SIUC wins NSF grant to train watershed scientists

SIUC wins NSF grant to train watershed scientists

Several of our friends and collaborators at SIUC have been awarded $3.2 million by the NSF IGERT program to develop an elite watershed science and policy program. Nicholas Pinter is leading the effort, and our collaborators Matt Whiles, Lizette Chevalier, John...

NSF MRI program and our Emriver Em4.

NSF MRI program and our Emriver Em4.

We are hoping that the National Science Foundation’s Major Research Instrumentation program will be a good source of funding for our Emriver Em4 geomodels. The models are mechanically and conceptually proven, and represent a very fertile base for further...

Detailed list of spending in the federal stimulus bill.

Detailed list of spending in the federal stimulus bill.

From Probublica.org, a detailed budget. Looks like the House will pass this today pretty much in this form. A couple of highlights: Nearly $16 billion for Pell grants and $3 billion for National Science Foundation programs. I’m very disappointed in the...

River restoration funding in the stimulus bill.

River restoration funding in the stimulus bill.

From American Rivers on passage of the stimulus bill (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) in the House last week: H.R. 1 includes $2 billion for drinking water under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund and $6 billion for clean water under the Clean...

A monster grant proposal done.

A monster grant proposal done.

We completed and filed our NSF proposal today. Between this and last year’s submission (funny post here), I’ve spent at least 300 hours on it, and Cara has probably spent nearly that many. Ten for me just yesterday. This is a big investment for LRRD. The...