Project Grant 2546978
- This $297,369 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research evaluating the contribution of small eukaryotes to nitrate-based new production in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Over a three-year period ending November 2025, the University of Hawaii at Manoa will conduct laboratory and ship-based research to better understand how phytoplankton access subsurface nitrogen in surface waters during summer months. Researchers will sort phytoplankton...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $374,973 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective June 1, 2026, through May 31, 2029. This award supports fundamental research tracking magmatic and tectonic processes along the Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain through application of advanced seismic analysis techniques to existing geophysical datasets. The research...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $745,396 to the University of California, Irvine under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a collaborative research initiative examining large-scale nutritional ecology of diverse phytoplankton. The project, which commenced September 1, 2025 and concludes August 31, 2028, delivers innovative genomic tools and methodologies to diagnose nutritional stress conditions in marine...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $409,940 Project Grant awarded August 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049). This three-year project, concluding July 31, 2028, develops algebraic and computational geometry methods to identify keystone species in microbiome communities across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The research...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Hawaii at Manoa received a $199,992 Project Grant awarded on September 1, 2025, from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083). The award supports a three-year research initiative (through August 31, 2028) investigating hydrogeologic controls on the accumulation, transport, and discharge of fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in coastal beach environments. The research team...
- This $548,713 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to understand the impacts of global warming and ocean acidification on Rocky Intertidal ecosystems. The project combines controlled laboratory studies, field experiments, and modeling to investigate how shifting environmental conditions and loss of foundation species affect ecosystem functioning in these communities. The research integrates opportunities for ecological and...
- The University of Hawaii at Manoa was awarded a $912,167 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to characterize key components of biological carbon cycling in the Pacific Ocean through March 2026. Under the award, the university will use profiling floats equipped with oxygen and particulate carbon sensors to measure production and respiration rates across the Pacific Ocean on a daily basis and over all seasons. Ship-based measurements will also...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Hawaii at Manoa received an $850,000 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. This award supports fundamental research evaluating the functional impacts of ash deposition from terrestrial wildfires on tropical coral reef ecosystems and their associated microbial communities. The project will...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Hawaiʻi Pacific University received a $502,819 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology (Biological Sciences, CFDA 47.074) awarded August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. The project delivers a two-year ecosystem-scale research study investigating how sea-level rise and saltwater intrusion affect methane dynamics in coastal wetlands, leveraging an existing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service saltwater...
- The University of Hawaii at Manoa will receive $748,827 under a three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences' Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to illuminate the physiology, cellular characteristics, and ecogenomics of the first cultivated strain of the SAR86 lineage. This research aims to expand fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth system through basic research in ocean sciences, as outlined under the NSF program. The University of Hawaii...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $661,926 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This award funds research to improve analytical methods for measuring urea, a low-concentration nitrogen compound in open ocean waters, and to quantify its utilization by phytoplankton—specifically the dominant species Prochlorococcus—in oligotrophic gyre ecosystems near Hawaii and U.S. Pacific territories. The project will optimize and compare alternative analytical methods for accurate urea measurement and conduct field measurements and experiments aboard Hawaii Ocean Timeseries (HOT) program research cruises at Station ALOHA to determine urea uptake rates and assess nitrogen deficiency in Prochlorococcus populations. The deliverables include validated laboratory and analytical protocols for measuring urea concentrations and turnover rates in seawater, empirical data on phytoplankton urea utilization patterns, and quantified rates of nitrogen cycling in North Pacific oligotrophic regions. These products will advance understanding of nutrient availability and ocean ecosystem productivity relevant to fisheries management and food security. The award also supports workforce development through training of a postdoctoral researcher and multiple undergraduate students in oceanographic and laboratory methods, contributing to the National Science Foundation's broader objective of strengthening the national scientific enterprise through fundamental geosciences research.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $661.9k | 5/21/26 |