Project Grant 2517708
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $335,736 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship spanning December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027. This project investigates Northern Hemisphere ocean and ice sheet variability during the Early Pleistocene (2.5 to 1.7 million years ago) using deep-sea sediment cores collected from a 2023 marine drilling...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship grant of $343,410 to The Pennsylvania State University, with performance dates from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2027, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This project grant funds fundamental research investigating how sedimentary rocks become incorporated into Earth's lower continental crust through a petrochronological study of the Serre Massif in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Biological Infrastructure awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology totaling $270,000 on October 1, 2025, through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074). The fellowship supports a three-year research project (through September 30, 2028) to characterize microeukaryotic responses to terrestrial influence in marine sediments along the Puerto Rico continental slope. The fellow will analyze microbial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences has awarded the University of Arizona $391,271 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a collaborative research project spanning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The project will produce high-resolution paleoclimate reconstructions and oceanographic datasets derived from marine sediment cores collected from the Garrison Basin offshore Texas. Specifically, the research will generate...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Syracuse University received a $385,050 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers comprehensive investigation into biopolymer-mineral surface interaction mechanisms to enable the development of environmentally responsible infrastructure solutions. The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Syracuse University received a $469,008 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) awarded July 1, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2028. The research project investigates melt-forced subglacial hydrologic connectivity and its impact on ice sliding in Greenland's glaciers through coupled hydrology and geophysical methods. The collaborative research team will conduct field studies in western...
- Syracuse University was awarded a $582,713 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds research to quantify the impacts of agriculture on regional climate extremes through analysis of observational datasets, climate model simulations from the Community Earth System Model, and simulations from the Land Use Model Intercomparison Project. The Principal Investigators will examine...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $275,001 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston (award date: September 1, 2025; completion date: August 31, 2028) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This collaborative research project will produce high-resolution reconstructions of ocean-atmospheric and biogeochemical variability spanning Earth's last deglaciation (approximately 20,000 to 11,700 years ago). The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship grant totaling $341,396 to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This award, funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports fundamental research investigating the microbial mechanisms of dimethylmercury (DMHG) formation in marine environments. The primary...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship grant totaling $303,179 to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This project delivers an improved parameterization of tidal and equatorial internal wave turbulence to enhance ocean mixing representations in climate models. The primary...
Syracuse University received a $334,990 postdoctoral fellowship award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. This Project Grant funds research investigating the hydrological, vegetation, and oceanic environmental responses during the Messinian Salinity Crisis (MSC)—a geological event 5.3 million years ago when the Mediterranean Sea rapidly reflooded after a prolonged desiccation period. The research employs organic geochemical proxy materials, including alkenone-based sea surface temperature analysis and leaf wax compound-specific isotope analysis, applied to sediment cores recovered from the Atlantic side of the Straits of Gibraltar during International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 397 to reconstruct terrestrial Ibero-African conditions and regional climate dynamics during the late Miocene epoch. The deliverables and broader impacts of this award include peer-reviewed research findings and scientific datasets advancing understanding of water resource dynamics in arid environments and plant community responses to climate variability—knowledge applicable to predicting and preparing for 21st-century extreme weather events. The fellowship also includes workforce development components, with structured training for undergraduate and high school laboratory assistants in organic chemistry, time series analysis, and statistics, thereby enhancing the development of the American science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $335.0k | 7/18/25 |