Posts Tagged ‘National Science Foundation’
URI on finalist team of National Science Foundation in Regional Innovation Engines competition
Photo, top: Fiber optics – At the heart of the NSPIRE strategy is mobilizing technological innovation like that found at URI; here Alexandra Runyan ’23, a former URI ocean engineering graduate student, views the seafloor in real time using a novel fiber optic camera system she developed. (Photo / Brennan Phillips) Aquaculture leader Marta Gomez-Chiarri to…
Read MoreURI Researchers to Study Use of Natural Barriers to Coastal Erosion with NSF Grant
URI engineering professor awarded NSF grant to study nature-based answers to wave, current hazards Rhode Island’s coastline is eroding by nearly two feet annually, with some areas more than double that, according to the Coastal Resources Management Council. Rhode Island’s shoreline loss is especially profound in high-energy wave areas along the state’s more-exposed southern…
Read MoreURI CyberCorps Scholars for Service will work for U.S. government
As part of the University of Rhode Island’s CyberSecurity Awareness Month, the Department of Computer Science and Statistics announces the 2022 CyberCorps Scholarship for Service recipients. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the scholarship provides selected students with tuition and fees for up to three years; a $25,000 stipend (undergraduate/academic year) or a $34,000 stipend (graduate/academic year); and…
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