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NSF and Texas
- In FY 2003 the NSF provided 890 awards totaling approximately $169 million to 81 institutions in the State of Texas.
- Institutions receiving NSF support in FY 2003 included Tarleton State University, the University of Texas – Pan American, Texas Tech University, the Austin Community College, Southern Methodist University, and San Jacinto College District.
Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in
the State of Texas:
- El Paso Math and Science Partnership — The El Paso Math and Science Partnership includes the three urban school districts that encompass El Paso, nine rural school districts in El Paso and Hudspeth Counties, the University of Texas at El Paso, Paso Community College, the Region 19 Education Service Center, and El Paso area civic, business, and community organizations and leaders. The El Paso MSP is aimed at improving student achievement in mathematics and science among all students at all preK-12 levels and at reducing the achievement gap among groups of students. Its goals include engaging university and community college leadership and mathematics, science, engineering, and education faculty in building the capacity of area districts and schools to provide the highest quality curriculum, instruction, and assessment and to ensure the highest level achievement in mathematics and science for every student.
- Widening the Pipeline for Mathematical Sciences — A Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE) award to Texas A&M; University will help broaden the training of mathematics undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to enable them to carry out mathematical research at the highest level, to communicate effectively with a broad community, and to use modern computational techniques in their teaching and research. Six core research groups presently conducting "upper" seminars for faculty, postdoctoral faculty, and senior graduate students will expand to offer new "lower" seminars open to undergraduate and beginning graduate students. Students will work collaboratively on mathematical research projects, and they will use the seminar as the reporting mechanism for their results.
- Small Business Innovation Research — An NSF SBIR award to Lynntech, Inc. will support research on modifying the surface of textiles through graft polymerization of an oxidizing polymer resulting in a fabric which has the ability to eradicate/neutralize pathogenic microorganisms, pesticides, and chemical/biological weapons. The fabric could be used to produce medical textiles in order to reduce the transmission of infectious pathogens in hospitals, protect agricultural workers from contact with pesticides, and protect military personnel and first responders in the from contact with chemical/biological weapons in the event of terrorism or war. This research will address optimizing the graft polymerization process, durability testing through repeated laundering, mechanical property evaluation, extensive cytotoxicity and irritation testing, stability assessment in storage, pilot plant production runs, and custom production/testing of the fabric.
- Earth & Sky's "Edge of Discovery" Radio Series — EarthTalk Inc. is producing and distributing 282 "Edge of Discovery" radio programs. Each 90-second program will explore an area of on-going research and will feature "actualities" or recorded voices of scientists explaining their work. The programs will be carried on 700+ public and commercial radio stations. The broadcast programs will be supplemented by an Edge of Discovery web presence that will contain the radio programs themselves plus a "More Info" section for each program that includes references to printed articles and links to other web sites on the program's topic as well as supplementary background material.
For more information on Texas and NSF, please contact
the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at 703-292-8070.
Useful Links:
Texas
Governor's Home Page
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