The National Science Foundation awarded a $465,659 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for collaborative research titled "Predicting Riverbank Erosion in Thawing Permafrost" under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The three-year award beginning April 1, 2021 will support research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research on atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the funding will enable Caltech...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $174,000 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support research titled "UNRAVELING FLUVIAL KINEMATICS BEFORE THE RISE OF LAND PLANTS: BRIDGING LABORATORY AND GEOLOGIC SCALES." The two-year award beginning August 1, 2021 will fund basic research at the University of California, Santa Barbara to enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system through expanded knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences....
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $174,000 to fund research from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2024. The funding supports a study investigating the impact of flooding intensity on levee development and dynamics. The Geosciences program aims to advance fundamental knowledge and understanding of Earth's integrated systems through basic research in atmospheric, Earth, and ocean sciences. This award will further those goals by exploring...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $104,300 Project Grant to researchers at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. The award period runs from May 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 to support the project "EAR-PF: A CHANNEL-BELT SCALE SOURCE OF AUTOGENIC TOPOGRAPHY CONTROLLING FLUVIAL SEDIMENTATION AND PRESERVATION: INVESTIGATION USING 3D SEISMIC VOLUMES" under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen understanding of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $306,062 Project Grant to Princeton University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research from April 2022 through March 2025. The research aims to advance understanding of cohesive sediment transport through multiscale experiments and numerical simulations. Specifically, the university will combine nano- to microscale imaging and molecular dynamics simulations, micro- to mesoscale millifluidic experiments and...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $174,000 project grant to support research examining the impact of varying sediment supply on Arctic delta-front transport processes. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the award will support research from April 2021 to March 2023 exploring fundamental knowledge and increased understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the grant will fund analysis of how...
The University of California Santa Cruz will receive $413,359 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant will support research tracking past ice sheets through analyses of North American river drainage basin captures induced by glacial isostatic adjustment. This work directly aligns with the goals of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in...
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) received a $1,376,955 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to develop capacity for planning and adapting to riverbank erosion and its consequences in the Yukon River Basin from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. Under the grant, Caltech will strengthen understanding of integrated Earth systems through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences as part of the National Science...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $454,673 to the California Institute of Technology to advance understanding of meltwater transport through snowpack. The award will support numerical modeling and controlled laboratory experiments to gain new insights into how meltwater percolates and interacts with snow's porous structure under varying environmental conditions. This combined computational and experimental effort...
The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded $627,744 under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to The Washington University from July 2022 to June 2025. This Project Grant will support research aimed at developing a physical model to assess the sensitivity of mountain river channels to shifts in climate and associated hazards. Specifically, the grant will fund 1) analysis of high-resolution topography and sediment transport data to establish baseline...