Project Grant 2444791
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $360,732 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant will fund a collaborative research project to develop and validate a new method for directly dating deformation within complex polyphase shear zones using isotopic dating combined with crystallographic analysis of the mineral apatite. The research will focus on case studies in the...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $185,478.00 in funding to Northern Illinois University (NIU) to evaluate tectonic models for the western United States Cordillera region through a detailed study of the Pelona-Orocopia-Rand schist. The researchers will use modern analytical techniques, including Raman spectroscopy, bulk chemical analysis, and pressure-temperature modeling, to determine the age, pressure, and temperature...
- This $150,388 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collaborative research to reconstruct the missing geological record of late Proterozoic tectonism along the western margin of Laurentia using deep-time thermochronology. Three early-career researchers and twelve students from multiple universities will investigate ancient supercontinent breakup using geochemical signatures from rock heating and cooling during deposition and erosion....
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $244,152 to the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to investigate the nature and timing of the Eastern California Shear Zone (ECSZ) in southeastern California. The 3-year project aims to constrain the timescales and styles of deformation within the inactive, paleo-ECSZ through field studies, structural analysis, and geochronology. Key activities include studying the Bear Canyon...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project to study the tectonic uplift history of the northern Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. The $304,910 award, effective August 15, 2024, will fund the use of low-temperature thermochronology and analysis of ancient river deposits to reconcile conflicting models of the Sierra Nevada's geological development. The research involves researchers from...
- The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a Project Grant of $890,344.57 to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), under the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The grant will fund a 3-year project from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028 to preserve and digitize geoscience data in Nevada. Key activities include: Inventory, barcoding, photography, and laser-induced breakdown...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $349,710 Project Grant to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to support the collaborative proposal "GEOPATHS:IN Recruiting Through Location-Based Curriculum and Field and Laboratory Research Experience for High School Students, Teachers and Undergraduates." The two-year grant project, running from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024, will provide location-based geosciences...
- Utah State University was awarded a $449,006 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2024. The grant will support collaborative research to identify shallow slow slip events using hematite textures and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry of exhumed and experimental faults. The Geosciences program aims to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge and...
- This $982,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) supports the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in building analytical infrastructure to advance tectonic studies and establish non-traditional natural geologic material standards. The grant will fund the purchase of two new instruments to enhance the capabilities of UNLV's Nevada Isotope Geochronology Laboratory...
- This Project Grant award of $519,422.00, funded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports research to investigate the terminal Ediacaran stage and early animal evolution at the Nevada National Security Site. The project will uncover and analyze fossils preserved in ancient rocks at this previously inaccessible site, providing new insights into the earliest animals and how they shaped Earth's ecosystems. The research team will employ high-resolution imaging,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant awarded $344,136.00 to the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, operating through the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028. The project aims to develop and validate a novel analytical technique to directly date deformation within shear zones by integrating crystallographic vorticity axis analyses using electron backscatter diffraction with apatite U-Pb petrochronology. Researchers will apply this method to study shear zones in the Albion-Raft River-Grouse Creek (Utah) and Chemehuevi (California) mountains to refine the dating technique, investigate crystal-scale deformation, and recover a detailed history of shear zone activity. The project supports national and societal interests by training two PhD students, advancing the research programs of early- and mid-career faculty, and engaging undergraduate students in STEM research through field and laboratory work.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $344.1k | 7/29/25 |