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2023 NSF EPSCoR Track-1 Solicitation

NSF has released the solicitation for the 2023 RII Track-1.

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Sensing for Science Program teaches educators how to code and collect data on water quality

The Sensing for Science Professional Development Program is a free online course that teaches educators how to use an Arduino microcontroller to create an electrical device that collects data on water quality.

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Montana awarded $20M from NSF EPSCoR

NSF EPSCoR awards Montana a 5-year $20 million Research Infrastructure Improvement Track-1 project.

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Shannon Hamp with a drone in Norm Asbjornson Hall on April 13, 2023. MSU Photo by Colter Peterson

CREWS undergraduate student wins prestigious NSF fellowship

CREWS undergraduate student Shannon Hamp was recently named as an awardee of the NSF's Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

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A dark sky citizen science kit pictured on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, at Montana State University in Bozeman. The kit contains an instruction sheet, sky quality meter, night sky field guide, planisphere, red flashlight, log book, pencil and citizen science stickers. MSU photo by Colter Peterson

Four new citizen science kits available to check out at MSU Library

The MSU Science Math Resource Center, with support from Montana NSF EPSCoR, has partnered with the MSU Library to provide four citizen science kits that all MSU Library users, including community borrowers, may use for free.

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Montana State University environmental engineering student Maddie Torrey poses for a photo after being named a Goldwater Scholar on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Bozeman, Montana. MSU photo by Kelly Gorham

CREWS undergraduate student named Goldwater Scholar

CREWS undergraduate student Madison Torrey was recently named as a recipient of the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship

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CREWS coloring sheets now available for download

Coloring sheets for each of the three CREWS research sites - Judith River Watershed, Upper Clark Fork River, and Powder River Basin - are now available to download.

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UM graduate student Megan Moore’s research on the Superfund cleanup around Anaconda soon focused on the town’s long relationship with its smelter stack and its history in the state’s mining history.

UM study finds deep connections in Anaconda to town's smelter stack

Megan Moore, a graduate student at the University of Montana and member of the CREWS Natural Resource Social Science team, is featured in a news story from the University of Montana

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University of Montana earns $2.5M grant as national leader for promoting STEM diversity

A University of Montana team including Montana NSF EPScoR Diversity and Inclusion lead Dr. Aaron Thomas helps UM earn a prestigious $2.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to increase the percentage of Indigenous, Black, and other underrepresented students of color entering STEM fields.

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Workforce Development Intern Highlight: Morgan Schultz

Meet Morgan Schultz, an undergraduate student who participated in the 2022 CREWS Workforce Development internship program!

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Upcoming Events

Indiginizing Engineering Education

The ASEE Pacific Northwest Section Annual Meeting will be held March 27-29, 2024 at Montana State University

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M-Hopes Happiness Workshop

Graduate students are invited to join Dr. John Sommers-Flanagan for a fun, interactive, and informative ~2.5-hour workshop on how to apply evidence-based happiness interventions to their lives, and help combat grad school fatigue by prioritizing happiness and well-being.

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Wildfire Science Week

The spectrUM Discovery Bench will facilitate wildfire science hands-on activities daily from April 9 - April 13.

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Indiginizing Engineering Education

The ASEE Pacific Northwest Section Annual Meeting will be held March 27-29, 2024 at Montana State University

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Wildfire Science Week

The spectrUM Discovery Bench will facilitate wildfire science hands-on activities daily from April 9 - April 13.

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Brushstrokes of Change Art Installation

spectrUM Discovery Area will house an art and poetry installation on climate change and climate resilience from April 15 - May 13.

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