The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $581,673 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of New Hampshire, operating through its Office of Sponsored Research. The five-year grant aims to analyze the complex linkages between climate, hydrology, and social systems in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of Alaska and Mongolia. The research will assess the combined impacts of climate and socioeconomic changes on human well-being and ecosystem...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $700,865 Project Grant under the Geosciences CFDA program to the University of Northern Iowa for the research project "SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION IN RIVER BASINS OF THE SUB-ARCTIC UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE (SESTRA)". This 5-year project, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2028, aims to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $717,355 Project Grant to the George Washington University (GWU) Student Accounts Office / Third Party Division under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on socio-ecological systems transformation in river basins of the sub-Arctic under climate change. The 5-year research project, titled "Collaborative Research: Socio-Ecological Systems Transformation in River Basins of the Sub-Arctic under Climate...
This $1.125 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research and development of water and sanitation resilience strategies for rural Alaskan communities facing environmental change. Over a three-year period from January 2023 through December 2026, the University of Massachusetts will work with community partners in Kongiganak and Mekoryuk to evaluate near-term and long-term water provision...
This $305,340 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports U.S. researchers participating in a multi-country Belmont Forum initiative on global environmental change research. The grant funds a collaborative project investigating how the use of indigenous ecological knowledge can enhance resilience, mitigation, and adaptation to climate change effects. The research teams will work with communities in Alaska, Kazakhstan, Mexico,...
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports community-based mitigation and adaptation strategies for river flooding and erosion in Alaska Native communities. Iowa State University will lead workshops and field visits with community members, local governments, and scientists in Bethel, Alaska and surrounding villages to solicit input on climate adaptation goals focused on infrastructure,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities provides $916,096 in funding to Alaska Pacific University from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. The award supports research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the university will evaluate near-term and long-term water and sanitation...
This $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports an exploratory study led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The research aims to examine how climate change impacts traditional food intake and health in Alaskan Native communities. The project will integrate geoscience data on climate variables like temperature, precipitation, and sea ice extent with dietary biomarkers from blood samples to model longitudinal relationships...
This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research towards developing climate-resilient water infrastructure in Alaska Native communities through 2027. The award is part of the Geosciences program, which supports basic research in integrated Earth system sciences through the expansion of fundamental knowledge. Working with Michigan State University researchers, community leaders and utility staff from the Norton Sound region of western Alaska will co-produce knowledge...
The University of Alaska Anchorage was awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The award will fund research from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2028 to understand changing river discharge dynamics in the rapidly warming Arctic region of Greenland. The grantee will measure components of the water cycle across watersheds with varying glacial coverage in Greenland. Field data...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $500,000, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 47.050 Geosciences program, supports research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of sub-Arctic Alaska and Mongolia. The interdisciplinary research project aims to assess the impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on local communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure, and to co-develop adaptation options with indigenous stakeholders. The study will employ transdisciplinary integration, indigenous knowledge, multi-scale analysis, and community-engaged modeling to provide plausible trajectories of human responses to climate, social, economic, and political stressors in these regions. The results will be made publicly available to inform evidence-based decision-making by affected communities and policymakers on navigating the challenges of climate change in the Arctic and sub-Arctic.