NSF builds scientific capacity at more than 20 minority-serving institutions in 12 states
NSF has invested more than $12 million in its Build and Broaden Program, which focuses on supporting research, offering training opportunities and creating greater research infrastructure at minority-serving institutions such as historically Black colleges and universities, Hispanic-serving institutions, and tribal colleges and universities.
NSF's new awards support more than 20 minority-serving institutions in 12 states and Washington, DC. The NSF-funded projects will support more than 100 researchers as they explore a wide range of critical scientific topics focusing on society, people and the economy: from understanding the long-term health effects of poor air quality in under-resourced communities to revealing the complex memory-storage architecture of the human mind.
The institutions will collectively provide hands-on training and educational opportunities to more than 1,000 participants, including hundreds of STEM students. In addition to conducting original research, many of the minority-serving institutions will collaborate with other institutions, including larger research-intensive universities. These collaborations are intended to foster enduring partnerships that will enrich research and expand the nation's STEM pipeline. Projects funded in NSF EPSCoR jurisdictions include:
- Collaborative Research: The Role of Elites, Organizations, and Movements in Reshaping Politics and Policymaking, University of Arkansas ($229,860)
- Excellence in Research: Scaling Social Capital and Health across Space, Delaware State University ($622,524)
- Indigenous-Led Ecological Restoration, Boise State University (Idaho) ($399,820)
- Exposure to Trauma and Political Behavior, Jackson State University (Mississippi) ($509,767)
- Collaborative Research: Varieties of Crises, Elite Responses, and Executive Approval, University of Mississippi ($70,176)