Project Grant 2529049
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $383,116 to the University of New Mexico to study the long-term ecological impacts of treated wastewater discharge on arid river systems, using the Rio Grande River as a case study. The research aims to improve understanding of how continuous exposure to treated effluent affects the metabolic processes, resilience, and overall ecological sustainability of these river environments. The...
- This $1,100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program supports an innovative research collaboration between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and local stakeholders in northern New Mexico. The goal is to enhance the resilience of traditional acequia irrigation systems and associated socio-environmental systems to climate change and other emerging challenges. The project employs a convergence research approach that integrates...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program provides $2,275,000 in funding to the University of New Mexico to study the ecology of environmental variability in dryland ecosystems. The research activities include long-term monitoring, field experiments, sensor data collection, and modeling to understand how changes in climate and resource use impact biodiversity, vegetation dynamics, and ecosystem cycles in drylands. The award also...
- The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program, CFDA #47.083, awarded a $3,697,242 Project Grant to the University of New Mexico (UNM) on July 15, 2025. The "Forest Research for New Mexico Water and Carbon Management" project will bring together researchers, land managers, and local communities to improve understanding and management of New Mexico's forests and woodland watersheds. The project integrates expertise in ecology, hydrology, community engagement, and...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), is focused on studying the interactions between aquatic plant canopies and water flow. The $213,511 award will fund research to enhance the understanding of how flexible and rigid plant structures in river environments affect water flow and drag forces. The project involves a combination of experiments and numerical simulations to investigate these complex plant-water interactions, with the...
- This federal Project Grant award of $469,781 from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program will support the "BIORETS: Conserving Water Resources and Riparian Biodiversity in a Desert Climate" project at the University of Arizona. The project aims to address two main research questions: 1) how the release of treated wastewater effluent affects aquatic and riparian species in the Santa Cruz River, and 2) how ecological communities change over time as...
- The University of New Mexico received a $423,431 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems on August 1, 2021 to study how wildfire disturbances propagate in fluvial networks. The grant is part of NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in engineering research and education to improve quality of life and economic strength. Under this three-year award expiring July...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.083 - Integrative Activities) will provide $299,789 to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) to develop new understanding of how Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) can be used to improve ecosystem management while also meeting water supply, flood management, and other high priority objectives in the western United States. The project aims to identify and quantify potential...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $549,501 to the University of North Texas from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028. The project will examine the mechanisms that drive energy flow through freshwater stream ecosystems, leveraging the National Ecological Observatory Network's continental-scale infrastructure. The research aims to determine the environmental and ecological drivers of energy flow and their...
- The University of New Mexico received a $254,245 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences on January 1, 2022 to fund research through December 31, 2024. The grant supports the collaborative research project "Informing River Corridor Transport Modeling by Harnessing Community Data and Physics-Aware Machine Learning." This award falls under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) federal project grant award of $605,949 to the University of New Mexico aims to enhance environmental flow models and actions for river corridor ecosystem resilience in the Rio Grande region. The project will study how different water flow patterns, especially those designed to mimic natural spring floods, affect fish, plants, soil, and carbon storage in the river and its floodplain. It will involve field monitoring, laboratory analyses, and outdoor test systems to track the survival of cottonwood seedlings, the development of aquatic food webs, and the movement and storage of organic carbon across the landscape. The findings will be used to improve strategies for sustaining river ecosystems with limited water resources, helping to chart a path toward a more resilient future for rivers in the drought-stricken Western United States. The project also provides educational and hands-on experiences for students from middle school to graduate researchers to engage the next generation in solving real-world environmental problems.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $605.9k | 8/27/25 |