Project Grant 2137970
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) for the period of October 1, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The grant funds the NSF Convergence Accelerator Track F: Co-Designing for Trust: Reimagining Online Information Literacies with Underserved Communities project. The University of Washington will work with sub-awardees Black Brilliance Research LLC and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $968,427 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (CFDA 47.050: Geosciences) awarded September 1, 2025, with completion expected August 31, 2028. The award funds development and refinement of DEEPCYTE, an autonomous underwater flow cytometer designed to detect and analyze phytoplankton populations in marine environments. The instrument will be repackaged into a more compact form factor to...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received $195,406 in funding from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop CALANOID, a modular, air-deployable ocean profiling float system. The project, which commenced September 1, 2025, and concludes August 31, 2026, aims to address critical limitations in current ocean sensing platforms by delivering a low-cost, scalable profiling system capable of...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $695,977 project grant to the University of Washington for research titled "Nearshore Plume Dynamics: Airborne Observations and Modeling of Surf-Shelf Exchange." The three-year award runs from June 1, 2021 to May 31, 2024 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The University of Washington will utilize the funding to conduct airborne observations and modeling of the exchange between surf zone and continental shelf waters. This work will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $913,292 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030. The award supports fundamental research examining submesoscale density fronts—ocean surface features measuring hundreds of meters to tens of kilometers in width—and their global-scale dynamics and impacts on heat exchange, energy transfer, and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $554,004 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) beginning October 1, 2025, and concluding September 30, 2028. This collaborative research project develops and delivers advanced machine learning methodologies for analyzing ocean microbial ecology using flow cytometry data. The primary deliverables include computationally efficient...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $504,039 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2027. This award funds the acquisition and installation of critical shipboard scientific support equipment for two vessels operating as part of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet: the R/V Thomas G. Thompson and R/V Rachel Carson....
- The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Washington a $382,852 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on May 15, 2022 to support shipboard scientific infrastructure on two research vessels. Specifically, the funding will provide shipboard scientific support equipment for oceanographic research projects, including an uncontaminated seawater system, cable blocks, a diaphragm pump and spares, a multibeam survey, and a main deck crane. This infrastructure will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $340,730 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) awarded July 15, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative investigates how obliquely incident shoaling internal bores drive along-shelf currents on the inner continental shelf. The project will deliver scientific insights through three integrated...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $222,536 to the University of Washington to acquire and develop oceanographic instrumentation for two of its research vessels, the R/V Thompson and R/V Rachel Carson. Specifically, the funding will be used to: Develop an underway CTD system and acquire two CTD probes for the vessels. Install a 150 kHz acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) to complement the existing ADCP systems. Purchase...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $750,000 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. The grant funds the "NSF CONVERGENCE ACCELERATOR TRACK E: EQUIPPING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES WITH OCEAN INTELLIGENCE PLATFORMS" project. The University of Washington will work with three sub-awardees—Sofar Ocean Technologies, Inc., the Alaska Ocean Observing System, and the University of Hawaii—to equip underserved communities with ocean intelligence platforms. These platforms will provide ocean monitoring data and analytics to support sustainable development, environmental protection, and disaster response efforts in remote coastal regions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 9/15/22 | ||
| Not listed | $0 | 10/25/21 | ||
| Not listed | $750.0k | 9/20/21 |