This $616,131 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the development of observation-based metrics to evaluate global atmospheric chemistry models at the University of California, Irvine through January 2025. As part of its Geosciences program, which supports basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences, the NSF aims to strengthen the scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under this award, the university will design, test, and document a...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will receive $409,933 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant will fund research to reframe modeling approaches for multiphase chemistry, specifically for isoprene and related compounds. This work supports the goals of the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge of Earth's integrated system through basic research in...
The University of California, Davis was awarded a $613,490 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant supports the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: MULTI-PHASE SULFUR AND NITROGEN CHEMISTRY IN AIR AND SNOW DURING ALASKAN LAYERED POLLUTION AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS" project under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The three-year project beginning June 15, 2021 involves basic research to strengthen understanding of integrated earth...
Carnegie Mellon University was awarded a $853,186 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant is part of NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to enhance understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under the grant, Carnegie Mellon University will conduct research from January 2022 through December 2024 to examine interactions between organic oxidation and acid-base chemistry during particle...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $190,000 Project Grant to analyze volatile organic compounds in urban atmospheres. The two-year award runs from December 2021 through November 2023. Under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), grant funds will support basic research to elucidate volatile organic compounds in the urban atmosphere of San Jose, California. The Geosciences program aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system...
The University of California at Riverside will receive $450,000 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemistry titled "Collaborative Research: Humidity and Temperature Effects on Phase Separation and Particle Morphology in Internally Mixed Organic-Inorganic Aerosol." The grant funds research from September 2021 to August 2024 under the NSF's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific...
Utah State University was awarded a $402,627 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on March 15, 2021 to support research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: DEVELOPMENT OF A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF AMBIENT RM CHEMISTRY, REACTIONS FORMING, AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated...
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) received a $362,219 project grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on June 15, 2021 to support research under the NSF's Geosciences program. Specifically, UCLA will conduct a collaborative research project titled "Multi-Phase Sulfur and Nitrogen Chemistry in Air and Snow during Alaskan Layered Pollution and Chemical Analysis (ALPACA)" through May 31, 2024. As part of the NSF's...
This National Science Foundation project grant award of $816,275 will fund research at the University of California, Davis from July 2022 through June 2025 to improve understanding of how photo-oxidants form and influence the chemistry of atmospheric particles under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). Specifically, the award will support measuring photo-oxidant concentrations and reaction kinetics in aerosol liquid water extracts from particles collected in Davis, California. It will also...
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $474,387 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences on March 1, 2021 to support research titled "Collaborative Research: Organosulfate Multiphase Chemistry and Physicochemical Properties--Oxidation and Sulfate Recycling in Aerosols and Cloud Droplets." This research, to be completed by February 29, 2024, will investigate organosulfate multiphase chemistry and...