The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $347,910 Project Grant under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to The Trustees of Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration Division, doing business as Princeton University. The grant, with an award date of January 1, 2025 and an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2027, will support research to investigate how water affected the distribution of key elements such as iron, magnesium, silicon, carbon, and hydrogen during the formation of Earth's core in a wet magma ocean. The project will leverage advanced computer simulations driven by machine learning techniques to model core formation under hydrous conditions. Insights from this study are expected to help clarify how Earth's deep interior evolved and inform our understanding of similar processes on other planets. The award will also contribute to training future scientists in state-of-the-art computational methods.
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