JONESBORO -- Two biological sciences faculty members at Arkansas State University will head up research projects involving three institutions and supported by $5.48 million in funding from the National Science Foundation.
One of the projects represents the largest competitive research award in the institution's history.
Travis Marsico, associate professor of botany, wrote the successful proposal to support the "Upper Delta Region Biodiversity Scholarship Program" through the National Science Foundation's initiative called S-STEM, which stands for Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
A total of 120 students will be mentored and supported during the five-year term of the grant. Scholarships to study biodiversity science and natural history collections management will be distributed between A-State, Southern Illinois University -- Carbondale and Murray State University in Kentucky.
Brook Fluker, assistant professor of aquatic ecology, will lead development of the Arkansas Center for Biodiversity Collections, a proposal funded through NSF's Collections in Support of Biological Research.
School on 09/18/2016