The Space Science Institute will conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TRANSPORT OF MAGMA IN THE NEAR SURFACE AT SMALL VOLCANOES- EXPERIMENTAL INTRUSION OF BASALTIC MELT INTO UNCONSOLIDATED SEDIMENTS" under a $111,806 National Science Foundation Project Grant in the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research aims to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth systems through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the Space Science...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $174,000 to study the role of deformation in triggering volcanic eruptions. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), this award will support research from September 2021 through August 2023 to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes. The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences through basic research. This particular grant will further...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $296,096 to Brown University provides funding to investigate the crust and uppermost mantle beneath active volcanoes using new seismic analysis techniques. The 2-year project, starting on Sep 1, 2024, aims to advance understanding of how magma storage and migration affect the eruptibility of volcanoes in regions like Yellowstone, the Cascades Arc, and the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex. Key...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $385,643 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College to investigate magma diversification and mobilization processes in the lower continental crust. The 3-year research project will link field mapping, microstructural analysis, geochemistry, and geochronology to test competing models for how magmas form and are extracted from the deep roots of continental arcs. The...
This National Science Foundation Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) project grant award of $292,742 to the University of Houston System will fund collaborative research to re-evaluate magma storage depths and the origin of chemical variability in volcanic systems in the Cascade region. The key products of this 3-year project include: Measuring the volatile contents, including CO2, in olivine-hosted melt inclusions to better constrain magma storage depths in the Cascade region and gain insights into...
Cornell University received a $348,300 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to investigate volatile evolution and decompression rates of high-intensity basaltic eruptions. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in integrated Earth system sciences, Cornell will conduct field and laboratory research over three years from July 2023 to June 2026. The university will analyze melt inclusions and reconstruct chemical...
The University of Oregon was awarded a $308,426 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research investigating the role of topography and magma properties on dike pathways beneath stratovolcanoes. Researchers will utilize field data, analogue experiments, and modeling to further the understanding of integrated Earth system processes. The grant period is...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a $234,181 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research to determine the local melt structure and fluid and melt viscosity of albite, basaltic melts, and aqueous fluids with dissolved albite under high pressures and temperatures relevant to Earth's interior. Researchers will combine experimentally derived...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $268,254 Project Grant to the University of Nevada, Reno under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support research titled "TRACKING ASCENT RATES IN AN OPEN-VENT VOLCANO: TESTING TEXTURAL AND GEOCHEMICAL ASCENT SPEEDOMETERS." The grant period runs from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The University of Nevada, Reno will conduct research to test textural and geochemical methods for determining magma ascent rates in open-vent...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $597,142 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research titled "Volcanism on the Edge - Basaltic Volcanism from Source to Surface across the Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition in SW Utah." The three-year award beginning August 1, 2022 will fund research examining nearly forty Quaternary basaltic volcanic fields...