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...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $1.89 million Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to support the collaborative research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE - INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. This award will fund research under the official federal grant program titled "Polar...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $990,272 project grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in New York City to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE - INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE." The period of performance for this research is from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its response to...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Polar Programs grant program (CFDA 47.078) supports a collaborative research effort to investigate how physical oceanographic processes, such as water circulation and mixing, shape the productivity of fjord ecosystems in Greenland. The $1,038,209 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund field observations, computer modeling, and analysis to elucidate the linkages between physical transport...
The University of Washington was awarded a $983,607 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE ? INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE." The period of performance for this research is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to strengthen understanding of polar...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $327,921 Project Grant to the Nevada System of Higher Education to support research being conducted at the Desert Research Institute from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2023. Under the grant, the Desert Research Institute will investigate over 2,500 years of human history and atmospheric transport in Greenland ice using high-resolution lead isotopic records. The research is intended to strengthen fundamental scientific...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation supports collaborative research titled "Global Changes, Local Impacts: Study of Glacial Fjords, Ecosystems and Communities in Greenland" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 with funding of $326,947. The research is conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Trustees of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $2.8 million project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for the period of October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. The project aims to map changes in Greenland resulting from ice thinning and explore emerging landslide and hazard risks. Researchers will integrate local observations from Greenlandic communities with remote sensing data to understand how hazards evolve over time. Advanced...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Boise State University a $297,977 project grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IMPROVING ESTIMATES OF GREENLAND’S FRESHWATER FLUX: WHERE DO ICEBERGS FORM AND WHERE DO THEY MELT?" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant funding will support research to strengthen understanding of iceberg formation and melting processes in...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Dartmouth College a $175,229 Project Grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE - INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. Under this award, Dartmouth College will integrate data and modeling to quantify historical and future rates...