQUIRES TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE AT ALL RECRUITMENT, PROMOTION, AND RETENTION LEVELS. IN THE INTEREST OF EMPHASIZING A FOCUS ON INTERSECTIONALITY, WE WILL REFER TO WOMEN, WOMEN OF COLOR, QUEER WOMEN, AND WOMEN WITH INTERSECTIONAL MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES IN STEM FIELDS AS WOMXN FACULTY IN STEM. EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBER OF WOMXN RECEIVING DOCTORATES IN THE SCIENCES IS INCREASING, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT WOMXN IN ACADEMIA ARE LESS LIKELY THAN MEN TO BE RECRUITED, PROMOTED, AND RETAINED IN STEM DEPARTMENTS. WOMXN WHO BECOME STEM FACULTY MEMBERS IN TENURE-TRACK POSITIONS ARE OFTEN PROMOTED SLOWER THAN MEN INTO LEADERSHIP POSITIONS BECAUSE OF A VARIETY OF BARRIERS IN THE WORKPLACE. RESISTANCE TO PROGRAMS THAT ATTEMPT TO CORRECT GENDER BIAS AND AN INCLINATION TO DEVALUE OR DISMISS RESEARCH ON THE BIASES THAT WOMXN IN STEM FACE CONTINUE TO PERSIST. THIS SITUATION CALLS FOR A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO AN INSTITUTION'S CULTURE. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO INCREASE FEMALE-IDENTIFYING STEM FACULTY RECRUITMENT, HIRING, PROMOTION, AND RETENTION. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO FOCUS ON THREE GOALS DIRECTLY ADDRESSING EACH AREA OF RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION: (1) IMPLEMENT RIGOROUS DATA TRACKING FOR EACH STAGE OF FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PRACTICES, (2) EXPLORE PERCEPTIONS AND REALITIES OF EQUITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN FACULTY TEACHING AND SERVICE LOADS, AND (3) REVIEW POLICIES AND PRACTICES RELATED TO TENURE AND PROMOTION TO LEADERSHIP. THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO ENHANCE AND SUPPORT FACULTY DIVERSITY IN STEM AT CSUB. 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.

SPONSORS MENTORING PROGRAM

ROADRUNNER RISK REDUCTION PROGRAM

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** IN LIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE, INCREASED DEMAND ON FOOD SYSTEMS, AND PERSISTENT EQUITY GAPS IN HIGHER EDUCATION, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED TO PREPARE A DIVERSE POOL OF NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENTISTS TO ENTER A WORKFORCE FOCUSED ON CLIMATE-READY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, PARTICULARLY IN RANGELANDS. COLLEGE COMPLETION RATES IN THE US CONTINUE TO BE TIED DISPROPORTIONATELY TO RACE AND ETHNICITY, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, AND FAMILY HISTORY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. INEQUITIES ARE ESPECIALLY PRONOUNCED IN NATURAL RESOURCE AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES. CLOSING THESE EQUITY GAPS IS BOTH A MORAL IMPERATIVE AND ESSENTIAL TO IMPROVE SCIENCE, BY BRINGING IN A WIDER RANGE OF VOICES AND VIEWPOINTS. HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY IS POISED TO HELP MEET WORKFORCE DEMANDS FOR A DIVERSE POOL OF NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENTISTS FOCUSED ON CLIMATE-READY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES, PARTICULARLY ON RANGELANDS. HSU, A NON-LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, HAS A DIVERSE STUDENT BODY AND A COMPLETE COMPLEMENT OF AGRICULTURALLY-RELATED NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCE PROGRAMS. OUR COLLABORATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT ADDRESSES FOUR NEED AREAS OF THE NLGCA: (I) CURRICULUM DESIGN, (III) STUDENT RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND EDUCATIONAL EQUITY, (IV) EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, AND (V) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. IN COLLABORATION WITH POINT BLUE CONSERVATION SCIENCE, A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION WITH A SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF INTEGRATING CONSERVATION ON WORKING LANDSCAPES AND A RECENT EMPHASIS ON WORKFORCE DIVERSITY, OUR PROJECT WILL ENGAGE UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS AT THE NEXUS OF RANGELAND AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. THE PROJECT ENTAILS SIX CORE ACTIVITIES: (1) ASSISTANTSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED GRADUATE STUDENTS TO WORK AT NEXUS OF RANGE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION, (2) INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATES ABOUT EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES IN NATURAL RESOURCES & AGRICULTURE, (3) UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIPS IN RANGELAND CONSERVATION, (4) PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY FOR NATURAL RESOURCE FACULTY, (5) A NEW COURSE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF HEALTHY SOILS, WILDLIFE CONSERVATION, AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION, AND (6) LEADERSHIP SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM. COLLECTIVELY, THESE ACTIVITIES WILL HELP PROPEL HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY TO ACHIEVE THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER AND DIVERSITY OF STUDENTS ENTERING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE-RELATED SCIENCES. WHILE OUR PROPOSED ACTIVITIES LEVERAGE INSTITUTION SPECIFIC-STRENGTHS, PATTERNS OF A RAPIDLY DIVERSIFYING STUDENT BODY AND CHALLENGES TO ADVANCE INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE ARE TRANSFERABLE TO MANY CAMPUSES, AND OUR ROBUST EVALUATION PLAN AND TRACK RECORD OF DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES WILL ENSURE OUR LESSONS LEARNED ARE SHARED WIDELY.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: AN UNDERGRADUATE COHORT THERMOCHRONOLOGY RESEARCH AND MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE INVESTIGATING THE THERMO-TECTONIC RECORD OF THE NORTHERN KLAMATH MOUNTAINS -THE GEOLOGIC HISTORY OF MOUNTAIN BUILDING EVENTS IS CHRONICLED IN THE ROCK RECORD, ESPECIALLY ALONG FORMER TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARIES. APPROXIMATELY 56 MILLION YEARS AGO, A LARGE BASALTIC OCEANIC PLATEAU, THE SILETZIA-CRESCENT TERRANE, ERUPTED OFF WHAT IS NOW THE COAST OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A FEW MILLION YEARS AFTER ERUPTION, IT COLLIDED WITH NORTH AMERICA, AND IS PROPOSED TO HAVE CAUSED I) TECTONIC PLATE ROTATIONS, II) MOUNTAIN BUILDING AND MAJOR REGIONAL-SCALE FAULTING, AND III) THE SUBDUCTION ZONE PLATE BOUNDARY TO JUMP WESTWARD, ESTABLISHING THE MODERN CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. TODAY, THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF SILETZIA-CRESCENT TERRANE COLLISION IS PRESERVED AS A SLIVER OF BASALTIC ROCK THRUST ON OLDER SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN SOUTHERN OREGON. FEW SYN-COLLISIONAL SEDIMENTARY ROCKS SURVIVE FROM THE TIME OF SILETZIA COLLISION, RENDERING DIRECT INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE COLLISION CHALLENGING. TO OVERCOME THIS CHALLENGE, THE INVESTIGATORS WILL TARGET SPECIFIC MINERALS IN OLDER, CRYSTALLINE ROCKS FROM THE NORTHERN KLAMATH MOUNTAINS, LOCATED SOUTH OF THE COLLISION SUTURE. USING THIS APPROACH, THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL RECONSTRUCT THE BURIAL, THICKENING, UPLIFT, AND EROSION HISTORY OF THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO COLLISION. GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THESE MINERAL CHRONOMETERS IS AN APPLICATION COMMONLY USED TO ADDRESS LARGE SCALE TECTONICS QUESTIONS, HOWEVER, THE ADVANCED TECHNIQUE IS TYPICALLY AVAILABLE ONLY TO SCIENTISTS AT LARGE, PRIMARILY RESEARCH-ORIENTED INSTITUTIONS. IN THIS PROJECT, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WILL CENTER A GROUP OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT AND OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY, LOCATIONS THAT STRADDLE THE GEOLOGIC REGION OF INTEREST, TO RECONSTRUCT THE TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE SOUTHERN SILETZIA-NORTH AMERICAN COLLISIONAL ZONE, BY APPLYING MULTIPLE MINERAL CHRONOMETERS, IN A COLLABORATIVE, ACADEMIC-YEAR, COHORT-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. SILETZIA FORMATION AND SUBSEQUENT ACCRETION MARKS A MAJOR SHIFT IN WESTERN U.S. SUBDUCTION TECTONICS. THE TIMING OF SILETZIA COLLISION IS COINCIDENT WITH THE SHUT OFF OF FARALLON SLAB SUBDUCTION AND PREDATES THE FORMATION OF THE MODERN CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE AND ARC. THE SILETZIA TERRANE COMPRISES THE BASEMENT ROCK OVER A 600 KM STRETCH OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA FROM ROSEBURG, OR TO VANCOUVER ISLAND. HOWEVER, THE SPATIAL AND THERMAL IMPACT OF SILETZIA ACCRETION ON THE NORTH AMERICAN CONTINENT IS NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD, LARGELY DUE TO A MISSING AND OVERPRINTED GEOLOGIC AND THERMAL RECORD. THE INVESTIGATORS WILL CENTER UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH A NOVEL, YEAR-LONG, COMPREHENSIVE COHORT EXPERIENCE. THE RESEARCH TEAM WILL APPLY MULTI-METHOD MID- AND LOW-TEMPERATURE THERMOCHRONOMETRY TO NORTHERN KLAMATH MOUNTAIN SAMPLES TO ASSESS THE CONTINENT?S RESPONSE PRIOR TO, DURING, AND FOLLOWING SILETZIA ACCRETION. RESULTS WILL ADDRESS A MAJOR KNOWLEDGE GAP IN REGIONAL EVOLUTION OF THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE, HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE THERMAL AND SPATIAL MAGNITUDE AND RATE OF EXHUMATION, BURIAL, AND DEFORMATION DRIVEN BY ACCRETION TECTONICS ON OVERRIDING CONTINENTAL PLATES, ADDRESS CHALLENGES RESOLVING TECTONIC AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION EVENTS THAT ARE MISSING FROM THE ROCK RECORD USING MULTI-METHOD THERMOCHRONOMETRY, AND ENGAGE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AS PRIMARY RESEARCH CONTRIBUTORS GUIDED BY THREE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS WITH OVERLAPPING EXPERTISE. 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.

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

BROADENING ACCESS TO MODERN STEAM EDUCATION IN THE HIGH NEEDS SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GP-EXTRA: OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPBOARD AND LAB RESEARCH FOR DIVERSE STUDENTS: EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AS A GATEWAY TO GEOSCIENCE CAREERS

FAST AWARDEE-CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

SETUP NEW AGREEMENT WITH FIRST PROJECT

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

DEVELOP NOVEL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS

RELO: RESEARCH, EXPERIENTIAL AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN BIOLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION: RUI: MULTIPLE STRESSOR EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND HYPOXIA ON BEHAVIOR, PHYSIOLOGY, AND GENE EXPR

SOCIOECONOMIC RESEARCH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF FISHING COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY PLANS ON THE CALIFORNIA NORTH COAST

THE MISSION OF SBA'S OFFICE OF VETERANS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (OVBD), WHICH BEARS RESPONSIBILITY ACTS AS A LIAISON WITH THE VETERANS' BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WRITES AND REVIEWS POLICY ANALYSIS AND REPORTING; ACT AS OMBUDSMEN FOR VETERANS IN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS, PROVIDE BUSINESS TRAINING, COUNSELING ASSISTANCE, AND SUPPORTS THE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PROGRAM FOR VETERAN AND SERVICE-DISAB

PROJECT ABSTRACTGRANTEE NAME: CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, HUMBOLDTGRANT NUMBER: G25AC00226-00PROJECT TITLE: USGS-CALPOLY HUMBOLDT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN UTILIZING FIBER-OPTIC SEISMOLOGY FOR UNDERSTANDING EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS AWARD PURPOSE: THE PRIMARY MISSION OF THE USGS EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE CENTER (ESC) IS TO INVESTIGATE THE FUNDAMENTAL GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES THAT PRODUCE EARTHQUAKES AND AFFECT SEISMIC HAZARD LEVELS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES. CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, HUMBOLDT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MOST SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION OF THE CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO TEST A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT UTILIZES BURIED FIBER OPTIC CABLES FOR EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND POTENTIALLY IN EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS. CPH HAS PARTNERED WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIAS MIDDLE MILE INITIATIVE TO ENSURE THAT HUNDREDS OF KM OF NEW FIBER-OPTIC CABLE IS BEING INSTALLED THROUGH THE ACTIVE FAULT-ZONES IN THE REGION INCLUDING DIRECTLY ABOVE A DANGEROUS PORTION OF THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE. ONE OF CPHS CAMPUS BUILDINGS WILL SERVE AS A JUNCTION POINT OF SEVERAL MAJOR FIBERS ALLOWING IT TO BE AN IDEAL TESTBED FOR THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT COMBINES A HIGH LEVEL OF EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY WITH A REGIONAL MONITORING CAPABILITY FROM A SINGLE LOCATION. THE GOAL OF THIS 3-YEAR AGREEMENT IS TO EVALUATE THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES OF CONDUCTING EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND EARLY WARNING BY COMBINING A STATE OF THE ART INSTRUMENT SYSTEM PROVIDED BY USGS WITH THE CABLE ACCESS HUB DEVELOPED BY CPH. THE RESEARCH PROJECTS WILL INVOLVE SCIENTISTS FROM USGS AND FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM CPH AS WELL AS RESEARCHERS FROM OTHER UNIVERSITIES.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: IN YEAR 1 OF THE AGREEMENT OUR PRIMARY GOALS ARE:1. TO BEGIN TAKING DATA ON THE BACKHAUL FIBER ALONG SAMOA PENINSULA2. TO BEGIN TAKING DATA ON THE HIGHWAY 299 FIBER3. TO PERFORM A TEMPORARY USGS SEISMOMETER DEPLOYMENT FOR CALIBRATION OF AT LEAST ONE CABLE.4. USGS POST-DOCS WILL INVESTIGATE FAULT-ZONE STRUCTURE, EEW ALGORITHMS, AND REGIONAL MODELS.5. DEVELOPING A DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN AND UNDERSTANDING DATA STORAGE NEEDSIN YEARS 2 AND 3 OF THE AGREEMENT, OUR GOALS WILL BE ADJUSTED BASED ON AVAILABLE FUNDING. KEY GOALS WILL LIKELY INCLUDE:1. CONTINUED DATA COLLECTION. 2. AUTOMATED PROCESSING ON SITE AT CPH INCLUDING IMPLEMENTING DATA SCIENCE ML ALGORITHMS.3. ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY SEISMOMETER DEPLOYMENTS IF NEEDED4. IMPLEMENT CONSULTANT DATA NETWORKING RECOMMENDATIONS5. PUBLISH RESULTS IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALSDELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE PRIMARY DELIVERABLES FOR THIS PROJECT CONSIST OF REPORTS, DATA RELEASES, PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS, MEETING PRESENTATIONS, AND ANY OTHER PRODUCTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPONSORED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY USGS AND CPH PERSONNEL.WITHIN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AS WELL AS EVERY SIX MONTHS THEREAFTER, CPH WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON THE STATUS OF STUDENT EMPLOYMENT AND STAFFING ON COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS. INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (PIS) FROM CPH WILL PROVIDE USGS WITH ANNUAL UPDATES OF PROJECT PROGRESS AS WELL AS COPIES OF ANY RESEARCH PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, DATA RELEASES, OR STUDENT THESES PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED WITH FULL OR PARTIAL FUNDING FROM THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS AGREEMENT, CPH WILL PROVIDE USGS WITH A SUMMARY REPORT SUMMARIZING RESULTS OF PROJECTS FUNDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: USGS, CPH, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

CAMBIO: CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR BIODIVERSITY TO PROMOTE INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF FORE

CAMBIO: CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR BIODIVERSITY TO PROMOTE INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS

CAMBIO: CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR BIODIVERSITY TO PROMOTE INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS

NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARYTHE PRIMARY GOAL THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO (1) PROVIDE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES TO HISPANIC STUDENTS MAJORING IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING, BIOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, (2) EXPAND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH MENTORED RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS AT USDA FACILITIES IN THE REGION, (3) DEVELOP STUDENTS' WRITING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGH AN ANNUAL SUMMER WORKSHOP SERIES THAT WILL PROVIDE STUDENT PARTICIPANTS SKILLS PERTINENT TO APPLYING FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL AND JOBS IN THE FOUR FIELDS, AND (4) ESTABLISH AN ALLIANCE INCLUDING UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS, SCIENTISTS, LOCAL USDA OFFICIALS AND EDUCATION SPECIALISTS, THAT WILL HELP RECRUIT AND RETAIN OUTSTANDING STUDENTS. THE MAIN PRODUCTS ARE: 11 SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR 4 YEARS; 11 ANNUAL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES; 4 ANNUAL SEMINARS; AT LEAST 1 POSTER PER UNDERGRADUATE; 1 CONFERENCE PAPER AND 1 RESEARCH PAPER PER STUDENT (OR GROUP); 2 OUTREACH EVENTS ANNUALLY. THE PROGRAM WILL LEAD TO CAREERS IN GRADUATE STUDIES OR USDA RELATED JOBS.

RECENT WORK AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY HAS STRONGLY IMPROVED STUDENTS' SENSE OF BELONGING AND HELPED CLOSE EQUITY GAPS IN 1ST YEAR RETENTION FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, BUT FOUR NEEDS REMAIN FOR NATURAL RESOURCE PROGRAMS TO TRANSITION FROM HISPANIC-ENROLLING TO HISPANIC-SERVING: (1) INCREASE PARTICIPATION BY UNDERREPRESENTED UNDERGRADUATES IN EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES; (2) INTENTIONAL COLLABORATION OF ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS WITH OUR LATINX CENTER FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE (LCAE); (3) TRAINING OF NATURAL RESOURCE FACULTY IN CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGIES; AND (4) INCREASED ATTENTION OF OUR SCIENCE CURRICULA TO AGRICULTURAL ISSUES AND THE INTEGRATION OF CONSERVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. TO ADRESS NEEDS (1) AND (2), WE WILL LAUNCH PORTÓN NATURAL RESOURCE AND AGRICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS, EMPOWER GRADUATE STUDENT STEM PROMOTORES TO WORK WITH THE LCAE, AND COLLABORATE WITH ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS TO OFFER REVELAR INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS ABOUT EXTRA-CURRICULAR EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES. TO ADDRESS NEED (3), FOUR NATURAL RESOURCE FACULTY WILL COMPLETE AN ESCALA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND SHARE LESSONS LEARNED WITH PEERS. FOR NEED (4), WE WILL DEVELOP A NEW COURSE ON THE NEXUS OF AGRICULTURE AND FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. THE PROJECT WILL DIRECTLY IMPACT 26 STUDENTS AND 28 FACULTY IN NATURAL RESOURCES, AND INDIRECTLY UP TO 400 STUDENTS. IMPACTS WILL BE MEASURED BY: INCREASED ACCESS TO EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES BY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS; ENHANCED APPRECIATION OF THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF CONSERVATION, AGRICULTURE, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE; INCREASED RECOGNITION AND USE OF CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY BY NATURAL RESOURCE FACULTY; AND, ULTIMATELY, INCREASED RETENTION AND GRADUATION AND NARROWED EQUITY GAPS FOR HISPANIC AND OTHER UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN NATURAL RESOURCES.

FACILITATING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL GRAVITY GRADIOMETERS

MENTORING CHILDREN OF PRISONERS

CSUB CHILD CARE ACCESS AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS PROJECT

EA: ACQUISITION OF AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER FOR RESEARCH, UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION, AND STEM OUTREACH -THIS EARTH SCIENCES INSTRUMENTATION AND FACILITIES AWARD SUPPORTS THE PROCUREMENT OF A WAVELENGTH DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER (WD-XRF) FOR CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD (CSUB), THE SOLE COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITY WITHIN A 100-MILE RADIUS AND A DESIGNATED HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION. THE NEW WD-XRF, AN ANALYTICAL SYSTEM, ASSESSES COMPLEX MATRIX MATERIALS WITH A BROAD SPECTRUM OF LIGHT AND HEAVY ELEMENTS, RANGING FROM TRACE TO HIGH CONCENTRATION LEVELS. THE ACQUISITION OF THIS NEW INSTRUMENT WILL ENHANCE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES ACROSS DIVERSE DISCIPLINES AT CSUB, INCLUDING GEOLOGY, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, PHYSICS, AND AGRICULTURE. IT PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN INITIATIVES AIMED AT BOOSTING MINORITY STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION, ELEVATING EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, AND FOSTERING RESEARCH SKILLS IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH FIELDS. THE INSTRUMENT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE HIGH SCHOOL DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM. THE NEW WD-XRF SYSTEM IS ONE FULLY AUTOMATED BENCHTOP XRF, FEATURING A 12-SAMPLE CHANGER AND SAMPLE SPIN CAPABILITY FOR STUDENT USE WITH MINIMAL TRAINING. IT ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR COOLING WATER, REDUCING MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP COSTS. WITH SUPERIOR SENSITIVITY AND SPECTRAL RESOLUTION COMPARED TO ENERGY DISPERSIVE XRF SPECTROMETERS, IT RIVALS LARGER WD-XRF SYSTEMS. ITS INTRODUCTION TO CSUB WILL BRING ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES, LEADING TO RESEARCH ADVANCEMENTS IN AREAS INCLUDING UPCYCLING OF MINE TAILINGS, POLYMERIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AGRICULTURAL-WASTE-DERIVED CATALYSTS FOR ENERGY AND RESOURCE RECOVERY, PALEOCEANOGRAPHY, AND PALEOCLIMATE. BEYOND ITS TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES, THE INSTRUMENT WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR NEW RESEARCH DIRECTIONS AT CSUB, ENCOURAGING COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS AMONG FACULTY FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH RESEARCHERS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS. 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.

CAMBIO: CLIMATE-CHANGE ADAPTATION AND MANAGEMENT FOR BIODIVERSITY TO PROMOTE INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS IN THE FIELDS OF FORESTRY, WATERSHED,AND RANGELAND MANAGEMENT

ARRA - STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES FUND

CESU STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT NATIVE SEED COLLECTION AND HABITAT RESTORATION IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF A SUITABLE METHOD FOR ESTIMATING WEEKLY-STRATIFIED ABUNDANCES OF MIGRATION JUVENILE SALMONIDS IN THE ABSENCE OF MARK-RECAPTURE EXPERIMENTS

HYDROGEN EDUCATION FOR CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

RISE MENTORING FOR ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL SUCCESS PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: CUE-T: BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING VIA ACTIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES IN MULTI-INSTITUTION ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS -DUE TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, MOST U.S. INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION (IHES) TRANSITIONED IN-PERSON CLASSES TO ONLINE CLASSES. SUCH A TRANSITION PROVIDES FERTILE GROUND FOR RESEARCH INTO IMPROVING UNDERGRADUATE STEM EDUCATION IN COMPUTING FIELDS, SPECIFICALLY IN BROADENING PARTICIPATION FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS AND IMPROVING LEARNING OUTCOMES. THERE ARE ONGOING CHALLENGES IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING MARGINALIZED STUDENTS TO COMPUTING, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN FROM ALL RACES AND ETHNICITIES AND BLACK AND HISPANIC MALES. THIS PROJECT INTENDS TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF COMBINING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES IN COMPUTING COURSES IN ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS (OSLES) ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS WITH A LEARNING ASSISTANT MODEL. THE PROPOSED APPROACH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND RETENTION RATES IN COMPUTING. THIS PROJECT'S PRIMARY GOAL IS TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF INTEGRATING INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES IN COMPUTING OSLES AND SHARING RESOURCES ACROSS MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS ON STUDENTS' LEARNING OUTCOMES, ENGAGEMENT, AND RETENTION. THE PROJECT TEAM PLANS TO USE A MIXED-METHODS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN TO INVESTIGATE FOUR RESEARCH QUESTIONS FOCUSING ON CONDUCTING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, USING ACTIVE LEARNING APPROACHES ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES AND RETENTION RATES, SHARING COURSES ACROSS INSTITUTIONS, AND BROADENING PARTICIPATION IN COMPUTING. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CONDUCTED AT SIX INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING TWO HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS, TWO HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITIES, AND TWO SMALL UNIVERSITIES. THIS PROPOSED PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT EQUITY IN COMPUTING IN BOTH ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. 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.