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...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences supports collaborative research to generate millennial-length reconstructions of sub-annual paleoclimate and extreme events in the Greater Yellowstone Ecoregion through tree-ring methodologies. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the $417,494 award to the University of Louisville runs from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. Key products include developing millennial-length...
The Regents of the University of Idaho (University of Idaho) received a $208,292 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The two-year award will support collaborative research to advance understanding of landscape response to climate change through studying evolving Hawaiian landforms. The University of Idaho will examine landscapes across islands and rainfall gradients to quantify the...
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...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $147,279 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Regents of the University of Idaho, doing business as the University of Idaho, to develop the "North American Temperature Atlas" (NATA). This collaborative research project aims to compile new and existing tree ring temperature reconstruction data across North America into a gridded dataset. The NATA will be used to analyze the relationship between extreme heat,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $1,508,247 to the Regents of the University of Idaho to research and implement climate-smart forestry and agricultural solutions that enhance the climate change resilience of rural and tribal communities in Idaho and Montana. The project will 1) study the carbon and climate impacts of these practices, 2) research social barriers to implementation, and 3) determine...
This $491,068 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative research project focused on implementing climate-smart forestry and agricultural practices in Idaho and Montana. The University of Montana, in partnership with the University of Idaho, Nez Perce Tribe, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, and Salish Kootenai Tribal College, will quantify the ecological, social, and economic impacts of these...
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...
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...
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...