NSU_Sponsored_Projects_Newsletter_Fall21

Recall: Pivot is a resource we have at Northern State University, and many of these grant opportunities are provided through this resource. To access Pivot, please register/enroll using the guidance provided in “Accessing Pivot for NSU,” which is available in MyNSU>NSU Faculty Staff>Employee Resources>Office of Sponsored Projects. SPECIAL PROJECTS NEWSLETTER If you are interested in applying for a grant, please contact Sponsored Projects office (see contact below) for pre-award and post-award guidance. SEMESTER ISSUE FALL 2021 Sponsored Projects Dr. Alyssa Kiesow Northern State University 1200 S Jay St. Aberdeen, SD 57401 Phone: 605-626-2602 Alyssa.Kiesow@northern.edu Undergraduate Research Dr. Andrew Russell Northern State University 1200 S Jay St. Aberdeen, SD 57401 Phone: 605-626-2352 Andrew.Russell@northern.edu Export Controls Dr. Debbi Bumpous Northern State University 1200 S Jay St. Aberdeen, SD 57401 Phone: 605-626-3394 Debbi.Bumpous@northern.edu Mr. Robert Russell, Director of Williams Library Humanities Council ARP, $20,500. Funds are requested to allow the digitization and arrangement of items in the NSU Archives & Special Collections, along with the SD Germans from Russia Center’s collections. In addition, funds will support speaker activities through the new Center for Public History and Civic Engagement. Dr. Cheryl Wold, Associate Dean, School of Education; Ms. Jessica Vogel, Instructor of Education; Ms. Lara Nelson, Director of American Indian Circle Program SD Community Foundation Community Innovation, $19,871. Funds are requested to build partnerships between Northern State University, South Dakota Native American Communities, and the Aberdeen Public School District to serve Native American students and their school districts. This program intends to address three critical issues in South Dakota: 1) the low rates of Native American students graduating from high school, 2) the low numbers of those attending higher education in South Dakota, and 3) the physical and mental health of Native American students. Dr. Debbi Bumpous, VP of Technology, Chief Information Officer; Dr. Alyssa Kiesow, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Ms. Jodi Casanova, Deputy Chief Information Officer; Mr. Jeremy Iverson, Technology Integration Specialist NSF Campus Cyberinfrastructure, $998,750. (Note: NSU’s sub-award amount is $552,450.) Funds are requested by the South Dakota Board of Regents (SDBOR), the University of South Dakota (USD), South Dakota State University (SDSU), Northern State University (NSU), and Dakota State University (DSU) proposing to deploy and maintain the South Dakota Research and Education Data Interchange (SD-REDI). This project will provide access to a secure cyberinfrastructure (CI) for all institutions governed by the SDBOR, supporting research innovation and advance education across their STEM portfolios. Dr. Nuurrianti Jalli, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Facebook Research, $75,400. Funds are requested to understand the current dynamic within the WhatsApp ecosystem in Indonesia and would provide important data to Facebook on the role of WhatsApp in opinion formation in Indonesia by specifically looking at participatory propaganda and misinformation. Reader’s Corner: NCURA is a great resource for understanding the “operation” of grants. Their magazine can be a great resource, and past issues are available at: https://www.ncura.edu/Publications/NCURAMagazine/PastIssues.aspx. Recent Grant Submittals (2021)

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