Project Grant 2203487
- This $377,603 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will fund research by the University of Colorado to investigate the effects of transient and non-Newtonian mantle viscosity on glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) processes and their implications for GPS observations in Antarctica. The project aims to build an accurate and efficient computer model to study the displacement and deformation of the Antarctic crust and mantle in response to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs awarded a $627,264 Project Grant to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY), operating as Stony Brook University, to conduct a comprehensive seismic investigation of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the South Pole in East Antarctica. The 5-year project, titled "CAREER: A Comprehensive Seismic Investigation to the Crust and Uppermost Mantle Beneath the South Pole, East...
- This Project Grant award of $703,638.00 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) supports research to advance the understanding of the geodynamic evolution of the Antarctic mantle and crust since the inception of the Antarctic ice sheet 34 million years ago. The research aims to develop a high-resolution geodynamic model using the mantle convection code ASPECT to simulate mantle flow and crustal dynamics. Key objectives include addressing the evolution and uplift...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $184,798 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (Stony Brook University) to conduct collaborative research on temporal variations in glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The research aims to better understand how seismic properties within and beneath the Antarctic ice sheets change over time, which can provide insights into ice sheet dynamics and responses to...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $126,121 Project Grant under the Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) for a 3-year collaborative research project to study temporal variations in glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The project aims to leverage existing seismic data to better understand how the physical properties of the Antarctic ice sheet change over time, including seasonal variations in subglacial hydrological systems....
- The National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs awarded a $899,856 project grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, on August 15, 2023. The funding supports a collaborative U.S./U.K. research project investigating the direct influence of meltwater on the dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet. The key activities include a field campaign on Flade Glacier and a continent-wide remote sensing survey to test hypotheses related to how surface meltwater reaching...
- This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, titled "Collaborative Research: Site Survey for Subglacial Bedrock Exposure Dating at the Margin of the Wilkes Basin in Northern Victoria Land," provides $116,342 to support basic research activities that are best conducted in Antarctica's polar regions. Funded under the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to expand fundamental polar knowledge and understanding, the award will allow the...
- The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology received a $483,028 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs on August 15, 2021 to complete the project by July 31, 2024. The grant will support research to better understand the effects of glaciation on crustal stress and volcanic eruption patterns at Mount Waesche in Antarctica. As part of the NSF's Polar Programs, which provides $47.078 million annually to expand knowledge of the polar regions through...
- This National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs Project Grant award of $322,106 provides funding to Brown University from March 15, 2022 through February 28, 2025 to evaluate processes that create, modify, and destroy subcontinental mantle lithosphere beneath Western Antarctica. The award supports geochemical and microstructural analysis of rock samples to assess mantle xenoliths collected in Western Antarctica. This work will establish pressure-temperature conditions of...
- This $560,876 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078), will support collaborative research exploring interlinked physical, biological, and geochemical properties of seafloor sediments around Antarctica. Led by three early-career women principal investigators at the Colorado School of Mines, the research team will analyze archived marine sediment cores housed at Oregon State University to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $383,202 project grant to The Washington University to conduct research on the thermal and compositional structure of the Antarctic mantle from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. Under the grant, the university will use probabilistic joint inversion of seismic, gravity, and topography data along with petrological modeling to map the three-dimensional thermal and compositional structure of the Antarctic mantle from the surface down to 380 kilometers depth. This will provide quantitative estimates of temperature variation and iron depletion levels in both the lithospheric and sub-lithospheric mantle. Comparison to models of Gondwana terranes from 200 million years ago will also help build an updated model of cratonic mantle thermal and chemical evolution. The research aims to advance understanding of Antarctic geological history and ice sheet-solid earth interactions by determining the mantle's influence on glacial isostatic adjustment and heat flux beneath the ice sheet. The project aligns with the goals of the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs grant program (CFDA 47.078) to support basic research conducted in or about the polar regions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $191.6k | 6/3/22 |