This $160,021 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078 Polar Programs) to Rutgers, The State University's Research Financial Services Division. The funding will support a collaborative research project called "GREENFJORD-FIBER, Observing the Ice-Ocean Interface with Exceptional Resolution" that aims to better understand how Greenlandic glaciers flowing into the ocean change between winter and summer. The project will...
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) received a $352,884 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The grant supports the development of a transformative "Metamaterial-Enhanced Acoustic Phased Array" (MEAPA) system that can provide high-resolution measurements of ice thickness and internal ice structure. This technology will help refine global estimates...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $292,854 project grant to Rutgers, The State University under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant funds the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GLACIOME: DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE MODEL OF THE COUPLED GLACIER-OCEAN-MELANGE SYSTEM" project. This project will develop a comprehensive model of the interactions between glaciers, surrounding ocean waters, and ice mélange to...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded a $200,000 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop a fiber optic multiparameter sensor (FOMS) capable of long-term, under-ice monitoring of critical climate components in lakes. The goal is to simultaneously measure parameters like carbon dioxide, methane, temperature, pH, salinity, and...
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey received a $102,894 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering under the Office of International Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.079). The grant will fund a collaborative research project titled "EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN HYDROLOGIC SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: A CASE STUDY IN POST-GLACIAL PER" from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024....
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Polar Programs awarded Rutgers, The State University a $106,348 Project Grant under the Polar Programs CFDA 47.078 to conduct collaborative research focused on quantifying the effects of sediment deposition on the stability and retreat rates of Greenland tidewater glaciers. Over the 2-year period of performance from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, the project aims to collect observational data on sedimentation processes at the ice-ocean...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $586,313 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University located in Piscataway, New Jersey. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "Collaborative Research: Oligohaline Dispersion: Transport Processes at the Estuary-Tidal River Transition" under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This project aims to quantify tidal dispersion and identify the underlying mechanisms driving transport...
This $460,353 National Science Foundation project grant supports research into the dynamics of ultrafast cold cavitation in liquids at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey from March 2022 to February 2025. The grant is funded through NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which aims to advance engineering research and education. Specifically, the grant will fund the development of advanced laser ablation and imaging techniques to induce and capture cavitation bubbles in water and diesel...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's $1.044 million Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports the development of the Robotic Iceberg Sentinel (RISE) system at the University of Rhode Island from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2026. The RISE system will obtain accurate in-situ measurements of icebergs and surrounding water conditions to advance understanding of iceberg impacts on local and global environments. Researchers will develop iceberg-referenced localization...
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey was awarded a $298,762 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA #47.050). The three-year award, beginning May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024, will support the research project "Quantifying the Properties of Atmospheric Trace Elements and Their Fluxes to the Amundsen Sea." As described under the Geosciences program, the funding will strengthen...