Project Grant 2442105
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Dartmouth College a $175,229 Project Grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GRATE - INTEGRATING DATA AND MODELING TO QUANTIFY RATES OF GREENLAND ICE SHEET CHANGE, HOLOCENE TO FUTURE" from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. Under this award, Dartmouth College will integrate data and modeling to quantify historical and future rates...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (CFDA 47.078) Polar Programs supports research to investigate the movement of water at the ice-bed interface of glaciers and ice sheets. The $780,179 award, spanning September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will utilize a combination of laboratory experiments and theoretical modeling to (1) derive a model of distributed water flow in the bed-till aperture and within the till, (2) analyze the conditions that determine whether...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $528,369.00 to the Trustees of Dartmouth College to conduct collaborative research on the relationship between firn microstructure and creep in polar firn. The research aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of the compaction and microstructural evolution of polar firn through mechanical testing and microstructure characterization of firn cores from four locations in Antarctica. The...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $505,036 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Trustees of Dartmouth College to improve predictions of sea level rise driven by ice mass loss from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. The project aims to combine physical understanding of ice dynamics with artificial intelligence techniques applied to satellite imagery datasets, in order to develop physics-informed models of basal sliding and ice calving processes. This...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Dartmouth College a $654,264 project grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct research titled "PROCESSES, DRIVERS, PREDICTIONS: MODELING THE RESPONSE OF THWAITES GLACIER OVER THE NEXT CENTURY USING ICE/OCEAN COUPLED MODELS (PROPHET)." Dartmouth College will utilize ice/ocean coupled models to model the response of Thwaites Glacier over the next century to better understand the...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078), will support a collaborative research project to quantify the physics of ice-ocean interactions at the interface of marine-terminating glaciers in Greenland. The $372,486 award, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2029, will integrate direct measurements of submarine melt rates and near-ice boundary-layer dynamics with numerical simulations to improve next-generation climate...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation supports collaborative research titled "Global Changes, Local Impacts: Study of Glacial Fjords, Ecosystems and Communities in Greenland" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026 with funding of $326,947. The research is conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Trustees of...
- This $700,962 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will fund a collaborative research study on how meltwater from surface channels affects the subglacial drainage system beneath Greenland's glaciers. The investigators will conduct a field study using seismic sensors, radar, and ice movement measurements to track the evolution of underground drainage cavities and how their connectivity impacts seasonal changes in ice velocity. The research builds...
- This three-year, $175,382 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs will fund research investigating the role of coastal polynyas in modulating Antarctic marine-terminating glacier drawdown. The grantee, Dartmouth College, will analyze observational data, derived datasets, and model simulations to examine the interaction between polynya circulation and ice shelves across seven preliminary Antarctic sites. The research aims to establish a framework for interpreting...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078), supports collaborative research to investigate how meltwater from surface channels called moulins affects the subglacial drainage system beneath Greenland's glaciers. The $469,008 award, effective from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, will enable the investigators to conduct a field study using seismic sensors, radar, and ice movement measurements to track the evolution of hydraulic...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will provide $922,103 to Dartmouth College to characterize the thermomechanics of subglacial systems and improve understanding of how water moves beneath glaciers and ice sheets. The research aims to resolve discrepancies between observations and existing subglacial hydrology models by incorporating subglacial thermomechanics, particularly the process of ice infiltration into sediments. The project will involve compiling a catalog of subglacial water pressure observations, characterizing subglacial effective pressures and frozen fringe thicknesses, modeling the impact of frozen fringe growth and sediment erosion on water flow, and integrating these processes into the SHAKTI subglacial hydrology model. This research combines theoretical modeling, laboratory experiments, and field data to develop a more accurate model for predicting glacier behavior and sea-level rise, which is essential for informing policymakers and coastal communities about climate change risks. The award period is from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $922.1k | 8/19/25 |