This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant, titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NSFGEO-NERC: IDENTIFYING UNIQUELY COSEISMIC OFF-FAULT DEFORMATION PRESERVED IN FAULT DAMAGE ZONES: CAN WE RESOLVE THE MAXIMUM EARTHQUAKE SIZE ON FAULTS?", will be awarded to The Ohio State University in the amount of $377,838 from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The project aims to develop criteria to distinguish earthquake-related damage from longer-term fault...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project between the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Hebrew University to directly measure fault rupture dynamics and seismic wave propagation in a laboratory setting. The $399,601 award, effective from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will leverage specialized laboratory equipment to conduct high-speed imaging and in-situ seismogram...
This $544,307 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative research project investigating seismic cycle processes in the earthquake critical zone of major continental strike-slip faults. The research team, led by Utah State University (USU), will bridge geoscience and engineering concepts, data, and models to deliver research products and broader impacts across six key pathways: Establishing a...
This two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $174,000 to fund research examining the interplay between fault material strength, roughness and friction at various scales. The award will support work conducted between June 2021 through May 2023 in Santa Cruz, California. As part of its mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise's understanding of the integrated Earth system, the Geosciences program aims to expand...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $189,438 to The University Corporation at California State University, Northridge will support a two-phase research effort to model the earthquake dynamics of complex thrust fault systems in the Western Transverse Ranges of California. In the first phase, undergraduate student researchers will conduct a series of simulations to determine physics-based rules governing when an earthquake rupture is...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $303,820 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of California, Santa Cruz to characterize the seismic radiation from finite earthquake sources and investigate its links to fault physics. The research aims to improve understanding of large earthquake scenarios in different tectonic plate boundary settings by developing physics-based computational models that can reproduce geophysical observations. Key objectives...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) totaling $225,816 will support collaborative research to investigate the evolution of elastic wave properties during the seismic cycle. The primary objectives are to explore whether variations in seismic wave properties can be identified before and/or after earthquakes, determine the underlying physical mechanisms, and assess the potential for operational forecasting of ruptures on meter-scale...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $206,021 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to Utah State University (USU) to conduct collaborative research on the evolution of elastic wave properties during the seismic cycle. The project aims to illuminate the processes associated with earthquake precursors in order to improve seismic hazard forecasting. The research will use active source seismic interrogation techniques to study the mechanics of pre- and post-seismic...
This $171,824 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) was awarded to the San Jose State University (SJSU) Research Foundation to characterize the geometry and activity of faults making up the San Andreas Fault system in the San Francisco Bay Area. The two-year project, entitled "EMBRACE-EAR-SEED: Transformative Research Experiences in Earthquake Science," will integrate geological field mapping, LiDAR data, and computer modeling to...
This $238,111 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at Harvard University from August 2022 through July 2025 to develop an understanding of the factors controlling ground surface deformation during thrust and reverse fault earthquakes. Through discrete element modeling, the researchers will generate over 6,000 two-dimensional models and additional three-dimensional models to statistically assess how fault and sediment parameters...