Project Grant 1745163

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs awarded a $627,264 Project Grant to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), operating as Stony Brook University, to conduct a comprehensive seismic investigation of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the South Pole in East Antarctica. The 5-year project, titled "CAREER: A Comprehensive Seismic Investigation to the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath the South Pole, East...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $184,798 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (Stony Brook University) to conduct collaborative research on temporal variations in glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The research aims to better understand how seismic properties within and beneath the Antarctic ice sheets change over time, which can provide insights into ice sheet dynamics and responses to...

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $132,303 project grant to Columbia University under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will support collaborative research to improve understanding of past variability in glaciation in the Weddell Embayment and Antarctic Peninsula regions. Eleven investigators from seven U.S. institutions and Argentine collaborators will study sediment cores from the International Ocean Discovery Program as well...

The University of California Santa Cruz received a three-year, $679,267 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will fund collaborative research to reconstruct East Antarctica's past response to climate change using subglacial precipitates. The research aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of the polar regions by exploring how subglacial minerals and sediments preserved...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $325,757 to the University of Maine System to investigate the erosional landscapes of the Transantarctic Mountains and the past behavior of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. The research aims to determine the age and reasons for a significant expansion of the ice sheet over the mountains, which may have involved substantial subglacial meltwater. This information will help improve understanding of...

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $144,459 project grant to Columbia University under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The grant funding supports the collaborative research project "GENERATION OF HIGH RESOLUTION SURFACE MELTING MAPS OVER ANTARCTICA USING REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS, REMOTE SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING." Through this effort, Columbia University researchers...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) in the amount of $724,131 supports the "BEACON: The Bellingshausen Sea, a Carbon and Overturning Nexus" research project. The primary awardee is the University of Rhode Island, which will collaborate with sub-awardees on the initiative. The project aims to collect physical and biogeochemical observations in the Bellingshausen Sea region of Antarctica to better understand its role in ice sheet...

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $383,202 project grant to The Washington University to conduct research on the thermal and compositional structure of the Antarctic mantle from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. Under the grant, the university will use probabilistic joint inversion of seismic, gravity, and topography data along with petrological modeling to map the three-dimensional thermal and compositional structure of the Antarctic mantle from the surface...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) awarded Columbia University $703,638 on July 1, 2025, to develop a high-resolution geodynamic model simulating Antarctic mantle and crustal evolution from ice sheet inception 34 million years ago to present day. The primary deliverable is an advanced computer simulation utilizing the Mantle Convection Code ASPECT that characterizes the interaction between mantle flow, crustal deformation, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $100,000 in funding to Arizona State University (ASU) to conduct collaborative research on the origin and characteristics of ultra-low velocity zones (ULVZs) at the Earth's core-mantle boundary beneath Antarctica. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Conducting seismic data analysis of core-reflected waves to assess ULVZ properties in the lowermost mantle...