CREWS Undergraduate Research Highlight: Rachel Anderson
Meet Rachel Anderson, an intern with the 2022 CREWS Undergraduate Research Internship program!
Workforce Development Intern Highlight: Gabriella Cameron
Meet Gabriella Cameron, an undergraduate student who participated in the 2022 CREWS Workforce Development internship program

Dr. Aaron Thomas Leads $10M Project to Advance Native American STEM Education Across the West
Dr. Aaron Thomas, Diversity and Inclusion lead on the CREWS project, will act as the Principal Investigator for a new grant that funds Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities for Leadership in Education, or the CIRCLES Alliance.

UM Vision Magazine Features CREWS Research
UM 2022 Vision magazine features Upper Clark Fork River research.

Registration now open for CREWS Year 4 All Hands Meeting
Registration is now open for the Montana NSF EPSCoR CREWS Year 4 All Hands Meeting, which will take place from September 7-8 at the Forge Hotel in Anaconda, MT

Dr. Stephanie Ewing named as new Director of the Montana Water Center
Dr. Stephanie Ewing, professor at MSU and lead of the CREWS Judith River Watershed Team, was recently named as the new Director of the Montana Water Center

Montana State University students mentored by CREWS scientist receive national recognition for environmental health research
Three undergraduate students mentored by CREWS scientist Dr. Mari Eggers receive national recognition for their research in environmental health
CREWS Graduate Students Present at Diving into Data Workshop
CREWS graduate students Riley Logan and Megan Moore presented their research at a Diving into Data workshop hosted by the Science Math Resource Center in February

Montana Tech Awarded $24M Grant to Develop Materials Technology for Rare Earth Element Processing Research Program
Montana Technological University was recently awarded a five-year, $24M research and development grant to develop a research program called "Materials Technology for Rare Elements Processing." Dr. Jerry Downey, a CREWS research lead, will be the PI for the award, which will build on advances in the Continuous Flow Metal Recovery System (CFMR) developed during CREWS.

Researchers from CREWS NRSS and JRW Teams Celebrate Publication of Two Articles
Researchers and students from the CREWS Natural Resource Social Science and Judith River Watershed teams published two articles in 2021 on rural drinking water systems and infrastructure
Upcoming Events
Virtual
Montana Reverse Site Visit with NSF
The Reverse Site Visit is required in Year 2 of an RII Track-1 project. Montana is scheduled to meet with NSF On April 3, 2025.The RSV is a review/evaluation conducted by teams of external reviewers and the NSF staff.
MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
SMART FIRES Year 3 All Hands Meeting
SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025.
Virtual
Montana Reverse Site Visit with NSF
The Reverse Site Visit is required in Year 2 of an RII Track-1 project. Montana is scheduled to meet with NSF On April 3, 2025.The RSV is a review/evaluation conducted by teams of external reviewers and the NSF staff.
MSU Campus, Bozeman, MT
SMART FIRES Year 3 All Hands Meeting
SMART FIRES will hold our year 3 all hands meeting on September 8-9, 2025.