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Wamsley awarded NSF grant to study impact of wakeful rest on memory
Those periods of daydreaming or apparent inattention in the moment may not be so bad. Erin Wamsley says real work is happening in the brain to galvanize long-term memory.
Continue ReadingJordan Bounds does the math, wins NSF award for early-career research
Bounds wins a $197,000 grant from the NSF to support his research in ring theory and its potential applications in physics, chemistry and computer science. He'll work with 12 undergraduates over the course of the...
Continue ReadingWhittemore ’23 wins NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award
Tom Whittemore '23, a Hollingsworth Scholar, Goldwater Scholar and previous winner of an NSF REU award, has won an NSF GRFP award to study alternative fuel sources at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Continue ReadingPathways to STEM success: The first year experience
Thanks to a National Science Foundation S-STEM (Scholarships in STEM) grant, Furman University has developed a cohort-based program for students who wish to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. The program includes an eight-day...
Continue ReadingFurman ranks third in South Carolina in NSF funding
Funding to Furman University from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has grown more than six-fold in recent years. New data from the NSF show Furman received $2.129 million in fiscal year 2020, the third-highest amount...
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