Rachel Short and Gazala Ameen, two assistant professors in South Dakota State University's College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences, have each received one of the National Science Foundation's most prestigious grants for early career faculty to pursue biology research projects.
Short's three-year, $453,670 project will focus on identifying and studying fossils from Wind Cave National Park.
Ameen's project will also include significant outreach efforts for female students at the middle school level to inspire young minds in the field of science.
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