The National Science Foundation awarded Macalester College a $116,859 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant supports collaborative research examining the interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic. The Geosciences program seeks to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric,...
The Ohio State University received a $171,942 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to support research activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026. The grant funding will support collaborative research examining the interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic region. Specifically, researchers...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $726,093 to Boise State University for collaborative research on interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic. Beginning January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2026, Boise State will conduct ethnographic research at the University of Lapland's Arctic Centre through a $XXX,XXX...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $268,516 to Kansas State University, awarded on September 1, 2024, will fund a collaborative research project to study the impacts of changes in land cover and climate on grassland water and carbon cycles. The project aims to: 1) Quantify how woody encroachment alters soil properties and water fluxes; 2) Measure the impact of woody encroachment on groundwater residence times and water sources...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $700,865 Project Grant under the Geosciences CFDA program to the University of Northern Iowa for the research project "SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION IN RIVER BASINS OF THE SUB-ARCTIC UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE (SESTRA)". This 5-year project, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2028, aims to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $581,673 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of New Hampshire, operating through its Office of Sponsored Research. The five-year grant aims to analyze the complex linkages between climate, hydrology, and social systems in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of Alaska and Mongolia. The research will assess the combined impacts of climate and socioeconomic changes on human well-being and ecosystem...
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...
This five-year, $1.77 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports the "NNA COLLABORATORY: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARCTIC CITIES: MEASURING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN TRANSITION (MUST)" project led by the University of Northern Iowa. Through this funding, the University of Northern Iowa will work with sub-awardees the University of Saskatchewan and Nordregio to develop indicators for measuring social, cultural, and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $335,468 to Princeton University from December 2021 through November 2023. The funding supports research titled "Quantifying the Chukchi Sea's Role in Modulating Present and Future Changes of Pacific Waters in the Arctic" under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental Earth systems knowledge through basic research support. This award will...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $500,000, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 47.050 Geosciences program, supports research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of sub-Arctic Alaska and Mongolia. The interdisciplinary research project aims to assess the impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on local communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure,...