Project Grant 2031854

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution received a $705,115 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA #47.078) to conduct collaborative research quantifying seasonal and interannual changes in shelf-derived material inputs to the Arctic Ocean. The research, titled "The Arctic Radium Isotope Observing Network (ARION)," will strengthen understanding of fundamental polar science by expanding knowledge of Arctic Ocean processes. Through this funding, Woods Hole Oceanographic will lead efforts to quantify shelf-derived material fluxes into the Arctic Ocean using radium isotopes as tracers. Project activities will include coordinating an observing network and conducting fieldwork and analyses from 2021 through 2026. The award aims to advance the National Science Foundation's mission of supporting basic research in polar regions.