The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Stanford University from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The grant supports collaborative research titled "Changes in Hyporheic Exchange and Nitrous Oxide Generation Due to Streambed Alteration by Macro-Roughness Elements" under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and...
This $1,798,726 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports an initiative at San Jose State University (SJSU) to increase undergraduate degree completion in geology and earth system science for high-achieving, low-income students. Over 6 years, the project will provide scholarships to 30 full-time SJSU students pursuing bachelor's degrees in these fields, including 6 first-year students receiving 4-year scholarships and...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $490,066 to Chapman University for their Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Earth and Environmental Sciences (SURFEES) program. The three-year award will fund research experiences for 12 community college students annually, focusing on underrepresented groups, to engage in interdisciplinary projects related to Earth and environmental science issues under faculty mentors in areas such...
The Leland Stanford Junior University received a $327,000 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on meteor evolution modeling from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2026. The research will develop new physics-based computational models to simulate meteor ablation, plasma dynamics, and interactions with the spatially variable upper atmosphere from sub-microseconds to...
The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $602,541 Project Grant to Stanford University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The grant supports collaborative research testing the hypothesis that reduction of aerobic habitat was a common kill mechanism for major mass extinction events, as part of the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The Geosciences program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $498,014 to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) over a 5-year period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2030. The objective of this research project is to advance the understanding of how anthropogenic aerosols impact precipitation extremes, such as droughts, flooding, and convective storms, in the context of climate change. The project aims to enhance the...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research examining the interactions between internal waves and submesoscale currents in the ocean's bottom boundary layer. The $567,136 award, effective June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2027, will be provided to The Leland Stanford Junior University to conduct theoretical analyses, observational data studies, and computer simulations to assess the impact of these interactions on...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a Project Grant under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) in the amount of $112,078 effective October 1, 2024. The grant will support the training of 27 students, primarily from schools with limited research opportunities or underrepresented groups, over the summers of 2025-2027. Students will conduct individual research projects co-mentored by UC Davis faculty, graduate students, and...
The Leland Stanford Junior University was awarded a $163,981 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The grant will fund collaborative research to investigate four decades of subsurface change beneath the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica using historical and modern radar sounding data. The research aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of the polar regions by expanding knowledge of ice shelf...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $2,499,411 Project Grant to the San Jose State University Research Foundation (SJSURF) through the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076). The project, titled "Empowering Students to Succeed in Engineering and Computer Science," aims to increase the attraction, retention, and graduation of low-income, academically talented, undergraduate students in software engineering, computer engineering, and computer science at San Jose State...