Project Grant 2110422
Award Date
9/1/21
Completion Date
8/31/26
Dollars Obligated
$153K
Federal Agency
Division of Polar Programs
Federal Grant Program
47.078
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Similar Awards
This $199,162 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will support collaborative research on the geospace environment and its interactions with the solar wind at the U.S. Antarctic research stations of South Pole, McMurdo, and Palmer. The funding will enable the deployment and maintenance of a suite of geospace instruments, including magnetometers, receivers, riometers, and optical systems. The research aims to advance understanding of...
This $753,858 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports a collaborative research initiative to study the near-Earth geospace environment and its interactions with the solar system at the U.S. Antarctic research stations of South Pole, McMurdo, and Palmer. The grant will fund the deployment and maintenance of an integrated suite of geospace instrumentation, including magnetometers, receivers, riometers, and optical systems, to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $185,342 project grant to the University of Connecticut Office of Sponsored Programs to support research exploring links between iron and phosphorus nutrition of Antarctic marine phytoplankton. The award, made under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA #47.078), will fund research from January 15, 2022 through December 31, 2023. The Polar Programs program aims to expand fundamental polar region knowledge and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $196,652.00, was granted by the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to support studies of interrelated geospace phenomena observed at Southern high latitudes through the deployment and maintenance of geospace instrumentation at the U.S. Antarctic stations South Pole, McMurdo, and Palmer. The suite of geospace instrumentation at these stations, including magnetometers, ELF/VLF...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs Project Grant award of $302,388 to Oregon State University supports research to understand the role of specific iron-binding organic ligands in governing iron biogeochemistry in the Southern Ocean. The project aims to integrate measurements of exopolysaccharides (EPS), siderophores, and total ligand concentrations to provide unprecedented insights into how the composition of organic ligands impacts iron supply and cycling in the...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, titled "Collaborative Research: Site Survey for Subglacial Bedrock Exposure Dating at the Margin of the Wilkes Basin in Northern Victoria Land," provides $116,342 to support basic research activities that are best conducted in Antarctica's polar regions. Funded under the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to expand fundamental polar knowledge and understanding, the award will allow the...
The University of Washington was awarded a two-year, $295,699 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct research titled "THE ROLE OF SOUTHERN OCEAN IRON LIMITED DIATOMS IN MODULATING COPPER SPECIATION." The grant is part of NSF's Polar Programs, which provides funding under Assistance Listing Number 47.078 to strengthen understanding of polar regions through basic research best conducted in or related to the Arctic and Antarctic....
This $126,121 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports collaborative research to analyze temporal variations in the glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The research aims to improve understanding of how continental-scale ice sheets respond to climate change, which is critical for predicting future sea level rise. Key activities include: Leveraging existing seismic data to examine changes over time in...
This federal Project Grant award of $191,150 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports research by Florida State University (FSU) to investigate the role of benthic iron fluxes in fertilizing primary productivity in the Amundsen Sea, near the fastest melting Antarctic glaciers. The key objectives are to analyze sediment pore water iron content and speciation, and calculate iron fluxes across the sediment-water interface, to determine if benthic iron...
The University of Oklahoma received a $530,297 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will fund research services focusing on snow transport in katabatic winds and implications for the Antarctic surface mass balance through observations, theoretical modeling, and numerical modeling. The Polar Programs grant program aims to expand fundamental scientific knowledge and...