The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $302,617 project grant to Stanford University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant supports research towards developing a process-based understanding of different eruptive regimes at persistently degassing volcanoes. This work will advance the goals of the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences Project Grant award for $180,000 from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026 will support research to develop a new "Eruption Stability Diagram" classification system for volcanic eruptions. The objective is to better understand and predict the evolution of volcanic hazards, such as ash clouds and pyroclastic density currents, by accounting for the effects of varying eruption rates and micrometer-scale processes. The research...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $296,096 to Brown University provides funding to investigate the crust and uppermost mantle beneath active volcanoes using new seismic analysis techniques. The 2-year project, starting on Sep 1, 2024, aims to advance understanding of how magma storage and migration affect the eruptibility of volcanoes in regions like Yellowstone, the Cascades Arc, and the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex. Key...
The National Science Foundation awarded a two-year Project Grant of $174,000 to researchers at the California Institute of Technology to develop a new technique for determining eruption timescales applied to Large Igneous Provinces and climatic events over Earth's history. The grant is part of the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Researchers will receive funding from...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $484,930 Project Grant to Columbia University to develop a novel multi-camera system for continuous, real-time monitoring of active volcanoes. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), this two-year project aims to create an integrated system that can autonomously observe volcanoes across visible, thermal, and ultraviolet wavelengths to extract critical monitoring data. The system will automatically analyze the video...
The University of Colorado received a $121,461 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The grant funds basic research to image volcanic transcrustal magmatic systems using teleseismic converted phases. The NSF Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through support of basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences Project Grant, funded under CFDA 47.050 Geosciences, provides $180,000 over 2 years starting August 1, 2023 to explore the significance of spatial field data from integrated satellite remote sensing and GPS time series for machine learning and volcanic early warning applications. The project aims to integrate data from satellite radar, GPS, and high-resolution digital elevation models to generate 3D time series of surface...
This $490,303 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a research project aimed at improving the understanding of lava flow properties and their impact on volcanic eruption hazard assessment. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Developing and deploying two new field tools to directly measure the viscosity of natural lava flows, which contain critical elements like bubbles and crystals...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota received a two-year, $228,130 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to support research entitled "Untangling the Roles of Viscous, Elastic, and Plastic Deformation in Slab Bending." This grant was awarded under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of Earth's integrated system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
The National Science Foundation awarded $499,088 under the Geosciences (47.050) federal grant program to The University of New Mexico from September 2022 to August 2024. This Project Grant will support the establishment of a new national volcano science center called the Converse Center. The Center aims to advance scientific understanding of volcanic processes through coordinated observation and data collection during eruptions. It will establish best practices for multi-scale data gathering and...