Project Grant 1129072

The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a three-year, $137,453 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on isotope fractionation of elements in mantle minerals. The research team, consisting of three early- to mid-career researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and Purdue University, will combine x-ray spectroscopy experiments with theoretical calculations to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $299,996 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Award Date: August 1, 2025; Completion Date: July 31, 2027) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct experimental research on the electrical conductivity of hydrous bridgmanite. The primary deliverable is empirical laboratory data measuring the electrical conductivity of (iron, aluminum)-bearing bridgmanite containing...

The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $199,831 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support the final development and at-sea testing of a Hadal Water Column Profiler. The profiler, capable of reaching depths of 11 km, will allow for repeated vertical profiling of temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbulent mixing, current velocity, acoustic backscatter, and video. It also features an...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will provide $709,875 to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to reconstruct intermediate and deep water formation in the North Pacific over the past 25,000 years. The project will generate new stable isotope and trace element data from benthic foraminifera to calculate the air-sea component of carbon-13 (δ13Cas), a promising water mass tracer for...

The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $244,633 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant supports research entitled "The Fate of Zircon and Other Accessories in Deeply Subducted Terrestrial Sediments" from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. The grant funding will allow researchers at the University of Hawaii to conduct basic research on the integrated Earth system through studying how zircon and other minerals are altered...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $469,092 to The Trustees of Columbia University in New York for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE: UNDERSTANDING NEODYMIUM ISOTOPES AND RARE EARTH ELEMENT SYSTEMATICS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC." The research will be conducted from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The funding supports basic research within the Geosciences program of the National Science...

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $507,547 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ISOTOPIC INDICATORS FOR MECHANISMS OF ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION UNDER HIGH PRODUCTIVITY AND HIGH CARBON FLUX CONDITIONS (EXPORTS)." The research aims to develop isotopic indicators to study organic matter degradation under conditions of high biological productivity and carbon flux in...

This two-year, $388,669 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research analyzing sediment and basalt core samples from the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 391. The University of Houston will collaborate to study the paleolatitude record of Walvis Ridge hotspot volcanoes in the late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic eras. Researchers will produce a paleolatitude timeline for comparison...

This Project Grant award, valued at $281,066.00 and spanning from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, was provided by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. The primary objective of this award is to precisely quantify the carbon content and isotopic signature (δ13C) in the Earth's upper mantle. The research will involve two key activities: 1) conducting high-pressure/high-temperature experiments...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $240,688 will fund research into the effects of recent seismic activity on hydrothermal vent circulation and iron export at the Kama'ehuakanaloa underwater volcano (formerly known as Lō'ihi) located approximately 30 miles south of Hawaii's Big Island. Awarded to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), this project will use a deep-diving robot to investigate whether lava was erupted on the seafloor...