Project Grant 80NSSC24K0181

The National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program awarded a $376,476 Project Grant to Western Washington University to study the cycling of dissolved organic matter in blue carbon ecosystems. The 3-year project will measure the composition, transformations, and export of dissolved organic matter from salt marshes in Padilla Bay, Washington into the surrounding estuary. Key activities include studying how salt marshes, mudflats, and eelgrass beds produce, alter, and store dissolved...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service awarded a $150,576.40 Project Grant through the International Forestry Programs (CFDA 10.684) to the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), an international non-profit organization, on September 26, 2024. The grant will fund a blue carbon assessment project in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to be completed by August 31, 2026. CIFOR, which specializes in environmental research and sustainable development solutions related to forestry...

This $499,225 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a collaborative research project between Old Dominion University Research Foundation and the United States Department of Geological Survey to decipher drivers and variability in salt marsh lateral carbon export. Over three years, the researchers will investigate how elevation within the tidal frame influences dissolved inorganic carbon, total alkalinity, and dissolved organic carbon export...

The U.S. Geological Survey, through its Cooperative Research Units (CFDA 15.812) program, awarded a $386,408.49 Cooperative Agreement to Louisiana State University Agricultural Center to conduct research on carbon stocks and seagrass ecosystems within the Guam Naval Base. The project has four main objectives: 1) Assess above-ground and below-ground carbon stocks across various land cover and ecosystem types, including wetlands, grasses, and seagrass habitats; 2) Monitor seagrass extent,...

The World Resources Institute (WRI) was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478). The grant will support WRI's continued work with 16 Ocean Panel countries on initiatives focused on sustainably growing the ocean economy, reducing inequality, and restoring ocean health. Key deliverables include providing scientific and knowledge support; raising the...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award in the amount of $2,926,620 establishes the International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center (IBMC) at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley). The IBMC will focus on advancing the use of macroalgae (seaweed) in the global supply chain, contributing to a sustainable future by offering new opportunities for economic growth while addressing critical environmental challenges. The project will conduct foundational research in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) award provides $453,714 in funding to Trustees of Boston University to conduct a collaborative research project titled "ULTRA-DATA: Synthesizing the Role of Shallow Benthic Fluxes in Coastal Carbon Cycle along the East Coast of the United States." The project aims to bring together various data sources to evaluate the role of environmental conditions on benthic fluxes of carbon, oxygen, and nutrients in coastal...

The National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering awarded Trustees of Boston University $399,636 under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079) to support the IRES TRACK II: Multidisciplinary Coastal Zone Hazards Institutes project from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025. Over the three-year period, the project will provide multidisciplinary training and hands-on laboratory and field experience in coastal zone hazards...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs awarded a $1,745,802 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 19.017 - Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs) to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) to develop the capacity of least developed and developing country governments to accelerate implementation of their National Adaptation Plans, with particular emphasis on Small Island Developing States. The award...

This three-year, $489,998 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences aims to advance understanding of lateral carbon export from salt marshes. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will investigate drivers of dissolved inorganic carbon, dissolved organic carbon, and total alkalinity fluxes across six New England marsh sites. Researchers...