Project Grant 2401760
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. $600,000 on September 1, 2026, under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to continue long-term watershed research in the Baltimore region. The award funds continuation of the Long-Term Research in Environmental Biology (LTREB) project initiated in 1998, which monitors water quality and quantity across eight stream stations positioned along an urban-rural gradient. The...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program ($937,251) funds research into scaling climate connectivity and communities in streams. Led by Pennsylvania State University from March 2022 through December 2023, the grant supports a three-year field study across 10 regions in the southern, central, and western U.S. Researchers will collect streamflow and biological data to investigate differences between intermittent and perennial streams. The University...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to reduce uncertainties in tree-ring records of wet extremes to better interpret past climate and plan for future changes. The total funding amount is $324,677, with an award date of July 1, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2027. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Using dendrometers (instruments that record tree growth in real-time) to...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $399,900 to Lehigh University to develop a human-centered modeling approach that simulates best management practices (BMPs) and behaviors under uncertainty to meet water quality guidelines. The project, titled "A HUMAN-CENTERED MODELING APPROACH TO SIMULATE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND BEHAVIORS UNDER UNCERTAINTY TO MEET WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES", combines...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded Hydrologic Research Center $235,056 on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to reconstruct three millennia of hydroclimatic variability in the Western United States using giant sequoia tree rings. The project will update and expand a network of giant sequoia tree-ring chronologies across the Southern Sierra Nevada, combining dendrochronological data with hydrologic models to reconstruct snow water...
- This $372,598 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research to incorporate stream biogeochemistry into carbon assessment models for enhanced rock weathering, a carbon dioxide removal approach. The project aims to add biological processes like photosynthesis and respiration into a dynamic river network model to better quantify the fate of bicarbonate generated through enhanced rock weathering. This will help identify river...
- This $165,288 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into the geomorphic effects and distribution of anthropogenic debris in urban streams. The University of Vermont will quantify the distribution of macro debris larger than 5 cm within and across stream reaches in an extensive, multi-city study. Time lapse photography and repeated surveys of large debris, streambed topography, and sediment size will quantify debris mobility and...
- The University of Maine System, through its University of Maine Division, was awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) with a performance period from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2027. The project will synthesize information on the effects of climate change on the water cycle in the Northeastern United States, focusing on freshwater ecosystems, watershed processes, water...
- This Project Grant award of $749,924 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) funds a multi-year research project titled "DISES-EX RAINBOWS ON THE HORIZON: UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF INTEGRATED CLIMATE, RIVER, TROUT, TOURISM, AND POLICY SYSTEMS IN THE MOUNTAIN WEST". The project examines the socio-ecological system impacts of climate change on trout fisheries in the American Mountain West region, aiming to understand how these changes affect the local...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), doing business as Penn State, a $450,000 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) with a period of performance from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. This grant supports a research project that aims to test a new framework depicting the soil-stream interface as a dynamic, expanding, and contracting volume encompassing near-stream zones and periodically...
LTREB RENEWAL: STREAMS TO SCREENS: BRINGING THE HUBBARD BROOK WATERSHED ECOSYSTEM RECORD (HBWATER) INTO THE 21ST CENTURY -THIS PROJECT SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND HOW WATER AND CHEMICAL ELEMENTS MOVE THROUGH ECOSYSTEMS, AND HOW THESE PROCESSES RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE. IT CONTINUES A GLOBALLY UNIQUE 60-YEAR RECORD OF PRECIPITATION AND STREAM CHEMISTRY FOR TEN STREAMS IN THE HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. THIS RECORD SHOWS THE IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PESTS ON FORESTS, SOILS, AND STREAMS. IT HAS BEEN ESSENTIAL FOR RECORDING THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS AND FOR DEVELOPING AND TESTING THEORIES ABOUT HOW FORESTED ECOSYSTEMS WORK. THE PROJECT WILL EXAMINE HOW THESE ECOSYSTEMS ARE RECOVERING FROM ACID DEPOSITION, AS WELL AS HOW THEY ARE RESPONDING TO NEW IMPACTS, SUCH AS A CHANGING CLIMATE. DATA FROM THE PROJECT ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, AND ADDITIONAL BROADER IMPACTS INCLUDE THE TRAINING OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS THROUGH A SUMMER REU. THE PROJECT MEASURES THE CHEMISTRY OF WEEKLY PRECIPITATION AND STREAMWATER SAMPLES. SOME OF THESE WATERSHEDS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED TO WHOLE-WATERSHED MANIPULATIONS SUCH AS EXPERIMENTAL TREE HARVEST, AND ALL OF THE WATERSHEDS ARE EXPERIENCING LONG-TERM CHANGES IN ACID DEPOSITION AND CLIMATE. CHEMICAL ANALYSES INCLUDE PH, CONDUCTIVITY, DISSOLVED ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CARBON, MAJOR ANIONS AND CATIONS, DISSOLVED SILICA, AND TRACE ELEMENTS, AMONG OTHER MEASUREMENTS. INPUT AND EXPORT FLUXES OF CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ARE CALCULATED FOR NINE OF THE WATERSHEDS USING PRECIPITATION AND STREAM DISCHARGE DATA. THE STUDY DESIGN USES LONG-TERM OBSERVATION OF CHEMICAL FLUXES THROUGH THESE ECOSYSTEMS TO TEST AND REFINE THEORY ABOUT ECOSYSTEM PROCESSES AND THEIR RESPONSES TO CHANGE. KEY QUESTIONS TO BE TESTED INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS: 1) THE EFFECTS OF FOREST DISTURBANCE ON NUTRIENT LOSSES FROM SOILS, AND HOW THIS INTERACTS WITH RECOVERY FROM ACIDIFICATION; 2) HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND LONG-TERM DECREASES IN STREAM SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS WILL INTERACT TO CONTROL THE TIMING, MAGNITUDE, AND FORM OF WATERSHED EXPORTS; AND 3) THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FOREST DISTURBANCE ON STREAM PH AND THE EXPORT OF DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON AND WEATHERING PRODUCTS. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $276.8k | 6/23/25 | ||
| Not listed | $410.0k | 6/25/24 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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3581200202222S | Forest Service | Project Grant 2401760 | $79.7k | 6/30/25 | |
3581200202223S | Duke University | Project Grant 2401760 | $218.6k | 6/30/25 |