Project Grant 2539539
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded the University of Alaska Anchorage $605,353 on August 15, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct collaborative research on spruce beetle outbreaks and forest ecosystem response in Alaska. The project investigates tree mortality mechanisms and soil biogeochemical cycling during a northbound spruce beetle outbreak in Alaska's interior forests. Researchers will examine why some spruce trees...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $167,634 under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to the University of Alaska Fairbanks for the period of March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025. The award will support collaborative research to better understand divergent tree growth patterns in Arctic treeline forests relative to temperature variability. The grantee will leverage an existing tree ring dataset and conduct fieldwork at key Alaskan and Canadian sites showing unusual...
- This $203,991 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs' Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) will fund research tracking divergent warming and tree growth patterns at Arctic treeline forests through February 2025. The University of Arizona will leverage existing tree ring data and assess current hypotheses for divergence between temperature variability and growth rates observed in boreal forests since the mid-20th century. Researchers will use...
- This $372,663 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Integrative Organismal Systems will fund research into drought and cold resistance of northeastern US tree species. The grant is part of the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), which supports basic biological research to strengthen the nation's scientific enterprise and enhance understanding of major problems. Specifically, the grant will fund extensive field measurements and a manipulative experiment to...
- This $136,629 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078 Polar Programs) to the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The purpose of the grant is to conduct collaborative research to constrain and understand regional modes of variability in the Atlantic Arctic using ultra-high-resolution climate proxies such as tree rings, lake/ocean sediments, and ice cores. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include:...
- The University of Massachusetts was awarded a two-year, $285,631 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to assess the relationship among fire, temperature, and precipitation in the Arctic during the Pleistocene period. The grant will fund research best conducted under the NSF's Polar Programs, which provides support to strengthen understanding of polar regions through expanded fundamental knowledge. The University will analyze how fire, temperature, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded a $138,000 Project Grant to the Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc. under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078). The award will fund research from September 2022 through August 2025 to study the mobilization, microbial transformation, and uptake of carbon and mercury from thawing permafrost soils into aquatic food webs in Arctic Alaska. Specifically, the grantee will conduct field studies using metagenomics and...
- This $642,666 National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs project grant will fund research into fire-biotic disturbance interactions and their sensitivity to climate change in the North American boreal biome. The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. will use computer simulations to better understand the impacts and threats of new pests, herbivores, and diseases in Alaskan boreal forests, and how these disturbances may interact with fire and climate to alter carbon storage. The...
- This $112,967 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Integrative Activities program will fund research into the impacts of climate change on yellow-cedar trees in Alaska. Led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks in collaboration with the University of Arizona, the project aims to test the hypothesis that frost damage to yellow-cedar roots results in drought stress and mortality. Researchers will apply quantitative wood anatomy methods to analyze tracheid cell structure in...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs provides $499,526 to fund a collaborative research project examining how changes in vegetation composition may impact climate-driven wildfire growth in the boreal forests of Northwestern North America. The three-year award runs from November 1, 2021 through October 31, 2024. The Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. will lead the research effort to strengthen understanding of polar regions, as called for...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Amherst College, Trustees Of $559,837 on August 15, 2026, to conduct collaborative research on tree mortality and soil biogeochemical cycling during a northbound spruce beetle outbreak in Alaska under the Polar Programs funding opportunity (CFDA 47.078). The research investigates why some spruce trees survive beetle attacks while others die, and how forests recover following infestation. Investigators will examine trade-offs between tree growth, defense mechanisms, and resource acquisition through ectomycorrhizal fungi, with particular focus on how declining carbon transport to roots and fungi alters fungal communities and carbon and nutrient cycling during forest recovery. The project capitalizes on an expanding northward spruce beetle outbreak and an established network of long-term monitoring sites. Results will help predict how outbreaks affect timber and forest resources, guide prevention efforts, and demonstrate how northern spruce forests withstand beetle advances into the Arctic. The project includes student training and development of teaching materials for primarily undergraduate institutions, public talks at Denali National Park, collaboration with artists to communicate findings, and partnership with land managers supporting forest management in Alaska and beyond. Performance takes place in Amherst, Massachusetts. The award period runs through July 31, 2030.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $559.8k | 8/11/26 |