Project Grant 2050618
- The University of Michigan will receive $263,675 under a two-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant will support collaborative research titled "Laminated Soil Carbonate Rinds as a Tool for Investigating Late Quaternary Climate-Vegetation Links" under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $433,254 Project Grant to the University of Michigan-Dearborn under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research titled "Collaborative Research: The Role of Grain Boundary Migration in Water Weakening of Naturally Deformed Quartz." The three-year award, effective August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2024, will support basic research to enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system through studying the role of grain boundary migration...
- This Project Grant award of $390,717 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) to the Regents of the University of Michigan will support research to understand how tectonic plate boundaries evolve over time, particularly the transition from subduction to oblique collision occurring in central New Zealand. The key research tasks include: 1) characterizing the rate and kinematics of shallow faulting near the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake; 2)...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $340,466 Project Grant to the University of Michigan under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The grant funds collaborative research to quantify the pressure-temperature-time histories of metamorphic rocks from Mesozoic subduction complexes in Baja California, Mexico through state-of-the-art geothermobarometry and petrochronology. Researchers will evaluate the evolution of subduction zone...
- The University of Michigan will receive $331,413 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to develop precipitation, evaporation and temperature records from tropical lake sediments and cave deposits for the last 700,000 years. The grant will support basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through...
- The Michigan Technological University was awarded a $296,686 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support research, learning, and inclusion efforts advancing interdisciplinary Earth science from November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023. The grant funding will support the university's "EAGER: Geoheritage and Two-Eyed Seeing" initiative which aims to strengthen foundational knowledge...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $347,238 to Michigan State University (MSU) to conduct collaborative research on the structure and behavior of the Alaska megathrust subduction zone. The project aims to enhance the fundamental understanding of how geological structures influence seismic activity in subduction zones, with the ultimate goal of improving earthquake hazard mitigation efforts. Key research activities...
- The University of Miami was awarded a $287,776 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to support research entitled "Collaborative Research: Probing Feedbacks Between Thermal Structure, Petrologic Transformation, and Rheologic Evolution within Dynamically Evolving Subduction Zones." The three-year award, issued on August 1, 2021 with a completion date of July 31, 2024, will fund basic research activities through the NSF's Geosciences program...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $359,704 project grant to The University of Akron under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The research aims to study the roles of lithology and water on deep continental crustal rheology using natural field settings and laboratory experiments. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through atmospheric,...
- The University of Michigan will receive $360,667 from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "Digging into Soil Carbonate Formation Processes with Triple Oxygen Isotopes" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The Geosciences program supports basic research to expand understanding of Earth's integrated system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. It is reasonable to conclude the...
The University of Michigan was awarded a $424,751 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FROM SUBDUCTION TO SUTURE: TESTING COLLISIONAL STAGE AND LITHOSPHERIC STRENGTH AS CONTROLS ON OROGENIC STRUCTURE IN THE CAUCASUS" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. This project grant funding will support basic research aimed at increasing understanding of the integrated Earth system through studying how collisional processes and lithospheric strength influence the structure of mountain ranges formed by continental collision, such as in the Caucasus region. The University of Michigan will leverage its expertise in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to conduct this collaborative research project with the goal of strengthening the national scientific enterprise through expansion of fundamental geosciences knowledge, as envisioned by the NSF Geosciences program.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $424.8k | 7/8/21 |