The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $163,590 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Emerging Frontiers on May 1, 2021 to fund the research project "Collaborative Research: Scales and Drivers of Variability in Dissolved Organic Carbon Across Diverse Urban Watersheds." The grant is part of the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which aims to promote progress in the biological sciences and...
This three-year, $696,898 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE: SIZE-FRACTIONATED PARTICLE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FROM ULTRA-OLIGOTROPHIC TO ANTARCTIC WATERS" led by the University of Georgia Research Foundation. The Foundation will conduct size-fractionated particle collection and analysis from ultra-oligotrophic to Antarctic waters to strengthen...
This $836,711 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to advance understanding of soil processes that control carbon storage and water quality. The key objectives are to: (1) quantify the impacts of burn severity, soil type, erosion, and time since fire on dissolved organic matter and pyrogenic carbon in soils and outflow water through simulated leaching experiments and sediment fence studies; and (2) establish a tree...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $462,376 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from April 2021 through March 2024 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds collaborative research to fingerprint energy and water cycle extremes through a scale-interaction lens. The Geosciences program seeks to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Under this award, the grantee will...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $249,993.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. for the period of January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The project aims to develop a semi-quantitative conceptual model to examine the relationship between urban sewer infrastructure and dissolved solute loads in urban streams. The research will leverage data sources from variably urbanized watersheds in...
The Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. was awarded a $395,948 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on August 15, 2021. The grant will fund the acquisition of LA-ICP-MS instrumentation for geochemical, hydrological, and archaeological research and education through July 31, 2023. The Geosciences program seeks to strengthen the national scientific enterprise and expand fundamental knowledge of...
The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $630,572 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING SPATIOTEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF PLANT-SOIL FEEDBACKS: CONSEQUENCES FOR SHRUB-GRASS INTERACTIONS IN A DRYLAND ECOTONE." The award, made under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), will fund research from June 2021 through May 2025 aimed at increasing scientific...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $174,000 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support research titled "UNRAVELING FLUVIAL KINEMATICS BEFORE THE RISE OF LAND PLANTS: BRIDGING LABORATORY AND GEOLOGIC SCALES." The two-year award beginning August 1, 2021 will fund basic research at the University of California, Santa Barbara to enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system through expanded knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences....
The National Science Foundation awarded $370,498 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Texas A&M University for the project "Enhancing the Resilience of Interdependent Natural-Built Infrastructure Systems in Urbanized Coastal River Floodplains with Geomorphological Solutions" from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2024. The project aims to improve flood resilience in low-lying, urban coastal river floodplains through examination of interdependencies between natural and built...
The University of Florida was awarded a $1,599,994 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support research from May 2023 through October 2027 to value and manage engineered ecosystems provided by stormwater ponds in urban landscapes. Researchers will quantify ecosystem services such as improved water quality, pollutant removal, enhanced property values, and increased...