11/6/2019                     SAVE THE DATE – MARCH 2, 2020!

11/5/2019                     KU doctoral student teaches ecology to Kansas 3rd grade students through the MAPS KEES Program

10/21/2019                   Geography and Atmospheric Science Doctoral Student Mentors HERS Students

9/26/2019                     HERS Student Explores Cultural Losses Imposed by Ghost Forests

9/18/2019                     MAPS REU Student Studies the Effectiveness of Disease Control Measures in Pathosystems

9/6/2019                       Kansas NSF EPSCoR New Funding Opportunity for Early Career Faculty

9/5/2019                       KSU-LSAMP Student Studies Groundwater Discharge across Kansas

9/3/2019                       MAPS Researcher Receives Three New NSF Awards

8/26/2019                     HERS Student Studies the Impact Warming Waters has on Westslope Cutthroat Trout

8/20/2019                     KS-LSAMP Student Studies Interference Competition Among Biovar 1 Agrobacteria

8/12/2019                      KU Distinguished Professor and MAPS Co-PI receive an NSF EPSCoR Track-2 FEC Award

8/6/2019                        MAPS Student Wins Best Undergraduate Presentation at Society for Freshwater Scientists Conference

7/30/2019                      Register for the DEPSCoR Northeast Regional Meeting

7/29/2019                      MAPS REU and HERS students present posters at the 2019 KU Summer REU Poster Session

7/22/2019                      Kansas Science Teachers Explore the Konza Prairie with the KSU MAPS Team

7/17/2019                      New Funding Opportunity for EPSCoR States – DEPSCoR

7/16/2019                      Registration is open for the 2019 EPSCoR National Conference a October 27-30, 2019

7/2/2019                        HERS students prepare to present research at UCAR

6/17/2019                      Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces Spring 2019  MAPS Research, Education and Innovation Awards

5/23/2019                      MAPS Graduate Student teaches “Sunflower Science” to school aged children

5/15/2019                      HERS student explores “Fire Sovereignty: Using Prescribed Burns to Conserve Tallgrass Prairies

5/15/2019                      MAPS Professor publishes 3rd edition of textbook titled: Freshwater Ecology

4/22/2019                      2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute collaborative project for HS students and teachers

4/9/2019                        Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces First Awards for the Spring of 2019

4/1/2019                        MAPS researchers discuss accomplishments at the 2019 MAPS Symposium

3/26/2019                      KSU LSAMP student presents MAPS research at the Emerging Researchers National Conference

2/19/2019                      Former HS Teacher studies Geomicrobiology and Microbial Ecology with MAPS Researchers

2/5/2019                        Registration is open for the 2019 MAPS Research Symposium on March 18, 2019

1/22/2019                      MAPS graduate student studies HABs and Kansas water quality

1/17/2019                      The 2019 KS NSF EPSCoR MAPS Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute is now accepting applications

1/16/2019                      REQUEST FOR WHITE PAPERS: (REI) AWARDS In Microbiome Research

1/10/2019                      MAPS 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute lessons making positive impacts in the classroom

12/12/2018                    The Haskell Environmental Research Studies (HERS) Institute is now accepting applications

11/28/2018                    The MAPS KEES program teaches seed dispersal to third graders in Spanish

11/20/2018                    MAPS graduate student researcher receives a Self Graduating Seniors Fellowship at KU

11/13/2018                    MAPS science team meets to discuss year one accomplishments and plans for year two

11/6/2018                      Girl Scouts of the Kansas Heartland learn about fungi

10/25/2018                    HERS student studies the environmental impacts of bison and fire on the prairie

10/16/2018                    Benedictine College student studies the impacts of fire severity on fungi

10/15/2018                    Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces the MAPS REI Award Recipients

10/11/2018                    KSU MAPS researchers receive award from Department of Energy

10/10/2018                    ANNOUNCING MAPS First Award Funding Opportunity

10/8/2018                      NSF-FUNDED GRADUATE POSITIONS AT KSU MICROBIOMES OF AQUATIC, PLANT OR SOILS (MAPS)

10/4/2018                      UIUC Actuarial Science major predicts host infections in bird populations during KU REU

10/1/2018                      MAPS investigator, Dr. Walter Dodds, receives the KSU Karen Ann Griffith Research Award

9/25/2018                      KU MAPS researchers receive NSF ERA award to examine soil properties

9/21/2018                      MAPS REU student studies soil microbial communities in the tallgrass prairie

9/19/2018                      MAPS Researchers awarded NSF Earth Sciences Award

9/12/2018                      KS-LSAMP student studies agrobacterial genetic diversity

9/10/2018                      MAPS Researcher receives NSF Early Career Investigator Award in Plant Genome Research

9/6/2018                        HERS student examines wetland viability

9/5/2018                        NSF 2026 IDEA MACHINE Competition

8/30/2018                      NSF EPSCoR RII Track-2 FEC Solicitation

8/29/2018                      Collaboration between KSU, Oklahoma State University and Langston University to boost crop yields

8/22/2018                      MAPS REU student studies impact of soil microbial communities on native Kansas grasses

8/21/2018                      Three Kansas Assistant Professors receive NSF EPSCoR RII Track-4 Awards

8/15/2018                      HERS student studies the impact of rising sea levels on gentrification

8/8/2018                        First generation student studies “Nitrogen cycling and metabolism in drought-ridden prairie stream”

7/24/2018                      MAPS summer REU student from UMass studies fungal drought tolerance at KSU

7/18/2018                      EEB/MAPS REU student studies the effect of climate and land use on methanotrophic communities

6/26/2018                      “Kansas Farmers” exhibit to open August 11, 2018

6/6/2018                        KS teachers Conduct Field Research the 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute

5/23/2018                      REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS KANSAS NSF EPSCoR MAPS – (REI)

5/21/2018                      Free NSF Webinar to highlight NSF Funding Opportunities to Broaden Participation in STEM

5/1/2018                        Kansas Students travel to Nebraska for the 2018 Women in Science Conference

4/26/2018                      Kansas NSF EPSCoR Announces MAPS First Award Recipients for 2017 – 2018

4/12/2018                      Two MAPS Researchers Receive an NSF DEB RAPIDS Award

4/3/2018                        MAPS Investigator presents at Big Botany Symposium

3/19/2018                      DOE EPSCoR Funding Opportunity

2/27/2018                      Topeka Dual Language 3rd Graders Learn about Soils

1/23/2018                      Applications are now available for the 2018 Ecosystems of Kansas Summer Institute

1/8/2018                        2018 Spring Semester begins with a Collaborative MAPS Course

12/14/2017                    Informational Webinar for the EPSCoR RII Track-4

12/11/2017                    Funding Opportunity EPSCoR RII Track 4: EPSCoR Research Fellows

11/15/2017                    MAPS Outreach Team Teaches a Lesson on Seed Dispersal to 3rd graders

11/13/2017                    MAPS Graduate Student Research Opportunities

10/20/2017                    First Award Letter of Intent Submission Deadline Extended

10/17/2017                    NSF EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Track-2 Funding Opportunity

10/16/2017                    First Awards – Kansas NSF EPSCoR Funding Opportunity

10/4/2017                      Hays, Kansas Community Connections interviews MAPS Fort Hays State Researcher

9/29/2017                      Researchers meet to strategically plan for the MAPS NSF EPSCoR Track-1 Award

9/28/2017                      Former Kansas NSF EPSCoR First Award Recipient Receives NSF PIRE Award

9/11/2017                      Two Kansas Assistant Professors receive NSF EPSCoR Track-4 Awards

9/6/2017                        KS EPSCoR sponsors KU Natural History Museum’s present to KU TRIO Talent MS students

9/1/2017                        KS NSF EPSCoR receives 20-million-dollar grant to study aquatic, plant and soil microbiomes