Project Grant 2530315
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) project grant, awarded to Purdue University, will provide $472,478 to support collaborative research that aims to elucidate the causes and effects of Earth's Great Oxidation Event, a critical period in the planet's history marked by the accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere. The research team will analyze rock cores from Gabon, which hosts a well-preserved sedimentary record of this interval, to assess whether extreme...
- This federal Project Grant award of $709,830.00 was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the Trustees of Tufts College, a private research university in Medford, Massachusetts. The grant supports collaborative research to elucidate the causes and effects of Earth's Great Oxidation event approximately 2.4-2.0 billion years ago, which was a pivotal transition for the development of macroscopic life. The research will analyze rock cores from Gabon,...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a $419,135 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund the development of a robust temporal framework for the Paleoproterozoic crash of atmospheric oxygen from June 2021 through May 2024. The Geosciences program aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded a $430,043 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on eukaryotic life and its preservation within the Mesoproterozoic Lower Belt Supergroup. The research will involve comprehensive paleontological study of the 1.5-billion-year-old Appekunny and Greyson formations in Montana, combining lithostratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, and detrital geochronological analysis...
- This $563,629 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project to assess global oxygen inventory, trends, and variability through the intercomparison of observation-based gridded datasets. The key objectives are to: 1) identify causes of disagreements between different gridded oxygen datasets by conducting an intercomparison of oxygen data from in situ observational and model-based profiles, and 2) promote...
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison received a three-year, $326,446 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund research from August 2021 through July 2024 to identify the role of dissolved organic matter composition in complete and partial photooxidation in diverse lakes. As part of the Geosciences program's goal to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research, this...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $104,601 Project Grant under its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY) at the Geneseo campus. The grant, effective November 1, 2024 through October 31, 2027, supports collaborative research to develop an integrated understanding of the Late Devonian Earth system, with a focus on ocean-climate-biosphere interactions during this critical period in Earth's history. Key objectives include: 1)...
- The Regents of the University of Minnesota were awarded a three-year, $299,017 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support collaborative research exploring new roles for reactive oxygen species in mediating carbon fluxes at the terrestrial-aquatic interface. The research aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of the integrated Earth system by expanding knowledge of atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences processes....
- This Project Grant award of $172,793 was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support a collaborative research project. The goal is to study a geological core sample from the U.S. Midwest that provides a record of the dramatic climate transition from a glacial "icehouse" period to a severe "hothouse" period approximately 300 million years ago, culminating in the largest mass extinction...
- The Regents of the University of Minnesota, through its Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, received a $286,561 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award, entitled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: GLOW: IRON REDOX REACTIONS IN MAGMA OCEANS AND DIFFERENTIATION OF ROCKY PLANETS," will support experiments to study how planets become habitable through mantle oxidation during the...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $534,841 to the University of Wisconsin System to conduct collaborative research on the causes and effects of Earth's Great Oxidation event, which led to the accumulation of oxygen in the atmosphere and the development of macroscopic life. The project will analyze rock cores from Gabon to determine if chemical shifts in ~2.4-2.0 billion-year-old rocks reflect global or regional/local oxygen changes. Key objectives include creating a detailed stratigraphic framework, assessing isotopic and geochemical criteria in carbonates, and applying geochronology and geochemistry to better understand the trajectory of planetary habitability. This interdisciplinary research, which runs from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, promotes the progress of fundamental science and supports public scientific literacy through outreach initiatives.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $534.8k | 8/14/25 |