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NeRD: Neural Representations for Dexterity
Grasping and using objects and tools is a remarkable skill that humans possess, but it remains a challenge to replicate this ability in robotic hands. Achieving such a capability i...
NERC - NSFGEO: Pliocene Lessons for the Indian Ocean Dipole (PLIOD)
This is a project jointly funded by the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Geosciences (NSF/GEO) and the National Environment Research Council (NERC) of the United Kingd...
Evolutionary Game Theory Under Uncertainty
Evolutionary Game Theory (EGT) was introduced in 1973 by Maynard Smith and Price as an application of the mathematical theory of games to biological contexts. By incorporating game...
The Radio Sky as a Test of Galaxy Formation Models
A radio revolution is underway in astronomy. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, headquartered in Manchester, is a large international collaboration to build the world's larg...
Adaptation and Feasibility assessment of a primary suicide prevention intervention for school adolescents in Nigeria
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents worldwide. Although suicide is preventable, 79% of suicides occurred in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where...
FLU:Trailmap: Transmission and risk of avian influenza: learning more to advance preparedness
High pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) is a significant burden on animal health globally and threatens human health. Incursions of HPAIV into the UK have increased signif...
Initial study to coMpare the carbon footPRINT, patient experience and resources of standard and hypofractionated radiotherapy (IMPRINT)
Background: The NHS aims to be net zero by 2040. Radiotherapy (RT) has a high environment impact due to (a) treating about 120,000 UK cancer patients/year (50% of all cancer pat...
Applying Mixed Methods to Identify Links between Cannabis Use and Sleep Behaviors with Ramifications for Veterans Clinical Health Outcomes
Veterans’ rates of sleep disorders have been increasing over the past 20 years, and millions report shorter than recommended sleep durations for optimal sleep health. Contemporane...
Collaborative Research: Characterizing Best Practices of Instructors who Have Narrowed Performance Gaps in Undergraduate Student Achievement in Introductory STEM Courses
This project aims to serve the national interest by improving undergraduate student achievement in introductory STEM courses. It will do so by identifying classroom practices that...
BLRD Research Career Scientist Award Application
Dr. Kimbrel is an experienced VA investigator with expertise in psychiatric genetics, suicide risk prediction, nonsuicidal self-injury, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and s...
Collaborative Research: Superinvaders: testing a general hypothesis of forest invasions by woody species across the Americas
Invasive plant species are a form of biological pollution that cost billions of dollars each year in lost crop and timber production, and they are one of the principal threats to n...
Nature Recovery and Regional Development
The United Kingdom (UK) has set ambitious targets to reverse biodiversity decline and ensure that 30% of land and sea is protected for wildlife by 2030, simultaneously contributing...
NSF Convergence Accelerator Track K: Towards Resilient, Equitable, Safe and Sustainable Water for Islands (RESSI-H2O)
Island water resources are vulnerable to myriad threats, including freshwater depletion, surface and groundwater contamination, and saltwater intrusion. One unique challenge for is...
BoCP Design: US-China-Sao Paulo: Functional Biodiversity in Streams on a Changing Planet in Tropical, Subtropical, and Temperate Climates
Humans have globally altered the fundamental processes maintaining biodiversity by converting natural land cover for human uses. Freshwater ecosystems have been disproportionally i...
Acute senescence: a novel host defence counteracting typhoidal Salmonella
Typhoid fever is an infectious disease caused by Salmonella Typhi resulting in 14 million cases, 140,000 deaths and 8 million daily-adjusted life years lost to ill health per annum...
SeptPROTECT: Rapid effector discovery to protect wheat from Septoria tritici blotch disease
Plants are under continual attack from pathogens in their environment. This is a huge problem in agriculture, where plant health and productivity are crucial for ensuring the food...
Elucidating Non-Routine Events Arising from Interhospital Transfers
Veterans experienced more than 3 million emergency department visits in 2021 and nearly one-third of these are in non-VA settings. Non-VA emergency care is the single largest cont...
BLRD Research Career Scientist Award Application
Although CRC endangers males and females of all the population, the US (the United States of America) Veterans show a higher incidence rate of colon cancer than the general popula...
BLRD Research Career Scientist Award Application
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease which affects 2.5 million people in the US, many of which are VA military personnel. One in four veterans has arthr...
FW-HTF-RL/Collaborative Research: The Future of Aviation Inspection: Artificial Intelligence and Mixed Reality as Agents of Transformation
Globally, economies rely on safe air travel; however, with human error accounting for 70% of aircraft accidents, an emphasis needs to be placed on helping those responsible for ens...