The University of Alaska Anchorage will receive $298,128 over five years from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct the project "Arctic Cities: Measuring Urban Sustainability in Transition (MUST)." Through this funding, the University will collaborate with other organizations to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth systems through basic research on atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the University aims to...
This $140,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities will fund research under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) at the University of Delaware from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The grant will support the development of a research agenda on sustainable redevelopment goals for post-industrial extractive sites in the Arctic. A team of scholars will study five case sites across the U.S., Canada, Finland, Greenland, and Sweden to...
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 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 federal Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $237,278, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to support U.S. researchers participating in a multinational research project on "Biocultural Heritage in Arctic Cities as a Potential Resource for Climate Adaptation." The award period runs from July 15, 2024, to June 30, 2027. The project will investigate the complex interactions between natural and social systems, and the...
This $300,000 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the University of Alaska Fairbanks in laying the foundation for an inclusive graduate geoscience education program. Over two and a half years, UAF will partner with Indigenous communities and organizations to co-produce knowledge and build relationships. This transformative approach aims to converge geoscience, social science, and Indigenous studies. Activities will include workshops,...
The George Washington University was awarded a $1,798,856 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2026. The grant will support the NNA COLLABORATORY: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ARCTIC CITIES: MEASURING URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN TRANSITION (MUST) project. The goal of this project is to strengthen understanding of the integrated...
The University of Washington was awarded a $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support the NNA PLANNING: CO-DESIGNING CIVIC EDUCATION FOR THE CIRCUMPOLAR NORTH project. The two-year project beginning September 1, 2021 aims to strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research by co-designing civic education curriculum for...
This $1.125 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research and development of water and sanitation resilience strategies for rural Alaskan communities facing environmental change. Over a three-year period from January 2023 through December 2026, the University of Massachusetts will work with community partners in Kongiganak and Mekoryuk to evaluate near-term and long-term water provision...