The University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., a non-profit organization, received a $434,415 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences CFDA program. The award, effective from December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2026, supports the integration of two complementary geoscience data platforms, Macrostrat and Strabospot, to build a multiscale community-led ecosystem for crustal geology research. The project aims to enhance the...
The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $290,768 Project Grant on September 1, 2023 to the University of Wisconsin - Madison under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program. This 4-year grant funds the development of an automated quality assurance and quality control (QAQC) system for the StraBo geologic information system to evaluate the quality and completeness of observational geological data. The project involves...
This $201,076 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (under the CFDA program "Computer and Information Science and Engineering") aims to integrate two data systems, MacroStrat and Sedimentary Geochemistry and Paleoenvironments (SGP), to better link geochemical proxy records to crustal stratigraphic context. Key activities include: Connecting SGP sample data to MacroStrat's geologic units and columns Developing new web...
This $148,988 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will enable the University of California Santa Cruz to modify the existing STRABOSPOT digital data system to develop a collaborative environment for researchers to collect and analyze geological data more efficiently. The project will create "group-level workflows" to facilitate collaborative research on subduction zones, a key focus area for the SZ4D (Subduction Zones in Four...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities and Directorate for Geosciences, totaling $200,000, supports the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) aim to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanded fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system. The University of Wisconsin-Madison will deliver coordination network activities to improve disciplinary practices in past global change research from...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded a $430,043 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on eukaryotic life and its preservation within the Mesoproterozoic Lower Belt Supergroup. The research will involve comprehensive paleontological study of the 1.5-billion-year-old Appekunny and Greyson formations in Montana, combining lithostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and detrital geochronological analysis...
The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $157,100 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research titled "Do Slickenfibers Record Episodic Tremor and Slow Slip?" for the period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2023. The Geosciences program aims to strengthen understanding of Earth's integrated systems through basic research support in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Under...
This $200,840 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities, jointly supported by the NSF Directorate for Geosciences and its Division of Earth Sciences and Tectonics Program. The grant is for the project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: AUTOMATED QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR THE STRABOSPOT GEOLOGIC INFORMATION SYSTEM AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA." The project aims to develop an automated system for evaluating the quality...
This $850,370 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will enable the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. to develop collaborative digital workflows to integrate field and laboratory data for the Subduction Zones in Four Dimensions (SZ4D) research community. The project will enhance the existing Strabo Spot data system to facilitate collaborative data collection, analysis, and knowledge sharing among geoscientists studying...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant, awarded under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), will provide $1,054,276 to the University of Wisconsin System from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The grant aims to enhance the Neotoma Paleoecology Database, a widely used international resource for paleoenvironmental and paleoecological data. Key activities include: Improving data upload, curation, and management systems to enable higher rates of data additions and better support for new user...