NSF Org:	OPP Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
Recipient:	THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	July 20, 2022
Latest Amendment Date:	July 20, 2022
Award Number:	2225982
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Liam Frink lfrink@nsf.gov  (703)292-0000 OPP  Office of Polar Programs (OPP) GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	October 1, 2022
End Date:	November 30, 2024 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$200,000.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$200,000.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2022 = $23,741.00
History of Investigator:	Somayeh Asadi (Principal Investigator) Guangqing Chi (Co-Principal Investigator) Megan Mucioki (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Pennsylvania State Univ University Park 201 OLD MAIN UNIVERSITY PARK PA  US  16802-1503 (814)865-1372
Sponsor Congressional District:	15
Primary Place of Performance:	Pennsylvania State Univ University Park 201 Old Main University Park PA  US  16802-1503
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	15
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	NPM2J7MSCF61
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	ASSP-Arctic Social Science
Primary Program Source:	0100CYXXDB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s):	5291, 5221, 5294, 1079
Program Element Code(s):	522100
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.078

ABSTRACT

This planning award supports development of a community partnership addressing food, energy, and water (FEW) security concerns in rural Alaska. The PI team will meet with community members both virtually and in person to build trust and discuss the local challenges to FEW security in a remote rural context. Through a series of workshops, meetings, and consultations, the PI team and community members will explore issues such as infrastructure, the built environment of the village, and social factors that affect security and resilience.

This participatory project lays the foundation for a community-based study of food, energy and water security. With planning support, the PI team will form an advisory board and conduct a series of engagement activities to build a relationship with the community and help the researchers better understand residents? needs and concerns. A series of formal and informal meetings and workshops will be held, providing residents with multiple opportunities to participate. Two workshops will focus on perceptions of food, energy and water among children ages six through nine. Informed by these activities and the advisory board, the PI team will develop a place-based challenge-solution matrix, which will be refined through community input. The final matrix will be distributed to community members as a poster. This matrix will be the basis for a community-centered research proposal addressing the most salient FEW questions identified during the planning process.

This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

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