Project Grant 2541889
- This National Science Foundation project grant of $157,439 will support enhancements to the Magma Chamber Simulator modeling tool and related training activities from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Funded under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), the work will advance thermodynamic modeling of open magmatic systems through additions to the publicly available Magma Chamber Simulator. Key additions include capabilities for fluid transport, isotopic disequilibrium, equilibrium...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project at the University of Utah to investigate the effects of water and chemical composition on the melting of the Earth's mantle. The $476,591 award, which spans August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2028, will fund laboratory experiments and computational models to better understand the processes that generate new ocean crust and volcanic activity. The project will...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award in the amount of $317,272 will fund the development of new computational methods to simulate and advance the understanding of the dynamic interplay between the Earth's surface and interior processes. The principal awardee, the University of Colorado, will couple two widely used community codes - ASPECT (originally for simulating mantle dynamics) and LANDLAB (for modeling surface processes) - to enable...
- This Project Grant award of $189,676 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports the continued development of the AlphaMELTS software suite and related Python-based petrological modeling tools. The award will enhance the capabilities of these open-source tools to model the physical and chemical behavior of partially molten rocks, a critical component for studying and understanding volcanic systems. Key activities include expanding the scenarios that...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research effort to develop a novel solution model for igneous biotite. The $144,199 award, effective December 15, 2024 through November 30, 2027, will enable the researchers to conduct high-temperature and high-pressure experiments to study the composition of biotite and other minerals, fluids, and glasses. The resulting solution model will be integrated into the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded $480,458 under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines for a project grant titled "Collaborative Research: Advancing Thermodynamic Modeling of Open Magmatic Systems - Translithosphere Magma Chamber Simulator." The funding will support enhancements to the Magma Chamber Simulator, a free computer modeling tool used to study how magmas evolve as they move from...
- This $157,232 National Science Foundation project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of a unified numerical model for bubble nucleation and growth in volcanic systems. Lafayette College will work with international collaborators to conduct targeted experiments and develop theoretically grounded formulations to capture homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation processes. Researchers will also create an ensemble bubble growth model to track evolving bubble...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $385,643 project grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Vermont & State Agricultural College to investigate magma diversification and mobilization processes in the lower continental crust. The 3-year research project will link field mapping, microstructural analysis, geochemistry, and geochronology to test competing models for how magmas form and are extracted from the deep roots of continental arcs. The...
- The National Science Foundation awarded $150,455 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York for a project grant ending January 31, 2025. The award will support research to develop diffusion models for major and trace elements in orthopyroxene and clinopyroxene, which are important mantle and crustal minerals. The project has three key tasks: theoretical and numerical modeling of cation diffusion across exsolution lamellae in...
- This Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative US-Swiss research effort to study the dynamics of magma reservoirs and the integration of crystals and melt in these "plutonic" systems. The $285,652 award to Brown University will integrate field data, laboratory experiments, and computational modeling to develop a physics-based understanding of how melt and crystals interact within these...
This Project Grant award of $217,161 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to West Chester University of Pennsylvania aims to explore the origins of magmas using computer models that predict the chemical makeup of lavas, particularly for isotopes that preserve information about rates of melting and magma transport in the Earth's mantle layer. The project tests the role of alternative mantle rock types in generating magma and the importance of chemical diffusion during magma transport. It also seeks to develop an open-source computer modeling program to train the next generation of geoscience computer modelers and increase public engagement and literacy with STEM through broader outreach. The award is scheduled to run from July 15, 2025 through May 31, 2026.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $217.2k | 8/13/25 |