This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will advance the understanding of two critical aspects of the Earth system - aerosol-cloud interactions and Arctic sea ice thermodynamics. The $658,592 project, which runs from October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2028, will leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and ensemble Kalman diffusion guidance to develop more accurate and reliable computer simulations. This will result in improved predictive...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $300,000 in funding to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from November 15, 2024 to October 31, 2027. The award supports the development of machine learning-powered "surrogate models" to increase the computational speed and efficiency of geophysical models used for air pollution and climate research. Key project objectives include: Creating simplified,...
This $399,162 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to develop interpretable, stable, and mass-conserving artificial intelligence (AI) models to improve the computational speed and efficiency of geoscientific models, such as those used for air pollution and climate research. The project will create simpler "surrogate" machine learning models for key components like atmospheric chemistry and wildfire plume rise, allowing for...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project to address data irregularities in the automated classification of sea ice using artificial intelligence (AI) methods. The total funding amount is $317,922, awarded on September 1, 2025, with a project period ending on August 31, 2028. The key objectives of this project are to develop novel, weakly supervised AI techniques that can effectively learn...
This $798,840 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to enhance forecasting capabilities for high-impact weather events like heat waves, cold snaps, wildfires, and heavy rainfall. The project aims to integrate physics-based atmospheric science with state-of-the-art machine learning techniques, generating stochastic models to better predict midlatitude weather patterns and extreme events. This research will contribute...
This $805,132 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research effort to address label-data irregularities in sea ice classification using artificial intelligence (AI) methods. The project aims to develop novel weakly supervised AI techniques that can effectively learn from existing label data, despite irregularities, in order to automate sea ice classification. Key focus areas include reformulating the...
This three-year, $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will support the development of cybertraining programs focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for Arctic scientists. The Woodwell Climate Research Center will lead an initiative to establish an Arctic-AI research network and provide customized training through both in-person workshops and online self-paced...
This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of a cybertraining program to increase the capacity of Arctic researchers to employ artificial intelligence (AI)-driven techniques on Arctic data. Arizona State University will lead the effort to establish an Arctic-AI research network for collecting AI training needs and sharing resources. Customized training will be provided through in-person workshops and online...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $440,059 project grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for research activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will support improved understanding of the moist dynamics of extratropical storm tracks and their response to climate change from February 2021 through January 2024. As part of its mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through expanding fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system,...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Project Grant award, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $158,059 to Colorado State University from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026. The funding will support collaborative research to understand the impact of declining Arctic sea ice on summertime climate change, including the effects on atmospheric circulation patterns, heat waves, and extreme weather. The research approach includes analysis...