Research and Scholarship: NSF/Research Coordination Network Grant

Overview Statement

My NSF/MO project has also afforded me the following additional, national research and funding opportunities: specifically, I am a core group member (1/12) of the NSF-supported Research Coordination Network (RCN) grant and project in Yellowstone National Park. This 5-year grant ($125K annually) is directly provided to the Thermal Biology Institute at Montana State University, with significant funds spent to support travel for meetings and workshops. To date, I have received approximately $1500 in travel support for workshop attendance related to these efforts. An outline of related activities for each of these funded projects is outlined below and serves as a key for supporting documents that have been provided in this section. In the spirit of judiciously selecting only key documents for this file, full text for related meetings abstracts and posters have not been provided.

2005-9 Grant (ongoing): all materials (linked here) provided by project leader Dr. Bill Inskeep/Thermal Biology Institute at Montana State University provided for review.

Principal Investigators Workshops: all peer-reviewed or invited events

INVITED SPEAKER - S.M. Boomer, K.L. Shipley, B.E. Dutton, 2006. The Red Layer Microbial Observatory – Survey and Database Efforts, 1st Annual Yellowstone RCN Workshop, Bozeman, MT.

INVITED POSTER - K.L. Shipley, S.M. Boomer, 2006. The Red Layer Microbial Observatory – Educational Opportunities for Undergraduates, Science Teachers, and Pre-College Students, 1st Annual Yellowstone RCN Workshop, Bozeman, MT.

GROUP CO-LEADER AND REPORT AUTHOR - S.M. Boomer, Z.L. Jay, RCN Databases and Outreach Mission, Status, and Planning, 1st Annual Yellowstone RCN Workshop, Bozeman, MT.

INVITED POSTER - W.M. Drury, B.E. Dutton, D.P. Lodge, M.S. Boschee, S.M. Boomer, 2003. The RLMO Database: A Model for the Integration and Dissemination of Biological and Geochemical Data via the World Wide Web. Pre-RCN Planning Meeting/The First Biannual Workshop on Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park.

2005 Book Chapter: all materials (linked here) provided

S.M. Boomer, W.M. Drury, B.E. Dutton, D.P. Lodge, M.S. Boschee, W.M. Kernan.  The Red Layer Microbial Observatory Database: A Model for the Integration and Dissemination of Biological and Geochemical Data via the World Wide Web. Chapter Proceedings, First Biannual Workshop on Geothermal Biology and Geochemistry in Yellowstone (Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University Press).