Tag: National Science Foundation

UF/IFAS receives nearly $1 million grant to engage more low-income students in geomatics

by Lourdes Mederos

February 7, 2022

Geomatics is one of the most diverse fields of study. It offers a range of high-paying career opportunities, with a big demand for graduates in private and public sectors across industries worldwide. Geomatics is a STEM career field that ... READ MORE

Category: Professional Development, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Alison Adams, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Benjamin Wilkinson, Engineering And Mathematics, Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center, Geomatics, Gulf Coast Research And Education Center, Hartwig Henry Hochmair, National Science Foundation, NSF S-STEM Program, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences, Science, STEM, Technology, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research And Education Center

National Science Foundation funding helps graduate student research mangroves in urban areas

by Mike Loizzo

May 5, 2021

Gabriela “Bella” Reyes, a doctoral student in the UF/IFAS Soil and Water Sciences Department, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The prestigious award will support her while she studies ... READ MORE

Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, UF/IFAS Research, Water
Tags: Ashley Smyth, Gabriela Reyes, Laura Reynolds, Mangroves, National Science Foundation, Soil And Water Sciences, Soil And Water Sciences Department

UF/IFAS indigo field trials yield success as synthetic dyes lose appeal

by Kristie Popa

February 24, 2021

Scientists at the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center have just completed a series of field trials designed to test the viability of growing the indigo plant that produces the iconic natural blue dye used in denim ... READ MORE

Category: Crops, SFYL Hot Topic, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: Denim, Environmental Benefits, Geoffrey Meru, Indigo, Indigofera, National Science Foundation, UF/IFAS Tropical Research And Education Center, Wagner Vendrame

NSF Fellow in SNRE – Ben Lowe

by BLOGS.IFAS

November 2, 2020

By Patrick Farrar Four outstanding graduate students in UF’s School of Natural Resources and Environment have received the prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards from the National Science Foundation. The highly-competitive ... READ MORE

Category: Conservation, Natural Resources, Water
Tags: Ben Lowe, Inland Fisheries, Interdisciplinary Ecology, National Science Foundation, School Of Natural Resources And Environment

NSF Fellow in SNRE – Nick Gengler

by BLOGS.IFAS

October 13, 2020

Category: Conservation, Forests, Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Interdisciplinary Ecology, National Science Foundation, Nick Gengler, School Of Natural Resources And Environment

UF Ordway Swisher finalized as site in large scale ecology project

by BLOGS.IFAS

August 2, 2011

Cutline at bottom. Click here for high-resolution image. GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The University of Florida has officially partnered with a National Science Foundation-funded program to allow measurements and data collection related to the Earth’s ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Invasive Species, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Tags: John Hayes, National Science Foundation, NEON, Ordway-Swisher Biological Station

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