The University of New Hampshire will receive $299,807 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering's Office of International Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.079). The grant will fund the IRES TRACK 1: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCES TO TRACK ARCTIC LAKE SYSTEMS (ICE TALKS) project from July 2021 through June 2024. The project aims to enable international partnerships that advance scientific discovery...
The Pennsylvania State University received a $300,000 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 three-year award, made on September 1, 2021 and concluding on August 31, 2024, will support the IRES TRACK I: Manifestations of Climate Change in Extreme Events project. This project aims to enable the U.S. to maintain leadership in the...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $402,261 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant supports the REU SITE: INCLUSIVE STUDENT TRAINING IN RAPIDLY URBANIZING CLIMATE-SENSITIVE TERRAINS program. Under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research, the University will deliver research experiences for undergraduates focused on rapidly urbanizing...
The University of Texas at El Paso received a $337,463 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct collaborative research on plant phenology, local adaptation, and growing season length in the changing Arctic tundra. The award period runs from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2024. The research is being conducted under the NSF's Polar Programs, which provides funding through its CFDA #47.078 to strengthen fundamental knowledge and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded the University of Texas at Austin a $1,150,800 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--EL NI?O SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) VARIABILITY CHANGES DURING ABRUPT CLIMATE EVENTS" to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $249,763 Project Grant 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 grant will support the ACCELNET-DESIGN project to harness global science networks and accelerate cultures of learning from August 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. Specifically, the University aims to enable U.S. leadership and strengthen...
The University of Montana was awarded a $145,456 project grant 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 grant will support collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: IRES TRACK II: RIVERS OF THE ANDES FIELD TRAINING" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The grant funding will enable field training and research in South...
This $812,787 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), supports a collaborative research initiative titled "MRA: PANAM PEAT: Understanding Water and Carbon Cycling Across the Pan-American Tropical Peatland Biome." The project, led by the University of Nevada, Reno, aims to gain new insights into the structure and function of tropical peatlands across the Americas, from 20 degrees North to 20 degrees South. The...
This $778,590 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports an international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site project led by Texas A&M Agrilife Research. The REU site will provide research experiences for eight undergraduate students per year through a 10-week program split between the Texas A&M University campus and the TAMU Soltis Center in Costa Rica. Students will work with faculty from four TAMU colleges and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $299,130 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin on July 15, 2021 for collaborative research titled "Dynamics of Seasonal Forecast Uncertainty: Cross-Basin Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. The University of Texas at...