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BCS Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences |
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Initial Amendment Date: | September 24, 2009 |
Latest Amendment Date: | September 24, 2009 |
Award Number: | 0922374 |
Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
Program Manager: |
Carolyn Ehardt
BCS Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences SBE Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences |
Start Date: | October 1, 2009 |
End Date: | September 30, 2012 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $713,930.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $713,930.00 |
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121 UNIVERSITY HALL COLUMBIA MO US 65211-3020 (573)882-7560 |
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121 UNIVERSITY HALL COLUMBIA MO US 65211-3020 |
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NSF Program(s): | Major Research Instrumentation |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.075 |
ABSTRACT
Funds from this Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program grant will support the acquisition and installation of a multicollector inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer (MC-ICP-MS) and laser ablation (LA) microprobe at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR). The instrumentation will enable researchers at the University of Missouri (MU) to conduct high-precision studies on the subtle variations in isotopic composition present in natural and artificial materials caused by physical, chemical and biological processes. The intellectual merit of this project will be the availability of the new instrumentation to support a wide range of research activities at MU currently being conducted in the fields of social sciences, chemistry, geosciences, environmental sciences, life sciences and others. Some of the specific research topics to be supported will include: studies of human migration patterns, human behavioral evolution, transport of airborne pollutants, studies of melts and fluid inclusions in minerals, the role of volatiles in volcanic systems, petrogenesis of granites, climate evolution, searches for extremophilic microorganisms, and iron bioavailability in plants. Presence of this instrumentation at MU will open up additional areas of research with colleagues from other institutions who already collaborate with MU scientists. The broader impact of this instrumentation will be greater opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to access the most modern and up to date elemental and isotopic analytical techniques. Students and faculty will have be able to design hands-on experiments not possible at another location, to receive training from one of the leading analytical laboratories in the nation, and to be trained on how to interpret the data acquired with the instrumentation. Presence of these new capabilities will attract more graduate students into the research programs at MU.
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