Project Grant 2530316
- 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...
- 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 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)...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collaborative research to develop an integrated framework for understanding the Late Devonian mass extinctions and associated changes in ocean chemistry and climate. The $231,421 award to Texas A&M University aims to: Establish a new geologic framework linking Late Devonian mass extinctions to the formation of epeiric black shale deposits across North and South America using...
- 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 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 Trustees of Princeton University were awarded a $228,080 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant falls under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen the national scientific enterprise. Specifically, the September 1, 2021 award will fund a collaborative research project through August 31, 2026 to test the hypothesis that reduction of aerobic habitat...
- 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...
- This $293,010 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at The Ohio State University to develop novel isotope proxies that improve understanding of Earth's climate and carbon cycle dynamics at the onset of the Late Paleozoic Ice Age from 350 to 290 million years ago. The grantee will pair calcium and clumped isotope systems to test hypotheses regarding diagenetic influences on stable carbon isotopes used as proxies for carbon...
- This $116,693 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to illuminate fundamental climate processes that influenced terrestrial ecology in western Pangea during Earth's previous icehouse period. Key goals combine paleontology, isotope geochemistry, and magnetostratigraphy to: identify the stratigraphic position of the Carboniferous-Permian boundary in Utah's Cutler Group sedimentary rocks; determine the pace and...
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 geochemical shifts reflect global, regional, or local conditions. The project objectives are to: 1) create a detailed stratigraphic framework and isolate primary magnetizations, 2) assess isotopic and geochemical criteria in carbonates to determine if an "oxygen overshoot" is preserved, and 3) apply geochronology and isotope geochemistry techniques. This interdisciplinary research, which spans stratigraphy, paleomagnetism, geochemistry, and geochronology, aims to promote the progress of fundamental science and identify how Earth became habitable, serving the national interest. The project also includes synergistic outreach activities to enhance public scientific literacy and support the development of a globally competitive American STEM workforce.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $472.5k | 8/14/25 |