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** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE NATIONAL JUNTOS CONSORTIUM (NJC) AND STEM AP IS A TRANSFORMATIONAL, INTERDISCIPLINARY, COLLABORATIVE PROJECT THAT WILL PREPARE LATINX YOUTH TO BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS AND WORKFORCE IN STEM AND AGRISCIENCE. LED BY NCSU, STEM AP WILL IMPROVE STEM PARTICIPATION, PERSISTENCE, AND CAREER READINESS AMONG LATINX YOUTH IN NORTH CAROLINA AND WASHINGTON. THE PROJECTDRAWS FROM CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY, BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE THEORY, AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE, AND WILL ESTABLISH A REPLICABLE, SCALABLE PROGRAM THAT IMPROVES LATINX YOUTH REPRESENTATION IN POST-SECONDARY STEM EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND ADVANCES DEIA WORK WITHIN THE LGU EXTENSION SYSTEM. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LATINX YOUTH TO ENGAGE IN STEM EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE ACTIVITIES;ENHANCE THE SKILLS AND CAPACITIES OF LATINX YOUTH TO ENGAGE WITH STEM APP LEARNING AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES; ANDINCREASE THE MOTIVATION OF STEM APP YOUTH TO ENGAGE IN STEM-RELATED LEARNING AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES.DEVELOP THE NATIONAL JUNTOS CONSORTIUM TO SUPPORT THE SCALABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF JUNTOS AND JUNTOS STEM AP.THROUGH THIS INNOVATIVE APPROACH, COMBINING 4-H THRIVING MODEL, POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, AND THE BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROCESS AS DEFINED WITHIN THE COM-B FRAMEWORK, THE PROJECT WILL INCREASE LATINX YOUTH STEM IDENTITY (I.E. SEEING THEMSELVES AS SUCCESSFUL IN A STEM CAREER PATHWAY) AND THE LIKELIHOOD TO PURSUE AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN A STEM (AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES) CAREER. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO LAUNCH THE NATIONAL JUNTOS CONSORTIUM, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND COLLABORATIVE EXTENSION INITIATIVE WITH REPRESENTATION IN ALL NATIONAL REGIONS FOCUSED ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESS.?ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING AND YOUNGEST GROUPS IN THE US, HISPANICS COMPRISED NEARLY 19% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION IN 2020 (JONES ET AL., 2021). YET, HISPANICS MAKE UP 17% OF THE WORKFORCE BUT ONLY 8% OF WORKERS IN STEM FIELDS (FRY ET AL., 2021). NATIONALLY, HISPANIC STUDENTS WITH A STEM BACHELOR'S DEGREE ARE ALSO UNDERREPRESENTED AT JUST 12% (BURKE ET AL., 2021). ADDRESSING THIS EQUITY GAP WILL REQUIRE A GROWING NUMBER OF HISPANIC YOUTH TO PURSUE STEM EDUCATION AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. AS NOTED BY CRISP AND NORA (2012), EFFORTS TO INCREASE THE REPRESENTATION OF HISPANICS IN STEM-RELATED OCCUPATIONS...IS NOT ONLY ETHICALLY AND MORALLY CORRECT, AS THESE GROUPS DESERVE EQUAL ACCESS TO STEM FIELDS, BUT ALLOWS MINORITY GROUPS TO SERVE AS ROLE MODELS AND MENTORS FOR YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THEIR OWN ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUP.AEAP FILLS A CRITICAL NEED FOR INCREASING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE STEM CAREER ENGAGEMENT, ACCESS, AND A SENSE OF BELONGING AMONG LATINX PEOPLE.
$7,848,716North Carolina State University · · FY2023 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
University of Miami Federated Biorepository Facility to Advance Biomedical Research
$7,600,000Jacob L McCauley · University Of Miami School Of Medicine · C06 · FY2020 · OD
Clinical Trial of Ceftriaxone in ALS
$7,298,875Merit E Cudkowicz · Massachusetts General Hospital · U01 · FY2009 · NS
Clinical Trial of Ceftriaxone in Subjects with ALS
$6,809,454Merit E Cudkowicz · Massachusetts General Hospital · U01 · FY2010 · NS
EMSI: Center for Environmental Kinetic Analysis (CEKA)
$6,764,278Susan L Brantley · Pennsylvania State Univ University Park · · FY2004 · MPS
Clinical Trial of Ceftriaxone in Subjects with ALS
$6,688,079Merit E Cudkowicz · Massachusetts General Hospital · U01 · FY2011 · NS
Discovery and validation of novel targets for pharmacotherapy of alcoholism
$6,651,873David M Lovinger · National Institute On Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism · ZIA · FY2015 · AA
Molecular and Clinical Manifestations of Matrix and Aggregate Myopathies
$6,610,683Carsten Bonnemann · National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke · ZIA · FY2021 · NS
Antiviral Efficacy and Resistance Core
$6,599,276John Damon Chodera · Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research · U19 · FY2022 · AI
Malaria Vaccines: Pfs25-rEPA and Pfs230-rEPA
$6,535,818Patrick Duffy · National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases · ZIA · FY2019 · AI
Malaria Vaccines: Pfs25-rEPA and Pfs230-rEPA
$6,432,150Patrick Duffy · National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases · ZIA · FY2021 · AI
Preventive Vaccines for HIV
$6,398,923Genoveffa Franchini · Division Of Basic Sciences - Nci · ZIA · FY2018 · CA
CARD Collaboration with the Multi-Partner Consortium to Expand Dementia Research in Latin America (ReDLat)
$6,380,923Andrew Singleton · National Institute On Aging · ZIA · FY2023 · AG
JOINT CENTER FOR STRUCTURAL GENOMICS
$6,236,717Scripps Research Institute · P50 · FY2002 · GM
Intermediate-Size Expanded Access Trial of Autologous Hybrid TREG/Th2 Cell Therapy (RAPA-501) of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
$6,151,947James Dale Berry · Massachusetts General Hospital · U01 · FY2025 · NS
Scalable Expanded Access with Analysis of Neurofilament and Other Biomarkers for Ibudilast in ALS (SEA-NOBI-ALS)
$6,133,297Bjorn E Oskarsson · Mayo Clinic Jacksonville · U01 · FY2024 · NS
Clinical Trial of Ceftriaxone in ALS
$6,125,934Merit E Cudkowicz · Massachusetts General Hospital · U01 · FY2008 · NS
A MAJOR DIFFICULTY IN SIMULATING EARTH S CLIMATE SYSTEM IS THAT THERE ARE INTERACTIONS ACROSS SCALES SO THAT THE LARGE TIME AND SPACE SCALES CAN BE SENSITIVE TO PROCESSES ON SMALL SCALES. AS THE COMPUTATIONAL RESOLUTION OF GLOBAL OCEAN MODELS HAS IMPROVED SCIENTISTS HAVE BEGUN TO SUSPECT THAT KILOMETER-SCALE EDDIES AND FRONTS CALLED SUBMESOSCALE VARIABILITY HAVE A NET EFFECT ON OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE HEAT EXCHANGE THAT IS LARGER THAN THE HEATING FROM THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT (SU ET AL. 2018). STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER MODELS AGREE IN PREDICTING THAT THESE EDDIES HAVE IMPORTANT LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON THE UPPER-OCEAN BUT THEIR PREDICTIONS ARE SENSITIVE TO RELATIVELY SMALL DETAILS IN MODEL PHYSICS AND IMPLEMENTATION. THE RESOLUTION AND DETAIL OF THESE SIMULATIONS HAS SURPASSED OUR ABILITY TO GROUND TRUTH THEM WITH SPACEBORNE OR IN SITU SENSORS. THERE IS THUS A PRESSING NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE BENCHMARK DATA SET ON THESE SUBMESOSCALE MOTIONS TO ADDRESS THIS IMPORTANT SOURCE OF UNCERTAINTY IN SIMULATING THE GLOBAL OCEAN. THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT SUBMESOSCALE OCEAN DYNAMICS MAKE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VERTICAL EXCHANGE OF CLIMATE AND BIOLOGICAL VARIABLES IN THE UPPER OCEAN. THIS WILL REQUIRE COORDINATED APPLICATION OF NEWLY-DEVELOPED IN SITU AND REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES AND IT WILL PROVIDE AN UNPRECEDENTED VIEW OF THE PHYSICS OF SUBMESOSCALE EDDIES AND FRONTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON VERTICAL TRANSPORT IN THE UPPER OCEAN. THE SUB-MESOSCALE OCEAN DYNAMICS EXPERIMENT (S-MODE) WILL USE MEASUREMENTS FROM A NOVEL COMBINATION OF PLATFORMS AND INSTRUMENTS) ALONG WITH DATA ANALYSIS AND MODELING TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS.
$6,059,991Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · · FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
RII Track-2 FEC: Feeding and Powering the World - Capturing Sunlight to Split Water and Generate Fertilizer and Fuels
$6,000,000Nathan Hammer · University Of Mississippi · · FY2015 · O/D
RII Track-2 FEC: Advancing Manufacturing and Biotechnology through an On-Demand Sensor Platform: Investments in the Development of Engineering Principles and the Future Workforce
$5,997,238Jeffrey M Halpern · University Of New Hampshire · · FY2022 · O/D
Neuropathogenesis of Retroviral Infections
$5,993,146Avindra Nath · National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke · ZIA · FY2022 · NS
Neuropathogenesis of Retroviral Infections
$5,989,571Avindra Nath · National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke · ZIA · FY2018 · NS
Intervention Trials in Persons at Increased Genetic Risk of Cancer
$5,949,905Mark H Greene · Division Of Cancer Epidemiology And Genetics · Z01 · FY2008 · CA
Functional MRI Core Facility
$5,942,830Peter Bandettini · National Institute Of Mental Health · ZIC · FY2023 · MH
"Peep and the Big Wide World:" A Television Science Series for Three to Five Year Olds
$5,911,050Kate Taylor · Wgbh Educational Foundation · · FY2001 · EDU