The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $115,818 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on October 1, 2021 to support research towards a more comprehensive understanding of Eulerian and Lagrangian transport of active and passive tracers in the ocean. The award will fund MIT's collaborative research efforts through September 30, 2024 under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $440,059 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support improved understanding of the moist dynamics of extratropical storm tracks and their response to climate change from February 2021 through January 2024. As part of its mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system,...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $120,678.00 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) federal grant program. The grant will fund research focused on the intersection of microlocal analysis and hyperbolic dynamics, with specific goals of understanding the behavior of waves and quantum states in chaotic systems, proving spectral gaps for open systems with...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $167,851 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research titled "Collaborative Research: The Role of Subducting Seamounts in Fault Stability and Slip Behavior Throughout the Seismic Cycle." The two-year award beginning September 1, 2021 will support basic research into understanding the integrated Earth system through studying the influence of underwater volcanoes on fault behavior and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $299,978 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the period of December 1, 2021 through November 30, 2023. The grant supports MIT's "EAGER: Testing the Galápagos as a Long-Term Monitoring Site for Nitrous Oxide Emissions from the Pacific Oxygen Deficient Zones" project under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research titled "EAGER: Characteristic Disruptions of the Marine Carbon Cycle." The two-year award beginning in August 2021 will fund basic research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through support of investigations into the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences....
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a $400,002 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on October 1, 2021 to support research activities under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). Specifically, MIT will conduct collaborative research to develop damage resistant materials for hydrogen storage and large-scale transport through September 30, 2025. The NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences program aims to advance...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a three-year, $595,865 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "Features and Implications of Nitrogen Assimilation Trait Variability in Populations of Prochlorococcus." Through this funding, MIT researchers will strengthen the understanding of the integrated Earth system by supporting basic research into the atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
The University of Massachusetts received a $371,071 project grant award from the National Science Foundation on April 1, 2021 to support research examining the role of strike-slip fault interaction on long-term slip rates. The three-year award, made under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund basic research exploring integrated earth system processes through studying the effects of interacting strike-slip faults on slip accumulation over time. The Geosciences program aims to...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $330,177 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for collaborative research titled "High Temporal Resolution Paleomagnetism of Speleothems." The award period is from April 15, 2021 through March 31, 2024. The funding supports the Geosciences program, which aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the grant will fund...