Communities and Community Stakeholders. Must be at the table.

Success and paradigm shift must have key individuals, groups, and communities at the table.
BEMA International

Communities are defined as having geographically-delineated boundaries—such as towns, cities, counties, neighborhoods, community districts, rural areas, and tribal regions—consisting of various populations, with the structure and ability to engage in meaningful ways with proposed research activities. A “smart and connected community” is, in turn, defined as a community that synergistically integrates intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments, including infrastructure, to improve the social, economic, and environmental well-being of those who live, work, learn, or travel within it.

Community stakeholders may include some or all of the following: residents, neighborhood or community groups, nonprofit or philanthropic organizations, businesses, as well as municipal organizations such as libraries, museums, educational institutions, public works departments, and health and social services agencies. T

$23,500,000 Grant. National Science Foundation Smart and Connected Communities

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National Science Foundation
Smart and Connected Communities
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National Science Foundation

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Communities in the United States (US) and around the world are entering a new era of transformation in which residents and their surrounding environments are increasingly connected through rapidly-changing intelligent technologies. This transformation offers great promise for improved wellbeing and prosperity but poses significant challenges at the complex intersection of technology and society. The goal of the NSF Smart and Connected Communities (S&CC) program solicitation is to accelerate the creation of the scientific and engineering foundations that will enable smart and connected communities to bring about new levels of economic opportunity and growth, safety and security, health and wellness, accessibility and inclusivity, and overall quality of life. For the purposes of this solicitation, communities are defined as having geographically-delineated boundaries—such as towns, cities, counties, neighborhoods, community districts, rural areas, and tribal regions—consisting of various populations, with the structure and ability to engage in meaningful ways with proposed research activities. A “smart and connected community” is, in turn, defined as a community that synergistically integrates intelligent technologies with the natural and built environments, including infrastructure, to improve the social, economic, and environmental well-being of those who live, work, learn, or travel within it. The S&CC program encourages researchers to work with community stakeholders to identify and define challenges they are facing, enabling those challenges to motivate use-inspired research questions. For this solicitation, community stakeholders may include some or all of the following: residents, neighborhood or community groups, nonprofit or philanthropic organizations, businesses, as well as municipal organizations such as libraries, museums, educational institutions, public works departments, and health and social services agencies. The S&CC program supports integrative research that addresses fundamental technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Importantly, the program is interested in projects that consider the sustainability of the research outcomes beyond the life of the project, including the scalability and transferability of the proposed solutions. This S&CC solicitation will support research projects in the following categories: S&CC Integrative Research Grants (SCC-IRG) Tracks 1 and 2. Awards in this category will support fundamental integrative research that addresses technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Track 1 proposals may request budgetsranging between $1,500,001 and $2,500,000, with durations of up to four years. Track 2 proposals may request budgetsup to $1,500,000, with durations of up to three years. Note that NSF is working with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to support joint US-Japan IRG Track 2 proposals (SCC-IRG JST) that address topics related to recovery from COVID-19 and future resilience planning related to pandemics and disasters, including how the proposed research will enable community adjustment to life in the new normal of a post-COVID-19 society. S&CC Planning Grants (SCC-PG). Awards in this category are for capacity building to prepare project teams to propose future well-developed SCC-IRG proposals. Each of these awards will provide support for a period of one year and may be requested at a level not to exceed $150,000 for the total budget. S&CC Integrative Research Grants (SCC-IRG) Tracks 1 and 2. Awards in this category will support fundamental integrative research that addresses technological and social science dimensions of smart and connected communities and pilots solutions together with communities. Track 1 proposals may request budgetsranging between $1,500,001 and $2,500,000, with durations of up to four years. Track 2 proposals may request budgetsup to $1,500,000, with durations of up to three years. Note that NSF is working with the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to support joint US-Japan IRG Track 2 proposals (SCC-IRG JST) that address topics related to recovery from COVID-19 and future resilience planning related to pandemics and disasters, including how the proposed research will enable community adjustment to life in the new normal of a post-COVID-19 society. S&CC Planning Grants (SCC-PG). Awards in this category are for capacity building to prepare project teams to propose future well-developed SCC-IRG proposals. Each of these awards will provide support for a period of one year and may be requested at a level not to exceed $150,000 for the total budget. S&CC Planning Grants (SCC-PG). Awards in this category are for capacity building to prepare project teams to propose future well-developed SCC-IRG proposals. Each of these awards will provide support for a period of one year and may be requested at a level not to exceed $150,000 for the total budget.

A Family Affair. Jon Batiste Grammy Nomination for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

 

Thursday, November 26, 2020 *********************** For Immediate Release

 

Christian Scott and Jon Batiste; Former students of Kidd Jordan receives Grammy Nominations for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

 

NEW ORLEANS - Two former music students of New Orleans' Kidd Jordan; Christian Scott; and Jon Batiste were nominated for 2021 Grammy Awards in the category of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Both musicians are graduates of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and studied under Jordan at the Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp during their formative years. Jordan has served as the artistic director of the Jazz Camp since its 1995 inception.   Scott, known professionally as Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, is nominated for his album "Axiom" and is also nominated for a second Grammy, in the category of Best Improvised Jazz Solo, for his solo performance "Guinevere," a track from his album "Axiom."   He is the nephew of jazz innovator and legendary sax man, Donald Harrison, Jr. His musical tutelage began under the direction of his uncle at the age of thirteen. After graduating from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) in 2001, Christian received a full tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music where he earned a degree in professional music and film scoring thirty months later.   Since 2002, Christian has released eleven critically acclaimed studio recordings, two live albums and one greatest hits collection. According to NPR, "Christian Scott ushers in new era of jazz". He has been heralded by JazzTimes Magazine as "Jazz's young style God." Christian is known for developing the harmonic convention known as the “forecasting cell” and for his use of an un-voiced tone in his playing, emphasizing breath over vibration at the mouthpiece. The technique is known as his “whisper technique.”   Christian is the progenitor of “Stretch Music,” a jazz rooted, genre blind musical form that attempts to “stretch” jazz’s rhythmic, melodic and harmonic conventions to encompass as many other musical forms, languages and cultures as possible...

 

Jon Batiste, a Kenner native who serves as the bandleader for CBS' "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and a previous Grammy nominee will be competing with Scott for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Batiste is nominated for "Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard."   Batiste also received a second nomination, in the New Age Album category, for his work on "Meditations" with Cory Wong.   As a teenager, Batiste began self-producing and releasing his music on the internet, as well as performing internationally. His major label debut “Hollywood Africans” was nominated for a GRAMMY award for Best American Roots Performance in 2019 and, along with his band Stay Human, he is featured nightly on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. His music is featured in the 2020 Disney Pixar film Soul, and his composing and songwriting will be featured in his large scale, genre-melding symphonic work “American Symphony,” set to be performed at Carnegie Hall in 2021.   Born into a long lineage of Louisiana musicians, Batiste received both his undergraduate and masters degrees in piano from the Juilliard School. He is currently the Music Director of The Atlantic, the Co-Artistic Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem and is on the board of Sing For Hope.

 

Joining Scott and Batiste in terms of nominees in the 63rd annual Grammy Awards with local ties are P.J. Morton, Harry Connick Jr., Ledisi and Luke James. Morton a previous Grammy winner and multiple Grammy nominee is nominated for Best Gospel Album for his album, "Gospel According to P.J.: From the Songbook of P.J. Morton."   Three-time Grammy winner Harry Connick Jr. is nominated in the category of Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, for his album, "True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter." Ledisi received her 13th nomination for Best Traditional R&B Performance, for "Anything for You."   Luke James, a singer/songwriter/actor from New Orleans, is nominated for Best R&B Album for his second album, "To Feel Loved."   The winners will be announced at the live show on Jan. 31 on CBS and WWL-TV Channel 4. For the full list of nominees, visit the GRAMMYs website here.

 

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Mental Health in the Black Community, and other communities of color. "Filling The Gaps" Discussion. Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT

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"Filling The Gaps" Discussion. Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 11:00am - 12:30pm PT

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Let's talk even more during the COVID -19 Crisis. Why? Seasonal Affective Disorder. November 24, 2020

 

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What is Seasonal Affective Disorder? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is more than just a feeling of “cabin fever” or being “down” — it’s a type of depression that comes and goes with the seasons. You may go through short periods of time where you feel sad or not like your usual self. That yearly feeling may not be a case of the "winter blues" and you don't have to deal with it alone. The symptoms of SAD can get worse and lead to problems if not treated. Learn how to spot the common symptoms of SAD, how it’s diagnosed, and the treatment options available. Take steps to keep your mood and motivation steady throughout the year.