Success Stories

Two researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) have been selected to receive National Science Foundation (NSF) EPSCoR Research Fellows awards.

Dr. Meghan Breen, assistant professor of chemistry at Furman University, and students have a new publication, “Sip4p Regulates the Transcription of Enzymes for Gluconeogenesis in Nakaseomyces glabratus,” in ACS Infectious Diseases.

With support from a $72,419 grant, University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher Dr. Sujan Ghosh is working to make that possible by developing a three-dimensional tissue scaffold that more closely mimics the microscopic architecture of the human small intestine. Ghosh received the grant through the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) to develop the bio-inspired model.

Tulane University has received a four-year, $6 million NSF award to strengthen research translation, commercialization and entrepreneurship across the university and Gulf South.

NOAA has selected Mississippi State University to lead a new Gulf research institute with up to $100 million over five years, bringing together regional institutions to advance coastal, environmental and ocean research.

WKU researchers have received a $305,326 NSF grant to develop ChartCode, a visual learning platform designed to strengthen introductory programming education.

LSU chemist Noémie Elgrishi has received an NSF EPSCoR Research Fellows award to study materials capable of capturing PFAS and other charged contaminants from water.

Lander University will receive $157,341 annually for four years through an NSF initiative expanding summer research opportunities and STEM workforce pathways across South Carolina.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln are partnering on a $4 million NSF EPSCoR project to develop AI tools for detecting environmental threats to food production systems.

The University of Idaho is leading a $6 million NSF EPSCoR project using AI and new data technologies to help breed stronger, higher-yielding cereal crops.