The National Science Foundation awarded a $164,729 two-year Project Grant to Columbia University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on March 1, 2021. The grant supports collaborative research investigating the relationship between ocean surface gravity-capillary waves, surface-layer hydrodynamics, and air-sea momentum flux. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences....
East Carolina University was awarded a $240,844 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on April 15, 2021. The grant supports the "BELMONT FORUM COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NEGOTIATING OCEAN CONFLICTS AMONG RIVALS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS" project through March 31, 2024. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Arizona State University (ASU) a $277,490 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support U.S. researchers participating in a multinational Belmont Forum initiative on global environmental change. The project, titled "Coastal Tales, Telling Adaptations: Living Environmental Stories for Coastal Resilience," focuses on integrating local and traditional knowledge, social science, and natural science to determine how past...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $795,643 Project Grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The award will fund a research project from March 2023 through February 2026 to examine recent changes in sea level and circulation around the Grand Banks region. The project aims to investigate forcing mechanisms behind observed sea level anomalies, examine connectivity of sea level change between continental shelves and open...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), will support collaborative research to transform the understanding of how coastlines respond to shifts in storm climate patterns. The $893,081 award to Duke University, with a project period from August 2024 to July 2027, will develop new approaches to downscale global climate model outputs to forecast the waves and winds affecting specific coastlines, such as the Carolina coastline. This...
Oregon State University was awarded a three-year, $452,842 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund collaborative research examining tradeoffs between phenology and geography constraints in species' responses to climate change across life cycles. As part of its mission to strengthen the national science enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system, the NSF...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $906,682 Project Grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research related to wave- and wind-driven flows near beaches. The three-year award, issued on March 15, 2021 with a completion date of February 29, 2024, will support the Institution's work examining fundamental knowledge and increased understanding of integrated earth system processes through basic research of atmospheric, earth, and...
This $499,942 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research investigating the impacts of climate change on coastal communities in an urban environment. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award (August 2024 - July 2027) include: Analysis of the alignment between water infrastructure, policies, and practices with emerging climate and environmental challenges such as...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,312,490 project grant to the University of Colorado Boulder under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support the Global Sustainability Scholars for Sustainable Oceans initiative from November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The grant will fund the development of a transdisciplinary network of scientists and practitioners focused on building understanding of integrated Earth systems and oceans through basic research. Specifically, the...
The National Science Foundation awarded an $860,285 Project Grant to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of February 1, 2021 through January 31, 2024. The grant supports research to improve understanding of atmospheric circulation responses to variability in the Oyashio Extension frontal system in the western North Pacific Ocean. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will design and implement model simulations analyzing observations...