The University of Texas at Austin received a two-year, $292,433 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant funds basic research examining the impact of upper-plate splay faults on stress state and strength of the megathrust and fluid budgets in accreting sediments. This research directly supports the goals of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through support of basic...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $595,062 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under the three-year award beginning September 2021, the University will assess the long-term stability of adaptive radiations using the fossil record. The products will include analyses of how species groups...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $402,261 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant supports the REU SITE: INCLUSIVE STUDENT TRAINING IN RAPIDLY URBANIZING CLIMATE-SENSITIVE TERRAINS program. Under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research, the University will deliver research experiences for undergraduates focused on rapidly urbanizing...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $167,851 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research titled "Collaborative Research: The Role of Subducting Seamounts in Fault Stability and Slip Behavior Throughout the Seismic Cycle." The two-year award beginning September 1, 2021 will support basic research into understanding the integrated Earth system through studying the influence of underwater volcanoes on fault behavior and...
This two-year, $240,965 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: TRACING THE FATE, AGE, AND ECOHYDROLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ROCK MOISTURE." Awarded on September 1, 2021 to the University of Texas at Austin for performance in Austin, Texas, this grant will fund basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through expanding knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $646,826 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure. The grant is part of the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), which supports investigator-initiated research and education in computing, communications, and information science and engineering. Under the award, UT Austin will develop a seismic computational platform called SCOPED to empower discovery in...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $299,130 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin on July 15, 2021 for collaborative research titled "Dynamics of Seasonal Forecast Uncertainty: Cross-Basin Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. The University of Texas at...
The University of Texas at Austin received a three-year Project Grant award of $388,170 from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant will support collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BORON IN SOIL CARBONATES: DEVELOPMENT OF A QUANTITATIVE SOIL CO2 PROXY" from September 2021 through August 2024. Under this award, the University of Texas at Austin will conduct research to develop a quantitative proxy for soil carbon dioxide using boron in...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $425,137 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: EARTHCUBE CAPABILITIES: OPEN POLAR RADAR (OPORA) SOFTWARE AND SERVICE project. Under this award, the University of Texas at Austin will deliver open-source software and associated services to enable the use and reuse of polarimetric synthetic aperture...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $404,316 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. The grant falls under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Through this funding, the University will deliver a research project from August 2021 to July 2024 to...