The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $224,505 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Southern California (USC) Department of Contracts and Grants. The grant, awarded on August 1, 2024, aims to develop a novel computational framework that combines physics-based models and data-driven machine learning approaches to enhance understanding of contaminant transport and risk analysis in heterogeneous groundwater aquifers. The proposed work leverages...
This $180,267 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to investigate the impact of climate change on karst groundwater resources using advanced deep-learning techniques. The research, led by Sam Houston State University, will develop innovative deep-learning models to analyze comprehensive data from U.S. karst aquifers and integrate climate projection data to forecast the future status of these critical groundwater resources...
Colorado State University was awarded a $199,724 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024. The grant will support collaborative research examining new roles for reactive oxygen species in mediating carbon fluxes at the terrestrial-aquatic interface. Specifically, the funding will enable investigation of how reactive oxygen species produced during microbial decomposition in soils and...
This $2,646,047 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) is developing a national integrated watershed evaluation framework to improve water resource management. The framework will bring together diverse hydrologic datasets and provide tools for advanced model evaluation and exploration of watershed conditions. The project, led by Princeton University, will engage a diverse community...
This $582,226 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research and capacity-building effort among seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) led by Central State University. The project aims to enhance research infrastructure and educational capabilities in semiconductor technology, with a focus on advancing innovations in areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum materials,...
Cleveland State University was awarded a $4.1 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to study particulates in forest canopy flowpaths from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2027. The project aims to estimate water and particulate mass fluxes through throughfall and stemflow across various North American forest types, characterize particulate composition including carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and microplastics, and identify drivers of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Virginia. The grant supports the development of new physics-guided graph network models to capture complex, non-stationary, and poorly observed water dynamics in freshwater ecosystems. Key innovations include new graph-based architectures, continual learning strategies, and model initialization methods that leverage...
This five-year, $106,348 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to advance the understanding of thin-film-mediated retention and mass-transfer processes for surface-active contaminants in subsurface environments. The principal investigator and collaborators at the University of Arizona will combine thin-film theory, experimental characterization, and multiscale modeling to develop a cross-scale framework incorporating new...
Colorado State University was awarded a three-year, $234,907 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop efficient and robust computational tools for subdiffusive transport in poroelastic media. Under this award, CSU will design, analyze, implement, and apply a family of novel numerical methods to simulate multi-scale, multi-physics processes involving solid displacement, fluid pressure, and substance concentration in...
This five-year, $289,251 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of an integrated hydrologic model to better understand groundwater dynamics in the Great Lakes Basin. The grantee, Southern Methodist University, will fuse hydrologic modeling with GPS, satellite imagery, and GRACE data to more accurately simulate surface and subsurface flows. Through data assimilation, the project will produce historical and forecast...