Project Grant 2217928
Award Date
8/1/22
Completion Date
7/31/25
Dollars Obligated
$124K
Funding Federal Agency
Office of Integrative Activities
Awarding Federal Agency
Division of Earth Sciences
Federal Grant Program
47.083
Assistance Type
Project Grant
Place of Performance
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Similar Awards
This $128,607 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund collaborative research characterizing iron deposits in Puerto Rico between August 1, 2022 and July 31, 2025. The research aims to elucidate metal transport and magnetite mineralization processes in skarn systems by characterizing three unstudied iron ore deposits in Puerto Rico. Field mapping, geochemistry including iron and oxygen stable isotope...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) provides $114,133 to Juniata College to conduct collaborative research on the source of mineralizing fluids in iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) mineral deposits. The key objectives are to improve understanding of how different types of copper ore deposits form and develop methods to locate undiscovered deposits. The research will compare the multi-element isotopic signatures of...
This $369,916 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project between the University of South Florida and the University of Hawaii. The primary objectives are to: 1) use iron isotopes as a tracer to determine the relative supply of dust, sediment, and hydrothermal-derived iron to the subtropical and equatorial Pacific Ocean; 2) investigate how microorganisms fractionate iron isotopes during iron uptake and how...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $178,353 awarded to Concordia College Corporation will support research investigating the magnetic properties of iron oxide minerals and their phase conversions through cation doping. The award falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Undergraduate students will engage in the research work during...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research effort to study the ocean iron cycle in the subtropical and equatorial Pacific Ocean. The $480,149 award, which began on April 1, 2025 and will run through March 31, 2028, will fund researchers at the University of South Florida and the University of Hawaii to measure iron isotopes in seawater samples collected during recent GEOTRACES expeditions. By combining...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $444,296 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan (University of Michigan) to conduct collaborative research on improving the understanding of how two types of copper ore deposits form and developing methods to find undiscovered deposits. The grant, funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will support a graduate student and several undergraduates in mapping, logging, sampling, and...
This Project Grant award for $382,137 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at the University of Minnesota to investigate the composition and iron oxidation state of the minerals lawsonite and epidote in subducted oceanic crust. The research aims to understand the controls on the conditions and fluid sources that influence mineral composition and iron chemistry in these hydrous minerals as oceanic plates subduct and transform at depth. Two...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $191,614 to the University of South Florida to conduct collaborative research on the dynamic compression of iron-sulfur alloys at conditions relevant to the Earth's core. Over the two-year project period starting September 1, 2024, the research team will perform dynamic compression experiments and molecular dynamics simulations to study the crystal structure, melting, and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $342,692 will support an academic-industry collaborative research project to develop new methods for exploring and discovering copper-nickel-sulfide mineral deposits in the United States. The project team from the University of Michigan and Juniata College, in partnership with mining industry professionals, will test the hypothesis that the ratio of copper isotopes in ground and...
This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program will enable researchers at The Washington University to investigate the biogeochemical processes affecting critical mineral resources in mine tailings and weathered ore zones in the United States. The primary research focus is characterizing rare earth elements in iron oxide-apatite and carbonatite ore waste materials, as well as platinum group elements in weathered ore zones, using...