Project Grant 2110337
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island's Research Office received a $290,552 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) on August 15, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on recovering, calibrating, and analyzing oxygen sensor data from a mooring array deployed across the Labrador and Irminger Seas in the North Atlantic Ocean as part of the...
- The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $288,890 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funding will support the ACREUS project, which will provide authentic cruise and research experiences for underrepresented students through experiential learning opportunities aboard research vessels operating out of Point Judith,...
- The University of Rhode Island will receive $894,792 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant will fund the collaborative research project "An Autonomous Profiling Vehicle for Concurrent Acoustic, Visual and Environmental Measurements in the Mesopelagic Ocean" from September 2021 through August 2024. This award is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric,...
- The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $680,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on June 15, 2021 to fund research titled "How Do Multiple Coastal Stressors Structure the Genomic Diversity of Marine Populations?". The grant is being used to support basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences through May 31, 2024 as part of NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, URI researchers will conduct studies to strengthen understanding of...
- The University of Rhode Island received a $250,644 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research titled "ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF SERPENTINITES (AUBES)" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Under this award, URI researchers in Kingston, Rhode...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $299,306 to the University of Rhode Island for science verification activities for the 6500m human occupied vehicle (HOV) Alvin. The award period is from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The funding supports basic research within the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the award...
- The University of Rhode Island will receive $395,696 over two years through a Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support the Marine Geological Samples Laboratory at the University's Graduate School of Oceanography to provide curation services for marine sample collections. As part of the Geosciences program's goal of expanding knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research, the...
- This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program, totaling $739,133, supports collaborative research on sources and transformations of export production from coral and plankton bioarchives. The University of Rhode Island will receive funding through February 2024 to conduct a novel 50-year record of pelagic-benthic coupling by analyzing coral and plankton samples. The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island Research Office received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027. This Experimental Research Initiative (ERI) project delivers experimental research investigating the hydrodynamic interactions between mangrove root systems and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) awarded the University of Rhode Island Research Office a Project Grant of $109,669 effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2026. This RAPID (Rapid Response Research) award funds research examining the relationship between gene expression, silicification, and diatom-bound nitrogen isotopes in field-isolated diatom species collected from the Southern Ocean during the 2024-2025 spring bloom. The...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provided $236,079 to the University of Rhode Island from February 2021 through October 2021. The funding supported the "VIRTUAL SEQUENTIAL LABS FOR SELECTION OF THE NEXT OOI PIONEER ARRAY LOCATION" project under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. For this award, URI conducted virtual sequential labs and analyses to inform the selection of the next location for the Ocean Observatories Initiative Pioneer Array, an integrated ocean observing system. The award allowed URI to perform research critical to the siting decision for furthering ocean observations and the goals of better understanding the Earth system through ocean science data collection.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 5/21/21 | ||
| Not listed | $236.1k | 1/19/21 |