The University of Montana received a $364,234 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on September 1, 2021 to conduct collaborative research titled "INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Polar Programs, with a focus on strengthening fundamental knowledge and understanding of polar regions as outlined in the program's CFDA #47.078....
The University of Wyoming received a $297,116 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on November 1, 2021 for collaborative research under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The research aims to establish an Arctic observing network to monitor the transformation of the Greenland ice sheet's firn layer through October 31, 2026. The Polar Programs grant program supports basic research best conducted in or about the polar regions to...
Montana State University was awarded a $481,268 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct research titled "LIFE IN ICE: PROBING MICROBIAL ENGLACIAL ACTIVITY THROUGH TIME." The grant was awarded on September 15, 2021 with a completion date of August 31, 2024. The research is being conducted under the NSF's Polar Programs, which aims to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the polar regions through support of basic research best...
The University of Washington was awarded a $983,607 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE ? INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE." The period of performance for this research is from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. The grant was awarded under the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to strengthen understanding of polar...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $1.89 million Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to support the collaborative research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE - INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. This award will fund research under the official federal grant program titled "Polar...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $990,272 project grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in New York City to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE - INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE." The period of performance for this research is from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its response to...
This $346,823 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs, CFDA 47.078, supports research to advance understanding of meltwater flow through glacial firn on the Juneau Icefield in Alaska. The research team at the University of Colorado will: (1) measure changes in surface melt and firn properties critical to firn hydrology, and (2) apply novel water-isotope stratigraphy techniques to determine timing and variability of meltwater infiltration. This...
Montclair State University received a $410,572 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on August 15, 2021 to support research titled "WEST ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET CHANGE AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHY IN THE AMUNDSEN SEA ACROSS THE PLIOCENE CLIMATIC OPTIMUM." The project will be completed by July 31, 2024. The grant is funded through the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078), which aims to strengthen fundamental polar research conducted in or requiring work...
The University of Montana was awarded a $669,931 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "NNA RESEARCH: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FATE OF THE CARIBOU: FROM LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TO RANGE-WIDE DYNAMICS IN THE CHANGING ARCTIC." The three-year award beginning November 1, 2021 will support collaborative research to understand the dynamics and fate of caribou...
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...