| 1 | A National Institute for Computational Sciences to Provide Leading-Edge Computational Support for Breakthrough Science and Engineering Research
| University of Tennessee
1 Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-3466
utk.edu
| $84,527,695
Cooperative agreement
October 1, 2007-June 30, 2017
| In partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other research organizations, UT will operate a sequence of high-performance computational resources on behalf of the science and engineering research community
| Edward Walker
Thomas Zacharia
|
| 2 | NSF Engineering Research Center for Ultra-wide-area Resilient Electric Energy Transmission Network
| University of Tennessee
1 Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-3466
utk.edu
| $24,682,208
Cooperative agreement
August 15, 2011-July 31, 2018
| Develop transforming technologies to address the needs of an aging power grid infrastructure to allow reliable operation of the electric transmission infrastructure over vast distances and over multiple time scales
| Eduardo Misawa
Kevin Tomsovic
|
| 3 | NIMBioS: National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
| University of Tennessee
1 Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-3466
utk.edu
| $15,652,200
Cooperative agreement
September 1, 2013-August 31, 2018
| Continues funding of a center to foster reseach and education at the interface of mathematical and biological sciences to address fundamental and applied biological questions while advancing mathematical sciences and fostering development of transdisciplinary researchers
| Samuel M. Scheiner
Colleen Jonsson
|
| 4 | Collaborative Research: ASPIRE: Appalachian Students Promoting the Integration of Research in Education
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $2,887,974
Standard grant
September 15, 2016-August 31, 2021
| Support high achieving, low-income Appalachian students who attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville or Chattanooga to complete degrees in science by providing scholarships, research-focused living/learning communities, mentored research opportunities, academic transition seminars, career-building fellowships, family activities
| Stephanie August
Erin Hardin
|
| 5 | TEACH/Here
| University of Tennessee
1 Circle Park
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-3466
utk.edu
| $2,782,169
Continuing grant
September 1, 2010-August 31, 2017
| Partnership between UT, the Public Education Foundation, Hamilton Co. Schools and Knox Co. Schools with the goal of improving the learning and life outcomes of students by recruiting, preparing and supporting through an alternative pathway exceptional and effective mathematics and science teachers to teach in the districts' high-need schools
| Keith Sverdrup
Susan Benner
|
| 6 | SI2-SSI: Collaborative Proposal: Performance Application Programming Interface for Extreme-Scale Environments
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $2,126,446
Standard grant
September 1, 2015-August 31, 2019
| Addresses need for performance optimization of High Performance Computing systems through integrating critical performance application programming interface enhancements that flow from both governmental and industry research investments
| Rajiv Ramnath
Jack Dongarra
|
| 7 | Research and Instructional Strategies for Engineering Retention - RISER
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $2,000,000
Continuing grant
July 1, 2011-June 30, 2017
| Program of interventions designed to increase the first- to second-year retention rate of two at-risk, first-year engineering student populations: those that do not qualify for first-year engineering fundamentals due to low scores on the ACT math test and on the institution's math placement test, and women in the honors program
| Connie Della-Piana
Claudia Rawn
|
| 8 | Graduate Research Fellowship Program
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $1,983,667
Fellowship
August 1, 2014-July 31, 2019
| Provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science and engineering research and who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in fields within the National Science Foundation's mission
| Gisele Muller-Parker
Carolyn Hodges
|
| 9 | Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Genetic, Phylogenetic and Functional Microbial Diversity in Permanently Frozen Aquatic Sediments Over Geological Time
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $1,554,984
Standard grant
August 15, 2014-July 31, 2019
| A study of microbial communities in Siberian permafrost, the oldest known sediments in the Northern Hemisphere, to determine if microbes embedded in permafrost are extinct or actively living communities that have been evolving since being buried
| Douglas Levey
Tatiana Vishnivetskaya
|
| 10 | MRI: Development of and Broad-Based Materials Research with the Next Generation Nanomechanical Testing Laboratory
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $1,542,631
Standard grant
August 15, 2014-July 31, 2019
| Research partners from nine academic institutions and a national laboratory are developing the next generation nanomechanical testing laboratory and using it to advance understanding of materials for applications such as advanced batteries, welding, micro-electromechanical systems, additive manufacturing, protective ceramic coatings, space power systems and two-dimensional sheet structures
| Leonard Spinu
George Pharr
|
| 11 | BIGDATA: Collaborative Research: IA: OSCAR - Open Source Supply Chains and Avoidance of Risk: An Evidence Based Approach to Improve FLOSS Supply Chains
| University of Tennessee
305 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
865-974-1000
utk.edu
| $1,300,000
Standard grant
September 1, 2016-August 31, 2020
| Collect and integrate massive public operational data representing development activity and source code from all open source projects and use it to develop novel theories, methods and tools to advance the state of knowledge of software supply chains for the purpose of assessing their risks and pursuing solutions to mitigate those risks
| Almadena Chtchelkanova
Audris Mockus
|
| 12 | NSF Participation in the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program
| Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office
Federal Building
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
865-576-0885
energy.gov/em/oak-ridge-site
| $1,257,907
Interagency agreement
June 15, 2015-May 31, 2018
| Provides opportunity for accomplished K-12 educators in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) to spend eleven months working in Federal agencies or in U.S. Congressional offices, applying their extensive knowledge and classroom experiences to national education program and/or education policy efforts
| Rebecca Kruse
Julie Carruthers
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