Project Grant 2546484
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Oregon State University $398,503 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to measure the distribution and identity of extracellular organic compounds (metabolites) across contrasting oceanographic regimes and generate a publicly available dataset on ocean microbial metabolism. The research will quantify approximately 150 metabolites in samples collected from four distinct oceanic environments defined by...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $658,901 to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027 to conduct research characterizing the production, cycling, and environmental impacts of abundant organic osmolytes in the ocean. The research will: Identify differential osmolyte production by microbial taxa in response to nitrogen stress using osmolyte measurements and...
- The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution received a $598,499 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on October 1, 2021 to complete the project by September 30, 2023. The grant supports research into cobalt biogeochemical cycling and phytoplankton protein biomarkers in the Pacific and Southern Oceans under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050). This program aims to expand fundamental Earth systems knowledge through basic research in atmospheric,...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $728,181 Project Grant to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund research from July 2023 through June 2026 to study the coupling of organic nutrient cycling to methane production in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will collaborate with U.S. and Israeli scientists to conduct interdisciplinary research involving oceanography, isotope...
- The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will receive $381,574 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant will fund research to quantify the role of microbial extracellular vesicles in marine dissolved organic matter production and consumption from September 2021 through August 2024. The research supports the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic...
- The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $562,811 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to analyze long-term oceanographic data from the Ocean Observatories Initiative on the U.S. East Coast and study warming trends on the Northwest Atlantic continental shelf. The recipient will apply machine learning algorithms to glider data from the Pioneer–New England Shelf Array to identify and characterize...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $602,244 to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a collaborative research project spanning September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This project advances understanding of marine phytoplankton nutritional ecology through the development and application of genomic tools to diagnose nutrient stress conditions across diverse phytoplankton communities. The...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $194,008 on July 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to investigate the photochemical production of nitrous oxide in ocean surface waters through non-biological, sunlight-driven reactions. The project addresses four research objectives: characterizing the mechanism of photochemodenitrification, including site preference; assessing whether additional substrates and reactions...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $313,465 Project Grant under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to The Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts for the period of April 1, 2022 through March 31, 2025. The grant will support research examining the potential importance of intracellular nitrate cycling in nitrogen cycling within marine sediments. The awardee will measure rates of intracellular nitrate cycling and other major...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support the acquisition of a modern mass spectrometer system by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). The $648,639 award, with a performance period from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026, will enable WHOI to develop a hybrid instrument that can simultaneously characterize complex organic molecules and their metal contents. This novel instrumentation will advance research...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $1,023,229 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to measure and characterize approximately 150 metabolites in ocean samples collected across contrasting oceanographic regimes. The research examines extracellular organic compounds—small polar biological molecules produced during microbial metabolism—across four distinct oceanic conditions: high productivity/high oxygen, low productivity/high oxygen, high productivity/low oxygen, and low productivity/low oxygen. The project will generate a publicly available dataset of exometabolite distribution to inform understanding of ocean carbon flux and microbial food web dynamics. The team will quantify compounds representing products, intermediates, and reactants of core microbial metabolisms, with results intended to support refinement of global ecosystem models that currently represent labile carbon recycling as a single turnover value. The award funds support for a postdoctoral researcher and a graduate student, along with workshops to broaden adoption of metabolomics tools within the oceanographic research community. Work is performed at Woods Hole, Falmouth, Massachusetts, with a period of performance through August 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.0m | 7/16/26 |