This Project Grant award of $247,233 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to advance the understanding of volcanic processes, natural hazards, and landscape evolution at the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex in Chile. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year project include: Integrated study of the interplay between surface processes, shallow magmatism, and hydrothermal activity to evaluate...
The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) received a $190,491 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on the interplay of surface evolution, shallow magmatism, and hydrothermal systems at the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex in Chile. The research aims to advance understanding of the natural hazards associated with near-surface magmatic intrusions and how volcanic eruptions transition from explosive...
The National Science Foundation awarded a 5-year, $107,566 Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant to the University of Oregon for a collaborative research study on the natural hazards associated with volcanic intrusions. The project aims to advance the understanding of how volcanic eruptions transition from explosive to effusive behavior, and how the interactions between surface processes, hydrothermal, and magmatic processes can lead to the formation of shallow intrusions. The research...
This $158,481 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research by Lehigh University to investigate the relationship between changes in glaciers, topography, and the behavior of active volcanoes in Chile over the past 50,000 years. The research aims to generate high-resolution records of volcanic activity, ice retreat, and landscape evolution, and use this data to explore how crustal loading changes driven...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $296,096 to Brown University provides funding to investigate the crust and uppermost mantle beneath active volcanoes using new seismic analysis techniques. The 2-year project, starting on Sep 1, 2024, aims to advance understanding of how magma storage and migration affect the eruptibility of volcanoes in regions like Yellowstone, the Cascades Arc, and the Altiplano-Puna Volcanic Complex. Key...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $274,166 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on the linkages between glacio-climatic, hydrothermal, and volcanic processes in the central Andes from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. Specifically, the research aims to establish spatial and temporal relationships between glacier fluctuations including deglaciation and the onset of hydrothermal and/or volcanic activity through...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research effort to design an integrated array of instruments to observe subduction zone geohazards in Chile. The $171,096 award will fund modeling studies and technical planning to develop three overlapping instrument arrays to monitor earthquake, volcanic, and landslide processes in this active subduction zone region. The research teams will compile new catalogs of...
This $490,303 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a research project aimed at improving the understanding of lava flow properties and their impact on volcanic eruption hazard assessment. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: Developing and deploying two new field tools to directly measure the viscosity of natural lava flows, which contain critical elements like bubbles and crystals...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation provides $174,000 to study the role of deformation in triggering volcanic eruptions. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), this award will support research from September 2021 through August 2023 to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes. The Geosciences program aims to expand fundamental knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences through basic research. This particular grant will further...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $597,142 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research titled "Volcanism on the Edge - Basaltic Volcanism from Source to Surface across the Colorado Plateau/Basin & Range Transition in SW Utah." The three-year award beginning August 1, 2022 will fund research examining nearly forty Quaternary basaltic volcanic fields...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $120,831 Project Grant to the University of Wyoming (UW) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to study the interplay of surface evolution, shallow magmatism, and a large hydrothermal system at the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex in Chile. The goal of this 5-year project is to enhance understanding of the natural hazards associated with volcanic intrusions and transitions between explosive and effusive eruption behaviors. The research will integrate methods from volcanology, geophysics, geochemistry, and geomorphology to study the formation and current state of a shallow magmatic intrusion that formed during the 2011-2012 eruption. The project aims to build a strong US-Chilean collaborative effort, facilitate student participation in research activities, and provide a basis for assessing the future evolution of the volcanic system. No subawards are planned under this grant.