This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $366,697 to the University of California Santa Cruz to conduct research characterizing the composition, scavenging efficiency and bioavailability of size fractionated particles under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system by...
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 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $278,236 to fund collaborative research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE: SIZE-FRACTIONATED PARTICLE COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS FROM ULTRA-OLIGOTROPHIC TO ANTARCTIC WATERS." The research will be conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant of $367,399 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. (UGA Research Foundation) under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This 3-year project, starting in June 2024, will conduct a time-series study of aerosol trace elements in the North Atlantic Ocean near Bermuda. The key objectives are to: Analyze temporal variations in the size distribution of aerosol iron and other bioactive trace elements, and link these to...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) provides $1,444,777 from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to conduct research on the relationship between fine-scale water column structure, particle aggregations, and gelatinous-dominated food webs in subtropical continental shelf environments. The research is taking place in the South Atlantic Bight and Northern Gulf...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $260,366 Project Grant to the University of Washington's Office of Sponsored Programs to support collaborative research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research aims to conduct shipboard measurements of dissolved aluminum, iron, and manganese to trace inputs to the South Pacific Gyre and Southern Ocean from September 2021 through August 2024. The Geosciences program seeks to expand fundamental knowledge of...
The University of South Florida received a three-year, $352,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds collaborative research on dissolved concentrations, isotopes, and colloids of the bioactive trace metals. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of Earth's integrated system. This award will further such understanding through research on key trace metal...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Old Dominion University Research Foundation a $337,734 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research measurements of dissolved aluminum, iron, and manganese in the South Pacific Gyre and Southern Ocean from September 2021 through August 2024. This funding will allow Odurf to provide shipboard trace metal sampling and analysis services as part of the US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE...
This $300,785 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a research project to characterize the chemical composition and bioavailability of dissolved organic matter released by marine nitrifying microorganisms. The project aims to determine how this material contributes to carbon cycling in the deep ocean, which may help improve biogeochemical models and inform potential marine carbon dioxide removal activities. The research will...
The University of Washington will receive $296,508 under a two-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant will support research into the vertical transport of buoyant, non-spherical particles in the wind-mixed ocean surface boundary layer from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2023. This work falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $197,659 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation to characterize the composition, scavenging efficiency, and bioavailability of size fractionated particles through collaborative research under the official federal grant program titled "Geosciences" (CFDA #47.050). The research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system by supporting basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the University of Georgia Research Foundation will conduct collaborative research as part of the US GEOTRACES GP17-ANT project to study size fractionated particles in the ocean and their role in biogeochemical cycles, with results furthering knowledge of ocean composition and dynamics.