University Of San Diego

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO FUNDING CERTIFICATION AND AGREEMENT EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT, INSTALLMENT #2.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO FUNDING CERTIFICATION AND AGREEMENT EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANTS TO STUDENTS UNDER THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT

(MURI) "SYNTHETIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE MATHEMATICS OF HIGHER STRUCTURES IN HOMOTOPY TYPE THEORY"

ORAL ADVERSARIAL SKILL-BUILDING IMMERSION SERIES (OASIS) TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO MEXICO'S TRANSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

CCEP II- MAKING GLOBAL CLIMATE SCIENCE LOCAL: IMPLEMENTING AN EFFECTIVE MODEL TO EDUCATE KEY INFLUENTIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS

AWARD TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO (USD) FOR THE PROJECT TITLED ORAL ADVERSARIAL SKILL-BUILDING IMMERSION SEMINAR (OASIS) 2019-2022

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM

MIDDLE EAST ENTREPRENEUR "TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES (MEET_US") CONTINUATION.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

COLLABORATIVE MODEL ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PERINATAL PERIOD

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

IUSE/PFE RED: DEVELOPING CHANGEMAKING ENGINEERS

NEW AWARD TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT LAW STUDENT LITIGATION AND MEDIATION INITIATIVE IN MEXICO

THE ROCK, THE RIVER, THE TREE: UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO UPWARD BOUND PROJECT

UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

OPIOID WORKFORCE EXPANSION PROGRAM- PROFESSIONAL

THE ROCK, THE RIVER, THE TREE: USD MCNAIR PROGRAM

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

UPWARD BOUND

CCEP-I: CLIMATE SCIENCE MEETS SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS: APPLYING PROVEN LEARNING AND COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES TO CLIMATE LITE

THE ROCK, THE RIVER, THE TREE: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO UPWARD BOUND AT KEARNY HIGH SCHOOL IN LINDA VISTA V2

THE ROCK, THE RIVER, THE TREE:UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO UPWARD BOUND AT HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL IN CITY HEIGHTS V2

A CULTURALLY RELEVANT APPROACH TO SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS AND CAREER AWARENESS THROUGH AN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT -THE PROJECT WILL DESIGN AND RESEARCH A PROJECT FOR DEVELOPING UPPER-ELEMENTARY LATINX STUDENTS' SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS AND AWARENESS OF COMPUTATIONALLY-INTENSIVE CAREERS. THE PROJECT WILL DESIGN IMMERSIVE, CULTURALLY RELEVANT, AND ACTIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN MINECRAFT: EDUCATION EDITION (MEE). MINECRAFT, WHICH IS USED BY MILLIONS WORLDWIDE, ENABLES PARTICIPANTS TO EXPLORE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD, DISCOVER AND USE RAW MATERIALS, ENGINEER NEW ENVIRONMENTS, CREATE TOOLS AND STRUCTURES, AND SIMPLE MACHINES. THIS VIDEOGAME PLATFORM EMPHASIZES FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, NEAR-PEER MENTORSHIP, PEER COLLABORATION, AND EXPERT MODELING. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A UNIQUE SET OF EXTENDED AND AGE-APPROPRIATE SPATIAL PROGRAMMING FUNCTIONS AND ENGAGE PARTICIPANTS IN DEVELOPING SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILLS (SCT). THESE SKILLS WILL SUPPORT THE ABILITY TO LEARN TO ABSTRACT KEY SPATIAL FEATURES, TO DECOMPOSE SHAPES WITH GEOMETRIC REPRESENTATION AND RECOGNIZE PATTERNS, AND TO USE PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTING TOOLS FOR SPATIAL ALGORITHM DESIGN. THE PROJECT WILL INTRODUCE PARTICIPANTS TO COMPUTATIONALLY-INTENSIVE STEM CAREERS WHERE THESE SKILLS ARE INCREASINGLY DEMANDED IN AREAS SUCH AS ROBOTICS, VIRTUAL REALITY, AND SMART GEOSPATIAL SYSTEMS. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP A UNIQUE SET OF BILINGUAL, EXTENDED AND AGE-APPROPRIATE VISUAL PROGRAMMING FUNCTIONS TO ENABLE THOUSANDS OF UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN HIGH-QUALITY SPATIAL PROGRAMMING LEARNING EXPERIENCES. PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE GAME IN SCHOOL OR AT HOME. DUE TO LOW-COST MATERIALS AND THE SELF-PACED LEARNING DESIGN, THE LEARNING ACTIVITIES ARE FLEXIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR FAMILIES AND EDUCATORS WHO HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS. THROUGH DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH, THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS TWO RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1) HOW CAN AN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT UPPER-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LATINX STUDENTS' SPATIAL COMPUTATIONAL THINKING SKILL DEVELOPMENT, CAREER EXPLORATION, AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT? 2) WHAT ARE THE IMMEDIATE AND SUSTAINED IMPACTS OF THE PROGRAM ON PARTICIPATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, PARENTS/GUARDIANS, AND COLLEGE STUDENTS? THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN WITH USABILITY AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT WILL INFORM THE ITERATIVE DESIGN OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT, FOLLOWED UP BY EXPERIMENTAL, CONTROLLED STUDIES. THE PROJECT WILL COLLECT DATA USING MIXED-METHODS INCLUDING PARTICIPANT REFLECTIONS, THINK-ALOUDS, SURVEYS OF CAREER INTEREST DEVELOPMENT, OBSERVATIONS, INTERVIEWS, DATA ANALYTICS, AND ASSESSMENTS OF COMPUTATIONAL, SPATIAL SKILLS AND SELF-EFFICACY. THE RESEARCH FINDINGS REVEALED THROUGH THIS PROJECT CAN PROVIDE RICH INSIGHTS INTO PROGRAM DESIGNS THAT FOSTER LATINX STUDENTS? INTEREST AND AWARENESS IN COMPUTING AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, PEER COLLABORATION, AND NEAR-PEER MENTOR FACILITATION IN AN IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE PROJECT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS, AND LESSON PLANS WILL BE SHARED IN THE MINECRAFT WORLD LIBRARY TO BE SCALED TO A NATIONAL LEVEL, INCORPORATED IN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, AND USED IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOMS AS PART OF COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION INTEGRATED STEAM CURRICULUM. PROJECT RESEARCH FINDINGS WILL BE SHARED WITH RESEARCHERS, DEVELOPERS, AND STEM EDUCATORS THROUGH CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS. FAMILY PARTICIPATION WILL BE SUPPORTED THROUGH BILINGUAL RESOURCES AND OTHER SUPPORTS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PROJECT WEBSITE. THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS (ITEST) PROGRAM, WHICH SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT BUILD UNDERSTANDINGS OF PRACTICES, PROGRAM ELEMENTS, CONTEXTS, AND PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO INCREASING STUDENTS' KNOWLEDGE AND INTEREST IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) CAREERS. 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.

STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

THE ROCK, THE RIVER, THE TREE: THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM

CAREER: EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY AND LACTATION ON MUSCLE-TENDON FORM AND FUNCTION IN THE RAT, RATTUS NORVEGICUS -THIS PROJECT INVESTIGATES THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE AND ASSOCIATED CONNECTIVE TISSUES DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION. PREGNANCY AND LACTATION ARE TWO OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL STATES IN MAMMALS. BECAUSE INDIVIDUALS CANNOT INCREASE ENERGY UTILIZATION INDEFINITELY TO KEEP UP WITH THESE METABOLIC DEMANDS, OTHER PROCESSES MUST BECOME LESS COSTLY. THE RESEARCH PROJECT TESTS THE HYPOTHESIS THAT LOCOMOTOR COSTS ARE REDUCED DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION TO OFFSET THE HIGHER ENERGETIC COSTS. AN INTEGRATED SUITE OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING COMPUTATIONAL MODELING, WILL BE USED TO QUANTIFY LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY AND FORM AND FUNCTION OF MUSCLES AND TENDONS DURING MOVEMENT. THIS INFORMATION WILL LEAD TO A MORE COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THE METABOLIC COSTS OF MUSCLE-TENDON INTERACTIONS DURING LOCOMOTION AND HOW THEY CHANGE DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION, AND THE RESULTS SHOULD ALLOW BETTER TAILORED ADVICE REGARDING EXERCISE FOR WOMEN IN THE PRE- AND POST-NATAL PHASES. THE PROJECT WILL CREATE 10 PAID SUMMER RESEARCH INTERNSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATES AND 10 FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, 5 YEARS OF A PAID LAB TECHNICIAN POSITION FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT, AND THREE MENTORED POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. TEACHING RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY NEW AREAS OF FEMALE-SPECIFIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH WILL BE DEVELOPED AND DISSEMINATED. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO TEST WHETHER TEACHING FEMALE-SPECIFIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN INTRODUCTORY CLASSES INCREASES THE SENSE OF BELONGING FOR FEMALE STUDENTS IN STEM, WHICH COULD LEAD TO CHANGES IN HOW THE SUBJECT IS TAUGHT AT THE UNDERGRADUATE LEVEL. THE OVERARCHING AIM OF THIS PROJECT IS TO UNDERSTAND THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE AND ITS CONNECTIVE TISSUES DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION. IT IS HYPOTHESIZED THAT HORMONAL EFFECTS ON ELASTIC TISSUES DURING PREGNANCY AND/OR LACTATION IMPROVE LOCOMOTOR PERFORMANCE BY INCREASING THE USAGE OF ELASTIC POTENTIAL ENERGY. USING A MODEL OF MAMMALIAN MUSCLE-TENDON PHYSIOLOGY, THE RAT RATTUS NORVEGICUS, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WILL LEAD A TEAM OF UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING RESEARCH AND EDUCATIONAL AIMS: [1] QUANTIFY THE EFFECTS OF PREGNANCY AND LACTATION ON GAIT MECHANICS, ENERGETICS AND IN VIVO MUSCLE-TENDON FUNCTION, USING HIGH-SPEED VIDEOGRAPHY, IMPLANTED ELECTROMYOGRAPHY, SONOMICROMETRY, AND INDIRECT CALORIMETRY. [2] CHARACTERIZE IN SITU, DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION, THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF AN ISOLATED HINDLIMB MUSCLE-TENDON UNIT, THE LATERAL GASTROCNEMIUS AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACHILLES TENDON. BY USING THE SAME SUBJECTS TO TRACK THE FUNCTION OF LEG MUSCLE-TENDONS IN VIVO AND WHEN THE MUSCLE-TENDON IS ISOLATED IN AN ANESTHETIZED ANIMAL, MUSCLE-TENDON FUNCTION WILL BE DIRECTLY LINKED TO WHOLE BODY MOVEMENT. [3] DEVELOP TEACHING RESOURCES TO IDENTIFY NEW AREAS OF FEMALE-SPECIFIC ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY RESEARCH AND ENHANCE FEMALE STEM STUDENTS? SENSE OF BELONGING. THE WORK WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A CAREER-LONG RESEARCH PROGRAM THAT INTEGRATES LABORATORY WORK ON A MODEL ORGANISM WITH COMPARATIVE FIELD STUDIES, AND ADVANCES AN UNDER-INVESTED FIELD OF RESEARCH WITH POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND WELFARE. THE RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION, INTEGRATING THE PROJECT?S EDUCATIONAL GOALS WITH THE SCIENTIFIC WORK. 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.

RONALD E. MCNAIR POSTBACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FOSTERING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' VISUOSPATIAL SKILLS AND MATHEMATICAL COMPETENCIES THROUGH AN ORIGAMI-BASED PROGRAM

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

ENGAGING WITH COMMUNITY FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE

PROOF ASSISTANTS FOR FORMALIZATION OF HIGHER CATEGORY THEORY, DATED 23 JUN 2025

USD NOYCE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

RONALD E. MCNAIR POST-BACCALAUREATE ACHIEVEMENT

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

A NOVEL IN VITRO MICROSCOPY SUITE TO ELUCIDATE INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT AND CONFORMATIONAL DYNAMICS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS

A JOINT SERVICE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN DISTRIBUTED EDUCATION

TRIO - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES - STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM

PURPOSE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING AWARDS ARE AUTHORIZED UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 PUBLIC LAW 117-328 AND THE EXPLANATORY STATEMENT FOR DIVISION L OF THAT ACT. PROJECTS SELECTED FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTED SPENDING ARE LISTED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) THAT ACCOMPANIES A SPECIFIC FISCAL YEAR’S APPROPRIATIONS ACT OR CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. THE JES LISTS PROJECT, RECIPIENT, STATE, AMOUNT AND CONGRESSIONAL SPONSOR.; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING AWARD PROJECTS INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES THAT RESULT IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES. HUD WILL NOT KNOW THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT UNTIL THE RECIPIENT SUBMITS THE REQUIRED PROJECT NARRATIVE AND CONFIRMS ALIGNMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. TO FIND THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT AWARD AS WRITTEN WITHIN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD USE THE FOLLOWING LINK AND PATH SELECTIONS TO GET TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING GRANTS HTTPS://WWW.HUD.GOV/PROGRAM_OFFICES/COMM_PLANNING/EDI-GRANTS, SELECT THE FISCAL YEAR OF INTEREST, SCROLL DOWN TO PROGRAM LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UNDER FISCAL YEAR 20XX CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 20XX: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT).; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT AS DESCRIBED IN THE JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT (JES) PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SUBSEQUENT APPROVED PROJECT NARRATIVE.; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE PROJECT BENEFICIARIES ARE THE INDIVIDUALS AND/OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS OR SERVED BY THE ENTITIES THAT ARE AWARDED GRANT FUNDS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE JES RECIPIENT OR PROJECT DESCRIPTION SECTIONS.; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME OF AWARD.

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (BHWET) PROGRAM

EXPANDQISE: TRACK 1: QUANTUM ANALOG SIMULATION WITH BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES IN FLEXIBLE LIGHT FIELDS -THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES THAT GOVERN THE BEHAVIOR OF SYSTEMS IN THE QUANTUM REGIME HAVE ADVANCED INTO THE CENTER OF MODERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TODAY. FROM QUANTUM SENSING AND QUANTUM-SECURE COMMUNICATION TO QUANTUM ANALOG SIMULATION AND NOVEL PARADIGMS FOR COMPUTATION, QUANTUM PRINCIPLES OFFER A PLETHORA OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO EXPLORE. THIS PROJECT, CENTERED AROUND A FLEXIBLE APPARATUS TO CREATE ARRAYS OF DILUTE-GAS BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES FOR QUANTUM-STATE ENGINEERING AND QUANTUM CONTROL, GREATLY ENHANCES THE EDUCATIONAL SCOPE AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION. THE PROJECT LEVERAGES EXPERTISE AND GUIDANCE FROM THE FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM PHYSICS LAB AT WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY AND A COLLABORATION WITH QUANTUM DESIGN, A LEADING INDUSTRY PARTNER IN THE AREA OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES. IN ADDITION TO PERFORMING CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH INVESTIGATING PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM CONTROL TO GENERATE NOVEL QUANTUM STATES WITH ARRAYS OF ULTRACOLD ATOMS, THE PROJECT ALSO CONTAINS A STRONG EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODULES FOR A QUANTUM SCIENCE CURRICULUM, AND A SAN DIEGO QUANTUM SEMINAR SERIES TO CONNECT WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY. MODERN QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES PROMISE REVOLUTIONARY ADVANCEMENTS IN AREAS INCLUDING SENSING, COMPUTATION, AND SECURE COMMUNICATION. ONE OF THE MOST FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS FOR INVESTIGATING QUANTUM DYNAMICS IS PROVIDED BY ULTRACOLD ATOMS. THIS PROJECT EMPLOYS A HIGHLY VERSATILE SETUP COMPRISED OF AN ARRAY OF DILUTE-GAS BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES ARRANGED IN MESOSCOPIC TRAPS. THE SETUP INCLUDES ADVANCED IMAGING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE TO CONDUCT NOVEL STUDIES IN QUANTUM-STATE ENGINEERING. THE MULTI-STEP RESEARCH PROGRAM ADDRESSES ELEMENTS FROM FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM PHYSICS WITH A FOCUS ON THE REALIZATION OF NON-HERMITIAN PROCEDURES AND THE STUDY OF NON-HERMITIAN HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS TO ENHANCED QUANTUM SENSING. WHILE ULTRACOLD ATOMS ARE A PARTICULARLY POWERFUL TESTBED FOR QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES, THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE ARE RELEVANT TO A LARGE AND DIVERSE RANGE OF QUANTUM PLATFORMS. THROUGH COOPERATION WITH QUANTUM DESIGN, A LEADING INDUSTRY PARTNER, AVENUES FOR LEVERAGING THIS UNIVERSALITY ARE EXPLORED. FROM AN EDUCATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS PROJECT INVITES UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PHYSICS, BIOPHYSICS, MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TO GAIN VALUABLE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND IN QUANTUM SCIENCE. CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY PROVIDES A VENUE FOR EXCHANGES OF STUDENTS, EXPERTISE, AND IDEAS, AS WELL AS A CONNECTION TO A LARGE AND VIBRANT QUANTUM NETWORK IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. THIS AWARD IS CO-FUNDED BY THE ADVANCING INFORMAL STEM LEARNING PROGRAM. 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.

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL PREPARATION

ADOLESCENT DISEASE AUTONOMY USING PATIENT PORTAL TECHNOLOGY (ADAPPT)

BUILDING RESEARCH DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS USING AN OPEN-SOURCE MODEL DESIGN -EMERGING RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS (ERIS) ARE VITAL INCUBATORS OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY BUT OFTEN LACK THE RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A ROBUST INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH ENTERPRISE. ERIS THUS FACE CHALLENGES WITH ESSENTIAL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES LIKE TRACKING RESEARCH PERFORMANCE, OUTPUTS, AND FUNDING. RESDATANEXUS WILL PROVIDE AN OPEN-SOURCE FRAMEWORK TO BUILD INTERACTIVE DATA PLATFORMS THAT MONITOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) ACTIVITIES AND EXPENDITURES WHILE FORECASTING FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES. BY AUTOMATING DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS, RESDATANEXUS WILL SUPPORT INFORMED, DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING, STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS, AND BOOST INSTITUTIONAL COMPETITIVENESS. THE PROJECT ALSO ENGAGES STUDENTS IN HANDS-ON DATA ANALYTICS, HELPING BUILD FUTURE RESEARCH TALENT AND ENCOURAGING STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT DRIVE INNOVATION AND NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRESS. THE RESDATANEXUS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE WAYS OF DEVELOPING A COST-EFFECTIVE, LOW-MAINTENANCE, OPEN-SOURCE DATA INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ERIS TO SYSTEMATICALLY TRACK RESEARCH OUTPUTS, R&D EXPENDITURES, AND GRANT ACTIVITIES. THE PROJECT WILL UNFOLD IN THREE PHASES: FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT; PROTOTYPE TESTING AND VALIDATION ON PARTNER CAMPUSES (UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO, ELON UNIVERSITY, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY); AND ITERATIVE REFINEMENT WITH BROAD DISSEMINATION. RESDATANEXUS WILL INTEGRATE DIVERSE DATA SOURCES, BUILD INTERACTIVE DASHBOARDS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING, AND APPLY MACHINE LEARNING TO CREATE A FORECASTING MODEL AND RESEARCH ACTIVITY COMPOSITE INDEX. BY CORRELATING FINANCIAL INPUTS WITH PUBLICATION METRICS AND FUNDING OUTCOMES, THE MODEL WILL PREDICT INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SCALABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE, RESDATANEXUS WILL EMPOWER ERIS WITH DATA-DRIVEN PLANNING, STRENGTHENING RESEARCH CAPACITY AND COMPETITIVENESS. 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.

CONNECTING THE DOTS AND BUILDING COASTAL RESILIENCE IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION

SAN DIEGO REGIONAL ENERGY INNOVATION NETWORK EXPANSION PROJECT

EQUIPMENT: MRI: TRACK 1 ACQUISITION OF AN X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETER FOR MATERIALS CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT TRAINING -NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE ACQUISITION OF A MODERN X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETER (XPS) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL ENABLE FAST PROGRESS ON A BROAD SET OF CURRENT CHALLENGES IN CHEMISTRY. XPS IS ONE OF THE MAIN TOOLS CAPABLE OF IDENTIFYING THE ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF SOLID SURFACES. A NEW CLASS OF SOLIDS KNOWN AS METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS) WILL BE STUDIED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS, MOLECULAR STORAGE AND SEPARATION, AND SENSOR DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, OTHER METAL-CONTAINING SOLIDS IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION WILL BE STUDIED. IMPACTS BEYOND THESE SPECIFIC RESEARCH AIMS INCLUDE NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION AT SDSU, USD, AND UCSD. ACQUISITION OF A HIGH THROUGHPUT XPS AT USD WILL ENABLE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS & INSTITUTIONS IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA TO STRENGTHEN AND BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY. THERE WILL BE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS TO THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA IN MULTIPLE COURSES, INCLUDING PHYSICAL, ANALYTICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, AND GENERAL CHEMISTRY. FINALLY, THE PI IS ACTIVE IN EFFORTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN STEM AND WILL LEVERAGE THE ACQUISITION OF AN XPS IN TRAINING AND OUTREACH THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. TECHNICAL SUMMARY THE ACQUISITION OF A MODERN X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROMETER (XPS) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO WILL ENABLE FAST PROGRESS ON A BROAD SET OF ADVANCED MATERIALS CHEMISTRY CHALLENGES. STUDIES OF THE SURFACE AND DEFECT CHEMISTRY OF METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS) WILL ENABLE BROAD CONTROL OVER MOF SURFACE CHEMISTRY, ENHANCING APPLICATIONS OF MOFS IN MOLECULAR STORAGE AND SEPARATION, SENSING, AND CATALYSIS. IDENTIFICATION OF METAL OXIDATION STATES IN MOFS FOLLOWING MOLECULAR ADSORPTION WILL SHED LIGHT ON CATALYSIS. ADDITIONALLY, THE SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES, METALLIC NANOSTRUCTURES AND HETEROGENOUS MATERIALS WILL BE UNCOVERED, ENHANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL MATERIALS FOR CHEMICAL SENSORS, ENERGY STORAGE, AND ENERGY CONVERSION APPLICATIONS. IMPACTS BEYOND THESE SPECIFIC RESEARCH AIMS INCLUDE NEW TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE, GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION AT SDSU, USD, AND UCSD. ACQUISITION OF A HIGH THROUGHPUT XPS AT USD WILL ENABLE STUDENTS AND SCHOLARS FROM MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS & INSTITUTIONS IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA TO STRENGTHEN AND BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY. THERE WILL BE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS TO THE UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULA IN MULTIPLE COURSES, INCLUDING PHYSICAL, ANALYTICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, AS WELL AS FIRST-SEMESTER GENERAL CHEMISTRY AT USD WHICH INTRODUCES THE PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT. FINALLY, THE PI IS ACTIVE IN EFFORTS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY IN STEM AND WILL LEVERAGE THE ACQUISITION OF AN XPS IN TRAINING AND OUTREACH THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS. 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.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM

PERSONALIZING PARENT TRAINING INTERVENTIONS FOR CULTURALLY DIVERSE FAMILIES

SUPPORTING STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FACULTY COMMUNITY USING A PROTEIN-FOCUSED COURSE BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (CURE) TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A MENTORING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

RET SITE: CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS IN WASTE UPCYCLING, WATER JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY -THE NEW THREE-YEAR RET SITE: CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS IN WASTE UPCYCLING, WATER JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (RET_CCM) IS HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. EIGHT TO TEN TEACHERS AND PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS WILL PARTICIPATE EACH YEAR. A MODEL OF ?CHANGEMAKING ENGINEERING,? THAT PREPARES FUTURE PRACTITIONERS TO INNOVATE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS WITHIN A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK THAT EMBEDS HUMANITARIAN, SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACHES WITH TECHNICAL SKILLS WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THESE FUTURE AND CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS, AND IN TURN THEIR STUDENTS. THESE TEACHER-SCHOLARS WILL ENGAGE IN A YEAR LONG PROCESS TO ADDRESS A LOCAL, COMMUNITY-BASED CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE RELATED TO EITHER WASTE, WATER, OR ENERGY. IN ADDITION, TEACHER-SCHOLARS WILL ALSO RECEIVE TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP IN REFLECTIVE PRACTICE, TO IMPROVE AWARENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; AND LESSON STUDY TO INFORM K-12 PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES IN CLIMATE-CHANGE RELATED ENGINEERING EDUCATION. THIS APPROACH MAY YIELD AN ENGINEERING PROFESSION AND PRACTICE PARADIGM THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF LEARNERS AND GRADUATES TO RESPONSIBLY APPLY ENGINEERING METHODS AND SOCIAL AWARENESS TO SOLUTIONS IN LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS. THE NEW THREE-YEAR RET SITE: CLIMATE CHANGEMAKERS IN WASTE UPCYCLING, WATER JUSTICE AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY (RET_CCM) IS HOSTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. A COHORT OF EIGHT TO TEN TEACHERS AND PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS WILL PARTICIPATE EACH YEAR. A MODEL OF ?CHANGEMAKING ENGINEERING,? THAT PREPARES FUTURE PRACTITIONERS TO INNOVATE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS WITHIN A CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK THAT EMBEDS HUMANITARIAN, SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE APPROACHES WITH TECHNICAL SKILLS WILL BE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THESE FUTURE AND CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS, AND IN TURN THEIR STUDENTS. STEM TEACHERS WILL BE MENTORED AND SUPPORTED TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM OUTCOMES: 1)AN ADVANCED RESEARCH-BASED UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES AROUND WASTE, WATER OR ENERGY, AND RELATED MITIGATION AND /OR ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE LENS OF ECO-SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE PRAXIS OF SOCIO-TECHNICAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; 2) EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCY IN CONDUCTING A THREE-TIERED SOCIO-TECHNICAL RESEARCH MODEL THAT INCLUDES ENGAGING IN ONGOING APPLIED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON A COMMUNITY-CENTERED CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE IN EITHER WASTE, WATER OR ENERGY; PEDAGOGICAL ACTION RESEARCH TO SYSTEMATICALLY INVESTIGATE AND ULTIMATELY IMPROVE THE TEACHING/LEARNING OF CLIMATE-CHANGE TOPICS; AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE TO IMPROVE AWARENESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ONE?S OWN PROFESSIONAL APPROACH; 3) PRODUCTION OF CORRESPONDING ORIGINAL, HANDS-ON AND NGSS-ALIGNED ENGINEERING LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR THEIR STUDENTS; AND 4) LEADERSHIP ROLES IN CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL, DISTRICT AND THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY. THE RET_CCM PROGRAM WILL MAKE THE SOCIO-TECHNICAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND PRAXIS PARADIGM APPLICABLE TO LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN K-12 SETTINGS. THIS APPROACH MAY YIELD AN ENGINEERING PROFESSION AND PRACTICE PARADIGM THAT IS SUPPORTIVE OF LEARNERS AND GRADUATES TO RESPONSIBLY APPLY ENGINEERING METHODS AND SOCIAL AWARENESS TO SOLUTIONS IN LOCAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS. 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.

ADVANCING FEMALE FACULTY: INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE, RETENTION AND MENTORING (AFFIRM)

ATTRACTING STUDENTS TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS AT USD

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO VIOLENCE, INEQUALITY, AND POWER LAB FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MILITARY VETERAN STUDENTS' PATHWAYS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

CAREER: INTEGRATING FIELD EXPERIMENTS, MATHEMATICAL MODELS, AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION TO UNDERSTAND ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF VARIATION IN HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS -THIS AWARD IS FUNDED IN WHOLE OR IN PART UNDER THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (PUBLIC LAW 117-2). IN NATURE, BOTH DISEASE-CAUSING PATHOGENS AND THEIR ANIMAL HOSTS EXHIBIT TREMENDOUS VARIATION. FOR EXAMPLE, HOSTS VARY IN THEIR ABILITY TO RESIST DISEASE, THEIR HISTORY OF DISEASE EXPOSURE AND IMMUNITY, AND THEIR GENERAL PHYSICAL CONDITION, WHILE PATHOGENS VARY IN THEIR ABILITIES TO INFECT HOSTS, PERSIST IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND SPREAD OVER LONG DISTANCES. THIS VARIATION HAS IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCES FOR HOW DISEASES SPREAD IN POPULATIONS, AND FOR THE EVOLUTION OF BOTH PATHOGEN AND HOST SPECIES. THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE SOURCES AND CONSEQUENCES OF VARIATION IN A VIRUS THAT INFECTS THE GULF FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY (AGRAULIS VANILLAE). FIELD AND LAB EXPERIMENTS WILL BE USED TO INVESTIGATE THREE MAIN SOURCES OF VARIATION: PATHOGEN GENETIC VARIATION, HOST VARIATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATION DUE TO HUMAN IMPACTS SUCH AS URBANIZATION AND A WARMING CLIMATE. THIS CAREER PROJECT WILL BE STRENGTHENED BY EDUCATION EFFORTS TO BRING NEW VIEWPOINTS INTO ECOLOGY THROUGH SUPPORT OF INCLUSIVE QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY RESEARCH AND TEACHING. DESPITE A WIDELY RECOGNIZED NATIONAL NEED FOR GRADUATES WITH THE QUANTITATIVE SKILLS SOUGHT BY INDUSTRY, MANY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS STRUGGLE WITH QUANTITATIVE CONTENT AND LEAVE SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH NUMBERS. THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS OF THIS WORK ARE FOUNDED IN BIOLOGY EDUCATION RESEARCH ON EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN SCIENCE, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALIZED MENTORING THROUGH RESEARCH EXPERIENCES, COURSE-BASED PROGRAMS, AND BUILDING A SENSE OF BELONGING IN SCIENCE. THIS PROJECT IS WELL-POISED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF RECENT ADVANCES IN THEORY AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR STUDYING HOST AND PATHOGEN VARIATION, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND HOW GENETIC AND ECOLOGICAL SOURCES OF INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION AFFECT HOST-PATHOGEN POPULATION DYNAMICS. WORKING IN AN INSECT-BACULOVIRUS SYSTEM, THIS RESEARCH WILL PRODUCE THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES: 1. USE FIELD AND LAB EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE HOW INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN PATHOGEN LIFE HISTORY TRAITS AFFECTS OUTCOMES OF COMPETITION BETWEEN PATHOGEN STRAINS AND LONG-TERM POPULATION DYNAMICS OF HOSTS AND PATHOGENS; 2. QUANTIFY HOW HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS ARE AFFECTED BY CONTINUOUS VARIATION IN HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INFECTION AND KEY ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES OF VARIATION; 3.APPLY THE ABOVE FINDINGS TO LARGER SCALES AND LONG-TERM POPULATION CONSEQUENCES USING MATHEMATICAL MODELS THAT INCORPORATE THE ABOVE SOURCES OF VARIATION INTO DISTRIBUTIONS OF HOST AND PATHOGEN TRAITS. THE INTEGRATED EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OF THIS CAREER PROJECT WILL PRODUCE THE FOLLOWING CORE OUTCOMES: 1. ESTABLISH THE FOUNDATION FOR A LONG-TERM COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM WITH PAIRS OF UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AND UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO UNDERGRADUATES WORKING TOGETHER ON PROJECTS ACROSS BOTH SITES; 2. DEVELOP A PROGRAM FOR SUSTAINED UNDERGRADUATE-STUDENT-LED BILINGUAL OUTREACH IN OUR LOCAL SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS AND SCHOOLS; 3. CREATE, PILOT, AND REFINE A COURSE-BASED PROGRAM TO RECRUIT AND SUPPORT UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN QUANTITATIVE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO. 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.

CAREER: SMALL-SCALE PLANKTON-AGGREGATE DYNAMICS AND THE BIOLOGICAL PUMP: INTEGRATING MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

CAREER: ELUCIDATING THE MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX TUNABLE BIOPOLYMER NETWORKS USING SINGLE-MOLECULE NANO STRESS-STRAIN TRANSDUCERS AND SENSORS

LABORATORY SIMULATIONS OF CLOUD PROCESSING OF SMOKE -THIS PROJECT INCLUDES ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER OBSERVATIONS OF MULTIPHASE SMOKE CHEMISTRY AND THE INTERACTIONS OF SMOKE WITH CLOUDS. THERE CURRENTLY EXISTS AN OBSERVATIONAL GAP BETWEEN LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND FIELD OBSERVATIONS WITH REGARD TO SMOKE PLUME CHEMISTRY. SUBSTANTIAL UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN WITH REGARDS TO HOW SMOKE PLUMES AGE AND EVOLVE AND HOW AEROSOLS EMITTED AND PRODUCED DURING THE EVOLUTION OF SMOKE PLUMES INTERACT WITH OUR CLIMATE. UNDERSTANDING HOW SMOKE INTERACTS WITH SUNLIGHT AND WITH CLOUDS IS A CRITICAL PART OF MAKING ACCURATE CLIMATE PROJECTIONS. THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES TO THIS PROPOSED WORK: (1) QUANTIFY DRY AGING AND CLOUD PROCESSING EFFECTS ON SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL FORMATION AND LIGHT ABSORPTION WITHIN SMOKE SAMPLES; (2) QUANTIFY THESE EFFECTS ON SMOKE AEROSOL WATER UPTAKE AND SEMI-SOLID OR LIQUID PHASE TRANSITION; (3) TRAIN AND MENTOR 12 DIVERSE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; AND (4) MENTOR AND TRAIN A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW TEACH AT A PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTION (PUI). MOST OF THE EXPERIMENTS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE CHAMBRE DE SIMULATION ATMOSPH?RIQUE MULTIPHASIQUE (CESAM) AT THE UNIVERSIT? PARIS EST ? CR?TEIL (UPEC) IN FRANCE. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FILL A GAP IN THE CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF SMOKE AGING AND CLOUD INTERACTIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO BROWN CARBON AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHAMBER AND FIELD OBSERVATION DATA. THIS RESEARCH INVOLVES WHOLE-SMOKE AND FRACTIONAL SMOKE EXPERIMENTS THAT INCLUDE SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL DRY AGING, CLOUD PROCESSING, AND PYROCUMULUS CLOUD PROCESSING. THIS EFFORT INCLUDES A LARGE NUMBER OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS AND PROVIDES THEM WITH SUBSTANTIAL LABORATORY AND INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. 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.

RCN-UBE: A NATIONAL MALATE DEHYDROGENASE PROTEIN-CENTRIC MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES COUSE-BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH NETWORK

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DMREF: LIVING BIOTIC-ABIOTIC MATERIALS WITH TEMPORALLY PROGRAMMABLE ACTUATION

DESIGN AND REAL-TIME CHARACTERIZATION OF TOPOLOGICALLY ACTIVE DNA-BASED MATERIALS

CAREER: FUNDAMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SUPPORTED MATERIALS: ZIFS AND NANOCLUSTERS

SEX TRAFFICKING AND GANGS IN THE SAN DIEGO/TIJUANA BORDER REGION AREA

CAREER: MACROMOLECULAR MATERIALS BASED ON THE DIVERSE CHEMISTRY OF ARYLBORONIC ACIDS AND ARYLBOROXINES

CO-CONSTRUCTING FACULTY CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION -THE OVERALL GOALS OF THIS PROJECT ARE TWOFOLD: TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEM OF PRIVILEGES AND ADVANTAGES IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION AND TO CREATE A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO HELP ENGINEERING FACULTY DEVELOP THE SKILLS TO CRITICALLY QUESTION SOCIAL, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THIS PRIVILEGE IN ENGINEERING. ENGINEERING EDUCATION IS BUILT ON A SYSTEM THAT HISTORICALLY PRIVILEGES AND NORMALIZES THE VALUES, BELIEFS, EXPERIENCES, AND PERSPECTIVES OF PARTICULAR IDENTITIES THAT GUIDE THE WORK OF THE FIELD. WHILE THERE HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL RESEARCH INTO THE MASCULINITY OF ENGINEERING, THERE HAS BEEN LIMITED RESEARCH ABOUT THE ROLE OF PRIVILEGE IN ENGINEERING. THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE NEW KNOWLEDGE BY FOCUSING ON THREE RESEARCH QUESTIONS: (1) HOW AND IN WHAT WAYS DOES SYSTEMIC RACISM MANIFEST IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION? (2) WHAT STRATEGIES CAN BE USED TO EFFECTIVELY HELP ENGINEERING FACULTY DEVELOP THEIR CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS? AND (3) HOW AND IN WHAT WAYS DOES THE GROWTH OF CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS SUPPORT FACULTY TO IDENTIFY AND CHALLENGE THE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS PREVENTING RACIAL EQUITY IN ENGINEERING? THE RESEARCH WILL SUPPORT ENGINEERING FACULTY TO INTERROGATE THE ASSOCIATED SYSTEMIC BARRIERS PREVENTING RACIAL EQUITY. THIS FOUR-YEAR PROJECT WILL EXAMINE GUIDED, REFLECTIVE JOURNALING OF FACULTY EXPERIENCES IN ENGINEERING AND FIELD NOTES FROM OBSERVATIONS OF THE RESEARCHERS' OWN PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SETTINGS (E.G. FACULTY MEETINGS, CLASSROOM OBSERVATIONS). THESE ARTIFACTS WILL SERVE AS THE BASELINE FOR CREATING THE FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM DURING YEAR 2. DURING YEARS 3-4, THE PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AND REVISED WITH TWO COHORTS OF 16 ENGINEERING FACULTY EACH, IN A RECURSIVE CO-CONSTRUCTION OF CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND SCRIPTS OF RACE AND RACIAL IDENTITY. THIS PROJECT WILL RESULT IN THE CREATION OF IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES FOR ENGINEERING FACULTY THAT SERVE AS A VEHICLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION TO ENACT CHANGES THAT WILL ADDRESS RACIAL INEQUITY IN ENGINEERING AND PROVIDE A MODEL THAT SUPPORTS PRACTICES TO CHALLENGE PRIVILEGE IN ENGINEERING SPACES. THIS COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE RACIAL EQUITY IN STEM EDUCATION PROGRAM (EHR RACIAL EQUITY). THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE RACIAL EQUITY IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE. AWARDED PROJECTS CENTER THE VOICES, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCES OF THE INDIVIDUALS, COMMUNITIES, AND INSTITUTIONS MOST IMPACTED BY THE INEQUITIES CAUSED BY SYSTEMIC RACISM IN STEM FIELDS. THIS PROGRAM ALIGNS WITH NSF?S CORE VALUE OF SUPPORTING OUTSTANDING RESEARCHERS AND INNOVATIVE THINKERS FROM ACROSS THE NATION'S DIVERSITY OF DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS, REGIONS, AND TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS. 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.

HOW LEADERS OVERCOME THE BIAS AGAINST NOVELTY IN HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS

IRES: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DATA SCIENCE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING, PREDICTION AND PREVENTION OF DISEASE (AI-UPP) -OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES THE GENERATION OF ?BIG DATA? WITHIN BIOLOGY AND HEALTH HAS EXPLODED. THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE ?-OMICS? SPACE AS WELL AS IN MICROSCOPY AND MEDICAL IMAGING. WITH THE AVAILABILITY OF THESE LARGE DATASETS, NEW CHALLENGES ARE ARISING RELATED TO THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THESE DATA. AS SUCH, WE TURN TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND DATA SCIENCE TECHNIQUES TO EFFICIENTLY AND ACCURATELY MINE DATA TO MAXIMIZE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS. ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS AREA, NEW AI AND DATA SCIENCE METHODS ARE NEEDED AS EXISTING BIOTECHNOLOGIES IMPROVE AND NEW METHODS EMERGE WHICH WILL INCREASE THE VOLUME AND COMPLEXITY OF THESE DATASETS. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE NEW METHODS REQUIRES THE CREATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO TRAIN THE NEXT GENERATION OF AI AND DATA SCIENTISTS. GIVEN THIS NEED, THIS IRES PROJECT AIMS TO TRAIN 24 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (8 STUDENTS PER YEAR FOR 3 YEARS) FROM PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. TO CONDUCT 10 WEEKS OF SUPERVISED RESEARCH IN HOST LABS AT THE KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET AND THE SCIENCE FOR LIFE LABORATORY IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. STUDENTS FROM THE U.S. FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN ENGINEERING/COMPUTER SCIENCE ARE PRIORITIZED IN THE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF RESEARCH MENTORS IN SAN DIEGO AND SWEDEN, STUDENTS WORK ON PROJECTS IN HOST LABS FOCUSED AROUND A CENTRALIZED THEME OF DEVELOPING ADVANCED AI AND/OR DATA SCIENCE TOOLS AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING, PREDICTING AND/OR PREVENTING DISEASE. GIVEN THIS RESEARCH THEME, THIS WORK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE TOOLS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY SERVE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN SOCIETY. ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH SCIENTIFIC, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC POLICY AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, THIS IRES SITE AIMS TO DEVELOP GLOBALLY-ENGAGED SCIENTISTS/ENGINEERS WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THEIR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS GROUNDED IN AND CONTRIBUTES TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. THE RESEARCH PROJECTS WHICH THE IRES STUDENTS WORK ON ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF BIOMEDICAL DATA SCIENCE. EACH PROJECT FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING OR IMPROVING UPON AI AND DATA SCIENCE TOOLS TO ADVANCE OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND, PREDICT AND/OR PREVENT DISEASE. THESE RESEARCH EFFORTS SERVE TO DEEPEN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF FUNDAMENTAL BIOLOGY BY CONTRIBUTING TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF DISEASE MECHANISMS AS WELL AS EXAMINING THE PREVENTIVE MEDICINE CAPABILITIES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS CONTRIBUTES TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF EARLY DISEASE DETECTION METHODS RELATED TO PATTERNS DISCOVERED USING AI-FACILITATED RADIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY TECHNIQUES. FURTHERMORE, THIS WORK ADVANCES ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE BY DEVELOPING NEW COMPUTATIONAL METHODS USEFUL TO THE FIELDS OF BIOLOGY, BIOINFORMATICS, BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, AND COMPUTER SCIENCE. LASTLY, ADVANCES RESULTING FROM THIS RESEARCH ARE ALSO LIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO FIELDS OUTSIDE OF THOSE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS WORK, SUCH AS WITH IMAGE OBJECT DETECTION. 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.

TAS::57 3600::TAS 'MAPPING MOLECULAR-LEVEL DYNAMICS TO MESOSCALE MECHANICS IN COMPOSITE DNA-BASED BIOMATERIALS'

CAREER: SUBSTRATE-DIRECTED C-H BORYLATION REACTIONS

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A LASER SCANNING CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN BIOLOGY AND PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

TAS::57 3600::TAS"(YIP-12)ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS..."

LATITUDINAL VARIATION IN THE DETERMINANTS OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE

NUCLEOPHILIC BORYLATION OF ALDEHYDES AND CONJUGATED CARBONYLS: APPLICATIONS TO HOMOLOGATION AND CARBOSILYLATION REACTIONS

DEVELOPING THE SYNTHETIC UTILITY OF THE COPPER-CATALYZED DIBORATION OF ALDEHYDES

FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPPRESSOR OF IKKEPSILON

RUI: BROWN CARBON AEROSOL PRODUCTION IN POLLUTED ENVIRONMENTS: THE EFFECTS OF OXIDANTS, SO2, AND SUNLIGHT ON AQUEOUS-PHASE ALDEHYDE REACTIVITY

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEARSHORE LARVAL TRANSPORT: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES

REU SITE: MULTIDISCIPLINARY CHEMISTRY RESEARCH: EMPOWERING SCIENTISTS TO IMPROVE SOCIETY

RUI: SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL AND BROWN CARBON FORMATION FROM ALDEHYDES, AMMONIUM SALTS, AND AMINES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (RUI): UNDERSTANDING SHEATH FORMATION IN ELECTRONEGATIVE AND ELECTROPOSITIVE MULTIPLE ION SPECIES PLASMA

RUI: SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL FORMATION BY CLOUD PROCESSING OF ALPHA-DICARBONYL AND AMINE COMPOUNDS

RUI: APPLYING THE SYNTHETIC ANALOGUE APPROACH AND ATOM-EXCHANGE METHODOLOGY TO THE STUDY OF METAL-AMIDATO COMPLEXES.

RUI: PHOSPHORUS-DIRECTED C-H BORYLATION AND REACTIVITY OF PHOSPHABORONATES -WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CHEMICAL CATALYSIS PROGRAM IN THE DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY, PROFESSOR TIMOTHY CLARK OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO IS STUDYING TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED PROCESSES THAT ENABLE THE SELECTIVE INTRODUCTION OF BORON INTO ORGANIC MOLECULES THAT CONTAIN PHOSPHORUS. SUBSEQUENT REACTIONS THAT ALLOW FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE BORON RESIDUE WITH YET OTHER GROUPS OF ULTIMATE INTEREST ARE ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION WITH THE NET AIM OF ACHIEVING THE MANUFACTURE OF VALUE-ADDED ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PRODUCTS. THESE ENDEAVORS ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ADVANCES TO BORYLATION AND BORON-CONVERSION CHEMISTRY THAT ARE ANTICIPATED AND DUE TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE KINDS OF ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PRODUCTS BEING GENERATED, WHICH HAVE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS AS PHARMACEUTICAL AGENTS, AGROCHEMICALS, AND OTHER ADVANCED MATERIALS OF BROAD UTILITY. PROFESSOR CLARK WORKS PRIMARILY WITH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT COWORKERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AND, ACCORDINGLY, THE BROADER IMPACTS OF THE FUNDED PROJECT WILL EXTEND TO THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN STEM (SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS) FIELDS. IN ADDITION, A POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATE WORKING ON THE PROJECT WILL RECEIVE MENTORING FROM THE PI TO BUILD TOWARD A FUTURE CAREER IN RESEARCH AND TEACHING THUS FURTHER ENRICHING THE POOL OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION. THE FUNDED RESEARCH IS FOCUSED ON SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING RECENT ADVANCES IN C?H BORYLATION CHEMISTRY TO ENABLE EFFICIENT NEW ROUTES TO VALUABLE CHIRAL PHOSPHINES AND PHOSPHONATES. TWO DISTINCT AIMS ARE BEING PURSUED THAT EXPLORE THIS THEME IN THE CONTEXT OF EITHER ALKYL OR ARYL ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS. IN AIM 1, IRIDIUM-CATALYZED C(SP3)?H BORYLATION OF ALKYL PHOSPHINES, PHOSPHONATES, AND RELATED ORGANOPHOSPHORUS SPECIES, IS BEING INVESTIGATED IN THE PRESENCE OF CHIRAL LIGANDS TO ACHIEVE AN ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF SECONDARY ALKYL BORONATES. SEQUENCING THIS CHEMISTRY WITH THE EXPANSIVE RANGE OF REACTIONS THAT ALLOW FOR THE STEREOSPECIFIC CONVERSION OF C?B BONDS INTO C?C OR C?X (X = O, N) BONDS ALLOWS FOR EXPEDIENT SYNTHESES OF USEFUL ENANTIOENRICHED CHIRAL PHOSPHINES. IN AIM 2, BIARYL FORMATION FROM ARYL BORONATES GENERATED BY PHOSPHORUS-DIRECTED ORTHO BORYLATION OF ARYL PHOSPHONATES, IS BEING EXPLORED VIA NOVEL OXIDATIVE COPPER-CATALYZED HOMO- AND HETERO-COUPLING PROCESSES. OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXECUTING THIS CHEMISTRY, WHICH OFFERS A CONCISE ROUTE TO SOME IMPORTANT CLASSES OF AXIALLY CHIRAL BISPHOSPHINE LIGANDS, IN AN ENANTIOSELECTIVE MODALITY ARE ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION. 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.

BRIDGING THE WORLD OF WORK AND INFORMAL STEM EDUCATION

RUI: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF END-FUNCTIONALIZED STARCHES FOR GENERATING FUNCTIONAL HYBRID POLYMERS AND NOVEL SELF-ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURES

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

IRES TRACK I: US-SWEDEN CLINICAL BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM

USD CAMPUS SUICIDE PREVENTION GRANT

RUI: TERPENES AS VERSATILE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR MULTIVALENT POLYMERIC AND NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A MULTIPURPOSE X-RAY DIFFRACTION SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.

MPS-ASCEND FACULTY CATALYST: A PLANET IS BORN: LEVERAGING CURRENT AND NEXT GENERATION FACILITIES TO CATCH PLANET FORMATION IN THE ACT -ASTRONOMERS CONTINUE TO PIECE TOGETHER AN UNDERSTANDING OF EXOPLANET FORMATION CONDITIONS, COMPOSITIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTS. ONE CHALLENGE IS THAT THEIR BRIGHT STELLAR HOSTS HINDER THE DETAILED CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PLANETS? ATMOSPHERES. THE DISCOVERY OF PLANETARY-MASS COMPANIONS (PMCS) ON WIDE ORBITS HAS ALLOWED FOR THE STUDY OF ATMOSPHERES OF JUPITER-LIKE EXOPLANETS, SERVING AS ANALOGS FOR THOSE ON CLOSER-IN ORBITS LIKE THOSE OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM GIANTS. A RESEARCHER AND HER TEAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS BEEN AWARDED A MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES ASCENDING FACULTY CATALYST (AFC) AWARD TO OBSERVE ONGOING GAS GIANT PLANET FORMATION IN WIDE-ORBIT PLANETARY-MASS, AND TO DESIGN SPECIALIZED OBSERVING MODES IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE INSTRUMENTATION UPGRADES. THIS BOTH EXPANDS THE TYPES OF EXOPLANETS THAT CAN BE CHARACTERIZED WHILE ALSO LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR PREPARING DIRECT-IMAGING STUDIES WITH UPCOMING 30-M CLASS TELESCOPES. THIS AWARD WILL SUPPORT FOUR UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER STUDENT RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS TWO FULL-TIME POST-BACCALAUREATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS. THE RESEARCHER WILL EXPAND THE DEPARTMENT'S PHYSICS RETENTION EFFORTS WITH YEAR-ROUND ACTIVITIES SUCH AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH SKILLS TRAINING AND CAREER INFORMATION WOVEN INTO COURSE OFFERINGS, AND A NEAR-PEER MENTORING PROGRAM WITHIN THE CAMPUS SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. OVER THE COURSE OF THE AFC AWARD, THE PROPOSER WILL WORK ON TWO PROJECTS. THE FIRST IS TO OBSERVE ONGOING GAS GIANT PLANET FORMATION AT MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS IN WIDE-ORBIT, PMCS WITH THE SLICER COMBINED WITH ARRAY OF LENSLETS FOR EXOPLANET SPECTROSCOPY (SCALES) DURING ITS SCIENCE DEMONSTRATION SURVEY POST-COMMISSIONING ON THE KECK TELESCOPE. THE SECOND PROJECT IS TO DESIGN SPECIALIZED HIGHER-RESOLUTION OBSERVING MODES IN ANTICIPATION OF UPGRADE OPPORTUNITIES WITH SCALES. THE GOAL IS TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF GAS GIANT EXOPLANETS AND WIDE-ORBIT PMCS. CURRENT THEORIES OF PLANETARY ACCRETION SUGGEST THE OFT-USED HYDROGEN LINE TO TOTAL ACCRETION LUMINOSITY RELATIONSHIPS FOR LOW-MASS STARS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE AND THE PI AIMS TO PROVIDE THE FIRST CONSTRAINTS ON EMPIRICAL LINE ACCRETION RELATIONSHIPS DOWN TO PLANETARY MASSES. THIS WORK WILL DETERMINE WHETHER ACCRETION MODELS NEED TO BE ADJUSTED IN THE LOW-MASS REGIME, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO THEIR ACCRETION PROCESSES AND PLACE NEW CONSTRAINTS ON MID-INFRARED PROTOPLANETARY ACCRETION TRACERS. IN ADDITION, THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR WILL ADVISE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS AND FULL-TIME POST-BACCALAUREATE STUDENTS, INTRODUCE DISCIPLINE-SPECIFIC PROGRAMMATIC STRUCTURE INTO CAMPUS SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAMS, AND DEVELOP A RESEARCH-SKILLS CURRICULUM FOR INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS COURSES. 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: IRES TRACK I: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLIED SOFT MATTER: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN MEXICO -WE ENCOUNTER SOFT MATERIALS FREQUENTLY IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES FROM OINTMENTS AND LOTIONS TO PAINTS AND INKS. UNDERSTANDING THESE SOFT MATERIALS, WHICH OFTEN POSSESS BOTH FLUID-LIKE AND SOLID-LIKE PROPERTIES, AND HOW THEY FLOW OR DEFORM IS NECESSARY FOR ADVANCING MANY TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING 3D PRINTING WHERE THE PROPERTIES OF THE INK OR RESIN MUST BE FINELY TUNED. TO MAKE PROGRESS ON OUR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOFT MATERIALS, THIS IRES TRACK I PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IN MEXICO. EACH YEAR OVER THE 3-YEAR DURATION OF THIS PROJECT, 6 STUDENTS WILL BE RECRUITED TO TAKE PART IN THIS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. U.S. STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL BE TARGETED IN THE RECRUITMENT EFFORT. THOSE STUDENTS WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH OVER THE SUMMER AT EITHER THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ADVANCED MATERIALS (CENTRO DE INVESTIGACI?N EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS, CIMAV) IN MONTERREY, MEXICO OR THE UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO IN LE?N, MEXICO. WORKING WITH RESEARCH MENTORS IN MEXICO AND THE MENTORS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, STUDENTS WILL TAKE VARIOUS APPROACHES TO STUDY THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOFT MATERIALS. SUCH APPROACHES INCLUDE USING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS TO STUDY FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF SOFT MATERIALS AND USING 3D PRINTERS TO APPLY OUR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOFT MATERIALS TO THE DESIGN AND USE OF NEW INKS AND RESINS. STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THIS RESEARCH AND RECEIVING MENTORSHIP FROM U.S. AND MEXICAN SCIENTISTS WILL BE PREPARED TO COOPERATE WITH DIVERSE TEAMS ACROSS BORDERS AND TO BECOME LEADERS OF A GLOBALLY ENGAGED SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE. THIS IRES PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO BY SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF 6 UNDERGRADUATES PER YEAR IN MENTORED SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. THE PIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON WILL RECRUIT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AFTER RECEIVING TRAINING ON BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS, SELECTED STUDENTS WILL SPEND APPROXIMATELY 8 WEEKS AT EITHER THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ADVANCED MATERIALS (CENTRO DE INVESTIGACI?N EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS, CIMAV) IN MONTERREY, MEXICO OR THE UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO IN LE?N, MEXICO. RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY STUDENTS WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SOFT MATTER, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF COLLOID SCIENCE AND RHEOLOGY. PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE INVESTIGATING THE RHEOLOGY OF NANOCELLULOSE AND CELLULOSE COMPOSITES FOR USE IN 3D PRINTING APPLICATIONS, QUANTIFYING THE TRANSLATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION OF ANISOTROPIC COLLOIDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TRANSPORT AND MICRORHEOLOGY IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS, AND DEVELOPING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES IN EXTERNAL FIELDS. THESE PROJECTS WILL LEAD TO NEW ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN MICRORHEOLOGY AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY AND WILL ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INKS FOR 3D PRINTING. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO (1) TRAIN AND MENTOR 18 (6 STUDENTS PER YEAR FOR 3 YEARS) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON SOFT MATTER RESEARCH IN A COLLABORATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, (2) DEVELOP AND FOSTER RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AMONG INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO, (3) CHARACTERIZE AND HARNESS THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX FLUIDS AND GELS FOR ENHANCING OUR FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF SOFT MATTER AND FOR APPLYING SUCH MATERIALS TO 3D PRINTING APPLICATIONS, (4) DISSEMINATE RESEARCH OUTCOMES AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS, AND (5) DEVELOP A COHORT OF SCIENTISTS FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WHO CAN NETWORK AND COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND WHO CAN DRAW UPON A DIVERSE SET OF MENTORS. IRES PARTICIPANTS WILL ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN PROJECTS THAT RANGE FROM APPLIED TO FUNDAMENTAL USING EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES. STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW THESE DIVERSE APPROACHES USED BY AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM CAN ADDRESS PRESSING SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. 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.

UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO TRIO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES (SSS) PROGRAM 2025

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH (RUI): UNDERSTANDING POTENTIAL STRUCTURES AND ION DYNAMICS NEAR SHEATHS IN ELECTRONEGATIVE AND ELECTROPOSITIVE MULTI-SPECIES BOUNDED PLASMA

REU SITE: CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS THE VARIOUS SCALES OF SYSTEM ORGANIZATION

MRI: ACQUISITION OF A RHEOMETER FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY MATERIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

RUI: PHOSPHINE-DIRECTED CARBON-HYDROGEN BORYLATION TO ACCESS AMBIPHILIC PHOSPHINE BORONATES

REIMAGINING ENERGY: EXPLORING INCLUSIVE PRACTICES FOR TEACHING ENERGY CONCEPTS TO UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING MAJORS

LEAPS-MPS: AN ULTRACOLD ATOM PLATFORM FOR QUANTUM HYDRODYNAMICS RESEARCH AND UNDERGRADUATE TRAINING IN QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY

ARRA - NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

UNDERSTANDING DIVERSE PATHWAYS: DISCIPLINARY TRAJECTORIES OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GSE/RES THE EFFECT OF CLIMATE AND PEDAGOGY ON PERSISTENCE: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF WOMEN IN UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAM

RUI: QUANTUM KINETICS OF NEUTRINOS: STUDYING THE UNIVERSE AT THE INTERFACE OF NEUTRINO AND NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: INTEGRATING SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES INTO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING STARTING WITH CIRCUITS -THIS PROJECT AIMS TO SERVE THE NATIONAL INTEREST BY ENHANCING THE PREPARATION OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS THROUGH HELPING THEM ADDRESS SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (EE). TYPICALLY, THE UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM EMPHASIZES PURELY TECHNICAL TOPICS, BUT REAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS INVOLVE COMPLEX SOCIAL ISSUES AND REQUIRE BOTH TECHNICAL AND SOCIAL EXPERTISE. MOST ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS HAVE BEEN EDUCATED WITH A DEEP TECHNICAL FOCUS, THEY HAVE LITTLE EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF ENGINEERING, AND THEY FEEL ILL-EQUIPPED TO INTEGRATE NON-TECHNICAL TOPICS. THIS PROJECT AIMS TO HELP ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS INTEGRATE SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES INTO THEIR COURSES BY DEVELOPING FOUR MODULES FOR AN INTRODUCTORY CIRCUITS COURSE. EACH MODULE IS LINKED TO TECHNICAL CIRCUITS TOPICS, AND EACH EMPHASIZES A DIFFERENT SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUE SUCH AS THE CONFLICT MINERALS (MINERALS SOURCED FROM AN AREA WITH ARMED CONFLICT THAT IMPACTS THE TRADE OF THOSE MINERALS) NEEDED FOR ELECTRIC CIRCUITS COMPONENTS AND REPURPOSING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES. CIRCUITS IS TYPICALLY THE FIRST COURSE IN THE EE CURRICULUM, AND IT ENROLLS STUDENTS FROM MANY DISCIPLINES. THUS, INSPIRING ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS TO IMPLEMENT THESE SOCIOTECHNICAL MODULES IN INTRODUCTORY CIRCUITS COURSES HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE ON THE FIELD. THE MODULES ARE INTENDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE MIDDLE YEARS OF THE COLLEGE EXPERIENCE, WHEN STUDENTS ARE FORMING THEIR ENGINEERING IDENTITIES, AND THEY SHOULD HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE KEY ACCREDITATION OUTCOMES RELATED TO SOCIAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES. THIS PROJECT HOPES TO IMPACT THE PROFESSIONAL FORMATION OF OVER 900 STUDENTS IN 14 COURSES ACROSS SIX INSTITUTIONS. INCLUDING SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES IN A FUNDAMENTAL COURSE SUCH AS CIRCUITS SENDS A POWERFUL MESSAGE TO STUDENTS ABOUT WHAT IS VALUED BY THE FIELD, AND THAT MESSAGE CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED IN EE INCLUDING WOMEN AND STUDENTS OF COLOR. A SOCIOTECHNICAL MODULE ON CONFLICT MINERALS HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED BY ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS (PIS) AND TESTED IN A CIRCUITS COURSE TAUGHT BY THAT PI. A COHORT OF EE GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE RECRUITED TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING OTHER MODULES USING PRINCIPLES OF BACKWARDS COURSE DESIGN TO CREATE LEARNING OBJECTIVES, INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES, AND POST-CLASS ASSESSMENTS WITH HOMEWORK AND EXAM QUESTIONS FOR EACH MODULE. THESE GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL BE BETTER PREPARED TO TEACH EE COURSES THAT PROMOTE A SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. AFTER PRE-PILOTING EACH MODULE AT A SMALL PRIVATE INSTITUTION (UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO) AND PILOTING IT AT A LARGE PUBLIC RESEARCH INSTITUTION (UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN; UM), THE USE OF THESE MODULES WILL BE SCALED UP TO OTHER LARGE CIRCUITS COURSES AT UM AND AT FOUR OTHER INSTITUTIONS. STUDENT FEEDBACK WILL BE USED TO REFINE THE MODULES AND EXPLORE THE EXPERIENCES OF THE ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS WHO ENGAGE WITH THEM. ASSESSMENT WILL FOCUS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MODULES AT REINFORCING TECHNICAL CONTENT, PROMOTING STUDENTS? SENSE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND DISRUPTING STUDENTS? ADHERENCE TO NORMATIVE CULTURAL BELIEFS. SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING THESE SOCIOTECHNICAL MODULES IN A RANGE OF DIFFERENT CONTEXTS SHOULD ENHANCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF WIDESPREAD ADOPTION AND WILL PROVIDE A MODEL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOTECHNICAL MODULES IN TRADITIONAL ENGINEERING CLASSES WHICH CAN BE ADAPTED BY OTHER INSTRUCTORS. THE NSF IUSE: EDU PROGRAM SUPPORTS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STEM EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS. THROUGH ITS ENGAGED STUDENT LEARNING TRACK, THE PROGRAM SUPPORTS THE CREATION, EXPLORATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PROMISING PRACTICES AND TOOLS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.

COMBINED PRIORITY FOR PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: OCEAN LEADERS- DEVELOPING DIVERSE LEADERSHIP FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF GEOSCIENTISTS. A PROPOSAL FOR TRACK 2 FUNDING

RESEARCH: ASSET-BASED PRACTICES IN ENGINEERING DESIGN (APRENDE): FORMATION OF ENGINEERS THROUGH A FUNDS OF KNOWLEDGE APPROACH

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DE-OBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DE-OBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

ERI: DATA-CENTRIC AI FOR WEARABLE BIOSENSORS TO ENHANCE LEARNING -THIS PROJECT INTEGRATES WEARABLE BIOSENSORS WITH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FRAMEWORK TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND STRESS IN CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS. PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS SUCH AS HEART RATE, ELECTRODERMAL ACTIVITY, AND OXYGEN LEVELS PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO COGNITIVE LOAD AND EMOTIONAL STATES DURING LEARNING ACTIVITIES. CURRENT APPROACHES RARELY TRANSLATE THESE SIGNALS INTO PRACTICAL GUIDANCE FOR INSTRUCTORS. THE PROJECT INVESTIGATES HOW BIOSIGNAL DATA COLLECTED FROM WEARABLE DEVICES CAN SUPPORT MORE RESPONSIVE AND EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICES. BY FOCUSING ON IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY AND INTERPRETATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA, THE WORK SEEKS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTORS WITH MEANINGFUL FEEDBACK THAT CAN HELP THEM ADJUST COURSE PACING, INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES, AND CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THE RESEARCH DEVELOPS AN AI FRAMEWORK FOR MULTIMODAL PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM WEARABLE DEVICES IN REAL CLASSROOM SETTINGS. VOLUNTEER STUDENTS WILL WEAR SELECTED DEVICES DURING INSTRUCTIONAL SESSIONS TO COLLECT BIOSIGNALS UNDER APPROVED ETHICAL AND PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS. THE PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING DATA QUALITY, INCLUDING SIGNAL CLEANING, FEATURE ENGINEERING, AND DATA AUGMENTATION TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH LIMITED AND NOISY BIOSIGNAL DATASETS. AI/MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ANALYZE TEMPORAL PATTERNS IN THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS AND IDENTIFY CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH ENGAGEMENT AND STRESS DURING CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES. THE RESULTING MODELS WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE APPLICATION THAT PROVIDES AGGREGATED FEEDBACK TO INSTRUCTORS, ENABLING INFORMED ADJUSTMENTS TO TEACHING STRATEGIES. THE OUTCOMES INCLUDE NEW METHODS FOR ANALYZING CLASSROOM BIOSIGNALS, VALIDATED DATASETS FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, AND TOOLS THAT DEMONSTRATE HOW WEARABLE SENSING AND DATA-DRIVEN ANALYSIS CAN SUPPORT IMPROVED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS. 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: QUANTUM KINETICS OF NEUTRINOS: LEVERAGING THE UNIVERSE AT THE INTERFACE OF NEUTRINO AND NUCLEAR ASTROPHYSICS -NEUTRINOS ARE THE GHOSTLY, SHAPE-SHIFTING ENIGMAS OF THE STANDARD MODEL OF PARTICLE PHYSICS. TRILLIONS OF NEUTRINOS FROM THE SUN PASS THROUGH OUR BODIES EVERY SECOND OF THE DAY. THEY DON?T AFFECT US, AND MOST OF THEM CHANGED THEIR IDENTITY -- THEIR ?FLAVOR? -- WHILE STREAMING FROM THE CORE OF THE SUN. THESE INTERESTING PROPERTIES OWE TO THEIR FUNDAMENTAL QUANTUM MECHANICAL NATURE; ALTHOUGH ALL PARTICLES IN THE UNIVERSE EVOLVE QUANTUM MECHANICALLY, THE QUANTUM EFFECTS ARE ESPECIALLY ACUTE IN THE EVOLUTION OF NEUTRINOS. FOR DECADES, TERRESTRIAL EXPERIMENTS UNVEILED THE PROPERTIES OF NEUTRINOS. HOWEVER, THEIR GHOST-LIKE NATURE PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO FULLY ELUCIDATE THE NEUTRINO PROPERTIES. BY CONTRAST, MOMENTS AFTER THE BIG BANG THE UNIVERSE CONSISTED OF A PRIMORDIAL SOUP OF FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES SO HOT AND DENSE THAT GHOSTLY NEUTRINOS NEVERTHELESS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DYNAMICS OF THE UNIVERSE. THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE EARLY UNIVERSE AS A COMPLEMENTARY PROBE TO EXPLORE NEUTRINO PHYSICS. THIS PROJECT LEVERAGES UPCOMING COSMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND TERRESTRIAL NEUTRINO EXPERIMENTS BY PERFORMING HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS OF NEUTRINO EVOLUTION IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE. THESE INVESTIGATIONS FORM AN INTRIGUING BACKDROP FOR THE PI TO TRAIN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHERS, BUILDING SKILLS THAT ARE VALUABLE ACROSS A RANGE OF 21ST CENTURY CAREERS. UPCOMING HIGH-PRECISION COSMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND NEUTRINO LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNE ENVIRONMENT TO EXPLORE QUESTIONS IN FUNDAMENTAL NEUTRINO PHYSICS. LEVERAGING THESE ADVANCES REQUIRES HIGH FIDELITY THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS TO CONNECT OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENT, AND THEORY. THIS PROJECT EXPLORES THE QUANTUM KINETIC EVOLUTION OF NEUTRINOS THROUGH THE HOT AND DENSE PLASMA OF THE EARLY UNIVERSE. THIS EVOLUTION IS AFFECTED BY COHERENT, UNITARY QUANTUM MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR AS WELL AS DECOHERENT INELASTIC SCATTERING. IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE, LARGE FLUXES OF NEUTRINOS NONLINEARLY AFFECT BOTH THE COHERENT QUANTUM EVOLUTION AND DECOHERENT SCATTERING THROUGH NEUTRINO-NEUTRINO INTERACTIONS. CONNECTING COSMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TO FUNDAMENTAL NEUTRINO PHYSICS REQUIRES A SELF-CONSISTENT EXAMINATION OF THE NONLINEAR QUANTUM KINETIC NEUTRINO EVOLUTION BECAUSE THIS EVOLUTION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE DYNAMICS OF THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE AS WELL AS THE INTERCONVERSION BETWEEN PROTONS AND NEUTRONS. THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO SOLVE THE QUANTUM KINETIC EQUATIONS FOR NEUTRINOS IN MANY THEORETICAL SCENARIOS IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE. IN DOING SO, WE LOOK TO BUILD A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS NONLINEAR EVOLUTION, TO EXPLORE THE ASTROPHYSICAL FEEDBACK AND CONSEQUENCES OF THIS EVOLUTION, AND TO AIM TOWARD LEVERAGING THE UNIVERSE AS A LABORATORY TO STUDY FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS. THIS PROJECT ADVANCES THE OBJECTIVES OF WINDOWS ON THE UNIVERSE: THE ERA OF MULTI-MESSENGER ASTROPHYSICS, ONE OF THE 10 BIG IDEAS FOR FUTURE NSF INVESTMENTS. 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.

BUSINESS AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

CONNECTING VETERANS TO CUSTOMIZED ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: EXTREME POLYPHAGY, EXTREME DIVERSITY OR BOTH? ARMORED SCALE INSECTS OF TROPICAL RAINFORESTS ON 4 CONTINENTS

RUI: QUANTUM KINETICS OF NEUTRINOS: A WINDOW ON NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE AND COMPACT OBJECTS

WATERSHED-MARINE LINKAGES AND THE IMPACT OF WATERSHED RESTORATION ON LAND-BASED SEDIMENTATION TO USVI CORAL REEFS.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING OF PRESHEATHS AND SHEATHS IN PLASMAS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING SHEATHS AND PRESHEATHS IN MAGNETIZED AND UNMAGNATIZED PLASMAS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ION LOSSES TO PLASMA BOUNDARIES-SHEATHS AND PRESHEATHS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FREE-DRIFTING ICEBERGS AS PROLIFERATING DISPERSION SITES OF IRON ENRICHMENT, ORGANIC CARBON PRODUCTION AND EXPORT IN THE SOUT

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

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: IRES-TRACK I: BROWN CARBON AEROSOL FORMATION BY PHOTOOXIDATION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS IN NANODROPLETS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR FACULTY, INSTITUTIONS, STATE SYSTEMS AND

ADVANCED EDUCATION NURSING TRAINEESHIP

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ENHANCED IDENTIFICATION TOOLS FOR SEED BEETLES IN THE DIVERSE AND COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED SEED BEETLE GENERA CALLOSOBRUCHUS AND BOROWIECIUS, BOTH OF WHICH INCLUDE ACTIONABLE EMERGING PESTS AND THE FORMER INCLUDES TWO NON-ACTIONABLE SPECIES. THIS AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE SECOND YEAR OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH ON SEED BEETLES (CHRYSOMELIDAE: BRUCHINAE) TO CREATE TOOLS FOR THE RAPID AND EFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION OF ADULT AND IMMATURE STAGES OF THIS QUARANTINE IMPORTANT GROUP OF SEED FEEDING PESTS. RECIPIENT MORSE WILL WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH KONSTANTINOV TO DEVELOP CHARACTER MATRICES FOR LUCID KEYS, WRITE FACT SHEETS, AND RECORD AND EDIT DIAGNOSTIC TAXONOMIC IMAGES OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS FOR SPECIES IN THE TWO GENERA. RECIPIENT MORSE WILL ALSO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH PARDO-SMITH TO DEVELOP MORPHOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION TOOLS FOR THE SPECIES. ALL OF THESE WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ONLINE TOOLS ESTABLISHED IN YEAR ONE OF THIS PROJECT. THE DELIVERABLES AND EXP ECTED OUTCOMES ARE TO PRODUCE MORPHOLOGICAL IDENTIFICATION AIDS (LUCID KEYS AND FACT SHEETS AS WELL AS HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES OF DIAGNOSTIC CHARACTERS FOR THE DIFFERENT TAXA) ADULT STAGES FOR THE GENERA CALLOSOBRUCHUS AND BOROWIECIUS. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE CHARACT ERIZATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY FEMALES VIA OVIPOSITOR DISSECTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS—A RESOURCE THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SINGLE RESOURCE THAT CAN BE READILY USED TO RAPIDLY IDENTIFY THE ~50 SPECIES IN THESE GENERA AND THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ARE DIFFICULT TO USE FOR NONSPECIALISTS. THESE WILL RESULT IN WEBSITE-BASED TOOLS IN THE IDENTIFICATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM (ITP) PLATFORM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THESE SPECIES. THESE TOOLS WILL SUPPORT THE IDENTIFICATION OF SEED BEETLES INTERCEPTED IN SEEDS FOR PROPAGATION AND CONSUMPTION AT U.S. PORTS OF ENTRY. THE MAIN BENEFICIARIES WILL BE PORT INSPECTORS AT THE USDA, STATE AGENCIES, AND RESEARCHERS WITH A NEED TO IDENTIFY THESE INSECTS.

COMPOSITE CULTURE IN SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY

THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS AGREEMENT IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS AND MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIF ICATION OF BEAN BEETLES OF QUARANTINE IMPORTANCE. THE APPROACH REPRESENTS ADDITIONAL TOOLS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS GROUP OF INSECTS COMMONLY INTERCEPTED IN SEEDS FOR PROPAGATION AND CONSUMPTION AT U.S. PORTS OF ENTRY. SEED BEETLES ARE NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY, IN PART BECAUSE OF THEIR CONVERGENT, INTERSPECIFIC MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING WITHIN SEEDS. IN ADDITION, THEY HAVE ELEVATED LEVELS OF INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH ALLOMETRIC SCALING, DUE TO VARIATIONS IN THE SIZES OF SEEDS WITHIN WHICH THEY DEVELOP. ALL THIS IS COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT IDENTIFICATION TOOLS FOR SEED BEETLES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE LITERATURE, THE GEOGRAPHICALLY LIMITED KEYS ARE EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TO USE AND ARE OFTEN OUTDATED, AND THE DIVERSITY OF THE GROUP OUTSIDE OF THE HOLARCTIC REGION IS NOT WELL KNOWN.

ASSESSING ECOSYSTEM HEALTH THROUGH STATUS AND TRENDS OF CONTAMINANTS

CONSTRUCTING FREE ENERGY MAPS OF SULFUR CONTAINING PROTOMETABOLITES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RAPID: NEARSHORE SETTLEMENT AND HYDRODYNAMICS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DURING EL NINO, AND THE TRANSITION TO NORMAL OCEAN CONDI

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ENHANCEDIDENTIFICATION TOOLS FOR SEED BEETLES OF THE SUBFAMILY BRUCHINAE. THEAWARD REPRESENTS THE FIRST YEAR OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR RESEARCHON SEED BEETLES (CHRYSOMELIDAE: BRUCHINAE) TO CREATE TOOLS FOR THE RAPIDAND EFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION OF ADULT AND IMMATURE STAGES OF THISQUARANTINE IMPORTANT GROUP OF SEED-FEEDING PESTS.

EFFECTS OF WATERSHED EROSION CONTROL ON LAND BASED SOURCES OF POLLUTION TO CORAL REEFS IN RCP PRIORITY SITES

NICOTINE-INDUCED PREFERENCE IN ZEBRAFISH

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

RUI: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ASSESSING THE CAUSES OF THE PYROSOME INVASION AND PERSISTENCE IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT ECOSYSTEM -A KEY COMPONENT OF THE OCEAN FOOD WEB IS COMPRISED OF FLOATING ANIMALS, OR ZOOPLANKTON, THAT TRANSFER ENERGY FROM PHYTOPLANKTON TO FISH, WHALES, AND BIRDS. ZOOPLANKTON INCLUDE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANISMS THAT CAN BE BROADLY CATEGORIZED AS CRUSTACEAN OR GELATINOUS, WITH MOST FISH AND WHALES PREFERRING CRUSTACEANS AS A FAT-RICH FOOD SOURCE OVER GELATINOUS ANIMALS, WHICH ARE HIGHER IN WATER CONTENT. HISTORICALLY, THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT ECOSYSTEM OFF THE U.S. WEST COAST HAS BEEN DOMINATED BY CRUSTACEAN ZOOPLANKTON, SUCH AS KRILL AND COPEPODS, BUT IN 2014 THERE WERE HUGE ABUNDANCES OF A TYPE OF COLONIAL, GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON KNOWN AS PYROSOMES, WHICH CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO FISHERIES BY FOULING FISHING GEAR AND DOMINATING CATCH. ALTHOUGH THE ARRIVAL OF PYROSOMES COINCIDED WITH AN EXTENSIVE MARINE HEATWAVE, LOWER ABUNDANCES HAVE SINCE PERSISTED DESPITE A RETURN TO COOLER OCEAN TEMPERATURES. ANALYSIS OF TIME SERIES DATA FROM THE CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS (CALCOFI) INDICATE THAT PYROSOMES WERE ALSO OBSERVED IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT MANY DECADES AGO WHEN THE OCEAN WAS NOT PARTICULARLY WARM. THIS STUDY COMBINES ANALYSIS OF PAST SAMPLES FROM CALCOFI, OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS, AND BIOLOGICAL MODELS TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES OF THESE QUICKLY GROWING PYROSOME POPULATIONS IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT. IT SUPPORTS TRAINING FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT IS REACHING K-12 STUDENTS THROUGH A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION THAT IS DEVELOPING NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS (NGSS)-ALIGNED RESOURCES FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS IN CALIFORNIA. THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ARE BEING DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE PROJECT AND CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY INITIATIVE. PUBLIC OUTREACH IN SAN DIEGO (CA) IS THROUGH THE ENHANCING YOUR HORIZONS SAN DIEGO CONFERENCE AND THE SAN DIEGO REGIONAL COMPETITION OF THE NATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCES BOWL, AND IN SANTA CRUZ (CA) THROUGH THE SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER. PREDICTING HOW ECOSYSTEMS RESPOND TO ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE. THE RECENT APPEARANCE OF THE PYROSOME PYROSOMA ATLANTICUM IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT IS A MAJOR PERTURBATION TO THE ECOSYSTEM, AND THE CAUSE REMAINS UNKNOWN. BOTH OCEAN PHYSICS AND PLANKTON FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS ARE KEY DETERMINANTS OF VARIABILITY IN PELAGIC COMMUNITY COMPOSITION IN THIS ECOSYSTEM, YET UNRAVELING THE DEGREE TO WHICH VARIABILITY IN PHYSICS (THROUGH WARMING AND ADVECTION) COMBINES WITH SHIFTING BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS (THROUGH NUTRIENT CYCLING AND ALTERED FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS) TO DETERMINE COMPOSITION AND FUNCTION IS COMPLICATED. THIS PROJECT COMBINES THE ANALYSIS OF PAST HISTORICAL SAMPLES FROM SEVEN DECADES OF THE CALCOFI TIME SERIES, DATA-ASSIMILATIVE AND NON-DATA ASSIMILATIVE OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS, AND BIOLOGICAL POPULATION MODELS TO DETERMINE THE ROLE OCEAN PHYSICS AND BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS HAVE PLAYED IN SHAPING PYROSOME ABUNDANCE, TROPHIC DYNAMICS, AND POPULATION GROWTH AND MORTALITY IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT. THIS NOVEL FRAMEWORK IS PROVIDING MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING THAT IS REQUIRED TO PREDICT HOW PLANKTON COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE. 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.

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

LOW INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ROLE OF FACULTY IN SUPPORTING LIFELONG LEARNING: AN INVESTIGATION OF SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN ENGINEERING UNDE

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DYNAMICS OF CIRCULAR MACROMOLECULES (DNA): FROM SINGLE MOLECULE TO HIGHLY ENTANGLED STATES

REDEVELOPMENT OF THE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS COURSE/LABORATORY CONTENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING MATERIAL BASED ON STUDENT MOTIVATIONAL VALUE STYLES

"POST-MITIGATION MONITORING TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF WATERSHED EROSION CONTROL ON LAND-BASED SOURCES OF POLLUTION (LBSP) TO CORAL REEFS, USVI"

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DIRECTED READING PROGRAM NETWORK

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF P AND S SPECTRA FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKES

ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF WATERSHED RESTORATION ON MARINE SEDIMENTATION IN THE USVI

YEAR 2: ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF WATERSHED RESTORATION ON MARINE SEDIMENT DYNAMICS IN THE USVI.

FOCUSING POLICY FOR GOOD: PROMOTING AL FOR GOOD FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY [WE PROPOSE A CONVENING THAT WILL BRING TOGETHER SCHOLARS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) FOR GOOD IN HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION TO SERVE THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. WHILE AI IS A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC, THERE ARE A FEW USES OF AI THAT TEND TO BE CONSIDERED OBVIOUSLY GOOD USE CASES. ONE OF THOSE USE CASES IS CREATING TOOLS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (E.G., APPS THAT READ WRITTEN TEXT ALOUD FOR THOSE WITH LOW VISION). WHILE THESE TOOLS ARE FREQUENTLY MENTIONED BY THOSE WHO ARE CREATING AI TOOLS, MOST OF THE EFFORT IN THE AI FIELD IS TO CREATE THOSE THINGS THAT EITHER HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE PAYOFF FOR THE STARTUPS THAT CREATE THEM (E.G., BUSINESS OR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TOOLS) OR THAT INTRIGUE VENTURE CAPITALISTS SUCH THAT THEY NEED NOT BE PROFITABLE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE (E.G., CHATGPT). OUR IDEA IS TO CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE TOOLS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE, AND THE POLICIES AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES THAT MIGHT ENCOURAGE AI FOR GOOD.]

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENTATION AND WATER QUALITY IN MANGROVE SHORE BAY AND REEF ENVIRONMENTS BELOW A DEVELOPED VS. AN UNDEVELOPED WATERSHE

STORM WATER RUNOFF & SEDIMENTATION INTO COASTAL BAYS WITH CORAL REEFS: COMPARISONS BETWEEN DEVELOPED AND UNDERDEVELOPED WATERSHEDS, US VIRGIN ISLANDS

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FRINGING REEFS BELOW DEVELOPED V. UNDEVELOPED WATERSHEDS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

STUDENT SUPPORT FOR 2024 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES (ASC) 39TH ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE; SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; 21-23 OCTOBER 2024 -THIS CONFERENCE AWARD IS TO PROVIDE TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS TO AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES (ASC) 39TH ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE; SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA; 21-23 OCTOBER 2024. ASC CONFERENCE IS AN ANNUAL EVENT GATHERING RESEARCHERS IN COMPOSITES SINCE 1986. THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO BROADEN THE PARTICIPATION OF STUDENTS BY REDUCING THEIR OVERALL REGISTRATION FEE (ABOUT 160 STUDENTS) AND TO PROVIDE TRAVEL AWARDS FOR STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS IN STEM (ABOUT 30 STUDENTS) TO ATTEND ASC 2024. THE FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO DEVELOP COMMUNITY BUILDING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT INCLUDE WORKSHOPS, TRAINING SESSIONS, AND CAMPUS VISITS FOR THESE STUDENTS. THIS AWARD WILL PROVIDE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM FROM US INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TO I) ENGAGE WITH RESEARCHERS FROM ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RELATED TO ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES, II) CREATE A NETWORK OF YOUNG STUDENT RESEARCHERS THAT CAN ESTABLISH FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP NATIONWIDE, AND III) ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND THEIR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. THE GRANT WILL PROVIDE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN STEM TO ATTEND THE 39TH ASC ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE, THE PREMIER VENUE FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS IN THE COMPOSITES FIELD IN THE UNITED STATES. THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS EVENT WILL NOT ONLY INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THE FIELD, BUT IT WILL ALSO PROMOTE THEIR RETENTION IN THE ENGINEERING WORKFORCE. THE CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, INCLUDING THE PI, IS COMPRISED OF MEMBERS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WHO ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN AND UNIQUELY WELL-POSITIONED TO MENTOR STUDENTS FROM THE SAME BACKGROUNDS. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES (MOMS) PROGRAM AND THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING (AM) PROGRAM. 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.

PROPOSING A REVOLUTION - LESSONS LEARNED IN DESIGNING RED PROJECTS

GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM (GRFP)

STUDENT SUPPORT FOR THE 2025 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE; DAYTON, OHIO; 6-8 OCTOBER 2025 -THIS CONFERENCE AWARD IS TO PROVIDE TRAVEL SUPPORT FOR PARTICIPATING STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE 2025 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR COMPOSITES (ASC) 40TH ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE, TO BE HELD IN DAYTON, OHIO, 6-8 OCTOBER 2025. THE ASC CONFERENCE, ESTABLISHED IN 1986, IS THE PREMIER VENUE FOR DISSEMINATING FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS IN COMPOSITES MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE TRAVEL AWARDS FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 STUDENTS IN STEM TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE. THE FUNDS WILL ALSO BE USED TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING WORKSHOPS, TRAINING SESSIONS, AND MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THESE STUDENTS DURING THE CONFERENCE. THIS AWARD WILL OFFER STUDENTS FROM US INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO: I) ENGAGE WITH SUBJECT-MATTER EXPERTS FROM ACADEMIA, INDUSTRY, AND GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS; II) BUILD A NETWORK OF EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS TO FOSTER FUTURE NATIONWIDE COLLABORATIONS; AND III) DEEPEN THEIR SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE MECHANICS AND MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS BY INCORPORATING NEW RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES. BY SUPPORTING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN THE ASC 2025 CONFERENCE, THIS PROJECT WILL HELP EXPAND THE INVOLVEMENT OF EMERGING RESEARCHERS IN THE COMPOSITE MATERIALS FIELD, PROMOTE FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND NOVEL APPROACHES TO TACKLE THE INDUSTRY?S FUTURE CHALLENGES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO TALENT RETENTION AND TRAINING OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF RESEARCHERS IN ADVANCED COMPOSITES. THIS PROJECT IS JOINTLY SUPPORTED BY THE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES (MOMS) PROGRAM, THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURING (AM) PROGRAM AND THE DMR POLYMERS PROGRAM. 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.

ACUPUNCTURE FOR DISTURBED SLEEP IN VETERANS WITH POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: RUI: IRES TRACK I: FROM FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLIED SOFT MATTER: RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN MEXICO -WE ENCOUNTER SOFT MATERIALS FREQUENTLY IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES FROM OINTMENTS AND LOTIONS TO PAINTS AND INKS. UNDERSTANDING THESE SOFT MATERIALS, WHICH OFTEN POSSESS BOTH FLUID-LIKE AND SOLID-LIKE PROPERTIES, AND HOW THEY FLOW OR DEFORM IS NECESSARY FOR ADVANCING MANY TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING 3D PRINTING WHERE THE PROPERTIES OF THE INK OR RESIN MUST BE FINELY TUNED. TO MAKE PROGRESS ON OUR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOFT MATERIALS, THIS IRES TRACK I PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND IN MEXICO. EACH YEAR OVER THE 3-YEAR DURATION OF THIS PROJECT, 6 STUDENTS WILL BE RECRUITED TO TAKE PART IN THIS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE. U.S. STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL BE TARGETED IN THE RECRUITMENT EFFORT. THOSE STUDENTS WILL CONDUCT RESEARCH OVER THE SUMMER AT EITHER THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ADVANCED MATERIALS (CENTRO DE INVESTIGACI?N EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS, CIMAV) IN MONTERREY, MEXICO OR THE UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO IN LE?N, MEXICO. WORKING WITH RESEARCH MENTORS IN MEXICO AND THE MENTORS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, STUDENTS WILL TAKE VARIOUS APPROACHES TO STUDY THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOFT MATERIALS. SUCH APPROACHES INCLUDE USING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS TO STUDY FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF SOFT MATERIALS AND USING 3D PRINTERS TO APPLY OUR SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF SOFT MATERIALS TO THE DESIGN AND USE OF NEW INKS AND RESINS. STUDENTS TAKING PART IN THIS RESEARCH AND RECEIVING MENTORSHIP FROM U.S. AND MEXICAN SCIENTISTS WILL BE PREPARED TO COOPERATE WITH DIVERSE TEAMS ACROSS BORDERS AND TO BECOME LEADERS OF A GLOBALLY ENGAGED SCIENTIFIC WORKFORCE. THIS IRES PROJECT WILL STRENGTHEN COLLABORATIONS BETWEEN RESEARCHERS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO BY SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF 6 UNDERGRADUATES PER YEAR IN MENTORED SUMMER RESEARCH EXPERIENCES. THE PIS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO AND CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON WILL RECRUIT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS AND FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AFTER RECEIVING TRAINING ON BASIC RESEARCH SKILLS, SELECTED STUDENTS WILL SPEND APPROXIMATELY 8 WEEKS AT EITHER THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ADVANCED MATERIALS (CENTRO DE INVESTIGACI?N EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS, CIMAV) IN MONTERREY, MEXICO OR THE UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO IN LE?N, MEXICO. RESEARCH PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY STUDENTS WILL ADVANCE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SOFT MATTER, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS OF COLLOID SCIENCE AND RHEOLOGY. PROJECTS WILL INCLUDE INVESTIGATING THE RHEOLOGY OF NANOCELLULOSE AND CELLULOSE COMPOSITES FOR USE IN 3D PRINTING APPLICATIONS, QUANTIFYING THE TRANSLATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL DIFFUSION OF ANISOTROPIC COLLOIDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND TRANSPORT AND MICRORHEOLOGY IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS, AND DEVELOPING COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF COLLOIDAL PARTICLES IN EXTERNAL FIELDS. THESE PROJECTS WILL LEAD TO NEW ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN MICRORHEOLOGY AND OPTICAL MICROSCOPY AND WILL ADVANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF INKS FOR 3D PRINTING. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROJECT ARE TO (1) TRAIN AND MENTOR 18 (6 STUDENTS PER YEAR FOR 3 YEARS) UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON SOFT MATTER RESEARCH IN A COLLABORATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, (2) DEVELOP AND FOSTER RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS AMONG INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. AND MEXICO, (3) CHARACTERIZE AND HARNESS THE RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF COMPLEX FLUIDS AND GELS FOR ENHANCING OUR FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF SOFT MATTER AND FOR APPLYING SUCH MATERIALS TO 3D PRINTING APPLICATIONS, (4) DISSEMINATE RESEARCH OUTCOMES AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES AND IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS, AND (5) DEVELOP A COHORT OF SCIENTISTS FROM PREDOMINANTLY UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WHO CAN NETWORK AND COLLABORATE EFFECTIVELY WITH OTHERS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS AND WHO CAN DRAW UPON A DIVERSE SET OF MENTORS. IRES PARTICIPANTS WILL ADVANCE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN PROJECTS THAT RANGE FROM APPLIED TO FUNDAMENTAL USING EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL APPROACHES. STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW THESE DIVERSE APPROACHES USED BY AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM CAN ADDRESS PRESSING SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PROBLEMS. 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: PEER INSTRUCTION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

EDUCATING THE VERTEBRATE MORPHOLOGISTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY: TECHNOLOGY PEDAGOGY, AND CORE CONCEPTS. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF VERTEBRATE MORPHOLOGY, 21-25 JULY 2019; CZECH REPUBLIC

PURPOSE:TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN OF A COMMUNITY FACILITY AND A COMPANION EXHIBITION SHOWCASING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON COMMUNITIES AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES IN THE SALTON SEA REGION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ACCESS EXPANSION: GROWING A NETWORK OF EQUITY-FOCUSED PROGRAMS IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING SHEATHS AND PRE-SHEATHS IN MAGNETIZED AND UNMAGNETIZED PLASMAS

HPV KNOWLEDGE & HPV VACCINE UPTAKE AMONG US NAVY PERSONNEL 18 -26 YEARS OLD

IS COMBAT EXPOSURE PREDICTIVE OF HIGHT PREOPERATIVE STRESS IN MILITARY MEMBERSHIP

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DEOBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

CAREER: BREAKING THE TRADITION OF SILENCE THROUGH CONOCIMIENTO AND CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING AMONG LATINX ENGINEERS

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

ARRA - SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

UNDERREPRESENTED STUDENTS IN TOPOLOGY AND ALGEBRA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM (USTARS)

ARRA - SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS

NURSE FACULTY LOAN PROGRAM

THE PURPOSE OF THE LOW-INCOME TAXPAYER CLINIC LITC GRANT IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO, 1. A CLINICAL PROGRAM AT AN ACCREDITED LAW, BUSINESS, OR ACCOUNTING SCHOOL IN WHICH STUDENTS REPRESENT LOW-INCOME TAXPAYERS IN CONTROVERSIES ARISING UNDER IRC 7526. 2. AN ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED IN SECTION 501C AND EXEMPT FROM TAX UNDER SECTION 501A THROUGH REPRESENTATION OF TAXPAYERS OR REFERRAL OF TAXPAYERS TO QUALIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE LITC PROGRAM, THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AWARDS GRANTS SO THAT GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TAX REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OR OTHER TRIBUNAL ON FEDERAL TAX MATTERS, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES ON VARIOUS TAX TOPICS AND ADVOCACY ON TAX ISSUES IMPACTING THE INTENDED BENEFICIARIES. END GOAL AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES, THE LITC PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS TO, 1. OPEN NEW AND WORK PREVIOUSLY OPENED REPRESENTATION CASES. 2. CONSULT WITH TAXPAYERS ON THEIR SPECIFIC TAX ISSUE. 3. CONDUCT EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. 4. MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT TO TAX ADMINISTRATION BY ADVOCATING FOR CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS TO IRS ADMINISTRATION. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES, TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES THAT DO NOT EXCEED 250 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES AND TAXPAYERS FOR WHOM ENGLISH IS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES, IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES AND WITH ADVANCED APPROVAL BY THE LITC PROGRAM OFFICE, SUBRECIPIENTS MAY BE UTILIZED BY GRANT RECIPIENTS TO HELP DELIVER KEY BROADBAND ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM. 5. REASON FOR MODIFICATION IF SHOWING A POSITIVE AMOUNT IS AN OBLIGATION FOR THE YEAR THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D., IF SHOWING A NEGATIVE AMOUNT IT IS A DE-OBLIGATION OR A RETURN OF FUNDS FOR THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE PRIME AWARD I.D.

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING PRESHEATHS AND SHEATHS IN PLASMAS