Grants

Researchers in the Penn State Department of Mechanical Engineering have been awarded more than a combined $3.3 million to support advancements in the performance and efficiency of combustion turbines and turbine-based power cycles in fossil fuel power generation.

Researchers at Brown will build quantum mechanical magnetic camera to image magnetic fields, which could help in better understanding and manipulating quantum materials.

A Worcester Polytechnic Institute Researcher has won a $535,565 award from the National Science Foundation to use analytics and optimization to determine the most efficient use of services for homeless youths in New York City, with an aim of disrupting the supply side of human trafficking networks.

An unprecedented insight to the diverse range of species on the British Isles will be made possible by Wellcome funding to the Darwin Tree of Life Project. The £9.4m funding will support the first phase of sequencing all the species on the British Isles. Exploring the genomes of these organisms will give an unprecedented insight into how life on Earth evolved and uncover new drugs for infectious and inherited diseases.

Cornell University is co-leading a $9.95 million, five-year US Department of Agriculture grant that aims to transform nutrition and water use in the poultry industry in order to improve its environmental impact and enhance human health.

Nearly $2.5 million in grants from the US Department of Education will help the University of Arizona Department of Disability and Psychoeducational Studies address critical needs in disability education. The funding will help train dozens of students to be educational interpreters, rehabilitation counselors and teachers of students with visual impairments.