Across laboratories in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the cutting-edge research taking place is made possible with support from federally funded grants. In the last year alone, A&S researchers have received nearly $24 million in support from institutions including the National Science Foundation (NSF). For biology Professor Kari Segraves, the NSF has played a crucial role in her career, starting from her time as a graduate student all the way to her current position as a faculty member. Since joining the Department of Biology in 2005, Segraves has served as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on five different NSF grants totaling over $2.2 million. Segraves will now pay forward the research opportunities granted to her through the National Science Foundation as she serves as a program director for the NSF’s Population and Community Ecology (PCE) Cluster in the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB). The DEB supports fundamental research on populations, species and communities. In this role, Segraves will shape the direction of PCE research and help set federal research priorities in ecology. Read more.