Colorado State University was awarded a $293,334 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund modeling of surface aerodynamic temperature over agricultural fields from September 2021 through August 2024. As described in the program objectives, this research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric sciences. The grant will...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $158,059 to Colorado State University from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The funding will support collaborative research to understand the impact of declining Arctic sea ice on summertime climate change, including the effects on atmospheric circulation patterns, heat waves, and extreme weather. The research approach includes analysis...
Colorado State University was awarded a $297,959 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Specifically, the August 2021 award will fund the Colorado State University project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ELEMENTS: THE LROSE SCIENCE GATEWAY LIDAR/RADAR...
Colorado State University's Sponsored Programs Division was awarded a three-year, $230,872 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) beginning August 1, 2023. The grant will fund research using weather modeling and geologic data to test tectonic mechanisms influencing the development of the Altai Mountains in Central Asia. Specifically, the university will use a weather model to predict changes in atmospheric circulation and climate resulting from...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $459,465 to Colorado State University for collaborative research on convective upscale growth processes during the RELAMPAGO field project. The research directly supports the goals of the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric sciences. Specifically, Colorado State University will utilize the...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $917,824 Project Grant to Colorado State University (CSU) under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award, valid from September 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026, will fund research to develop "New Insights into Precipitation Variability and Cloud Processes Using Polarimetric Radar and Cloud System Resolving Model Simulations." As a leading public land-grant research university, CSU will leverage...
Colorado State University was awarded a $199,724 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant will support collaborative research examining new roles for reactive oxygen species in mediating carbon fluxes at the terrestrial-aquatic interface. Specifically, the funding will enable investigation of how reactive oxygen species produced during microbial decomposition in soils and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award to Colorado State University (CSU) is for $254,826 over 3 years, starting on July 1, 2023. The award is funded under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system. The project focuses on examining the relationship between the trade wind inversion layer and the seasonal development of...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program Project Grant award of $381,865 to Colorado State University aims to understand how the predictability of severe weather events, such as tornadoes, hail, and flooding, may change as the climate warms. The research will generate and analyze large datasets of numerical weather model forecasts to assess how the ability to predict severe storms evolves in recent (20th century) versus future (21st century) climate scenarios. This work could...
Colorado State University was awarded a $149,999 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on August 1, 2021, with a completion date of July 31, 2024. The award is part of the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to promote progress in these fields and strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise through increasing knowledge and enhancing understanding of major problems. Under this award, Colorado State...