The University of South Florida received a three-year, $352,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds collaborative research on dissolved concentrations, isotopes, and colloids of the bioactive trace metals. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of Earth's integrated system. This award will further such understanding through research on key trace metal...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $456,770 Project Grant to Texas A&M University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on September 1, 2021 for completion by August 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: U.S. GEOTRACES GP17-OCE: DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS, ISOTOPES, AND COLLOIDS OF THE BIOACTIVE TRACE METALS." The research will be conducted at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $260,366 Project Grant to the University of Washington's Office of Sponsored Programs to support collaborative research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research aims to conduct shipboard measurements of dissolved aluminum, iron, and manganese to trace inputs to the South Pacific Gyre and Southern Ocean from September 2021 through August 2024. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge of...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $278,236 to fund collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE: SIZE-FRACTIONATED PARTICLE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FROM ULTRA-OLIGOTROPHIC TO ANTARCTIC WATERS." The research will be conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the...
The University of Southern California was awarded a $338,202 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to develop transcriptomics as a tool to investigate toxic diatom responses to ocean heatwave and upwelling events from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The Geosciences program supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the integrated...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $1,167,513 three-year Project Grant to Columbia University under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: U.S. GEOTRACES GP17-OCE AND GP17-ANT: THORIUM-230, THORIUM-232 AND PROTACTINIUM-231 AS TRACERS OF TRACE ELEMENT SUPPLY AND REMOVAL." The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $480,149 to the University of South Florida to conduct collaborative research on the Pacific Ocean iron cycle. The project aims to use iron isotopes as a tracer to investigate the sources, cycling, and transport of dissolved iron in the equatorial and subtropical Pacific. Key objectives include: Determining the relative contributions of dust, sediment, and hydrothermal sources to iron...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $366,697 to the University of California Santa Cruz to conduct research characterizing the composition, scavenging efficiency and bioavailability of size fractionated particles under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system by...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative research project to study the ocean iron cycle in the subtropical and equatorial Pacific. The $369,916 award, which runs from April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2028, will enable researchers from the University of South Florida and the University of Hawaii to measure iron isotopes in seawater samples collected during three GEOTRACES expeditions. This data will be combined...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Old Dominion University Research Foundation a $337,734 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research measurements of dissolved aluminum, iron, and manganese in the South Pacific Gyre and Southern Ocean from September 2021 through August 2024. This funding will allow Odurf to provide shipboard trace metal sampling and analysis services as part of the US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $368,705 to the University of Southern California Department of Contracts and Grants for collaborative research titled "DISSOLVED CONCENTRATIONS, ISOTOPES, AND COLLOIDS OF THE BIOACTIVE TRACE METALS." The research will be conducted between September 2021 and August 2024 as part of the official Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). This program supports basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Specifically, the University of Southern California will analyze dissolved concentrations, isotopes, and colloids of bioactive trace metals to advance knowledge of biogeochemical cycles in the global ocean, in alignment with the objectives of the Geosciences program.