Project Grant 2211684
- This $375,036 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of a unified numerical model for bubble nucleation and growth in volcanic systems. Led by Lehigh University, researchers will conduct targeted experiments to inform a novel formulation capturing homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation processes. They will also create an ensemble bubble growth model using stochastic, iterative assignment of nucleation events within a 3D...
- This National Science Foundation award provides $333,856 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Texas at Austin from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The funding will support the development of a unified numerical model for bubble nucleation and growth in volcanic systems through collaborative research between US and UK investigators. Specifically, the award will combine novel experiments with theoretical modeling to address current knowledge gaps in nucleation...
- This $490,303 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a research project aimed at improving the understanding of lava flow properties and their impact on volcanic eruption hazard assessment. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Developing and deploying two new field tools to directly measure the viscosity of natural lava flows, which contain critical elements like bubbles and crystals...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences Project Grant award for $180,000 from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026 will support research to develop a new "Eruption Stability Diagram" classification system for volcanic eruptions. The objective is to better understand and predict the evolution of volcanic hazards, such as ash clouds and pyroclastic density currents, by accounting for the effects of varying eruption rates and micrometer-scale processes. The research...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $296,096 to Brown University provides funding to investigate the crust and uppermost mantle beneath active volcanoes using new seismic analysis techniques. The 2-year project, starting on Sep 1, 2024, aims to advance understanding of how magma storage and migration affect the eruptibility of volcanoes in regions like Yellowstone, the Cascades Arc, and the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex. Key...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $174,000 to study the role of deformation in triggering volcanic eruptions. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), this award will support research from September 2021 through August 2023 to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes. The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences through basic research. This particular grant will further...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded Lafayette College $476,890 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: WHAT LIES BENEATH: AN INVESTIGATION OF SUBGLACIAL SILICIC MAGMA SYSTEMS (VATNAJOKULL, ICELAND)" from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025. The goal of this project is to explore the origin, evolution, age, and longevity of magmas beneath the Vatnajökull ice cap in Iceland to better understand the country's...
- This $374,308 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research at Montana State University focused on understanding the pre-eruptive processes and timescales that trigger volcanic eruptions, particularly at Alaska's Okmok volcano. The research team will integrate geochemical analysis of erupted products with geophysical monitoring data to elucidate the deep magmatic processes that lead to different eruption styles, volumes, and...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $293,231 to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley, to conduct collaborative research on magma storage depths and chemical variability in volcanic systems in the Cascade Arc. The research aims to better constrain the depths at which mafic magmas erupting in the Cascades were stored prior to eruption by directly measuring the CO2...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Brown University received a $166,666 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) for a collaborative US-Swiss research initiative examining crystal-melt dynamics in crustal magma reservoirs. The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, supports integrated research combining field investigations, laboratory experiments, and computational modeling to advance...
This $157,232 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of a unified numerical model for bubble nucleation and growth in volcanic systems. Lafayette College will work with international collaborators to conduct targeted experiments and develop theoretically grounded formulations to capture homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation processes. Researchers will also create an ensemble bubble growth model to track evolving bubble cohorts using a 3D stochastic approach. This combined numerical model will allow users to determine magma property evolution during natural eruptions and infer in-conduit conditions from eruptive products. The three-year award period beginning August 1, 2022 will support cross-university student and postdoc training, as well as outreach aimed at advancing understanding of explosive volcanic eruptions and associated hazards.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $157.2k | 7/18/22 |