The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to Michigan Technological University to develop and test modeling approaches that quantify denitrification and nitrogen fixation in streams. The grant, which runs from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, supports research to improve understanding of nitrogen cycling and removal in freshwater ecosystems. The project aims to create open-source models that can estimate denitrification rates in streams by measuring day-night cycles of nitrogen gas (N2) concentrations. Researchers will test the models in experimental and natural streams across varying nitrogen and phosphorus conditions. The project also includes broader impact activities such as undergraduate training and a high school summer course on coding and data analysis in ecology. This award is funded under NSF's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic research to advance scientific knowledge and address major national challenges.
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