Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC CARES ACT

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

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HUMBOLDT SBDC

HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM (STEM)

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

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

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY PROMOTORAS SCHOLARS

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

HSU TALENT SEARCH HUMBOLDT

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM 2020 - 2025, HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTERS

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)

TALENT SEARCH PROGRAM

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

HSU TRIO UPWARD BOUND

SEABIRD RESTORATION AND MONITORING

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

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

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.

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

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

ADD'T FUNDING AND ADD'L PROJECT

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

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

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY CCAMPIS PROJECT 2021-2025

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

THIS AGREEMENT IS TO FUND MEMBER-UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE-HUMBOLDT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEMS STUDIES UNIT (CALIFORNIA CESU) TO UNDERTAKE TWO PRIMARY ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST ACTIVITY UPDATES FOUR TECHNICAL MEMORANDA DRAFTED IN 2016 ON THE TOPICS OF KLAMATH RIVER FISH INFECTION, INTERMEDIATE HOST ECOLOGY, INFECTIOUS WATERBORNE SPORES, AND GEOMORPHIC RIVER DISCHARGES. ADDITIONAL DATA COLLECTED ON VARIOUS RIVER DISCHARGES AND WATER MANAGEMENT ACTIONS SINCE 2016 WILL BE USED TO UPDATE THE TECHNICAL MEMORANDA. THE SECOND ACTIVITY GENERATES ESTIMATES OF JUVENILE SALMON HABITAT COVER IN UNITES ACROSS THE MAINSTEM KLAMATH RIVER. THIS EFFORT ENHANCES THE UTILITY OF S3 HABITAT SUBMODEL UNDER CURRENT RIVER CONDITIONS (FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF FOUR MAINSTEM DAMS). THIS EFFORT WILL USE GROUND-BASED DATA COLLECTION IN CONJUNCTION WITH EXISTING LIDAR REMOTE OR AERIAL SENSED DATA AND STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY. THE RESULTING PRODUCT WILL BE USED TO PREDICT DISTANCE TO COVER CHARACTERISTICS AT UNSAMPLED HABITAT UNITS TO UPDATE THE S3 HABITAT SUBMODEL FOR THE ENTIRE MAINSTEM OF THE KLAMATH RIVER.THESE ACTIVITIES REPRESENT THE FIRST EFFORT TO UPDATE THE EXISTING S3 MODEL FOR KLAMATH RIVER SALMON FOLLOWING DAM REMOVAL. THE S3 MODEL, AND ITS SUBMODELS, HAS BEEN USEFUL TO EVALUATE WATER MANAGEMENT IMPACTS ON TRIBAL, COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES RESOURCES AND EVALUATE COMPLIANCE UNDER ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND MAGNUSON-STEVENS ACT CONSULTATIONS AND ESTIMATING INCIDENTAL TAKE.THROUGH THE UPDATING OF THE S3 MODEL AND SUBMODELS THIS AGREEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT MODEL RUNS WITH AN UPDATED KLAMATH RIVER S3 MODEL MEETS THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CALIFORNIA CESU THROUGH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES THAT MANAGE NATURAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES IN THE KLAMATH BASIN. ADDITIONALLY, THE WORK IS ENVISIONED TO HELP FEDERAL AGENCIES UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH MEMBER-UNIVERSITIES AND PARTNER INSTITUTIONS. OVERALL, THIS EFFORT WILL HELP US BUREAU OF RECLAMATION (USBR) MANAGE WATER RESOURCES FOR IMPROVEMENT (OR LESS DETRIMENT) TO FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITATS IN THE KLAMATH BASIN. IN THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, USBR WILL PROVIDE OR HELP OBTAIN ANY EXISTING DATA SETS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE WORK, PROVIDE A PRIMARY POINT OF CONTACT THAT WILL PARTICIPATE IN PLANNING MEETINGS AS REQUESTED, AND TIMELY REVIEW OF DRAFT DOCUMENTS. USBR STAFF WILL ALSO PROVIDE ANY INPUT, INCLUSIVE OF HYDROLOGIC DATA FROM THE KLAMATH BASIN PLANNING MODEL, FOR USE IN THIS EFFORT OR PUBLICATIONS. IN SUMMARY, THE FUNDING AMOUNT PROVIDED IS TO ACCOMPLISH THE TWO TASKS OF UPDATING S3 MODELS WITH DISTANCE TO COVER ESTIMATES THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THE ENTIRE KLAMATH RIVER MAINSTEM AND TO USE REVISED SUBMODELS WITH 8 ADDITIONAL YEARS OF DATA TO UPDATE TECHNICAL MEMORANDA ON FISH DISEASE AND GEOMORPHIC RIVER FLOWS. SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES INCLUDE PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPT COVERING UPDATED TECHNICAL MEMORANDA CONTENT AND PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPT ON COVER MODEL TECHNIQUES AND RESULTS, MASTER OF SCIENCE THESIS ON COVER MODEL TOPIC, AND PRESENTATIONS TO REGIONAL, STATE, OR NATIONAL CONFERENCES.

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

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

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.

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

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)

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

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.** 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

FAST AWARDEE-CAL POLY HUMBOLDT SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

SETUP NEW AGREEMENT WITH FIRST PROJECT

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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

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

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

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

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.

HUMBOLDT STATE UNV. COOP AGMT

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSITANCE PROGRAM

THE DETECTION OF NON-NATAL REARING OF CHINOOK SALMON IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER USING ENVIRONMENTAL DNA PROJECT UTILIZES ENVIRONMENTAL DNA (EDNA) TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF JUVENILE CHINOOK SALMON (ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA) REARING PATTERNS IN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER SYSTEM. BY ANALYZING FILTERED WATER SAMPLES USING SPECIES-SPECIFIC QUANTITATIVE PCR (QPCR) ASSAYS, WE AIM TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE JUVENILE SALMON RESIDE BEYOND THEIR TRADITIONALLY RECOGNIZED NATAL HABITATS. THIS APPROACH PROVIDES A COST-EFFECTIVE AND NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR MONITORING ANADROMOUS FISH POPULATIONS, SUPPORTING BROADER EFFORTS TO ENHANCE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND HABITAT ASSESSMENT. GIVEN THE MIGRATORY NATURE OF CHINOOK SALMON, APPLYING EDNA ANALYSIS OFFERS A VALUABLE TOOL FOR DETECTING THEIR PRESENCE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS, HELPING INFORM DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING REGARDING HABITAT UTILIZATION. THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WITH ONGOING SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS TO REFINE CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HABITAT CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE SACRAMENTO RIVER WATERSHED.

15.954: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, OUTREACH AND EDUCATIONSAM.GOV LINK: CLICK HERE FOR THE SAM.GOV ASSISTANCE LISTINGTHIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ANDEFFORTS IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER OTHER SPECIFIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THE RECIPIENT SHALL COLLABORATE WITH REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS (REDW) TO IMPLEMENT AN INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPPORT ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, INVASIVE SPECIES CONTROL, AQUATIC HABITAT ASSESSMENT, AND LONGTERM ECOLOGICAL DATA PRODUCTION, TO BE CARRIED OUT BY QUALIFIED INTERNS. THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM DIRECTLY ADVANCES MULTIPLE 2026 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY EXPANDING OUTDOOR ACCESS, STRENGTHENING TRIBAL AND PARTNER COLLABORATION, SUPPORTING WILDFIRE RESILIENCE, AND PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE LAND AND WATER STEWARDSHIP. BY TRAINING ASSOCIATES IN INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT, HABITAT RESTORATION, MONITORING, AND LEVERAGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES, THE PROJECT OPERATIONALIZES DOI STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS 3 AND 4, INCLUDING CONSERVING LANDS AND WATERS, RESTORING ECOSYSTEMS, AND IMPROVING COORDINATION WITH STATES AND TRIBES. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFITINSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES,INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

DEVELOPING FUELS TREATMENT FOR BALANCING FUEL REDUCTION, SOIL EXPOSURE, AND POTENTIAL FOR EROSION IN THE TAHOE BASIN

A RICKETTSIAL SYMBIONT MODEL FOR THE CONTROL OF TICK-BORNE DISEASES

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) -THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP) IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, FEDERAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM. GRFP HELPS ENSURE THE VITALITY AND DIVERSITY OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING WORKFORCE OF THE UNITED STATES. THE PROGRAM RECOGNIZES AND SUPPORTS OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING RESEARCH-BASED MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL DEGREES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) AND IN STEM EDUCATION. THE GRFP PROVIDES THREE YEARS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE GRADUATE EDUCATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN STEM AND STEM EDUCATION. THIS AWARD SUPPORTS THE NSF GRADUATE FELLOWS PURSUING GRADUATE EDUCATION AT THIS GRFP INSTITUTION. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

EFFECTS OF WETLANDS MANAGEMENT ON WILDLIFE AND WATER QUALITY IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY TO INCREASE FUNDING.

HSU CAMPUS CONNECT SUPPORT NETWORK

ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF USDA CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN THE UPPER KLAMATH RIVER BASIN AND CENTRAL VA

HUMBOLDT SBDC PORTABLE ASSISTANCE

PLANNING: FIRE-PLAN: INTERCONNECTING KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND APPLICATION OF FIRE IN WAYS THAT RESPECT TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY -OVER THE RECENT DECADES, MUCH OF THE WESTERN U.S. HAS EXPERIENCED ABRUPT INCREASES IN WILDFIRE ACTIVITY, POSING NUMEROUS CHALLENGES AND UNDESIRED IMPACTS TO HUMANS, ECOSYSTEMS, AND LANDSCAPES. RESOLVING THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRES A DIFFERENT RESTORATIVE APPROACH THAT CENTERS INDIGENOUS FIRE STEWARDSHIP, ADVANCES FIRE SCIENCE THROUGH CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATIONS AND INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, AND EXPANDS PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE FIRE SCIENCE AND FIRE MANAGEMENT WORKFORCE. THE KARUK TRIBE, LOCATED ALONG THE KLAMATH RIVER OF NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA, HOLDS A LONG HISTORY OF STEWARDING THE REGION?S ECOSYSTEMS WITH FIRE AND ARE WELL RECOGNIZED LEADERS IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF PRESCRIBED FIRE AND FIRE MANAGEMENT ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE. WHILE STRIDES HAVE BEEN MADE TO ENHANCE TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND ENGAGEMENT WITH FIRE MANAGEMENT, FURTHER WORK TOWARD INTERCONNECTING KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS REMAINS. THIS PLANNING PROJECT WILL COORDINATE A SERIES OF EVENTS FOCUSED ON INTERCONNECTING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS TO CREATE RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIPS OF EXCHANGE AND CENTER NATIVE PROTOCOL FOR DATA AND KNOWLEDGE USE TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO ALTERED WILDFIRE REGIMES. A PRIMARY OUTCOME OF THE PROJECT WILL BE TO SOLICIT INPUT ON HIGH PRIORITY FIRE-RELATED RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE KARUK TRIBE AND TO ASSEMBLE A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO DEVELOP TANGIBLE, INNOVATIVE, COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT IDEAS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THIS INNOVATIVE PLANNING PROJECT WILL COORDINATE A SERIES OF COLLABORATIVE WORKSHOPS AND WORKING GROUP MEETINGS FOCUSED ON INTERCONNECTING INDIGENOUS AND WESTERN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS RELATED TO FIRE SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE KARUK ANCESTRAL TERRITORY. AS PART OF THESE EFFORTS, THE INVESTIGATORS PLAN TO ADVANCE FOUR CORE AREAS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION OF FIRE: 1) INTERDISCIPLINARY AND CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH, 2) CO-PRODUCTION OF KNOWLEDGE WITH MANAGERS AND PRACTITIONERS, 3) INTERGENERATIONAL LEARNING, AND 4) RESTORATION MONITORING AND RESEARCH. THE RESEARCHERS PLAN TO ADDRESS THESE OBJECTIVES BY LEVERAGING THE SUCCESS OF EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE KARUK TRIBE, CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, HUMBOLDT, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, TO PROVIDE A SETTING THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF CULTURES, BACKGROUNDS, AND DISCIPLINES AND SUPPORTS TRIBALLY DIRECTED EFFORTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT RESPECTS TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND LEADERSHIP. SPECIFIC OUTCOMES OF THIS PROJECT WILL BE TO: 1) DEVELOP AND REFINE PROTOCOLS, POLICIES, AND AGREEMENTS OF COLLABORATION AMONG ACADEMICS AND THE KARUK TRIBE; 2) ADVANCE TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY AND LEADERSHIP THROUGH IDENTIFYING TRIBALLY CENTERED RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATIONAL PRIORITIES; 3) FOSTER CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS TO ADDRESS WILDFIRE RELATED CHALLENGES; AND 4) DEVELOPING ACTION PLANS TO CRAFT INNOVATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PROPOSALS THAT ARE RECEPTIVE TO NSF PROGRAM DIRECTIVES. 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.

WET LAB RENOVATION AT THE HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY

EVALUATING DYNAMICS OF GRASSLAND AND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS IN THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS

COLLABORATIVE: RUI: IRES: BIRDS, BEANS, AND BUGS; MODELING A WARMING CLIMATE'S EFFECT ON THE NATURAL ENEMIES HYPOTHESIS

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** SUPPORTED BY CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY'S (CSU) GRADUATION INITIATIVE 2025, WE ASPIRE TO IMPROVE DEGREE COMPLETION AND GRADUATION RATES TO CLOSE EQUITY GAPS BETWEEN HISPANIC AND OTHER STUDENTS. WE PROPOSE TO IMPROVE STEM EDUCATION BY INVITING FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM ALL THREE OF HSU'S CAMPUS COLLEGES (NATURAL RESOURCES AND SCIENCES, PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, AND ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES) TO WORK ON THE COMMON THEME OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH MORE ACCESS TO CAREERS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS MINOR AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY THAT PLACES AN EMPHASIS ON EMBRACING AND UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND PROVIDING THE TECHNICAL, LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS NECESSARY TO ATTAIN CAREERS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE WILL SERVE TO ATTRACT AND SUPPORT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND PREPARE THEM FOR FANH SCIENCES CAREERS. THIS COLLABORATION WILL YIELD A FULLY INTERDISCIPLINARY SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS MINOR, A NEW SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEMS COURSE, ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING FOOD/NUTRITION COURSES, AND THE CREATION OF A SOPHOMORE/TRANSFER STUDENT COHORT. PAID STUDENT INTERNSHIPS WITH CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WILL DIRECTLY ADDRESS LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM ISSUES, WHILE BUILDING STUDENT LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE. WE PROJECT 12 FACULTY MEMBERS (LEARNING COMMUNITY), 60 STUDENTS IN THE MINOR TRACK, 48 STUDENTS IN THE NEW COURSE, 288 STUDENTS IN ENHANCED COURSES, 30 COHORT PARTICIPANTS, AND 40 INTERNS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT. THESE INITIATIVES WILL IMPROVE RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES FOR HISPANIC STUDENTS AND HELP US MEET CSU SYSTEM AND HSU GOALS. ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY WITH COMMUNITY FOOD SYSTEMS PARTNERS WILL ENABLE HSU TO SUPPORT THE REGION'S RURAL FOOD SYSTEM NEEDS WHILE INCREASING THE LOCAL WORKFORCE AVAILABILITY.

REU SITE: ECOLOGICAL AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY RESEARCH AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

PROJECT TITLE: PRE-AND POST-DAM-REMOVAL FISH COMMUNITY COMPOSITION VARIATION, AND EARLY DETECTION OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE KLAMATH RIVER ESTUARY USING TRADITIONAL AND EDNA METABARCODING METHODOLOGIES.PROJECT PERIOD: 05 01 2025 - 12 31 2026THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR CAL POLY HUMBOLDT GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS TO CONDUCT FISH COMMUNITY SAMPLING OF THE KLAMATH RIVER ESTUARY. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ARE TO DOCUMENT PRE- AND POST-DAM REMOVAL EFFECTS ON FISH COMMUNITIES, CONDUCT RESEARCH COMPARING TRADITIONAL FISH SAMPLING METHODS AND EDNA META-BARCODING SAMPLING METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING FISH COMMUNITIES, AND GENERATE DATA FOR ESTABLISHING AN EARLY DETECTION NETWORK FOR AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED - CONDUCT 2 YEARS OF FISH SAMPLING IN THE KLAMATH RIVER ESTUARY. COLLECT MONTHLY EDNA SAMPLES AND PREPARE FOR PROCESSING.COMPILE DATA AND PRESENT AT SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM (1 PRESENTATION PER YEAR) DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES -MONTHLY SUMMARIES OF FISH COMMUNITY DATA (TRADITIONAL AND EDNA SAMPLING) DELIVERED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.SUMMARY OF AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES DETECTED EVERY 6 MONTHS.FINAL REPORT SUMMARIZING MULTI-YEAR STUDIES. INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES) -TRIBAL, FEDERAL, AND STATE FISHERY AND WATER QUALITY MANAGERS INTERESTED IN IMPACTS OF DAM REMOVAL ON FISH COMMUNITIES AND PREVENTION OF INVASIVE SPECIES PROLIFERATION. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IF KNOWN OR SPECIFIED AT THE TIME OF AWARD -NO SUBRECIPIENTS

**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** OPTIMIZING THE USE OF BARN OWL NEST BOXES FOR RODENT PEST CONTROL IN WINEGRAPE VINEYARDS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A PALEOSEISMIC RECORD OF GREAT EARTHQUAKES ON THE SUNDA SUBDUCTION MEGATHRUST, NORTHERN SUMATRA

WILDERNESS EXPERIENCES CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND INTIMIDATING. BUT AT THE END, PARTICIPANTS LEAVE WITH NEWFOUND CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH. HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD OTHERS IN WILDERNESS SETTINGS FORCES A PERSON TO TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITY AND DEVELOP COMPETENCE. THESE EXPERIENCES AND SELF-DISCOVERY DIRECTLY TRANSLATE INTO A SENSE OF PERSONAL POWER AND AGENCY IN THE REST OF ONE' S LIFE. IN THIS PROJECT WE COMBINE A TRADITIONAL 4-YEAR FOREST MANAGEMENT DEGREE AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY WITH SIGNIFICANT OUTDOOR WILDERNESS LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE, BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN OUTDOOR SETTINGS. WE WILL EVALUATE THE TRANSFORMATIVE IMPACT OF THESE EXPERIENCES ON ACADEMIC AND CAREER SUCCESS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.IN ADDITION TO THE OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING, WE WILL PROVIDE SIX STUDENTS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, ($6500/YR FOR THREE YEARS), PEER AND FACULTY MENTORING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES, AND LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ON CAMPUS.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE KLAMATH BASIN STREAM SALMONID SIMULATOR (S3 MODEL)

FOREST AND WOODLAND ECOLOGY MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION CESU

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF CRUSTAL DEFORMATION TO THE PRESENT-DAY TECTONICS OF CONVERGENT MARGINS: THE SOUTHERN CASCADIA FOREARC

GOLDEN EAGLE POPULATION ESTIMATION BASED ON SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS

RUI: CONTINUATION OF SUPPORT FOR SHORT-RANGE TESTS OF GRAVITY AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

RENEWAL OF SUPPORT FOR SHORT-RANGE TESTS OF GRAVITY AT HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

IRES: BIRDS, INSECTS, FORESTS, AND COFFEE -- INVESTIGATING ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

IN 2025-26, THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT MCINTIRE-STENNIS GRANT WILL FUND THE FOLLOWING SIX PROJECTS: 1) MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FACILITATE RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PROGRAM AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT. 2) FIRE INTENSITY AND DURATION DRIVE CHROMIUM OXIDATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGING SOIL CONTAMINATION. THIS PROJECT WILL DETERMINE HOW FIRE CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE CONTAMINANT REACTIVITY AND MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN SOILS AND IF USE OF PRESCRIBED AND CULTURAL FIRES CAN HELP REDUCE SOIL-WATER CONTAMINATION RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH WILDFIRES. 3) LONG-DISTANCE RECRUITMENT BY CONIFERS IN VERY LARGE SEVERE PATCHES. THIS STUDY WILL IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF FOREST POST-FIRE RECOVERY CAPACITY BY TESTING THE LONG-DISTANCE RECRUITMENT ABILITY OF DIFFERENT CONIFERS USING REMOTE SENSING AND FIELD DATA. 4) LONG-TERM INFLUENCE OF THINNING AND BURNING TREATMENTS ON SHRUB FUEL AND MOISTURE DYNAMICS IN FORESTS OF NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. FINDINGS FROM THIS PROJECT WILL INFORM FOREST MANAGERS ABOUT HOW BEST TO SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE FUEL REDUCTION TREATMENTS FOR MAXIMUM EFFICACY. FIN DINGS WILL ALSO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT SEASONAL TRENDS IN FUEL HAZARDS, A STRONG INFLUENCE ON FIRE BEHAVIOR AND INTENSITY. 5) THINNING REDUCES LATE-SEASON WATER STRESS IN DOUGLAS-FIR FORESTS: CONTINUOUS DENDROMETER MONITORING IN MANAGED VS. UNTHINNED STANDS. FINDINGS FROM THIS WORK WILL QUANTIFY TREE-LEVEL RESPONSES TO THINNING TREATMENTS TO INFORM LANDSCAPE-SCALE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO INCREASE FOREST VIGOR; THESE DATA CAN BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE MANAGEMENT EFFICACY AND INCREASE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THESE ACTIVITIES. AND 6) EXPANSION OF TREELESS PATCHES IN FORMERLY FORESTED LANDSCAPES OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS DUE TO REPEATED BURNING: HOW QUICKLY ARE FORESTS BEING CONVERTED TO SHRUBLAND AND WILL THEY RECOVER? THIS PROJECT WILL USE FIELD-BASED AND REMOTELY SENSED DATA TO EVALUATE THE TRAJECTORIES OF VEGETATION RECOVERY AFTER SHORT-AND LONG-INTERVAL FIRES AND UNDERSTAND HOW SUBSEQUENT FIRES MIGHT PERPETUATE AND EXPAND SHRUB PATCHES. DELIVERABLES FROM THESE PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE PROGRESS REPORTS (FOUR PROJECTS), A FINAL REPORT (ONE PROJECT), FIELD DEMONSTRATIONS, SAMPLE COLLECTIONS, STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND THE CURRENT ISSUES IN FORESTRY THAT THEY ADDRESS.

TO ORGANIZE A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN AND INDIAN YOUTH TO WORK WITH RURAL-FOCUSED NGOS ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROJECTS

THE RECIPIENT WILL SURVEY UP TO 2925 ACRES OF REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS IN THE GREATER PRAIRIE CREEK AREA IN THE MAY CREEK AND STREELOW HEADWATERS WATERSHEDS. LIDAR AND GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SERVICES WILL BE DONE IF REQUESTED. THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE WITH ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEYS AND HISTORIC RESEARCH THAT IS FOCUSED ON REDWOOD NATIONAL AND STATE PARKS. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL FIELD ARCHAEOLOGY PROJECTS LABORATORY ANALYSIS AND DATA MANAGEMENT. STUDENTS WILL BE TRAINED IN SURVEY METHODS ARTIFACT ANALYSIS DATA ENTRY AND SCIENTIFIC AND GENERAL SECTION 106 OF THE NHPA REPORT WRITING. HISTORIC BACKGROUND RESEARCH AND A LITERATURE REVIEW OF EACH SURVEY AREA WILL BE CONDUCTED FIRST THEN AN INTENSIVE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE AREA WILL BE CARRIED OUT. ALL ARCHEOLOGICAL FEATURES ARTIFACTS SITES AND HISTORIC PROPERTIES WILL BE DOCUMENTED. FINALLY PRIMARY SITE RECORDS FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES FOUND OR PREVIOUSLY LOCATED WILL BE COMPLETED OR UPDATED AND THEN A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT SUMMARIZING RESULTS OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY WILL BE WRITTEN.

THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT FURTHER THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND EFFORTS IN NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER OTHER SPECIFIC FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. FOR THIS PROJECT, CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, HUMBOLDT STUDENTS WILL CONDUCT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SURVEYS IN REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK AND A FINAL REPORT WILL BE PRODUCED. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, PRIVATE NONPROFIT INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZATIONS, NON-FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC DECISION MAKERS, RESEARCH SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

ANALYSIS OF PALEOTSUNAMI DEPOSITS ALONG THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTLINE

INTERNATIONAL: BIRDS, BUGS, AND BEANS ? ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND CONSERVATION INCENTIVES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

CA CESU MANAGEMENT OF AN INVASIVE FISH SPECIES IN THE EEL RIVER TO RECOVER FEDERALLY LISTED SALMON AND STEELHEAD

FY 2012 CLUSTER GRANTS

HSU WILDLAND MULTICULTURAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM

STOCKING GUIDELINES FOR ASPEN RESTORATION

PURPOSE: OBJECTIVES: SUSTAIN THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDTS MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING PROGRAM (CPH MMSP) BY: 1. SUPPORT STRANDING COORDINATOR SALARY 2. ENHANCE OUR EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO PUBLIC REPORTS OF DEAD MARINE MAMMALS AND MANAGE LONG-TERM EFFORT-BASED MARINE MAMMAL SURVEYS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA 3. SUSTAIN OUR INTENTIONALLY INCLUSIVE STRANDING COMMUNITY WITHIN CAL POLY HSI STEM PROGRAM AND WITHIN OUR STRANDING RESPONSE AREA BY ENHANCING STATE, FEDERAL, TRIBAL AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS, 4. ENHANCE ABILITY TO RESPOND TO WHALE ENTANGLEMENT REPORTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IN 2024-25, THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT MCINTIRE-STENNIS GRANT WILL FUND THE FOLLOWING SIX PROJECTS: 1) MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION: THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FACILITATE RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PROGRAM AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT. 2) YEAR-5 ASSESSMENT OF REPLICATED UNEVEN-AGED DOUGLAS-FIR/TANOAK SILVICULTURE EXPERIMENT ALONG NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S COAST RANGE: THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL COMPARE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CONVERTING DEGRADED TIMBERLANDS INTO HEALTHY, VIGOROUS, AND RESILIENT FORESTS THAT SEQUESTER MORE CARBON PER ACRE ANNUALLY AND AVOID LOSS OF STORED CARBON FROM CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE. 3) TREE RESPONSES TO WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT IN A CONIFER DIVERSITY HOTSPOT: THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON EVALUATING THE DROUGHT RESPONSES (2013-2015 AND 2020-2022) OF THREE CONIFER SPECIES ACROSS 20 SITES IN VARIED HABITATS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT EXPERIENCED NO FIRE AND MODERATE-SEVERITY FIRE IN 2008, A YEAR WHEN 1.6 MILLION ACRES BURNED IN THE STATE. 4) CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOREST AND WATER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: THE GOALS ARE TO EVALUATE HOW THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF RESULTING DROUGHT CONDITIONS LEADING TO LOSSES IN TREE PRODUCTIVITY, FOREST DISTRIBUTION, AND SUMMER WATER AVAILABILITY IN REGIONAL SOILS, GROUNDWATER, AND RIVERS. 5) RECOVERY OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES AFTER WILDFIRE - BUILDING SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE: THIS RESEARCH, 3-4 YEARS AFTER WILDFIRE, WILL ASSESS IMMEDIATE POST-DISASTER COMMUNITY RESPONSES AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY RECOVERY. AND 6) EXPANSION OF TREELESS PATCHES IN FORMERLY FORESTED LANDSCAPES OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS DUE TO REPEATED BURNING: HOW QUICKLY ARE FORESTS BEING CONVERTED TO SHRUBLAND AND WILL THEY RECOVER? THIS PROJECT WILL USE FIELD-BASED AND REMOTELY SENSED DATA TO EVALUATE THE TRAJECTORIES OF VEGETATION RECOVERY AFTER SHORT-AND LONG-INTERVAL FIRES AND UNDERSTAND HOW SUBSEQUENT FIRES MIGHT PERPETUATE AND EXPAND SHRUB PATCHES. DELIVERABLES FROM THESE PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE PROGRESS REPORTS (TWO PROJECTS), FINAL REPORTS (FOR PROJECTS), FIELD DEMONSTRATIONS, SAMPLE COLLECTIONS, STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND THE CURRENT ISSUES IN FORESTRY THAT THEY ADDRESS.

IN 2023-24, THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT MCINTIRE-STENNIS GRANT WILL FUND THE FOLLOWING SIX PROJECTS: 1) MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION: THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FACILITATE RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PROGRAM AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT. 2) YEAR-5 ASSESSMENT OF REPLICATED UNEVEN-AGED DOUGLAS-FIR/TANOAK SILVICULTURE EXPERIMENT ALONG NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S COAST RANGE: THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL COMPARE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CONVERTING DEGRADED TIMBERLANDS INTO HEALTHY, VIGOROUS, AND RESILIENT FORESTS THAT SEQUESTER MORE CARBON PER ACRE ANNUALLY AND AVOID LOSS OF STORED CARBON FROM CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE. 3) TREE RESPONSES TO WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT IN A CONIFER DIVERSITY HOTSPOT: THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON EVALUATING THE DROUGHT RESPONSES (2013-2015 AND 2020-2022) OF SIX DIVERSE CONIFER SPECIES ACROSS 54 SITES IN VARIED HABITATS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT EXPERIENCED NO FIRE, LOW-SEVERITY FIRE, AND MODERATE-SEVERITY FIRE IN 2008, A YEAR WHEN 1.6 MILLION ACRES BURNED IN THE STATE. 4) CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOREST AND WATER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: THE GOALS ARE TO EVALUATE HOW THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF RESULTING DROUGHT CONDITIONS LEADING TO LOSSES IN TREE PRODUCTIVITY, FOREST DISTRIBUTION, AND SUMMER WATER AVAILABILITY IN REGIONAL SOILS, GROUNDWATER, AND RIVERS. 5) RECOVERY OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES AFTER WILDFIRE - BUILDING SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE: THIS RESEARCH, 3-4 YEARS AFTER WILDFIRE, WILL ASSESS IMMEDIATE POST-DISASTER COMMUNITY RESPONSES AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY RECOVERY. AND 6) EXPANSION OF TREELESS PATCHES IN FORMERLY FORESTED LANDSCAPES OF THE KLAMATH MOUNTAINS DUE TO REPEATED BURNING: HOW QUICKLY ARE FORESTS BEING CONVERTED TO SHRUBLAND AND WILL THEY RECOVER? THIS PROJECT WILL USE FIELD-BASED AND REMOTELY SENSED DATA TO EVALUATE THE TRAJECTORIES OF VEGETATION RECOVERY AFTER SHORT-AND LONG-INTERVAL FIRES AND UNDERSTAND HOW SUBSEQUENT FIRES MIGHT PERPETUATE AND EXPAND SHRUB PATCHES. THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL IN THE FIRST OR SECOND YEAR OF THREE-YEAR STUDIES, SO DELIVERABLES FROM THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE PROGRESS REPORTS, FIELD DEMONSTRATIONS, SAMPLE COLLECTIONS, STUDENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT THESE PROJECTS AND THE CURRENT ISSUES IN FORESTRY THAT THEY ADDRESS.

IN 2022-23, THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT MCINTIRE-STENNIS GRANT WILL FUND THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: 1) MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION, 2) YEAR-5 ASSESSMENT OF REPLICATED UNEVEN-AGED DOUGLAS-FIR/TANOAK SILVICULTURE EXPERIMENT ALONG NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S COAST RANGE, 3) TREE RESPONSES TO WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT IN A CONIFER DIVERSITY HOTSPOT, 4) CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOREST AND WATER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 5) RECOVERY OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES AFTER WILDFIRE: BUILDING SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE, AND 6) THE CAPACITY OF NONSEROTINOUS SEEDS TO SURVIVE FIRE WITHIN MATURE CONES. 1) MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION PROJECT DIRECTOR: JEFFREY KANE THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO FACILITATE RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MCINTIRE-STENNIS RESEARCH PROGRAM AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT. WE INTEND TO ALLOCATE UP TO 10% OF THE TOTAL M-S FUNDING AWARDED TO CAL POLY HUMBOLDT FOR THIS PROJECT TO SUPPORT RESEARCH PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES. THE BUDGET ITEMS FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDE STAFF SALARY AND BENEFITS, TRAVEL TO ATTEND MEETINGS, SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT, AND PUBLICATION CHARGES. 2) YEAR-5 ASSESSMENT OF REPLICATED UNEVEN-AGED DOUGLAS-FIR/TANOAK SILVICULTURE EXPERIMENT ALONG NORTHERN CALIFORNIA'S COAST RANGE PROJECT DIRECTOR: PASCAL BERRILL THE PROPOSED RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECT WILL COMPARE DIFFERENT METHODS OF CONVERTING DEGRADED TIMBERLANDS INTO HEALTHY, VIGOROUS, AND RESILIENT FORESTS THAT SEQUESTER MORE CARBON PER ACRE ANNUALLY AND AVOID LOSS OF STORED CARBON FROM CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE. DRY FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA'S COAST RANGE WERE LOGGED THROUGHOUT THE 1900S AND LEFT TO REGENERATE NATURALLY WITH HARDWOOD (MAINLY TANOAK) AND CONIFER (MAINLY DOUGLAS-FIR) SEEDLINGS. ONCE DOMINATED BY LARGE CONIFERS, THE DRY FORESTS NOW HAVE AN OVER-ABUNDANCE OF HARDWOODS. MANY OF THESE FORESTS HAVE BECOME CROWDED WHICH POSES A RISK OF CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE WHERE CO2 GAS IS RELEASED TO THE ATMOSPHERE BY BURNING OF CARBONSTORED IN WOOD AND DECAY OF UNBURNED WOOD IN FIRE-KILLED TREES. COAST RANGE DRY FORESTS CONTAIN MANY OF THE STATE'S "COMMUNITIES AT RISK FROM WILDFIRE" (FRAP.FIRE.CA.GOV). CURRENT OWNERSHIP PATTERNS AND FOREST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES INCLUDE SMALL UNMANAGED PRIVATE HOLDINGS, INDUSTRIAL FORESTRY COMPANIES HARVESTING CONIFERS AND USING HERBICIDE TO CONTROL HARDWOODS, AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT OWNERS SUCH AS THE CONSERVATION FUND, REDWOOD FOREST FOUNDATION, AND SUSTAINABLE CONSERVATION INC. WHO MANAGE FORESTS FOR ECOSYSTEM AND COMMUNITY VALUES AND BENEFITS INCLUDING TIMBER PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND PROCESSING. VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HOW SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT AFFECTS POTENTIAL WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR IN THIS IMPORTANT WIDESPREAD CALIFORNIA FOREST TYPE. FIVE YEARS AGO, MY RESEARCH GROUP DESIGNED AND IMPLEMENTED A REPLICATED FIELD EXPERIMENT ACROSS 120+ ACRES AT FOUR SITES LOCATED ALONG A NORTH-SOUTH GRADIENT THROUGHOUT THE COAST RANGE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. OUR GOAL WAS TO DEMONSTRATE ANDQUANTIFY GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) REDUCTIONS ACHIEVED BY FOREST RESTORATION. WE ARE TESTING DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF RESTORATION TREATMENT OPTIONS THAT ENHANCE CARBON SEQUESTRATION BY FAVORING FAST-GROWING CONIFERS OVER HARDWOODS, AND REMOVE OR MODIFY THE ARRANGEMENT OF FLAMMABLE HARVEST RESIDUES (SURFACE FUELS). TREATMENT COMBINATIONS TESTED IN THIS LARGE, LONG-TERM EXPERIMENT INCLUDE A SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT IMPLEMENTED BY PARTIAL HARVESTING, WITH AND WITHOUT HERBICIDE TREATMENT OF HARDWOODS, COMBINED WITH A VIABLE FUELS REDUCTION TREATMENT (I.E., LOP+SCATTER, BIOMASS REMOVAL) THAT DISPOSES OF - OR REARRANGES - FUELS TO MITIGATE EXTREME WILDFIRE BEHAVIOR. SUBSEQUENT UNDERPLANTING WITH CONIFER SEEDLINGS CREATES A NEW AGE-CLASS OF TREES IN THE RESTORED FOREST. IN THIS PROJECT, WE PROPOSE TO RE-VISIT THE EXPERIMENT AFTER 5 YEARS AND RE-MEASURE TREES AND FUELS TO QUANTIFY GROWTH OF TREES AND SEEDLINGS, AND THE ARRANGEMENT AND DECAY RATE OF FUELS, AND HOW THIS HAS CHANGED OVER TIME FOR EACH TREATMENT COMBINATION. THESE DATA WILL ALLOW US TO SEEK FUNDING TO CONDUCT A FOLLOW-ON STUDY WHERE WE SIMULATE THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING FOREST AND FUELS TREATMENTS THAT MITIGATE WILDFIRE IMPACTS WHILE ALSO SUSTAINING TIMBER PRODUCTION AND VIABLE REGENERATION OF A NEW AGE CLASS OF TREE SEEDLINGS. ONE GRADUATE STUDENT AND MULTIPLE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANTS WILL BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT OF INTEREST TO STUDENTS, SMALL PRIVATE TIMBERLAND LANDOWNERS, FOREST MANAGERS, FOREST AND FIRE SCIENTISTS, AND POLICYMAKERS. 3) TREE RESPONSES TO WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT IN A CONIFER DIVERSITY HOTSPOT PROJECT DIRECTOR: LUCY KERHOULAS AND ROSEMARY SHERRIFF WILDFIRES AND DROUGHT HAVE INCREASED DRAMATICALLY OVER RECENT DECADES IN THE WESTERN U.S., CREATING SUBSTANTIAL FOREST MORTALITY WITH WIDE-REACHING IMPACTS AFFECTING RURAL ECONOMIES, NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, WATER RESOURCES, AND THE HEALTH OF RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITIES. U.S. FORESTS CURRENTLY FACE UNPRECEDENTED THREATS DUE TO HEAVY FUEL LOADS FROM DECADES OF FIRE SUPPRESSION, RECENT DROUGHT-INDUCED MORTALITY, AND LONGER FIRE SEASONS RESULTING FROM EARLIER SNOWMELT AND LOW PRECIPITATION. A NEW PARADIGM TO LEVERAGE WILDFIRES AS PRE-TREATMENTS TO SUBSEQUENT THINNING AND PRESCRIBED BURNING MAY INCREASE FOREST RESILIENCE TO CHANGING CLIMATE AND DISTURBANCE REGIMES, ALTHOUGH THIS POTENTIAL SOLUTION REMAINS LARGELY UNTESTED. THEREFORE, THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS STUDY IS TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT HOW PRECEDING WILDFIRE SEVERITY AFFECTS FOREST RESPONSES TO EXTENDED DROUGHT IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON EVALUATING THE DROUGHT RESPONSES (2013-2015 AND 2020-2022) OF SIX DIVERSE CONIFER SPECIES ACROSS 54 SITES IN VARIED HABITATS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT EXPERIENCED NO FIRE, LOW-SEVERITY FIRE, AND MODERATE-SEVERITY FIRE IN 2008, A YEAR WHEN 1.6 MILLION ACRES BURNED IN THE STATE. AT EACH RANDOMLY-LOCATED STUDY SITE, TREE GROWTH, DROUGHT RESISTANCE, AND DROUGHT RESILIENCE WILL BE MEASURED. METHODS WILL INCLUDE DENDROCHRONOLOGY AND SITE INVENTORY DATA. THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS AT A PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION AND WILL HAVE EXTENSIVE AND CREATIVE DISSEMINATION OUTLETS TO DIVERSE AUDIENCES. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL DESCRIBE TREE RESPONSES TO WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT DISTURBANCES, PROVIDING APPLIED KNOWLEDGE THAT WILL IMPROVE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS TO FOSTER SUSTAINABLE, PRODUCTIVE, AND RESILIENT LANDSCAPES. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IS A WORLD-RENOWNED CONIFER DIVERSITY HOTSPOT AND IS HEAVILY TIED TO FORESTS CULTURALLY, SOCIALLY, POLITICALLY, AND ECONOMICALLY. AT PRESENT, NUMEROUS NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES THRIVE ON THESE LANDS AND HAVE RELIED ON THESE FORESTS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. THUS, IT IS CRITICAL THAT MANAGEMENT EFFORTS ARE IMPROVED TO PERPETUATE THIS VALUABLE NATURAL RESOURCE. THIS STUDY WILL USE DENDROCHRONOLOGY TO EVALUATE FOREST RESPONSES TO THE INTERACTING EFFECTS OF WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT,TWO INCREASINGLY DOMINANT DISTURBANCES IN THE WEST, ON NUMEROUS CONIFER SPECIES UNDER A BROAD SPECTRUM OF FOREST CONDITIONS TO ELUCIDATE POTENTIAL MECHANISMS DRIVING OBSERVED TRENDS. THIS WORK WILL INCLUDE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT, YOUNG SCIENTIST TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE SHARING, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH. TO ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, THIS WORK WILL INFORM ON THE INTERACTING IMPACTS OF WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT ON FOREST SPECIES IN A BIODIVERSE AND CULTURALLY IMPORTANT REGION. RESULTS WILL HELP HONE SILVICULTURE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE JOINT GOALS OF TIMBER OPTIMIZATION AND IMPROVED FOREST RESILIENCE AND WILL STRENGTHEN ASSESSMENTS OF REGIONAL CARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY. TO MENTOR AND TRAIN YOUNG SCIENTISTS, ONE MASTER OF SCIENCE STUDENT AND AT LEAST ONE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT WILL WORK CLOSELY ON THIS PROJECT WITH THE PIS. A FOCUS ON THE RECRUITMENT OF UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN THIS PROJECT WILL BE A PRIORITY. STUDENTS WILL BE INVOLVED WITH ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT INCLUDING FIELD AND LAB WORK, DATA ANALYSIS, WRITING, PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, AND OUTREACH. TO SHARE KNOWLEDGE WITH LAND MANAGERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, THE PIS WILL COORDINATE WITH LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL, AND FEDERAL STAKEHOLDERS, TRIBES, AND AGENCIES TO DISSEMINATE RESULTS VIA PRESENTATIONS, POSTERS, WRITTEN REPORTS, SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND FIELD DAYS. COLLABORATIONS WITH INTERESTED PARTIES WILL STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ACADEMICS, NATURAL RESOURCES GROUPS, NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES, AND STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES. THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON MULTIPLE FACETS OF FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT AND WILL THEREFORE UNITE MANY DIVERSE PARTIES VIA A COMMON INTEREST IN THE LANDSCAPE. 4) CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON FOREST AND WATER RESOURCES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PROJECT DIRECTOR: ANDREW STUBBLEFIELD THIS RESEARCH SEEKS TO EVALUATE THE THREAT TO FORESTS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. THE DROUGHT OF 2011-2015 KILLED OVER 100 MILLION TREES IN CALIFORNIA, MOSTLY IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTINUED SEVERE DROUGHT, EVENTUALLY EFFECTING THE WETTER NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE IS A REAL ONE. THE SECOND GOAL OF THE RESEARCH IS TO EVALUATE CLIMATE CHANGE THREATS TO WATER RESOURCES PROVIDED BY FOREST COVER. RECENT RESEARCH HAS SHOWN DECLINING SUMMER STREAM FLOWS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, PUNCTUATED BY WET YEARS WITH SOME OF THE LARGEST PRECIPITATION TOTALS SINCE 1888. THE RESEARCH WILL INTEGRATE DATA FROM A NUMBER OF SOURCES: FIELD MEASUREMENTS OF SOIL MOISTURE, GROUNDWATER AND RIVER FLOW, SATELLITE-DERIVED SOIL MOISTURE DATA, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RIVER FLOW AND WEATHER DATA, TREE SAPFLOW WATER USE DATA COLLECTED BY THE AUTHOR IN PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS, AND DOWN-SCALED GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MODEL OUTPUT DATA. THE GOALS ARE TO EVALUATE HOW THE CLIMATE IS CHANGING, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF RESULTING DROUGHT CONDITIONS LEADING TO LOSSES OF TREE PRODUCTIVITY AND FOREST DISTRIBUTION, CONTINUED DECLINE IN SUMMER WATER AVAILABILITY, IN SOILS, GROUNDWATER AND RIVERS OF THE REGION. FIGURE 1 ILLUSTRATES THE CONCEPTUAL LINKAGES BETWEEN WATER STORAGE COMPARTMENTS IN FORESTED WATERSHEDS. THE PROBLEM ADDRESSED BY THIS RESEARCH IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO MANAGERS OF NATIONAL FORESTS, INDUSTRIAL TIMBERLANDS AND SMALLER FOREST LANDOWNERS. IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, TIMBER HARVEST IS A MAJOR SOURCE OF INCOME FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES. THE PROJECT WILL HELP FILL INFORMATION NEEDS FOR FOREST MANAGERS NEEDING PREPARE FOR AND ADAPT TO THE CHANGING CLIMATE. WITH RECENT DROUGHTS OCCURRING IN 2019 AND 2020, AND RESERVOIRS AT CRITICALLY LOW LEVELS ACROSS THE WEST, IT IS CLEAR THAT THIS LOOMING THREAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FROM THIS PROJECT CAN BE UNDERSTOOD FROM THE QUOTE "FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED" (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES). TO THE EXTENT THAT THREATS TO FORESTS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ARE VERIFIED FROM THIS RESEARCH, FOREST MANAGERS AND SCIENTISTS CAN TAKE UP SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATIONS, ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND SO FORTH TO PREPARE AND ADAPT. FOR EXAMPLE, PLANTING MORE DROUGHT- RESILIENT TREE SPECIES MIGHT BE SUCCESSFUL. FOREST THINNING AND USE OF PRESCRIBED FIRE HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO INCREASE DROUGHT TOLERANCE. DIFFERENT FOREST MANAGEMENT METHODS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE RIVER FLOW. BETTER APPRECIATION OF FLOOD RISK CAN GUIDE LAND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS. THE PROJECT HAS DIRECT RELEVANCE FOR TWO LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED FORESTRY RESEARCH AREAS. THE FIRST AREA IS "DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND POLICIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FOREST LANDS AND THE HARVESTING AND MARKETING OF FOREST PRODUCTS". BY DEVELOPING SCIENTIFICALLY BASED THREAT-ASSESSMENTS, THIS RESEARCH WILL CONTRIBUTE VITAL INFORMATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICIES IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THE SECOND AREA IS "MANAGEMENT OF FOREST AND RELATED WATERSHED LANDS TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF WATER FLOW AND TO PROTECT RESOURCES AGAINST FLOODS AND EROSION". THE EVALUATION OF CHANGING PRECIPITATION REGIMES AND RIVER FLOW LEVELS FROM FORESTED REGIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FURTHER CHANGES, WILL PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR MANAGING FORESTED WATERSHEDS FOR WATER RESOURCES. BY COMBINING A RANGE OF DATA SETS TO PERFORM A THREAT ASSESSMENT, THE PROJECT DEVELOPS AND UTILIZES THE SCIENCE OF INTEGRATION, AN IDENTIFIED HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE. FURTHERMORE, THE INVESTIGATION OF IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE FOR SOIL MOISTURE, GROUNDWATER, AND RIVER FLOWS IN OUR REGION IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE OF FOREST ECOSYSTEM SERVICES. IMPACTS ON OTHER HIGH PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDE HELPING TO REDUCE UNCERTAINTY AND INFORM DECISION-MAKING. 5) RECOVERY OF HUMAN COMMUNITIES AFTER WILDFIRE: BUILDING SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE PROJECT DIRECTOR: ERIN KELLY FOREST FIRE ACTIVITY HAS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE WESTERN US OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, POSING SERIOUS CHALLENGES TO MANY HUMAN COMMUNITIES. IN CALIFORNIA, SEVEN OF THE TEN LARGEST FIRES, FIVE OF THE TEN MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRES, AND THREE OF THE TEN DEADLIEST FIRES IN RECORDED HISTORY OCCURRED WITHIN THE PAST FOUR YEARS. AS HUMAN COMMUNITIES RECOVER FROM THESE WILDFIRES, THEY WILL GO THROUGH PHASES, FROM AN EMERGENCY PERIOD (OF RESCUE AND RELOCATION) TO REHABILITATION (WHEN ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE IS RE-BUILT) TO RECONSTRUCTION, WHEN LONG-TERM PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF RESIDENTS ARE ADDRESSED AND THE COMMUNITY ATTEMPTS TO REBUILD IN A WAY THAT INCREASES ITS RESILIENCE. THIS LAST PHASE MAY ALSO BE TERMED LONG-TERM RECOVERY, AND OCCURS 2-3 YEARS AFTER DISASTER, AS COMMUNITY CAPACITY IS RE-BUILT AND LONG-TERM PLANS ARE PUT IN PLACE. POST-WILDFIRE RECOVERY IS MULTIFACETED, AND INCLUDES REBUILDING PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; RESUMING MUNICIPAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; AND PROMOTING PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALING AND RECOVERY, AS RESIDENTS STRUGGLE WITH "LOSSES AND PROLONGED DISTRESS". THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE RESEARCH ON COMMUNITY RECOVERYSEVERAL YEARS AFTER WILDFIRE. THE TIMELINE OF OUR PROPOSED RESEARCH, 3-4 YEARS AFTER WILDFIRE, WILL ALLOW US TO ASSESS BOTH IMMEDIATE POST-DISASTER COMMUNITY RESPONSES AND MORE LONG-TERM COMMUNITY RECOVERY. RATHER THAN FOCUSING NARROWLY ON THE "AFTERSHOCK" SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS, WE WILL CONSIDER THE DIRECTION OF RECOVERY WITH SEVERAL YEARS' WORTH OF LESSONS LEARNED. THE TIMELINE OF POST-DISASTER RECOVERY IS IMPORTANT: SOON AFTER DISASTER THERE MAY BE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY COHESION AND WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD COMMON CAUSE , DESCRIBED AS A "HONEYMOON" PHASE. THIS SUGGESTS THAT RECOVERY EFFORTS MAY LAG, OR MAY RUN INTO COMMUNITY CONFLICTS, AFTER SOME TIME. BUT WITHIN COMMUNITIES, NEW ACTORS AND LEADERS MAY ALSO EMERGE TO FACILITATE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTRIBUTING TO RENEWED SOCIAL COHESION AND COMMUNITY AGENCY. PRIOR RESEARCH FOUND THAT 9 MONTHS AFTER A FIRE IN SWEDEN, THERE WAS STILL INCREASED SOCIAL COHESION AND PEOPLE DESCRIBED THEIR COMMUNITY AS "STRONGER" AFTER THE FIRE. IN ONE OF THE FEW STUDIES TO ASSESS COMMUNITY RECOVERY SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE FIRE, THEY FOUND THAT FIVE YEARS AFTER THE RODEO- CHEDISKI FIRE, NEARBY COMMUNITIES HAD BOTH MAINTAINED A "COMING TOGETHER" SPIRIT THAT SPURRED COMMUNITY ACTION, AND HAD DEVELOPED POST-FIRE CONFLICT, DISTRUST, AND DISAGREEMENTS. THIS FUNDING WILL HELP US TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FACILITATING IN THE RECOVERY EFFORT, AND TO EXPAND THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS NEEDED (WHAT IS WORKING, WHAT IS NOT WORKING) IN TERMS OF WILDFIRE RECOVERY. WE ARE CREATING CASE STUDIES IN THREE COMMUNITIES AND WILL USE FUNDING TO SUPPORT ACTIVITIES IN ALL THREE. 6) THE CAPACITY OF NON-SEROTINOUS SEEDS TO SURVIVE FIRE WITHIN MATURE CONES PROJECT DIRECTOR: DAVID GREENE SUMMARY: THE FOREST DENSIFICATION AND WARMING OF THE 20TH CENTURY HAS LED TO INCREASINGLY FREQUENT, LARGE, AND SEVERE PATCHES IN WESTERN FORESTS OF THE US. OWING TO THE PREVIOUS LOW INTENSITY FIRE REGIME CHARACTERISTIC OF THE LAST FEW MILLENNIA, OUR CURRENT SPECIES MIX IS POORLY ADAPTED TO A STANDREPLACING FIRE REGIME (E.G. SEROTINOUS SPECIES PRESENTLY COMPRISE A TINY FRACTION OF THE TREE BIOMASS IN THE FAR WESTERN STATES). IN PARTICULAR, RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN POOR POST-FIRE REGENERATION IN LARGE SEVERE PATCHES, ESPECIALLY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. NONETHELESS, THINGS MAY NOT BE QUITE SO DIRE; IN PARTICULAR, WE ARGUE THAT UNDER SOME CIRCUMSTANCES NON-SEROTINOUS TREES CAN BEHAVE AS IF THEY WERE SEROTINOUS (WE DEEM THIS "FACULTATIVE SEROTINY"). IF SO, THEN THE TRANSITION TO A PREDOMINANTLY SEROTINOUS FOREST MAY BE SLOWER THAN WE MIGHT EXPECT. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL BUILD ON EARLIER WORK, MUCH OF IT UNPUBLISHED, ADVANCING THIS IDEA. IN ADDITION TO ALIGNING WITH THE MAIN RESEARCH AREA ("REFORESTATION AND MANAGEMENT. . ."). THE PROPOSED PROJECT ADDRESSES THE HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE OF "CONFLICT, UNCERTAINTY, AND DECISION-MAKING" AS IT IS FOCUSED ON DELINEATING THE JOINT PROBABILITIES GOVERNING SEXUAL RECRUITMENT BY CONIFERS IN RECENT BURNS. FINALLY, THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTS THE MS 2017 CRITICAL GOAL OF EDUCATING FUTURE SCIENTISTS.

MCINTIRE STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM - HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

MCINTIRE STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM - HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

THE 3D “DIGITAL HERBARIUM” IS A PILOTED, INTERACTIVE 3D DIGITAL EXHIBIT AND LEARNING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES AN OPEN ACCESS ENVIRONMENT TO LEARN AND RESEARCH BOTANY. THE CAL POLY HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY LIBRARY WILL TRANSFORM THIS PILOTED, INTERACTIVE LEARNING FRAMEWORK INTO AN OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE SOLUTION. THE PROJECT WILL BUILD A 3D “EXHIBITS4LEARNING” PROTOTYPE AS A CUSTOMIZABLE INTERACTIVE LEARNING SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FOR MANY DISCIPLINES. THE PROJECT TEAM WILL PROVIDE PHOTOGRAMMETRY, 3D MODELING TRAINING, AND AN EASY-TO-USE 3D EXHIBIT PROTOTYPE FOR CURATING AND ANNOTATING COLLECTIONS TO PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. CODE REFINEMENT AND THOROUGH TRAINING DOCUMENTATION WILL SUPPORT 3D DIGITIZATION WORKFLOWS AND CURATION INTERESTS FOR INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS INNOVATIVE FRAMEWORK WILL ADVANCE LEARNER ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED COLLECTIONS, SUPPORT PROJECT-BASED STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AROUND INVALUABLE SKILLS, AND EXPAND ACCESS TO COLLECTIONS OFFERING MEANINGFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCES. LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, MUSEUMS, AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS NEW WAY OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO, AND ENHANCING STUDENT LEARNING WITH, 3D EXHIBIT COLLECTIONS.

MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM - HUMBOLDT STATEUNIVERSITY

MCINTIRE STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM

COMPUTERIZATION OF THE HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY VASCULAR PLANT HERBARIUM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: THE DEFINITIVE FOLLOW-UP CAMPAIGN FOR FAST RADIO BURSTS -FAST RADIO BURSTS (FRBS) ARE TRANSIENT PULSES OF RADIO EMISSION LASTING ONLY MILLISECONDS. THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE COMING FROM GALAXIES OUTSIDE OUR OWN AND ARE NOW A HIGHLY INTENSE AREA OF ASTROPHYSICAL PURSUIT, WITH OVER A THOUSAND FRBS DETECTED TO DATE. A RESEARCH TEAM BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND THE MARIA MITCHELL OBSERVATORY (MMO) FORMS THE CORE OF THE FAST AND FORTUNATE FOR FRB FOLLOW-UP (F4) TEAM, WHICH HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE NSF SINCE 2019 TO OBSERVE FRBS AND ASSOCIATE THEM WITH THEIR HOST GALAXIES. THIS HAS ENABLED THE TEAM TO START TO USE FRB SIGNALS TO PROBE THE UNIVERSE AND TO MAKE A NEW CENSUS OF THE BARYONS (SUBATOMIC PARTICLES, MOSTLY PROTONS AND NEUTRONS) IN A HIGHLY DIFFUSE STATE OUTSIDE OF GALAXIES THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE. THIS CURRENT NSF AWARD EXTENDS THIS WORK TO ALLOW F4 TO INCREASE ITS OBSERVATIONAL IMPACT BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE THROUGH FOLLOW-UP OBSERVATIONS OF TWO NEW SURVEYS OF PRECISELY LOCALIZED FRBS, ALLOWING THEM TO STUDY COSMOLOGY, BARYON DISTRIBUTION AND IDENTIFY FRB PROGENITORS. THIS AWARD WILL ALSO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN A POSTBACCALAUREATE 'BRIDGE' PROGRAM HOSTED AT THE MMO FOR ATTRACTING AND RETAINING TALENTED AND TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS, WITH A LONG-TERM GOAL OF INCREASING THEIR PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN STEM FIELDS. ALL OF THE INVESTIGATORS WILL ENGAGE IN THE MANY OUTREACH ACTIVITIES OF THE MMO. DURING THE PERIOD OF THIS GRANT, THE F4 TEAM WILL ACQUIRE, ANALYZE, AND DISSEMINATE DEEP, MULTI-BAND IMAGING AND SPECTROSCOPY ON THE HOST GALAXIES OF HUNDREDS OF FRBS ACROSS THE SKY. FOR MANY TENS OF FRB FIELDS, THEY WILL OBTAIN IMAGING AND MULTI-OBJECT SPECTROSCOPY TO IDENTIFY INTERVENING GALACTIC HALOS AND MAP THE FOREGROUND LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE. THESE DATA AND DERIVED QUANTITIES (E.G. REDSHIFTS (Z) AND STELLAR MASSES), TOGETHER WITH MEASUREMENTS OF THE FRBS (E.G. DISPERSION MEASURE (DM) AND ROTATION MEASURE (RM)) WILL ENABLE THREE MAJOR SCIENTIFIC THRUSTS: (1) COSMOLOGY: THE FIRST STATISTICALLY ROBUST DETERMINATION OF THE MACQUART RELATION (DM VS. Z), LEADING TO A NEW AND COMPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE OF THE HUBBLE PARAMETER; (2) GALAXY FORMATION: INFERRING THE RADIAL DISTRIBUTION OF BARYONS IN GALACTIC HALOS AND CONSTRAINING THE MAGNETIC FIELDS AND GAS DENSITY OF THE CIRCUMGALACTIC MEDIUM; AND (3) FRB PROGENITORS: TESTING THE MANY MODELS INVOKED TO PRODUCE FRBS AND USING RAPID FOLLOW-UP IMAGING AT RADIO, OPTICAL AND X-RAY WAVELENGTHS TO RESOLVE FRB EMISSION MECHANISMS. 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.

MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM - HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MULTI-MODE APPARATUS TO RESOLVE THE DISCREPANCY CONCERNING BIG G -OF ALL THE FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS OF NATURE, G, THE UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT, IS KNOWN WITH THE LEAST PRECISION. THE CURRENT SITUATION SURROUNDING THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF G IS PUZZLING THE FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS AND PRECISION MEASUREMENT COMMUNITIES. THE WORLD'S BEST EXPERIMENTS YIELD VALUES WHICH ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND DIFFER BY ABOUT 40 TIMES THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MOST PRECISE EXPERIMENT. FURTHERMORE, KNOWING THE TRUE VALUE OF G IS IMPORTANT IN VARIOUS FIELDS, AS IT IS NECESSARY IN EFFORTS TO UNIFY GENERAL RELATIVITY WITH QUANTUM MECHANICS IN A QUANTUM THEORY OF GRAVITY. THE PROJECT ENABLED BY THIS COLLABORATION WILL BE TO CARRY OUT CAREFULLY CONTROLLED METROLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS WHERE THE PRECISION OF THE MEASUREMENTS WILL BE IN THE PART-PER-MILLION. SINCE PART OF THE PAST DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN DETERMINATIONS OF G CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE METHODOLOGY USED, THE GROUP WILL COMBINE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO DETERMINE G WITHIN THE SAME APPARATUS, HOPING TO OBTAIN HIGHLY PRECISE VALUES OF G FROM EACH APPROACH, BUT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT THE VALUES OBTAINED USING DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES WILL MIMIC THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE COMMUNITY, NAMELY, THAT DIFFERENT METHODOLOGIES, NO MATTER HOW PRECISE, YIELD DIFFERENT RESULTS. WITH THE EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT IN THE SAME APPARATUS THE EFFORT WOULD THEN HELP UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT DISCREPANCIES AMONG EXISTING EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS. IN ADDITION TO BROAD SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT. THEY WILL BE TRAINED IN EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS AND PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND UNDERGRADUATES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS BY RECRUITING FROM A RURAL, FEDERALLY-RECOGNIZED HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION THAT HAS LIMITED RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES ON CAMPUS. STUDENTS FROM THREE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES WILL BE IN CONTACT, ENHANCING THEIR EXPOSURE TO DIFFERENT ACADEMIC CULTURES AND PROVIDING NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH A TORSION PENDULUM FACILITY DEDICATED TO MEASURING THE NEWTONIAN GRAVITATIONAL CONSTANT G WITH UNPRECEDENTED SENSITIVITY USING THREE DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES WITHIN THE SAME APPARATUS. AN AGREED UPON VALUE FOR G REMAINS ELUSIVE AS RECENT MEASUREMENTS BY DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS HAVE SCATTERED WIDELY, OR HAVE HAD LOW PRECISION. THE SPREAD IN MEASURED VALUES AND THE RELATIVELY LOW PRECISION OF THE MEASUREMENTS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE PRECISION MEASUREMENT COMMUNITY AS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. THIS PROJECT WILL FINISH BUILDING A SYSTEM BASED UPON THE IDEAS INTRODUCED IN PREVIOUS TORSION PENDULUM EXPERIMENTS, BUT WILL EXPAND THE SCOPE AND BREADTH OF THE MEASUREMENTS BY THE MULTI-MODE NATURE OF THE APPARATUS. IN THE PRIMARY MODE G WILL BE DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ANGULAR ACCELERATION NEEDED TO KEEP A TORSION PENDULUM'S FIBER FROM TWISTING WHILE IT ROTATES ON A TURNTABLE IN THE PRESENCE OF CAREFULLY DESIGNED ATTRACTOR MASSES (THAT ALSO ROTATE ON A SEPARATE TURNTABLE). THIS ANGULAR ACCELERATION FEEDBACK MODE HAS YIELDED THE MOST PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF G TO DATE, YET IT HAS ONLY BEEN PERFORMED ONCE. COMPARED TO PREVIOUS EFFORTS, THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL ACHIEVE SMALLER METROLOGY ERRORS BY USING ADVANCED MEASUREMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES. INCIDENTALLY, USING ATTRACTOR MASSES THAT ARE TRANSPARENT IN THE VISSIBLE/NEAR INFRARED WILL PERMIT A MUCH MORE PRECISE DETERMINATION OF THE MASS DISTRIBUTION. USING THE SAME APPARATUS, G WILL BE DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE CHANGE IN THE RESONANT FREQUENCY OF THE TORSION PENDULUM WITH THE ATTRACTOR MASSES PRESENT AND REMOVED BY MEASURING THE THERMALLY INDUCED OSCILLATION OF THE PENDULUM. IN THE THIRD APPROACH, G WILL BE DETERMINED BY LARGE AMPLITUDE DETERMINATION OF THE CHANGE IN THE RESONANT FREQUENCY OF THE PENDULUM WHEN THE ATTRACTOR MASSES ARE AT TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS. EACH TECHNIQUE IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE A MEASUREMENT WITH A RELATIVE ERROR OF APPROXIMATELY 2 PPM. THE THREE METHODS WILL ALSO SHED LIGHT IN THE POSSIBLE OVERLOOKING OF SYSTEMATIC EFFECTS. 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.

MCINTIRE STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM

MCINTIRE STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM

THIS EDA INVESTMENT SUPPORTS THE HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY SPONSORED PROGRAMS FOUNDATION WITH DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE ROADMAP TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLANNING CAPACITY OF THE MCKINLEYVILLE REGION. THE PROJECT WORK INCLUDES CONDUCTING A STUDY OF MCKINLEYVILLE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES. THE STUDY WILL ALLOW THE CITY OF MCKINLEYVILLE TO ENGAGE IN STRATEGY TO HELP LAY THE FOUNDATION TO CREATE JOBS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. ONCE COMPLETED, THE PROJECT WILL HELP THE REGION CREATE A MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITY AND ENSURE CONTINUITY OF BUSINESSES TO STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY.

RUNNING SCENARIOS USING THE TWO-SPECIES, NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL AND BARRED OWL, HEXSIM MODEL

MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM

NEW AGREEMENT FOR SNOWY PLOVER

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT-NRCDP- TO STRENGTHEN THE USDA-NRCS DIVERSITYRECRUITMENT MISSION IN SUPPORT OF THE NATURAL RESOURCE CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (NRCDP).

CA RWO 91, NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

RUI: PARALLEL-PLATE TORSION PENDULUM FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF SHORT-RANGE GRAVITATIONAL PHYSICS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: U.S. GEOTRACES PMT: DISSOLVED TRACE METAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND SIZE PARTITIONING

P13AC00676

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT - NRCDP

MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY RESEARCH PROGRAM