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GRANT PROGRAM

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - NON-CONSTRUCTION - AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE WILL EQUIP HOPKINS HALL WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOP A CURRICULUM TO BUILD A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS PROGRAM AND GROW THE CLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING PROGRAM. THESE GRADUATE PROGRAMS ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESS CURRENT HEALTHCARE GAPS, KEEP PACE WITH GROWING NEEDS, AND MEET WORKFORCE DEMAND. THE METRO-ATLANTA COMMUNITY AND STATE OF GEORGIA WILL BENEFIT FROM AN INCREASED NUMBER OF HIGHLY TRAINED AND EDUCATED PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS. THESE PROFESSIONALS WILL TOUCH COUNTLESS PATIENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS, CREATE IMMEASURABLE IMPACT WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND SERVE CITIZENS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE UNMET PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS. FEDERAL FUNDING WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE MOVEABLE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES, NOT TO CONSTRUCT OR MODIFY AN EXISTING SPACE OR PURCHASE AFFIXED EQUIPMENT. PLANNING WILL BEGIN IN JULY 2024, FOLLOWED BY CONTRACT APPROVALS, THE PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND TRAINING. AGNES SCOTT PLANS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN JUNE 2025 AND INSTRUCTION FOR THE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT AND CLINICAL COUNSELING PROGRAMS TO BEGIN IN HOPKINS HALL IN AUGUST 2025.

THE ROLE OF INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE IN MRNA REGULATION: IDENTIFICATION OF MRNAS BOUND AND FUNCTIONAL CONSEQUENCES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT INOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE (IMPDH) CATALYZES THE RATE LIMITING STEP IN GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS AND IS THUS CRITICAL FOR PROPER CELLULAR FUNCTION. INDEED, MUTATIONS IN HUMAN IMPDH (IMPDH1 AND IMPDH2) ARE KNOWN TO CAUSE DISEASES, SUCH AS AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA (ADRP). THIS ENZYME ALSO HAS AN EXCITING, UNEXPLORED FUNCTION: IT BINDS MRNA. THE LONG-TERM GOAL OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS TO ELUCIDATE THE FUNCTIONS AND MECHANISMS OF UNCHARACTERIZED MRNA BINDING PROTEINS TO REVEAL NEW PRINCIPLES OF GENE EXPRESSION AND INFORM RESEARCH ON HUMAN DISEASE. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE FOR THIS APPLICATION IS TO CHARACTERIZE THE ROLE OF IMPDH IN BINDING AND REGULATION OF MRNA, AND TO IDENTIFY THE IMPACT THAT ADRP CAUSING MUTATIONS HAVE ON THAT ACTIVITY. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS IS THAT IMPDH BINDS TO A SELECT GROUP OF MRNAS AND REGULATES THEIR TRANSLATION. THIS HYPOTHESIS HAS BEEN FORMULATED BECAUSE: 1) YEAST IMPDH ENZYMES WERE ROBUSTLY IDENTIFIED AS MRNA BINDING PROTEINS THAT BIND TO MULTIPLE MRNAS; 2) PUBLISHED DATA DEMONSTRATED THE PRESENCE OF HUMAN IMPDH IN TRANSLATING COMPLEXES; AND 3) OUR PRELIMINARY DATA SHOWS EFFECTS ON PROTEIN LEVELS, THUS SUPPORTING A ROLE IN PROTEIN SYNTHESIS. THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT UNDERSTANDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN NUCLEOTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS AND GENE EXPRESSION WILL DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF CENTRAL BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS AND SUPPORT NEW STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS DISEASES INCLUDING INHERITED BLINDNESS. THE CENTRAL HYPOTHESIS WILL BE TESTED BY PURSUING THREE SPECIFIC AIMS: 1) IDENTIFY MRNAS BOUND BY YEAST IMPDH ENZYMES; 2) DETERMINE HOW IMPDH REGULATES MRNA BIOLOGY; AND 3) CHARACTERIZE DISRUPTIONS TO MRNA REGULATION CAUSED BY ADRP CAUSING MUTATIONS. UNDER THE FIRST AIM, RIP-SEQ WILL BE PERFORMED ON ALL THREE OF THE YEAST IMPDH ENZYMES (IMD2, IMD3, AND IMD4) TO IDENTIFY BOUND MRNAS. FOR THE SECOND AIM, CONSEQUENCES OF IMPDH BINDING ON MRNA STABILITY AND TRANSLATION WILL BE IDENTIFIED USING NORTHERN BLOTTING AND WESTERN BLOTTING TO ANALYZE REGULATION OF BOTH A REPORTER MRNA AND ENDOGENOUS MRNA BINDING PARTNERS OF IMPDH. THE MECHANISM OF MRNA REGULATION WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY REPEATING THESE ASSAYS IN YEAST STRAINS DEFICIENT IN KEY REGULATORS OF TRANSLATION AND/OR MRNA DECAY. FOR THE THIRD AIM, MUTATIONS KNOWN TO CAUSE ADRP WILL BE INSERTED INTO THE YEAST GENOME AND CONSEQUENCES ON MRNA BINDING AND REGULATION WILL BE OBSERVED USING RIP-SEQ, WESTERN BLOTTING, AND NORTHERN BLOTTING. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS INNOVATIVE, IN THE APPLICANT’S OPINION, BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIVE DEPARTURE FROM THE STATUS QUO BY FOCUSING ON IMPDH AS A REGULATOR OF MRNA FUNCTION AND INVESTIGATING THE IDENTITY OF BOUND MRNAS AS WELL AS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS INTERACTION ON GENE EXPRESSION. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT WILL REVEAL A NEW MECHANISM OF MRNA REGULATION AND DEFINE AN UNEXPLORED FUNCTION OF THE KEY ENZYME IMPDH. THIS WORK WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE PI AND A TEAM OF EXCLUSIVELY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS, PROVIDING TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS.

RCN: DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, MARINE SCIENCE AND DISEASE (DEEMD) -EQUITY IN STEM IS A CRITICAL PART OF COLLABORATION. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS RCN: DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, MARINE SCIENCE, AND DISEASE (RCN: DEEMD) IS TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND EQUITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, MARINE SCIENCE (EEMS) AND THE EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE (EID) FIELDS. THESE FIELDS OVERLAP IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, YET FORMAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS NEED TO BE IN PLACE TO FACILITATE EQUITABLE INTERACTIONS. RCN:DEEMD AIMS TO BRIDGE BOTH BASIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACHES BY 1) FACILITATING IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, 2) DEVELOPING VIRTUAL WORKING GROUPS, 3) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, AND 4) GENERATING A FRAMEWORK FOR MORE EQUITY IN APPROACHES TO EEMS AND EID RESEARCH. EARLY CAREER TRAINING IS PROVIDED THROUGH WEBINARS AND SEMINARS TO SUPPORT TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LABORATORY EXCHANGES, AND CAREER PREPARATION. ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE THROUGH SURVEYS FOR THE OVERALL RCN, THE IN PERSON WORKSHOPS, AND THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. PRODUCTS FROM RCN: DEEMD ARE BEING WIDELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH AND OTHER COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS. CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER HUMAN INDUCED STRESSORS CAN CAUSE AN INCREASE OF PATHOGENS SPREADING BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND HUMANS. EIDS CAN HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON BIODIVERSITY WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE HEALTH INEQUITIES EXPERIENCED IN HUMAN POPULATIONS WORLD WIDE. GLOBALLY, EIDS OFTEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT MARGINALIZED AND IMPOVERISHED HUMAN POPULATIONS. SUCH DISPARITIES START LONG BEFORE PEAK DISEASE OUTBREAKS AND EXTEND TO INTERACTIONS WITH WILDLIFE. THEREFORE, IT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDERLYING ECOLOGICAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT OF DISEASE DYNAMICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON VULNERABLE WILDLIFE AND HUMAN POPULATIONS. HOWEVER, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE SCIENTISTS THAT ARE STUDYING THIS VERY LARGE ISSUE. THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF RCN: DEEMD INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERSECTION OF BASIC SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN EIDS IS BEING ACHIEVED BY INTEGRATING APPROACHES FROM EEMS. DIVERSE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS ARE BEING ELEVATED TO HELP DEVELOP A BETTER STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATIVE COMMUNICATION TO TACKLE SUCH A LARGE ISSUE. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES, DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, AND DIVISION OF INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

23 MUREP WCU-0017 ALUMNAE NETWORK AND CAREER RESOURCES PROGRAM STEM SUPPORT ANCHORED AT ASC

CAMPUS BASED-FWS

INTEGRATION OF GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL READINESS AND MIDDLE EAST STUDIES AT AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE

CAMPUS BASED-FWS

RCN: DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, MARINE SCIENCE AND DISEASE (DEEMD) -EQUITY IN STEM IS A CRITICAL PART OF COLLABORATION. THE OVERALL GOAL OF THIS RCN: DIVERSITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, MARINE SCIENCE, AND DISEASE (RCN: DEEMD) IS TO PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND EQUITY IN ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, MARINE SCIENCE (EEMS) AND THE EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASE (EID) FIELDS. THESE FIELDS OVERLAP IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES, YET FORMAL COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS NEED TO BE IN PLACE TO FACILITATE EQUITABLE INTERACTIONS. RCN:DEEMD AIMS TO BRIDGE BOTH BASIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACHES BY 1) FACILITATING IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS, 2) DEVELOPING VIRTUAL WORKING GROUPS, 3) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM, AND 4) GENERATING A FRAMEWORK FOR MORE EQUITY IN APPROACHES TO EEMS AND EID RESEARCH. EARLY CAREER TRAINING IS PROVIDED THROUGH WEBINARS AND SEMINARS TO SUPPORT TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LABORATORY EXCHANGES, AND CAREER PREPARATION. ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE THROUGH SURVEYS FOR THE OVERALL RCN, THE IN PERSON WORKSHOPS, AND THE MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. PRODUCTS FROM RCN: DEEMD ARE BEING WIDELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH AND OTHER COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS. CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER HUMAN INDUCED STRESSORS CAN CAUSE AN INCREASE OF PATHOGENS SPREADING BETWEEN WILDLIFE AND HUMANS. EIDS CAN HAVE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON BIODIVERSITY WHILE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE HEALTH INEQUITIES EXPERIENCED IN HUMAN POPULATIONS WORLD WIDE. GLOBALLY, EIDS OFTEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT MARGINALIZED AND IMPOVERISHED HUMAN POPULATIONS. SUCH DISPARITIES START LONG BEFORE PEAK DISEASE OUTBREAKS AND EXTEND TO INTERACTIONS WITH WILDLIFE. THEREFORE, IT IS CRITICAL TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDERLYING ECOLOGICAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY CONTEXT OF DISEASE DYNAMICS AND THEIR IMPACT ON VULNERABLE WILDLIFE AND HUMAN POPULATIONS. HOWEVER, TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE EQUITY AND DIVERSITY IN THE SCIENTISTS THAT ARE STUDYING THIS VERY LARGE ISSUE. THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF RCN: DEEMD INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERSECTION OF BASIC SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN EIDS IS BEING ACHIEVED BY INTEGRATING APPROACHES FROM EEMS. DIVERSE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS ARE BEING ELEVATED TO HELP DEVELOP A BETTER STRUCTURE FOR INTEGRATIVE COMMUNICATION TO TACKLE SUCH A LARGE ISSUE. THIS PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY THE DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES, DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, AND DIVISION OF INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG

CAMPUS BASED-FSEOG

SCOTTIES MIND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH - AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE (AGS), A SMALL, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL WOMEN’S COLLEGE OUTSIDE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IS APPLYING FOR A SAMHSA GLS GRANT TO SUPPORT ITS PROJECT, SCOTTIES MIND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. ASC IS DIVERSE, WITH 61.7% OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS STUDENTS OF COLOR. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS FOR THE GRANT IS LGBTQIA+ STUDENTS, WHO COMPRISE 66.27% OF STUDENTS SEEN AT ASC’S COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES (CAPS) DEPARTMENT. CAPS WILL SERVE 4,125 PEOPLE IN THREE YEARS: 1,350 PEOPLE IN YEAR 1, 1,375 IN YEAR 2, AND 1,400 IN YEAR 3. OVERALL, CAPS SEES 32% OF ASC COLLEGE STUDENTS. CAPS CONSISTENTLY HAS MORE APPOINTMENTS WITH STUDENTS ANNUALLY THEN SIMILARLY SIZED SCHOOLS. THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT NEEDING MORE SERVICES THAT IT PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR EXPANDING CAPS STAFFING. GLS FUNDS WILL BE USED TO HIRE A NEW PROJECT COORDINATOR WHO WILL IMPLEMENT PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, AND COORDINATE OUTREACH EFFORTS. SOME EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS ASC WILL IMPLEMENT ARE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, QPR, ASIST, AND EMOTIONAL THERAPY DOGS. THE GRANT’S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: GOAL 1: TO DEVELOP AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, TRAUMA-INFORMED AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE POLICIES, AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING, MENTAL HEALTH (MH), AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF ASC STUDENTS. OBJECTIVE (OBJ.) 1.1: FORMALIZE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FIVE OFF-CAMPUS ENTITIES TO HAVE THEM: A. PROVIDE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS ON CAMPUS, B. ATTEND MH FAIRS TWO TIMES PER YEAR, AND C. DEVELOP WARM REFERRAL NETWORK PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS. OBJ. 1.2: DEVELOP, REVIEW, AND/OR REVISE POLICIES TO ENSURE THEY ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED; RECOGNIZE UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS; AND ARE CLEAR AND UP-TO-DATE, TO INCLUDE ACADEMIC POLICIES REGARDING COURSE ACCOMMODATIONS, MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE (MLOA), CRISIS PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING POSTVENTION, STUDENTS OF CONCERN TEAM PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES FOR STAFF ON IDENTIFYING AND REFERRING STUDENTS WITH MH OR AOD ISSUES BY THE END OF THE YEAR ONE. OBJ. 1.3: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD, 300 ADMINISTRATIVE AND STUDENT LEADERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN SCOTTIE SAFE ZONE TRAINING FOR LGBTQIA+. OBJ 1.4: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD, 300 STAFF, FACULTY, AND STUDENTS WILL ATTEND QPR, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA), AND/OR ASIST TRAINING. OBJ. 1.5: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ONGOING MONTHLY TRAINING SERIES (EIGHT MONTHS PER YEAR) FOR ALL RESIDENCE ASSISTANTS ON INCORPORATING TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES USING TRAUMA-INFORMED VALUES IN RESIDENCE HALLS AND SIGNS OF VICARIOUS TRAUMA AND WHAT TO DO WHEN IT IS EXPERIENCED. GOAL 2: TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT ASC STUDENTS BEFORE AND IF THEY EXPERIENCE A MH OR AOD CRISIS IN ORDER TO LESSEN THE IMPACT ON THEIR WELL-BEING, INCLUDING ACADEMICS, AND SAFETY. OBJ. 2.1: PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, TRAUMA-INFORMED COUNSELING SERVICES TO 400 STUDENTS EACH ACADEMIC YEAR VIA CAPS BY THE END OF YEAR 3. OBJ. 2.2: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD, CAPS WILL CREATE FIVE NEW MH SUPPORT GROUPS FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING FOR THE POPULATION OF FOCUS, LGBTQIA+ STUDENTS, NON-BINARY AND TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, AND ALSO FOR IMMIGRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND OTHERS IDENTIFIED THROUGH STUDENT DISCUSSIONS. OBJ. 2.3: FACILITATE ALL FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS DEVELOPING WELLNESS PLANS DURING SUMMIT LEGACY (FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION). OBJ. 2.4: EACH SEMESTER, CAPS AND ACTIVE MINDS WILL HOLD ONE MH FAIR. OBJ. 2.5: ENGAGE ONE STUDENT GROUP PER SEMESTER THAT REPRESENTS AN UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATION TO ASSIST IN OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND AWARENESS PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THAT POPULATION. OBJ. 2.6: PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SEMINARS TO150 STUDENTS EACH ACADEMIC YEAR ON TOPICS SUCH AS SELF-CARE, SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, TRANSITIONING TO COLLEGE, TIME MANAGEMENT, BUDGETING, COPING SKILLS, STRESS REDUCTION, EATING DISORDERS, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, ETC.

SCOTTIES MIND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH - AGNES SCOTT COLLEGE (AGS), A SMALL, PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL WOMEN’S COLLEGE OUTSIDE ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IS APPLYING FOR A SAMHSA GLS GRANT TO SUPPORT ITS PROJECT, SCOTTIES MIND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. ASC IS DIVERSE, WITH 61.7% OF STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS STUDENTS OF COLOR. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS FOR THE GRANT IS LGBTQIA+ STUDENTS, WHO COMPRISE 66.27% OF STUDENTS SEEN AT ASC’S COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES (CAPS) DEPARTMENT. CAPS WILL SERVE 4,125 PEOPLE IN THREE YEARS: 1,350 PEOPLE IN YEAR 1, 1,375 IN YEAR 2, AND 1,400 IN YEAR 3. OVERALL, CAPS SEES 32% OF ASC COLLEGE STUDENTS. CAPS CONSISTENTLY HAS MORE APPOINTMENTS WITH STUDENTS ANNUALLY THEN SIMILARLY SIZED SCHOOLS. THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT NEEDING MORE SERVICES THAT IT PASSED A RESOLUTION FOR EXPANDING CAPS STAFFING. GLS FUNDS WILL BE USED TO HIRE A NEW PROJECT COORDINATOR WHO WILL IMPLEMENT PREVENTION PROGRAMMING, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SEMINARS, AND COORDINATE OUTREACH EFFORTS. SOME EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS ASC WILL IMPLEMENT ARE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID, QPR, ASIST, AND EMOTIONAL THERAPY DOGS. THE GRANT’S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE: GOAL 1: TO DEVELOP AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, TRAUMA-INFORMED AND CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE POLICIES, AND TRAINING TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING, MENTAL HEALTH (MH), AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF ASC STUDENTS. OBJECTIVE (OBJ.) 1.1: FORMALIZE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FIVE OFF-CAMPUS ENTITIES TO HAVE THEM: A. PROVIDE INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS ON CAMPUS, B. ATTEND MH FAIRS TWO TIMES PER YEAR, AND C. DEVELOP WARM REFERRAL NETWORK PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS. OBJ. 1.2: DEVELOP, REVIEW, AND/OR REVISE POLICIES TO ENSURE THEY ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED; RECOGNIZE UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATIONS; AND ARE CLEAR AND UP-TO-DATE, TO INCLUDE ACADEMIC POLICIES REGARDING COURSE ACCOMMODATIONS, MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE (MLOA), CRISIS PROTOCOLS, INCLUDING POSTVENTION, STUDENTS OF CONCERN TEAM PROCEDURES, AND GUIDELINES FOR STAFF ON IDENTIFYING AND REFERRING STUDENTS WITH MH OR AOD ISSUES BY THE END OF THE YEAR ONE. OBJ. 1.3: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD, 300 ADMINISTRATIVE AND STUDENT LEADERS WILL PARTICIPATE IN SCOTTIE SAFE ZONE TRAINING FOR LGBTQIA+. OBJ 1.4: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD, 300 STAFF, FACULTY, AND STUDENTS WILL ATTEND QPR, MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (MHFA), AND/OR ASIST TRAINING. OBJ. 1.5: DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ONGOING MONTHLY TRAINING SERIES (EIGHT MONTHS PER YEAR) FOR ALL RESIDENCE ASSISTANTS ON INCORPORATING TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICES USING TRAUMA-INFORMED VALUES IN RESIDENCE HALLS AND SIGNS OF VICARIOUS TRAUMA AND WHAT TO DO WHEN IT IS EXPERIENCED. GOAL 2: TO IDENTIFY AND SUPPORT ASC STUDENTS BEFORE AND IF THEY EXPERIENCE A MH OR AOD CRISIS IN ORDER TO LESSEN THE IMPACT ON THEIR WELL-BEING, INCLUDING ACADEMICS, AND SAFETY. OBJ. 2.1: PROVIDE CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, TRAUMA-INFORMED COUNSELING SERVICES TO 400 STUDENTS EACH ACADEMIC YEAR VIA CAPS BY THE END OF YEAR 3. OBJ. 2.2: BY THE END OF THE GRANT PERIOD, CAPS WILL CREATE FIVE NEW MH SUPPORT GROUPS FOR HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS, INCLUDING FOR THE POPULATION OF FOCUS, LGBTQIA+ STUDENTS, NON-BINARY AND TRANSGENDER STUDENTS, AND ALSO FOR IMMIGRANTS AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND OTHERS IDENTIFIED THROUGH STUDENT DISCUSSIONS. OBJ. 2.3: FACILITATE ALL FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS DEVELOPING WELLNESS PLANS DURING SUMMIT LEGACY (FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION). OBJ. 2.4: EACH SEMESTER, CAPS AND ACTIVE MINDS WILL HOLD ONE MH FAIR. OBJ. 2.5: ENGAGE ONE STUDENT GROUP PER SEMESTER THAT REPRESENTS AN UNDER-RESOURCED POPULATION TO ASSIST IN OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND AWARENESS PROGRAMMING FOCUSED ON THAT POPULATION. OBJ. 2.6: PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS SEMINARS TO150 STUDENTS EACH ACADEMIC YEAR ON TOPICS SUCH AS SELF-CARE, SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS, TRANSITIONING TO COLLEGE, TIME MANAGEMENT, BUDGETING, COPING SKILLS, STRESS REDUCTION, EATING DISORDERS, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, ETC.

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RCN-UBE: INCUBATOR: CREATING A WOMEN'S COLLEGE BIOLOGY NETWORK FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS (WOCOBIO) -THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE BIOLOGY NETWORK FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS (WOCOBIO) AIMS TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR RESEARCH-ACTIVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT WOMEN?S COLLEGES. WOCOBIO WILL HOLD MEETINGS TO HELP FACULTY DEVELOP RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS, MENTOR STUDENTS, AND WRITE GRANTS. IT WILL ALSO CREATE LAB MEETING SPACES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR MENTORS. THESE MEETINGS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH, NETWORK, AND ENGAGE WITH GUEST SPEAKERS. BY BUILDING THESE NETWORKS, WOCOBIO HAS THE PROTENTIONAL TO ADVANCE SCIENCE AT ALL-WOMEN?S COLLEGES AND SUPPORT WOMEN FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS IN PURSUING CAREERS IN STEM. WOCOBIO WILL CREATE A NETWORK OF BIOLOGY FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM WOMEN?S COLLEGES THROUGH TWO COMPLEMENTARY SETS OF ONLINE MEETINGS. THE FIRST SET, AIMED AT BIOLOGY FACULTY AT HISTORICALLY ALL-WOMEN?S COLLEGES, WILL FACILITATE SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH PROGRAMS, MENTORING, GRANT WRITING, AND RESEARCH NETWORKING. THE SECOND SET WILL INCLUDE THESE FACULTY MENTORS AS WELL AS THEIR RESEARCH STUDENTS. THESE MULTI-INSTITUTION, MULTI-LAB MEETINGS WILL FOCUS ON PROVIDING UNDERGRADUATES WITH AN AUTHENTIC LAB MEETING EXPERIENCE AND WILL CENTER AROUND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS, PRIMARY LITERATURE DISCUSSIONS, AND MEETING WITH GUEST SPEAKERS. DURING THE ONE-YEAR INCUBATOR GRANT, WOCOBIO AIMS TO RECRUIT FACULTY PARTICIPANTS FROM NINE HISTORICALLY ALL-WOMEN?S COLLEGES AND ESTABLISH THREE WORKING GROUPS CENTERED AROUND DIFFERENT FIELDS OF BIOLOGY (ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS, AND MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY). WITHIN THESE WORKING GROUPS, THE PROJECT AIMS TO TRAIN AND MENTOR APPROXIMATELY 36 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS AND 12 FACULTY MEMBERS. THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A BEST PRACTICE GUIDE FOR BUILDING INCLUSIVE UNDERGRADUATE-FOCUSED LAB MEETINGS AT PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS NETWORK WILL DISSEMINATE GUEST SPEAKER RECORDINGS, DISCUSSION PROMPTS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES DEVELOPED FOR ITS LAB MEETINGS THROUGH THE QUANTITATIVE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION AND SYNTHESIS (QUBES) NETWORK PLATFORM. DURING THE INCUBATOR YEAR, THE WOCOBIO NETWORK WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY OTHER UNMET NEEDS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS AND ESTABLISH FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE NETWORK. THIS PROJECT IS BEING JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE DIRECTORATE FOR STEM EDUCATION, DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AS PART OF THEIR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES POSED IN VISION AND CHANGE IN UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION: A CALL TO ACTION (HTTP://VISIONANDCHANGE/FINALREPORT/). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

RCN-UBE: INCUBATOR: CREATING A WOMEN'S COLLEGE BIOLOGY NETWORK FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS (WOCOBIO) -THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE BIOLOGY NETWORK FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS (WOCOBIO) AIMS TO CREATE A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR RESEARCH-ACTIVE UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY AT WOMEN?S COLLEGES. WOCOBIO WILL HOLD MEETINGS TO HELP FACULTY DEVELOP RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS, MENTOR STUDENTS, AND WRITE GRANTS. IT WILL ALSO CREATE LAB MEETING SPACES FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR MENTORS. THESE MEETINGS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO PRESENT THEIR RESEARCH, NETWORK, AND ENGAGE WITH GUEST SPEAKERS. BY BUILDING THESE NETWORKS, WOCOBIO HAS THE PROTENTIONAL TO ADVANCE SCIENCE AT ALL-WOMEN?S COLLEGES AND SUPPORT WOMEN FROM UNDERREPRESENTED BACKGROUNDS IN PURSUING CAREERS IN STEM. WOCOBIO WILL CREATE A NETWORK OF BIOLOGY FACULTY AND STUDENTS FROM WOMEN?S COLLEGES THROUGH TWO COMPLEMENTARY SETS OF ONLINE MEETINGS. THE FIRST SET, AIMED AT BIOLOGY FACULTY AT HISTORICALLY ALL-WOMEN?S COLLEGES, WILL FACILITATE SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH PROGRAMS, MENTORING, GRANT WRITING, AND RESEARCH NETWORKING. THE SECOND SET WILL INCLUDE THESE FACULTY MENTORS AS WELL AS THEIR RESEARCH STUDENTS. THESE MULTI-INSTITUTION, MULTI-LAB MEETINGS WILL FOCUS ON PROVIDING UNDERGRADUATES WITH AN AUTHENTIC LAB MEETING EXPERIENCE AND WILL CENTER AROUND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS, PRIMARY LITERATURE DISCUSSIONS, AND MEETING WITH GUEST SPEAKERS. DURING THE ONE-YEAR INCUBATOR GRANT, WOCOBIO AIMS TO RECRUIT FACULTY PARTICIPANTS FROM NINE HISTORICALLY ALL-WOMEN?S COLLEGES AND ESTABLISH THREE WORKING GROUPS CENTERED AROUND DIFFERENT FIELDS OF BIOLOGY (ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY, INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL SYSTEMS, AND MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY). WITHIN THESE WORKING GROUPS, THE PROJECT AIMS TO TRAIN AND MENTOR APPROXIMATELY 36 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS AND 12 FACULTY MEMBERS. THIS PROJECT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A BEST PRACTICE GUIDE FOR BUILDING INCLUSIVE UNDERGRADUATE-FOCUSED LAB MEETINGS AT PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE INSTITUTIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS NETWORK WILL DISSEMINATE GUEST SPEAKER RECORDINGS, DISCUSSION PROMPTS, AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES DEVELOPED FOR ITS LAB MEETINGS THROUGH THE QUANTITATIVE UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION AND SYNTHESIS (QUBES) NETWORK PLATFORM. DURING THE INCUBATOR YEAR, THE WOCOBIO NETWORK WILL WORK TO IDENTIFY OTHER UNMET NEEDS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS AND ESTABLISH FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR THE NETWORK. THIS PROJECT IS BEING JOINTLY FUNDED BY THE DIRECTORATE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, DIVISION OF BIOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE DIRECTORATE FOR STEM EDUCATION, DIVISION OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AS PART OF THEIR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES POSED IN VISION AND CHANGE IN UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION: A CALL TO ACTION (HTTP://VISIONANDCHANGE/FINALREPORT/). THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE NOT PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.

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