The National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $10,014,703 Cooperative Agreement to the Texas A&M Research Foundation to enable the closeout of International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) expedition obligations and the continued operation of an instrumented Gulf Coast Repository (GCR) for the U.S. scientific community.
This award will fund critical post-expedition activities, including editorial work, science meetings, analytical services, data...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $419,968 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) for a collaborative research project examining dissolved organic sulfur (DOS) biogeochemistry in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The research aims to: 1) quantify the DOS inventory across the Pacific Ocean, 2) identify abiotic and biotic processes governing DOS production and removal, and 3) investigate the reactivity of DOS...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $685,670 Cooperative Agreement to Oregon State University (OSU) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support oceanographic technical services on research vessels operated by the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. Through this 5-year award, effective March 1, 2025, OSU will provide shipboard technicians to maintain, calibrate, and support the use of shared-use research instrumentation on oceanographic research projects conducted on these...
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) has awarded a Project Grant of $701,926 to The Scientific Committee On Oceanic Research, Inc. (SCOR), a non-profit organization, to support international ocean science activities relevant to U.S. interests in marine sciences.
This grant provides partial support for the scientific steering committees and/or international project offices of several major international ocean research programs, including the International...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $2,590,739 in funding to Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory to support oceanographic technical services on the research vessel R/V Marcus G. Langseth, which is operated as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. Under this 5-year award effective March 15, 2025, Columbia University will provide shipboard technicians to maintain, calibrate, and make available...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $2,021,317 to the University of Washington to host the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Office from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2029. UNOLS is a consortium of 58 academic institutions that coordinates the shared-use oceanographic research fleet and infrastructure to support U.S. ocean science research, education, and public awareness. The UNOLS Office is...
This $645,614 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF) on March 1, 2025. The project aims to uncover the processes governing the marine dissolved organic sulfur (DOS) cycle in the Pacific Ocean. Key objectives include: 1) accurately quantifying the DOS inventory across the Pacific, 2) identifying abiotic and biotic processes responsible for DOS production and removal, and 3)...
The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi a $330,818 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to acquire a portable geoprobe system with subsurface sampling, logging, and imaging capabilities. The two-year award period runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023.
The portable geoprobe system will enhance the university's geoscience research and education efforts by allowing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,958,430 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD-SIO) to provide "FAIR and Open Data Management Services for the Academic Research Fleet 2025-2029" under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award will support ongoing operations of the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R) program, which has provided comprehensive shore-side data management for underway...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $350,438 to the University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) to acquire and upgrade oceanographic instrumentation. The funding will enable SIO to add a suite of oceanographic sensors, including a CTD unit, altimeters, PAR sensors, and oxygen sensors, to its shared-use instrumentation pool available to researchers nationwide. Additionally, the award will allow SIO...