Western Washington University received a $461,107 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on June 15, 2021 to fund research activities through May 31, 2024. The grant is part of NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increased understanding of major problems. Under this award, Western Washington University researchers will develop new dynamic guanidine-based polymer networks. They will...
Western Washington University received a $152,439 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The award period is from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant will support the development of tools to assess the evolutionary implications of partial clonality in alpine snow algae. Specifically, the University will collaborate with...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $418,337 to Western Oregon University (WOU) to develop a Geo-STEM Learning Ecosystem. The goal is to cultivate Earth science literacy, motivate solutions to local environmental issues, and connect diverse student populations to geoscience careers. The project will strengthen WOU's Earth and Environmental Science program by providing professional mentorship, career-outreach experiences,...
Western Washington University was awarded a $124,892 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to acquire a broad-energy germanium detector. The two-year award running from September 2021 through August 2023 will fund the purchase of detector equipment to strengthen basic research capabilities in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences as supported under the Geosciences program. The detector will expand the University's ability to conduct...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $264,044 Project Grant under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program to Western Washington University (WWU) to study active deformation and exhumation at the transition from subduction to oblique collision in central New Zealand. The three-year project (9/1/2023 - 8/31/2026) aims to characterize the rate and kinematics of shallow faulting, measure differential uplift along major rivers, and quantify the onset, rate, and spatial pattern of bedrock...
The National Science Foundation awarded Washington State University a $300,153 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The grant will support the collaborative research project "CORRELATED VELOCITY MODELS AS DYNAMIC UPSCALING AND MODEL TRANSLATION TOOLS FOR WATERSHED-SCALE HYDROBIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING" to be conducted in Pullman, Washington. The Geosciences program seeks to strengthen understanding of Earth's...
The University of Washington will receive $920,171 from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research on convection, clouds, and sea surface temperature from November 2021 through October 2024. As part of the Geosciences program's goal of expanding fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, this three-year Project Grant will support the University's study of...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1.6 million Project Grant to Washington State University from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2025 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds research to understand the use of discretion and its socio-environmental consequences for reservoir systems. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Over the four-year period of...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences totals $471,434 to support research entitled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--FINGERPRINTING FORCED AND UNFORCED VARIABILITY IN HOLOCENE PALEOCLIMATE RECORD." The funding assists the Geosciences program, which aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the University of...
The University of Washington was awarded a $148,388 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund the CO2PIP collaborative project to advance and standardize approaches to paleo-CO2 reconstruction and build the next-generation Phanerozoic CO2 record from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2025. Through this funding, the University of Washington will work with other researchers to...