The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded South Dakota State University a $380,435 project grant to conduct collaborative research on climate-induced sea-level rise, warming, and herbivory effects on vegetation and greenhouse gas emission in coastal western Alaska. This award, made under the Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) federal grant program on February 1, 2022, will support research through January 31, 2026 that aims to strengthen understanding of fundamental...
The University of Colorado Denver received a $376,970 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to conduct collaborative research on the effects of climate-induced sea-level rise, warming and herbivory on vegetation and greenhouse gas emission in coastal Western Alaska. The grant was awarded on February 1, 2022 under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA #47.078) and will support research activities through January 31, 2026. The Polar Programs...
The Utah State University was awarded a two-year, $132,766 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will support collaborative research titled "A Fossil Ecosystem Under the Ice: Deciphering the Glacial and Vegetation History of Northwest Greenland Using Long-Lost Camp Century Basal Sediment." The research aims to strengthen understanding of the polar regions by using sediment...
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...
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 University of Alaska Anchorage received a three-year, $889,359 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will support collaborative research examining the complex effects of interconnected human and environmental dynamics in the changing Arctic region. Key products and services will include expansion of fundamental scientific knowledge and understanding of polar environmental...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Boise State University a $204,068 Project Grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to support the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFGEO-NERC: INTEGRATED CHARACTERIZATION OF ENERGY, CLOUDS, ATMOSPHERIC STATE, AND PRECIPITATION AT SUMMIT: MEASUREMENTS ALONG LAGRANGIAN TRANSECTS" from December 15, 2021 through November 30, 2024. The grant funding will allow Boise State University...
Oregon State University received a $282,979 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to study submesoscale fjord variability and its influence on glacial melt from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The award supports research that aligns with the goals of the Polar Programs federal grant program authorized under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 47.078, which aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of polar regions through basic...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) federal grant program, provides $2,374,386 to Rutgers, The State University for ecological research related to disturbances and sea ice trends along the West Antarctic Peninsula. The award period is from May 15, 2021 to April 30, 2023. Sub-awards totaling $2,374,386 were provided to nine research institutions, including the University of Virginia, University of Delaware,...
Oregon State University was awarded a $587,463 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will fund the EHR-POLAR DCL: AUTHENTIC RESEARCH THROUGH COLLABORATIVE LEARNING (ARC-LEARN): UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCES IN DATA RICH ARCTIC SCIENCE project from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The project aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the polar regions through...