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North Carolina

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NSF and North Carolina

    In FY 2001, the NSF provided over 504 awards totaling over $96 million to 38 institutions in the State of North Carolina as well as $1,101,000 in fellowships.

    Institutions in North Carolina receiving awards in FY 2001 include Elizabeth City State University, Duke University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, Western Carolina University, Semiconductor Research, Inc., and Durham public schools.


Examples of Projects Currently Funded by NSF in the State of North Carolina:

    The Center for Environmentally Responsible Solvents and Processes — This Science and Technology Center at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill supports a multidisciplinary research program to establish the fundamental understanding necessary to enable liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide to replace aqueous and organic solvents in a large number of key manufacturing and service processes. The Center is organized around four research thrust areas: interfacial and colloid science in compressible media; molecular thermodynamics and computer simulations; rate and transport processes; and chemistry and catalysis. The Center also supports a range of educational activities including a novel program for undergraduate and graduate students in collaboration and innovation process skills and the development of K-12 education modules.

    Science and Mathematics Excellence is an NSF Urban Systemic Initiative in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School District with the goal that all students will graduate with the capability to pursue post-secondary studies and careers in science and mathematics. Its specific objectives are: to complete the implementation of standards-based K-12 mathematics and science programs within the District for all students in all classrooms; to increase K-8 proficiency by 4% in end-of-grade testing in mathematics, by 5% in 8th grade Algebra I, and by 5 percentile points each year; to increase enrollment in upper level mathematics and science courses by 10% each year and to achieve an overall completion or 80%; and to partner with universities to ensure that new teachers arrive in the school system with the training needed to teach a high-quality, standards-based science and mathematics curriculum.

    Small Business Innovation Research — An NSF SBIR award to Triangle Research and Development Corp. supports continued development of the spinning performance of melt spun fibers containing microencapsulated phase change materials. Research will focus on process and materials variables that affect the structure and properties of the as-spun fiber and the overall spinning process. Innovative spinning concepts will be employed to improve the capture of microencapsulated phase change materials to maximize thermal energy storage properties. The commercial availability of melt spun fibers and the resulting fabrics with enhanced thermal energy storage capabilities will enable products with superior performance for use in situations where comfort, endurance, or survivability in cold of hot environments is demanded.

    Assembly and Expression of MHC Class II Chains in the Channel Catfish — The availability of catfish lymphoid, microphage and fibroblast cell lines, along with previous characterization of two expressed major histocompatibility complexes (MHC) class II A and class II B loci make the channel catfish a unique system among teleosts. The purpose of this Research in Undergraduate Institutions investigation at East Carolina University is to characterize and define the specific processing events necessary for cell surface expression of MHC class II molecules in a teleosts species.

For more information on North Carolina and NSF, please contact the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at 703-292-8070.

Useful Links:

North Carolina State Home Page
North Carolina Governor's Office


 
 
     
 

 
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