This $297,369 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research evaluating the contribution of small eukaryotes to nitrate-based new production in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Over a three-year period ending November 2025, the University of Hawaii at Manoa will conduct laboratory and ship-based research to better understand how phytoplankton access subsurface nitrogen in surface waters during summer months. Researchers will sort phytoplankton...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences provides $507,547 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ISOTOPIC INDICATORS FOR MECHANISMS OF ORGANIC MATTER DEGRADATION UNDER HIGH PRODUCTIVITY AND HIGH CARBON FLUX CONDITIONS (EXPORTS)." The research aims to develop isotopic indicators to study organic matter degradation under conditions of high biological productivity and carbon flux in...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa will receive $748,827 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to illuminate the physiology, cellular characteristics, and ecogenomics of the first cultivated strain of the SAR86 lineage. This research aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in ocean sciences, as outlined under the NSF program. The University of Hawaii...
The University of Hawaii (UH) received a $1,575,675 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct oceanographic and geological research cruises in the southeastern region of Hawaii's Exclusive Economic Zone. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Collecting ship-based multibeam echosounder and backscatter data to map unexplored regions of the seafloor and...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $260,258 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences to conduct dual gas tracer measurements during the Central Baltic Sea Air-Sea Exchange Experiment. The funding supports basic research from August 15, 2021 through July 31, 2023 under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which aims to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $289,691 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on July 1, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2024. The grant will fund the US GEOTRACES GP17-OCE AND GP17-ANT projects to map zinc speciation in the Southern Ocean overturning circulation and test the zinc scavenging hypothesis. As part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), which supports basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $892,290 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research characterizing mesophoric seaweeds in Hawaii from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. Key products and services include collecting, identifying, and describing previously unknown mesophoric seaweed species from Hawaii to add to biodiversity data and herbarium...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $548,713 to the University of Hawaii at Manoa to conduct research on predicting ecosystem metabolism in rocky intertidal communities in the context of warming and ocean acidification. The overarching objective is to understand how shifting environmental conditions and loss of foundation species affect ecosystem functioning in these systems. The 2-year project involves controlled...
This $466,900 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research investigating gas exchange in the Labrador Sea through 2025. The University of Hawaii at Manoa, with the University of Hawaii Systems as parent organization, will receive funding to conduct observational and modeling work as part of the international Bubble Exchange in the Labrador Sea experiment in fall 2023. Researchers will measure air-sea invasion and evasion rates of various...
The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $352,057 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation on February 1, 2021 to complete the project by January 31, 2024. The project is titled "Carbonic Acid Dissociation and Calcite Solubility in Seawater of Non-Standard Major Ion Composition." This award will support research into carbonic acid dissociation and calcite solubility in seawater with non-standard major ion composition. The research directly aligns with the goals of...