This $500,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a research project titled "Expanding Geoarchaeology Opportunities for Underrepresented Students through Multiproxy Investigations of Human-Environmental Dynamics." The project aims to expand training opportunities for students in archaeological field and laboratory methods, with a focus on removing barriers that limit...
This $505,759 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) funds a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Site at Portland State University's Center for Climate and Aerosol Research. The program aims to train a diverse cohort of 10 students per summer, primarily recruiting from underrepresented groups in STEM, in atmospheric and climate science research through hands-on projects, mentorship, and skill development. Key objectives include...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in the amount of $112,078 effective October 1, 2024. The grant will support the training of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or underrepresented groups, over the summers of 2025-2027. Students will conduct individual research projects co-mentored by UC Davis faculty, graduate students, and...
This three-year, $291,598 National Science Foundation project grant funds the Dynamic Earth in the 21st Century undergraduate research program at Brown University. The program aims to provide historically marginalized undergraduate students research experiences in geosciences, spanning topics like measuring mantle properties with earthquakes, assessing drivers of air and water quality, and modeling climate-vegetation feedbacks. Eight students per summer for three summers will conduct nine-week...
The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $565,595 Project Grant to Columbia University from May 2021 to April 2024 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds an undergraduate research experience program titled "REU SITE: Research Experience for Undergraduates: Interdisciplinary Cutting-Edge Research Though the Analysis of Global Data." The program will provide research opportunities for undergraduates to conduct interdisciplinary projects...
This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund an Research Experiences for Undergraduates site at East Carolina University's Coastal Studies Institute. Over three years, the project will engage undergraduate researchers from diverse backgrounds in team-based research investigating coastal resilience challenges across communities in the face of climate change impacts like sea level rise and extreme...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $180,000 provides funding for a postdoctoral fellowship under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Caddick at Virginia Tech. The research, professional development, and outreach activities focus on constraining the mobility of rare earth elements (REEs) in subduction zones. The research aims to test hypotheses about the sequestration and mobilization of REEs during subduction processes, using a forward model...
The National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) awarded a $488,720 Project Grant to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to establish a multi-institutional Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in atmospheric science, oceanography, and geosciences. Over the 3-year award period from August 2024 to July 2027, the program will provide high-quality research experiences and professional development for 10 undergraduate participants annually. Students will...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences provides $495,364 to the University of South Florida to support an interdisciplinary Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site program focused on weather, climate, and society from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The funding supports a nine-week summer REU program that will engage 10 undergraduate students per year, with an emphasis on underrepresented groups, in mentored...
This $172,967 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will enable Fullerton College, a 2-year Hispanic-Serving Institution, to strengthen undergraduate learning in Earth Science. The funding will be used to acquire a breadth of educational equipment and instrumentation, including drones, weather stations, water column systems, bioreactors, and multi-parameter probes. This equipment will allow over 1,000 students and numerous faculty to...