Washington State University received a $284,698 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences on June 1, 2022 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HOW DO ULTRAHIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHIC SHEETS FORM AND EXHUME? A CASE STUDY FROM THE TSO MORARI COMPLEX, INDIA." The award will fund research through May 31, 2025 under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through...
Boise State University was awarded a three-year, $314,115 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support research and education activities for cloud-enabled computational hydrology under the project "Navigating the Clouds on the Horizon." As part of its mission to strengthen the geosciences, the NSF Geosciences program aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic...
The Boise State University received a $123,242 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The award will support the development of a proof-of-concept geoelectric monitoring system to advance research and education in hydrogeophysics through June 2023. The grant is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated...
Boise State University was awarded a $110,797 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund research to quantify watershed dynamics in snow-dominated mountainous karst watersheds using hybrid physically based and deep learning models. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of Earth system processes. This award will further those goals by applying advanced modeling techniques to...
Boise State University was awarded a $391,347 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to support research efforts under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The funding will support the university's work developing efficient discharge monitoring techniques using whitewater sounds through March 31, 2024. The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
Boise State University was awarded a $486,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will fund research from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2024 to study lattice dynamics and phase transitions in multifunctional oxide nanomaterials using ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy. The Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance scientific knowledge and enhance...
The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $294,898 project grant to Indiana University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: HOW AND WHEN DID THE MONGOLIAN ALTAI (DE-)FORM? IMPLICATIONS FOR INTRACONTINENTAL DEFORMATION" from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The Geosciences program supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth...
The National Science Foundation awarded Delaware State University a $672,584 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "Excellence in Research: Effect of Hydration on the Thermo-Elastic Properties of Mantle Minerals and the Geophysical Implications" from June 15, 2021 to May 31, 2024. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through support of basic research in...
Idaho State University was awarded a $284,964 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant aims to strengthen geosciences career opportunities for tribal members through cultural connections to iconic landscapes. Specifically, the University will develop and deliver pathways programs linking tribal culture and traditions to...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $253,617 will fund research from August 2022 to July 2025 to resolve conflicting evidence regarding metamorphic pressures and stratigraphy in the Tethyan Himalaya. The research team from the University of Nevada, Reno will conduct integrated field and laboratory studies to determine the geometric, temperature, and pressure relationships in basal strata of the Tethyan section. They will test the controversial concept of non-lithostatic pressure...
Boise State University was awarded a three-year, $341,436 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research titled "How do ultrahigh pressure metamorphic sheets form and exhume? A case study from the Tso Morari Complex, India." The research aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic investigation of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the funding will enable a study of how ultrahigh pressure metamorphic sheets are created and exposed at the Earth's surface using the Tso Morari Complex in India as a case example. The grant period runs from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025.