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 project grant of $249,976 supports research at Arizona State University from August 2022 through July 2025 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award will fund collaborative research between experimental mineral physics and computational geodynamics to advance understanding of deep Earth processes through three key pieces. First, dynamic compression experiments will measure the spin state and structure of dense iron-bearing silicate melts. Second,...
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 $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...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program award, CFDA 47.050, provides $437,806 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, to conduct collaborative research on the molecular speciation of trace elements like iron, copper, zinc, and manganese in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic continental shelf. The research aims to identify the organic ligands that bind to these biologically essential metals, and determine their sources and...
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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program grant, with a total funding amount of $296,901.00 awarded on September 1, 2023, supports a systematic investigation of sorption mechanisms of light rare-earth elements (REEs) on iron oxides at Oklahoma State University. The key objectives are to elucidate how mineral structure, crystallinity, morphology, and interfacial dynamics affect REE sorption at mineral-water interfaces, which is critical for predicting the occurrence and formation...
This $574,925 Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences Program (CFDA 47.049), supports research conducted by Professor George Christou at the University of Florida. The research aims to develop new synthetic methods for producing very small (1-3 nm) iron oxide (Fe2O3) nanoparticles as molecular compounds of uniform size and shape. These iron oxide nanoparticles are crucial for magnetism-based technologies, including...
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...
The Regents of the University of Minnesota, through its Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, received a $286,561 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award, entitled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GLOW: IRON REDOX REACTIONS IN MAGMA OCEANS AND DIFFERENTIATION OF ROCKY PLANETS," will support experiments to study how planets become habitable through mantle oxidation during the...