<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/2026-01-sullivan-nsf-career.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Grant,Plant Sciences,STEM Education</categories><broadcast>plantbiology</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>01/21/2026</pubDate><title>NSF award SEEDs opportunities for Spartans</title><subTitle/><description><span data-contrast="auto" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: Aptos Display, 'Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont', 'Aptos Display_MSFontService', sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">A grant from the National Science Foundation is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">bringing </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">Spartan </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">teache</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">rs, researchers, and students together </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2">solve a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2"> global</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW14742678 BCX2"> grassland mystery.</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW14742678 BCX2" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Aptos Display, 'Aptos Display_EmbeddedFont', 'Aptos Display_MSFontService', sans-serif;"><span class="SCXW14742678 BCX2"> </span></span></description><highlights/><author>Caleb Hess</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2026/2026-01-sullivan-grass-plot.jpg" alt="Sullivan holds a grass plot out to the viewer"/></image><storyAudio>/_assets/audio/news/2026/2026-01-sullivan-nsf-career.mp3</storyAudio></item>