Project Grant 2039582

The National Science Foundation awarded a $274,887 project grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program to the Regents of the University of Minnesota. The grant supports the collaborative research project "Chemistry and Biology Under Low Flow Hydrologic Conditions Beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet Revealed Through Naturally Emerging Subglacial Water." The research aims to strengthen understanding of polar regions by expanding fundamental knowledge of subglacial environments and water chemistry/biology beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet through analysis of naturally emerging subglacial water. The three-year project period runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024. Analysis of subglacial water samples will provide insight into hydrologic conditions and ecological processes occurring under the ice. The research findings will increase scientific knowledge of polar regions as outlined under the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs.