The Utah State University received a $642,524 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on February 1, 2022 for collaborative research under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The research aims to study the effects of climate-induced sea-level rise, warming and herbivory on vegetation and greenhouse gas emission in coastal western Alaska. The Polar Programs program supports basic research in the polar regions to further 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 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...
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,...
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 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs awarded a $434,096 Project Grant to the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) for the period of April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027. The grant, under the Polar Programs CFDA 47.078, will fund a collaborative research project to investigate the drivers and impacts of saltwater intrusion along the Arctic coastlines of Alaska's Beaufort Sea. The key objectives are to: 1) characterize subsurface temperature, water level, thaw depth, and...
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 supports research understanding impacts of extreme events on Arctic peoples. With $481,923 in funding from October 2021 through September 2024, William Paterson University will conduct basic research best performed in the polar regions. The NSF Polar Programs aims to expand fundamental polar knowledge and understanding through supporting such field-based scientific inquiry. Additionally, Columbia University will...
This three-year, $424,310 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078), will support research on recent changes in Arctic biogenic sulfur aerosols through analysis of a central Greenland ice core. South Dakota State University, as awardee, will collaborate with the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom to measure sulfate isotopes in shallow ice cores and archived ice samples dating back to...