Examples of Funded NSF CAREER Grants:
from www.nsf.gov/awardsearch
CAREER: A Biomanufactured Platform for Modulating Immune Cell-Bacteria Interactions in the Tumor
Microenvironment
Award Number:1454226; Principal Investigator:Bahareh Behkam; Co-Principal Investigator:;
Organization:Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;NSF Organization:CBET Start
Date:02/01/2015; Award Amount:$505,001.00; Relevance:43.0;
The main goals of the educational component of this CAREER plan are to enhance recruitment and retention
of the socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnically underrepresented groups in STEM and to prepare
future scientists to tackle complex multidisciplinary challenges in biotic/abiotic systems engineering (BASE). To
this end, this CAREER proposal will establish a multi-tier plan centered on research-inspired learning. The
three major components of the plan include: (1) research and training opportunities for elementary school
students and teachers from a rural county in southwest Virginia, (2) web-based interactive learning modules to
introduce 9-12 year old children to non-traditional areas in engineering at the national level; (3) multidisciplinary
research experience for community college students with special focus on underrepresented undergraduates.
CAREER: Bayesian Nonparametric Learning for Large-Scale Structure Discovery
Award Number:1349774; Principal Investigator:Erik Sudderth; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Brown
University;NSF Organization:IIS Start Date:03/15/2014; Award Amount:$196,016.00; Relevance:43.0;
An extensible "BNPy: Bayesian Nonparametric Learning in Python" software package is under development to
allow easy application of the novel learning algorithms to a wide range of current and future BNP models. The
education and outreach plan of this CAREER project leverages this software to create interdisciplinary
undergraduate research teams exploring applications in the natural and social sciences, and a week-long
summer school on Bayesian nonparametrics to be held twice at Brown University's Institute for Computational
and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM).
CAREER: Stabilizing Spin Liquids
Award Number:1555163; Principal Investigator:Rebecca Flint; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Iowa
State University;NSF Organization:DMR Start Date:08/15/2016; Award Amount:$200,000.00; Relevance:43.0;
This award also supports outreach and educational efforts that are closely integrated with the research. The
educational component aims towards facilitating the conversation between condensed matter experimentalists
and theorists by developing a course module of condensed matter theory designed primarily for experimental
graduate students. The module will be implemented at Iowa State University, and it will be made available
online as a wiki course. The outreach component addresses the large number of physics undergraduates
whose career aspirations lie outside academia, and who are currently under-served by many physics
departments. The principal investigator will develop an extensive and publicly available web resource for
undergraduate students, that clarifies the range of opportunities opened up by a physics degree, and teaches
students how to prepare and apply for these careers. Increased awareness of the wide variety of available
career options will help in increasing the number and diversity of physics majors.
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Examples of Funded NSF CAREER Grants:
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CAREER: Evolution of Locust Swarms and Phenotypic Plasticity in Grasshoppers
Award Number:1539640; Principal Investigator:Hojun Song; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Texas
A&M AgriLife Research;NSF Organization:IOS Start Date:02/23/2015; Award Amount:$372,294.00;
Relevance:43.0;
The core of this CAREER project is the seamless integration of research and education from K-12 to
undergraduate and graduate students. The partnership with local public schools, enhanced by servicelearning, will provide unique and relevant science education opportunities for both elementary school and
college-level students. Specifically, the CAREER-enabled course development will fill a much-needed void in
providing authentic research experience to the biology curriculum at the University of Central Florida. One
primary goal of the broader impact activities will be to broaden participation of underrepresented minority
students, particularly those who seek careers in science after transferring from community colleges. Graduate
students supported by this project will be exposed to high-impact research with international and
interdisciplinary opportunities. The broad nature of this project will establish a strong and long-lasting
international network for future collaborations.
CAREER: Identifying the Micromechanisms Leading to Hydrogen-Induced Intergranular Fracture in
Metals
Award Number:1454072; Principal Investigator:Jaafar El-Awady; Co-Principal Investigator:;
Organization:Johns Hopkins University;NSF Organization:CMMI Start Date:02/01/2015; Award
Amount:$500,000.00; Relevance:43.0;
The education and outreach tasks through this grant will contribute to efforts aiming to improve STEM
achievement in Baltimore elementary public schools with a high minority student population. Practical
engineering problems and solutions will be presented and discussed in the classroom with the goal to stimulate
interest in engineering. Undergraduates from a local historically black college will obtain research internships
allowing for active involvement in this CAREER research project. This will allow students to develop interest
and foundations for careers in mechanics of materials.
CAREER: Nanoparticle-Bacterial Membrane Interactions and their Role in Nanotoxicology
Award Number:1055652; Principal Investigator:Geoffrey Bothun; Co-Principal Investigator:;
Organization:University of Rhode Island;NSF Organization:CBET Start Date:02/15/2011; Award
Amount:$417,485.00; Relevance:43.0;
The CAREER plan of the PI integrates research with the educational and outreach objective of engaging
underrepresented students and local communities, enhancing career preparedness in emerging technologies,
specifically at the nanotechnology/environmental/biological interface, and advancing curriculum. Building on
the PI’s previous experiences, a new high school program Think Small/Dream Big! will be developed for
science classes in urban schools in the greater Providence, RI area. This program will leverage the remote
operating capabilities of the recently awarded NSF MRI-funded transmission electron microscope and provide
students “virtual” exposure to analyzing nanomaterials using state-of-the-art instrumentation. This proposal will
also enhance a new freshman general education course at URI aimed at educating students about the social,
economic, and environmental impacts of nanotechnology, as well as the need to effectively communicate
emerging technologies to broad audiences. Professional development activities, including research and
specialized workshops, will supplement curriculum development and provide enhanced “soft” and technical
skills needed for research careers and graduate studies. Taken together, the research and education plans will
support the independent career path of the PI as a successful scholar and educator.
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CAREER: Identifying the Substrate Proteins of Nedd4 Family of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase by Orthogonal
Ubiquitin Transfer (OUT)
Award Number:1420193; Principal Investigator:Jun Yin; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Georgia State
University Research Foundation, Inc.;NSF Organization:CHE Start Date:07/01/2013; Award
Amount:$318,523.00; Relevance:43.0;
The CAREER award will also support Professor Yin to train undergraduate and graduate students to use
protein engineering in biological research. It will sponsor a freely accessible online database with a
comprehensive collection of methods and applications of protein engineering. Furthermore it will provide an
opportunity for the teachers and students from the local high schools in south side Chicago to visit Professor
Yin's lab and get hands-on experience of modern research in chemistry and molecular biology. Overall
Professor Yin will establish an integrated research and educational program to train future scientists at the
interface of chemistry and biology and to nurture the interests of K-12 students in science at the early stage of
their learning career.
CAREER: Ionic and Thermal Transport Properties of Complex Oxides from First Principles
Award Number:1550347; Principal Investigator:Nicole Benedek; Co-Principal Investigator:;
Organization:Cornell University;NSF Organization:DMR Start Date:07/01/2015; Award Amount:$190,000.00;
Relevance:43.0;
The educational component of this CAREER award has two goals. The first is to engage the general public
and promote a more inclusive image of science by upending the popular stereotypes associated with scientists
and their work. To achieve this goal, the PI will conduct public outreach in Austin highlighting stories and
contributions of scientists that may be less well known to the general public. Such direct public outreach should
allow the PI to portray the work of scientists in a way that is more engaging and realistic than what is normally
encountered on television or film. The second educational goal is focused on developing a set of computational
exercises to teach key materials science concepts to undergraduate engineering students in a more effective
way. Computational skills are vital for engineering graduates entering the workforce, as engineering and
manufacturing businesses increasingly rely on computational approaches in many areas of product
development. By working in close collaboration with experts in materials informatics and undergraduate
education, the PI will integrate computational materials and materials informatics research with this education
initiative to equip engineering students with the skills they will need to succeed in the modern engineering
workforce.
CAREER: Wireless Optical Sensors for High Resolution Imaging of Biological Structures
Award Number:0953635; Principal Investigator:Valencia Koomson; Co-Principal Investigator:;
Organization:Tufts University;NSF Organization:DBI Start Date:03/01/2010; Award Amount:$541,173.00;
Relevance:43.0;
The education program is tightly coupled to the research activities, including new undergraduate and graduate
courses that vertically integrate topics from optical/electronic devices to circuits/systems and applications. A
cross-campus undergraduate course on technical writing and communication will be developed in collaboration
with Howard University to teach strategies in formulating and communicating technical ideas and engage
students from under-represented groups in the CAREER program. The PI is committed to broadening
opportunities to all engineers, including under-represented students. Workshops on graduate school
admission, funding, and academic career opportunities will be organized during visits to minority serving
institutions across the country. A complete wireless sensor module will be made available to researchers for
experimental testing. Project outcomes and results, including educational materials, will be available to the
public through a website (www.ece.tufts.edu/~vjoyner).
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CAREER: Integrated CO2 Capture and Catalytic Conversion to Solar Fuels Using Hybrid
Multifunctional Materials
Award Number:1538404; Principal Investigator:Ying Li; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Texas A&M
Engineering Experiment Station;NSF Organization:CBET Start Date:10/01/2014; Award Amount:$167,231.00;
Relevance:43.0;
As expected for CAREER projects, the proposed research will be integrated into teaching and curriculum
development. Graduate students will be trained in this interdisciplinary research; undergraduate and high
school students, particularly those in underrepresented groups, will be recruited to participate in the research
project. Outreach programs are planned in collaboration with Milwaukee Public Schools and non-profit
education organizations in Milwaukee urban areas such as the Urban Ecology Center, to assist teachers to
build course materials related to solar energy and nanotechnology, thereby increasing the students?
awareness in global climate change while promoting interests in the STEM fields.
CAREER: Engineering Plasmonic Nanoantenna Architectures for Efficient Nuclear Delivery &
Advancing Awareness in Nanotechnology
Award Number:1454188; Principal Investigator:Somin Lee; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:University
of Michigan Ann Arbor;NSF Organization:ECCS Start Date:02/15/2015; Award Amount:$500,162.00;
Relevance:43.0;
As part of broader impacts and outreach activities, this plan aims to advance awareness in nanotechnology
and plasmonics at the K-12, undergraduate and graduate level, and to increase underrepresented participation
in STEM. The following tasks support the attainment of the educational goal: (1) Lead capstone workshops to
expose K-12 students to nanotechnology. (2) Implement research career seminar series to educate
undergraduate students interested in research as a career path. (3) Expand plasmonics graduate course
curriculum to include laboratory modules. These combined activities serve to form a framework integrating
research, education and outreach over the PI's career.
CAREER: Emergent Phenomena in New Quantum Materials
Award Number:0952428; Principal Investigator:B. Andrei Bernevig; Co-Principal Investigator:;
Organization:Princeton University;NSF Organization:DMR Start Date:08/15/2010; Award Amount:$450,000.00;
Relevance:43.0;
The educational activities associated with this CAREER award include several initiatives geared toward
making substantial contributions to undergraduate and graduate education through pedagogical course
development coupled with research seminars, outreach activities in the form of lecture series and onesemester courses designed for non-science students and the general public, as well as fostering interactions
between academia and industry. Some of these initiatives will leverage resources of the Princeton Center for
Theoretical Science to uniquely maximize the impact of the planned educational activities.
CAREER: Suspensions of Noncolloidal Particles in Yield Stress Fluids: Fluid Mechanics, Rheology and
Microstructure
Award Number:1554044; Principal Investigator:Sarah Hormozi; Co-Principal Investigator:; Organization:Ohio
University;NSF Organization:CBET Start Date:04/01/2016; Award Amount:$500,369.00; Relevance:43.0;
In addition, results from the project will be incorporated into classes at Ohio University. Researchers working
on the project will participate in a variety of outreach programs, including TechSavvy, a career conference for
girls and the adults who support them, and a residential Technology Camp for high school girls that provides
opportunities for young women to explore careers in engineering and technology.
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