Cooperative Agreement G17AC00047

This $3.2 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will fund the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) to conduct earthquake research from February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024. The research is part of the U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) and will focus on developing improved models for earthquakes and seismic ground motion through collaborative research efforts. Key activities include developing workflows to integrate...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $1,666,244 Cooperative Agreement under the Earthquake Hazards Program Assistance (CFDA 15.807) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to partially support the operation and maintenance of the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN) and the Southern California Earthquake Data Center from February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2030. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: (1) operating SCSN seismic...

This $130,499 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a new collaborative Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site hosted by California State University San Bernardino and the University of Cincinnati. The REU site aims to recruit junior-level university students and sophomore-level community college students into geoscience education and career tracks through a year-long, cohort-based program that provides authentic...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $189,438 to The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge will support a two-phase research effort to model the earthquake dynamics of complex thrust fault systems in the Western Transverse Ranges of California. In the first phase, undergraduate student researchers will conduct a series of simulations to determine physics-based rules governing when an earthquake rupture is...

The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $218,579 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: A NEW 3-D VELOCITY AND STRUCTURAL MODEL OF THE NORTHERN BASINS IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION FOR IMPROVED GROUND MOTION ESTIMATES." The two-year grant running from July 15, 2021 to June 30, 2023 will fund research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program supports basic research...

The University of Southern California was awarded a $275,832 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to conduct research titled "Collaborative Research: Generation of Rock Damage and Localization of Seismicity Before Large Earthquakes." The three-year grant, awarded September 1, 2021 and concluding August 31, 2024, will fund research into strengthening the understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in geosciences, as part...

This Project Grant award, valued at $345,000.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from August 15, 2025 through July 31, 2028. The project aims to systematically investigate the rupture characteristics of large global earthquakes (M ≥ 7.0) from 2000 to 2022 using advanced seismic back-projection techniques. Key goals include building a comprehensive global database of earthquake rupture...

This $224,382 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on March 1, 2025. The grant supports a collaborative research project to develop a detailed 3D model of the Los Angeles (LA) Basin, which is critical for accurately estimating earthquake ground motion and assessing seismic hazard in this densely populated area. Researchers will analyze new high-resolution seismic data collected...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $386,220 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop machine learning techniques for generating realistic, synthetic earthquake ground motion models. This 3-year project, starting on January 1, 2026, aims to create a computational model that can rapidly produce earthquake simulations, enabling geologists to efficiently study large, infrequent earthquakes and assess the...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $434,313 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant, titled "Collaborative Research: FRAMEWORKS: QUAKEWORX - An Extensible Software Framework for Earthquake Simulations," will fund the development of the QUAKEWORX framework. This new multi-disciplinary collaboration aims to enable a wide...