The University of Idaho will receive $344,599 under a Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "Exploring the Tempo of Exhumation and Relief Development to Investigate Mantle-to-Surface Connections Around the Yellowstone Hotspot" from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The research aims to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes by expanding knowledge of...
The Regents of the University of Idaho was awarded a $156,022 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund a collaborative research project to perform millennial-length, multi-metric reconstructions of paleoclimates in the Greater Yellowstone Ecoregion through July 2026. Researchers will generate quantitative wood anatomy chronologies from two tree species and produce regional...
The University of Idaho was awarded a $128,702 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences. The grant will fund the collaborative research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: P2C2--RECONSTRUCTING TROPICAL CYCLONE PRECIPITATION THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES" from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The research aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric sciences, as...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research at the University of Idaho to enhance water budget simulations across the continental United States. The key objectives are to model vegetation's uptake of rock moisture and evaluate its impact on water budget dynamics, with the goal of improving predictions of water availability and environmental resilience. This collaborative two-year project...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $194,257 Project Grant to the University of Idaho under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support research from September 1, 2021 through March 31, 2023. The grant funds a study of the cumulative effects of ecological and social stressors on integrated ranching and wildlife systems in Idaho, including drought, wolves, and human decision-making. Under the award, the University of Idaho will conduct rancher surveys and integrate social and...
Idaho State University was awarded a $284,964 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant aims to strengthen geosciences career opportunities for tribal members through cultural connections to iconic landscapes. Specifically, the University will develop and deliver pathways programs linking tribal culture and traditions to...
Arizona State University was awarded a two-year, $401,503 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research quantifying the influence of fluvial thresholds on erosion rates and landscape morphology in Hawaii. The University will lead efforts to advance understanding of landscape response to climate change through studying evolving Hawaiian landforms. Researchers will examine landscapes across islands and rainfall patterns...
The Regents of the University of Idaho received a $2,669,046 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to conduct research on how biological communities respond to environmental stresses like wildfire and drought. The project, titled "EMBER: Embedding Molecular Biology in Ecosystem Research in an Era of Increasing Wildfire and Drought", aims to identify key traits and variables that govern how forests and microorganisms...
Purdue University was awarded a $108,935 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on climatic control of erosion rates and landscape morphology in Hawaii. The two-year award running from August 2023 to July 2025 will fund research quantifying the influence of fluvial thresholds on landscape response to climate change through study of evolving Hawaiian landforms. Key deliverables include field measurements, digital...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $178,705 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, from August 15, 2023 through July 31, 2026. This award is funded through the NSF's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), which enhances the competitiveness of the nation's research and broadens participation in STEM fields. The project aims to characterize the physical drivers of vegetation-forced...