This $337,293 five-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research on the relationship between tectonic faulting and near-surface deformation on the San Andreas Fault in California. The lead researcher and team at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), a Hispanic-Serving Institution, will use geophysical techniques such as ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography, coupled with satellite...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $462,400 to the University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, to develop advanced machine learning techniques for generating realistic, synthetic earthquake ground motion simulations. The goal is to create a faster, more generalizable physics-based model that can efficiently study large, infrequent earthquakes and assess their hazards for California and Nevada....
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $249,272, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028, supports the development of machine learning techniques to generate realistic, synthetic ground motion simulations for studying large earthquakes. The project, conducted by the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), aims to create a physics-based, parametric surrogate model called Operator Inference (OPINF) that can produce seismic ground...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $303,820 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California, Santa Cruz to characterize the seismic radiation from finite earthquake sources and investigate its links to fault physics. The research aims to improve understanding of large earthquake scenarios in different tectonic plate boundary settings by developing physics-based computational models that can reproduce geophysical observations. Key objectives...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project between the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Hebrew University to directly measure fault rupture dynamics and seismic wave propagation in a laboratory setting. The $399,601 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will leverage specialized laboratory equipment to conduct high-speed imaging and in-situ seismogram...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $190,022 to the CSU Fullerton Auxiliary Services Corporation, a subsidiary of the California State University system, to investigate seismic cycle processes in the "earthquake critical zone" through an interdisciplinary, collaborative research project. The primary objectives are to characterize the material properties, fault architecture, and earthquake cycle dynamics of two major...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative research effort between California State University San Bernardino and the University of Cincinnati. The $354,304 award aims to recruit junior-level university students and sophomore-level community college students into geosciences educational and career tracks through year-long, cohort-based, authentic geologic research experiences. The research activities focus...
This $175,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to develop an AI model for understanding fault dynamics and earthquake hazards in complex fault networks. The project, led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), aims to build a multiphysics fault network model to discover reduced-order governing equations for the evolution of stress in fault systems. This work will enable improved assessment of regional...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to investigate seismic cycle processes in the "earthquake critical zone" - the upper 1 km of fault zones where seismic waves, rocks, fluids, and the built environment intersect. The $277,792 award to Brown University, with a period of performance from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2029, will fund research on two major continental strike-slip...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $224,382 to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to develop a detailed 3D model of the Los Angeles Basin. The goal is to better understand the basin's complex tectonic history and improve seismic hazard assessment for the densely populated region. The project will analyze data from a temporary 300-node geophone array deployed across the LA Basin in 2022, combining it with...