Project Grant 2535493
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs provides $152,618 to support collaborative research on iron and sodium lidar investigations of geospace-atmosphere temperature, composition, chemistry, and dynamics at McMurdo, Antarctica. The award period runs from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2026. The research is conducted under the NSF's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) federal grant program, which aims to strengthen understanding of polar regions...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded $1,011,669 to The Regents of the University of Colorado on October 1, 2025, under the Polar Programs grant program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct a five-year field research and modeling program on coastal Antarctic snow algae and light-absorbing particles in the western Antarctic Peninsula. The project will establish a time-series investigation of how temperature, light-absorbing particles such as black carbon, and snow algae growth...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $199,704 under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to The Regents of the University of Colorado for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. The University of Colorado will lead an international collaboration to characterize atmospheric turbulence processes impacting climate in coastal Antarctica. Researchers will deploy high-altitude balloons equipped with custom turbulence instrumentation, in coordination with radar sensing from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) awarded $1,254,587 to The Regents of the University of Colorado on September 1, 2025, to deploy a multi-constellation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver array across Antarctic sites for ionosphere and space weather monitoring. This five-year project, concluding August 31, 2030, will establish ground stations that collectively monitor ionospheric activity and detect space weather...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded the University of Texas at Arlington $799,527 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) to operate, maintain, and restore the Antarctic Penguin magnetometer array across the Southern Polar Cap, cusp, and auroral zones through August 31, 2030. The project will keep a continuous ground-based monitoring network operational to measure Earth's magnetic field in Antarctica's southernmost regions,...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Physics awarded a Cooperative Agreement to the University of Wisconsin - Madison on July 1, 2026, obligating $2.475 million to support management, operations, and maintenance of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the Amundsen Scott South Pole Station through June 30, 2031. The award funds continued operations of the world's most powerful neutrino telescope, which detects high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources to advance research in fundamental...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded the University of Texas at Austin $299,263 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) to develop integrated physical models of glacial isostatic adjustment in Antarctica that account for non-Newtonian mantle convection. The project addresses fundamental uncertainties in how the solid Earth deforms as large ice sheets change, investigating the coupling between mantle flow, ice sheet dynamics,...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $126,121 Project Grant under the Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) for a 3-year collaborative research project to study temporal variations in glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The project aims to leverage existing seismic data to better understand how the physical properties of the Antarctic ice sheet change over time, including seasonal variations in subglacial hydrological systems....
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded The Regents of the University of Colorado $503,299 on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) to digitize and analyze historical aerial photographs of Greenland outlet glaciers held by the U.S. National Archives and reconstruct past glacier surface elevations using structure-from-motion photogrammetry and high-resolution satellite ground control data. The project will process film negatives...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded $450,000 to The Regents of The University of Colorado on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing to investigate how Southern Ocean hotspots control the movement of heat and carbon using state-of-the-art Earth system modeling. The research team will develop new particle-tracking capabilities that allow virtual water parcels to be traced as they move through a simulated ocean, revealing their origins,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded the Regents of the University of Colorado $1.8 million on September 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) to continue year-round LIDAR observations at Arrival Heights near McMurdo Station, Antarctica through August 31, 2030. The recipient will operate complementary sodium Doppler and iron Boltzmann LIDAR systems to measure atmospheric temperature in the approximately 30–200 kilometer range, neutral sodium and iron densities in the approximately 70–200 kilometer range, and vertical winds in the mesopause region. This four-year extension will add to an existing 18-year iron density and temperature dataset and 11-year sodium, temperature, and vertical wind dataset, extending the project's observations across nearly two solar cycles. The work characterizes the behavior of high atmospheric layers and interactions in the coupled ionosphere-thermosphere-mesosphere system, informing understanding of Earth-Sun system dynamics and their effects on aviation, satellite communications, and navigation systems. The award supports training of junior researchers in Antarctica and enhances international collaboration in Antarctic research. Place of performance is Boulder, Colorado. The recipient's Office of Contracts and Grants Division administers the award.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.8m | 7/31/26 |