Project Grant 2543856
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $923,715 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (Geosciences program, CFDA 47.050) awarded July 1, 2025, with completion expected June 30, 2028. The award funds an interdisciplinary research initiative to investigate the interconnected cycling of water, carbon, and nitrogen in soils across local to landscape scales. The project will deliver field, laboratory, and scaling studies...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $541,429 Project Grant award dated August 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The five-year award, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2030, supports fundamental research investigating how agricultural land use intensification affects soil mineral weathering processes. The research will generate peer-reviewed scientific findings,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $233,887 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050, Geosciences Program) awarded on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028. This collaborative research project develops novel numerical and computational modeling approaches to understand how human engineering decisions influence delta morphodynamics and landscape evolution across centuries. The research integrates...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $518,229 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) effective April 1, 2026, through March 31, 2029. This award funds research investigating how climate warming will alter critical African weather systems, including the African Easterly Jet (AEJ), West African Monsoon (WAM), African Easterly Waves (AEWs), and mesoscale convective systems...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $498,457 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) on August 15, 2025, to conduct fundamental research on nitrogen (N) fixation rates and the fate of newly fixed nitrogen in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. The primary deliverable is scientific research analyzing how nitrogen from microbial nitrogen fixation is distributed in marine ecosystems—specifically...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $544,191 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The award supports collaborative research investigating the ecological significance and impact of viral infections on sulfate-reducing microbial communities, with primary research activities conducted in Galveston, Texas. The project delivers...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Utah State University received a $362,421 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective April 1, 2026 through March 31, 2031. This CAREER award funds research to advance understanding of the ancient carbon cycle through analysis of siliceous deep-sea sediments and microfossils. The project delivers three intersecting research approaches: (1) development and calibration...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $556,772 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (Geosciences program, CFDA 47.050) awarded August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The project investigates the geologic controls on critical mineral and rare earth element deposits in the Colorado Mineral Belt, specifically examining the Ouray Stock and surrounding areas near a historic gold mining district in Ouray,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M Agrilife Research received a $1.39 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) on October 1, 2025, to test an approach for expanding research enterprise capacity through enhanced data infrastructure support. Over the 24-month performance period (October 2025–September 2027), the awardee will implement and evaluate the Proactive Managed Technology Services (PMTS) cost-recovery shared...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Texas State University received a $399,922 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029. The EMBRACE-EAR-GROWTH project (Rock Degradation - Microscale Approach Mineral by Mineral) delivers fundamental research outcomes advancing understanding of mineral interactions in rocks subjected to elevated and cyclic temperatures. Primary research...
Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $362,199 CAREER Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2031. The award funds research to quantify and model carbon cycling dynamics in river networks following terrestrial enhanced weathering—a process in which farmers apply crushed rock to agricultural soils to remove atmospheric carbon dioxide. The primary deliverable is a river carbon tracking model that integrates hydrographic, chemical, watershed, climate, and agricultural data using machine learning and reactive transport modeling to quantify carbon transport and transformation mechanisms in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin, a region with extensive agricultural liming history. This modeling effort will improve carbon accounting accuracy for enhanced weathering applications and identify the relative effects of various carbon loss pathways. The award includes education and workforce development components in geoscience and data science training. No sub-awards are planned under this funding. The research contributes to NSF's statutory mission to strengthen the national scientific enterprise through fundamental knowledge advancement in Earth system science, and reflects the Foundation's evaluation criteria emphasizing both intellectual merit and broader societal impacts.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $362.2k | 4/15/26 |