The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $600,537 Project Grant to the University of South Florida (USF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to investigate how groundwater discharge delivers important nutrients like dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and iron to the coastal ecosystems of the West Florida Shelf. Motivated by preliminary observations, the research will quantify the flux and isotopic signatures of submarine groundwater discharge-derived DON and iron, evaluate their...
This $364,678 project grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will investigate how groundwater discharge delivers dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and iron to the coastal ecosystems of the West Florida Shelf. The research team, led by Texas A&M University, will quantify the flux and isotopic signatures of submarine groundwater discharge-derived DON and iron, evaluate their bioavailability, and assess the impact on nitrogen fixation...
Oregon State University was awarded a $680,529 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award will fund research from August 2021 through July 2024 to study the environmental consequences of expanded recruitment of an ecosystem engineer on a hypoxia-influenced continental shelf. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of Earth's integrated systems through atmospheric,...
This $999,721 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a research project titled "RAISE: SAFEGUARDING U.S. COASTAL GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES FROM FLOODING AND SALTWATER INTRUSION" at the University of Florida. The project aims to develop strategies and decision-support tools to address challenges faced by coastal communities due to rising sea levels, climate change, urban sprawl, and agricultural impacts on...
Oregon State University was awarded a $104,268 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund collaborative research between U.S. and U.K. researchers to use time-series field observations from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study region to constrain an ocean iron model. Leveraging known seasonal physical, chemical, and biological changes in the study region and existing models...
The University of South Florida received a three-year, $352,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant funds collaborative research on dissolved concentrations, isotopes, and colloids of the bioactive trace metals. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of Earth's integrated system. This award will further such understanding through research on key trace metal...
Oregon State University will receive $107,358 under a Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to host a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site program from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023. As part of the program, ten undergraduate interns will be mentored by Oregon State University faculty in ocean ecology, biogeochemistry, physical oceanography, and marine geology and geophysics research. Interns will have...
This $552,775 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to investigate benthic iron fluxes in the Labrador Sea, an important region of deep-water formation. The project aims to identify and quantify iron sources from ocean sediments to the overlying surface waters, which can influence the biological carbon pump in this high-latitude region. The research team from Florida State University will collect sediment and pore water...
This $691,259 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project to better understand the relationship between the oceanic cycles of iron and carbon. The award, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFGEO-NERC: THE COLLOIDAL SHUNT AS A CRITICAL NEXUS OF THE OCEAN IRON AND CARBON CYCLES," will be performed by researchers at Oregon State University. The project aims to characterize the "colloidal...
Florida State University was awarded a three-year, $142,382 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research investigating the source and flux of dissolved organic carbon released from methane seeps to the deep ocean. As part of the Geosciences program's mission to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research, this project will enhance understanding of carbon cycling...