The Regents of the University of Idaho (University of Idaho) received a $208,292 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The two-year award will support collaborative research to advance understanding of landscape response to climate change through studying evolving Hawaiian landforms. The University of Idaho will examine landscapes across islands and rainfall gradients to quantify the...
The Regents of the University of Idaho was awarded a $156,022 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund a collaborative research project to perform millennial-length, multi-metric reconstructions of paleoclimates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecoregion through July 2026. Researchers will generate quantitative wood anatomy chronologies from two tree species and produce regional...
The University of Idaho was awarded a $128,702 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant will fund the collaborative research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--RECONSTRUCTING TROPICAL CYCLONE PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric sciences, as...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $310,635 to the University of Illinois to create a high-resolution 3D image of subsurface seismic wave speeds beneath the Yellowstone volcanic province. The project will leverage data from long-term seismic networks and dense temporary deployments to apply full waveform inversion techniques that incorporate radial anisotropy, with the goal of uncovering fine-scale structures within...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $194,257 Project Grant to the University of Idaho under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support research from September 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant funds a study of the cumulative effects of ecological and social stressors on integrated ranching and wildlife systems in Idaho, including drought, wolves, and human decision-making. Under the award, the University of Idaho will conduct rancher surveys and integrate social and...
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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), provides $213,433 to the University of Idaho from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026. The goal of this fellowship project is to enhance the lead researcher's career trajectory in data science and geoinformatics through a six-month visit to the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, DC. The project will establish a reusable methodology for efficiently deploying...
The Idaho State University was awarded a $378,093 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences to conduct collaborative research titled "Zero-Order to First-Order: Hydrologic Drivers of Surface-Subsurface Storage Dynamics in Thawing Permafrost Landscapes." The award period is from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. The research funded under this award will investigate hydrologic processes controlling water storage and flow in landscapes undergoing...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $153,158 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho. The project, titled "Merging Particle Physics and Earth Science to Develop a New Tool to Constrain the Physical and Chemical Properties of LLSVPs - Seismic Mapping of Earth's Lowermost Mantle," will leverage neutrino oscillation tomography to better understand the composition...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology provides $499,866 to the Regents of the University of Idaho from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2026. The grant supports the Island Systems Integration Consortium (ISIC) under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal grant program. The University of Idaho will lead efforts to create a new long-term research network of scientists studying the Galápagos Islands. This will facilitate more...