{"id":260125,"date":"2017-09-13T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T20:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=260125"},"modified":"2017-09-13T06:00:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T20:00:57","slug":"uog-gets-299976-national-science-foundation-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/uog-gets-299976-national-science-foundation-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"UOG gets $299,976 National Science Foundation grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>\u2014Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU) announced yesterday that the National Science Foundation has awarded Guam $299,976 in federal grant assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Guam has been awarded $299,976 from the National Science Foundation for growing STEM engagement and participation in Native Pacific Islander communities. <\/p>\n<p>The federal grant assistance will be used to fund UOG\u2019s pilot project, \u201cGrowing STEM\u201d to increase Native Pacific Islander representation in STEM enterprise, especially environmental sciences. <\/p>\n<p>The Growing STEM project will be led by the UOG Center for Island Sustainability, UOG Sea Grant Program, and the Guam EPSCoR Program. <\/p>\n<p>Dr. John Peterson, Dr. Austin Shelton, Else Demeulenaere, and Dr. Cheryl Sangueza will serve as lead investigators.<\/p>\n<p>The program will include summer internships for high school students, undergraduate and graduate research opportunities through UOG\u2019s Grow Plant Nursery and the Humatak Community Foundation Heritage House. <\/p>\n<p>It will also include STEM professional development activities to be offered through conference participation and student research presentations in venues such as the Guam Islandwide Science Fair and UOG Island Sustainability Conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant is a great example of the University of Guam\u2019s impact on our island and its important role in developing future local professionals and problem solvers,\u201d said UOG president Robert Underwood. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an exciting opportunity to put our students on a pathway to attain doctoral degrees in science,\u201d said Dr. Austin Shelton, co-principal investigator. \u201cEverything is centered around practical scientific research experiences aimed at improving the health of our land and ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI applaud the University of Guam for pursuing these federal funds to help our people pursue careers in STEM and engage in culturally relevant research and science application,\u201d said Bordallo. \u201cI have always been a strong proponent of STEM, which is critical to ensuring that our students have the skills necessary for their future careers. These funds will help break down the barriers our island community faces with entering and participating in science fields. I look forward to following the work of the University of Guam\u2019s as they continue to make strides for Guam and the region in STEM.\u201d <strong>(PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014Delegate Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU) announced yesterday that the National Science Foundation has awarded&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[18016,718,445,1589],"class_list":["post-260125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life","tag-national-science-foundation","tag-stem","tag-uog","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}