This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to provide insights into the factors controlling soil salinization and saltwater intrusion in coastal landscapes impacted by rising sea levels and changing climate conditions. The research team at East Carolina University will use hydrogeophysical and other hydrogeological methods to study saltwater intrusion processes in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System and...
This $3,319,335 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will support a collaborative research effort led by the University of Delaware to investigate saltwater intrusion in Delaware's complex coastal environment. The multidisciplinary project team, which includes faculty, staff, and students from several Delaware institutions, will collect field data, conduct experiments, and develop computer models to advance the understanding of...
This $224,827 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support collaborative research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to quantify how salinization impacts carbon processing across terrestrial-aquatic boundaries. The key objectives are to: 1) measure field relationships between soil and stream chemistry across a salinity gradient, 2) experimentally determine how soil salinization...
This $999,721 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a research project titled "RAISE: SAFEGUARDING U.S. COASTAL GROUNDWATER SUPPLIES FROM FLOODING AND SALTWATER INTRUSION" at the University of Florida. The project aims to develop strategies and decision-support tools to address challenges faced by coastal communities due to rising sea levels, climate change, urban sprawl, and agricultural impacts on...
This $219,815 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will support collaborative research at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville to quantify the impacts of soil salinization on carbon cycling and exchange across terrestrial-aquatic boundaries. The key objectives are to: 1) measure field relationships between terrestrial and stream carbon dynamics across a salinity gradient, 2) experimentally determine how soil salinization...
This $300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to identify promising treatment technologies for phosphorus (P) mitigation in the Everglades ecosystem of South Florida. The University of Florida (UF) is the prime awardee and will engage with stakeholders to understand their technological needs and perspectives, evaluate existing and emerging P-sorbing products and technologies, and develop...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $650,000 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The award supports the development and prototyping of decision support and monitoring tools for managing saltwater intrusion and salinity in tidal rivers, which are critical water sources for drinking, power generation, irrigation, and industrial use. The project aims to...
This $2,907,825 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) aims to develop and assess agricultural management practices that can help mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil health and water quality, and enhance the resilience of crop production to droughts caused by climate change. The project is a collaboration among Auburn University, New Mexico State University, and the University of Delaware, with the goal of...
This $503,649 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the Division of Agriculture of the University of Arkansas. The project aims to quantify how salinization, which can subsidize or stress organisms, alters carbon processing across terrestrial-aquatic boundaries. Key activities include: Measuring field relationships between terrestrial and stream ecosystems across a salinization gradient through a decomposition...
The Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture awarded a $174,746 Project Grant under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212) to Glanris Water Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, to develop a low-cost, easily manufactured modified biochar that can adsorb plant nutrients. The goal is to use this biochar to remediate agricultural runoff and wastewater, removing harmful phosphate and nitrate,...