Project Grant 2550052
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences funded a collaborative research project grant of $308,843 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) awarded to the University of California, Santa Barbara, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. This project delivers improved age modeling software and comprehensive radiometric dating data to advance paleoclimate research. The primary deliverables include compilation of radiometric ages...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities awarded The Leland Stanford Junior University $817,973 on August 15, 2025, through the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to support U.S. researcher participation in a Belmont Forum collaborative research initiative. This project, titled "Decision Support Systems to Improve Schistosomiasis Preparedness and Control in the Era of Global Changes," extends through July 31, 2028, and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The California Academy of Sciences received a $457,737 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. This collaborative research project delivers paleocommunity reconstruction services and ecosystem modeling outputs focused on marine ecosystems spanning the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event approximately 251 million years ago....
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded a Project Grant totaling $130,076 to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) effective July 1, 2025, with completion anticipated by June 30, 2028. This collaborative research initiative focuses on modeling marine paleocommunity dynamics across the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event (251 million years ago) to advance understanding of ancient...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $399,996 to the Colorado School of Mines under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on September 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project examining non-linearities in rainfall and river responses to consecutive Paleogene global warming events. The research will generate novel terrestrial datasets quantifying both climate changes and Earth system responses across more than ten consecutive global...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $389,334 to the United States Coast Guard Academy Sponsored Programs and Research, Inc. under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) on June 1, 2025, to address critical measurement discrepancies in high-pressure mineral research. The project, titled "Temperature Correction in the Laser-Heated Diamond Anvil Cell," will develop an open-source, user-friendly graphical user interface...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Colorado State University received a $1,030,041 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective August 15, 2025, with completion by July 31, 2028. The award funds research to develop statistical methods for estimating the "pattern effect"—the relationship between geographical patterns of surface temperature change and resulting radiative feedbacks in...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This collaborative research project, funded by the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), was awarded to Texas Tech University on April 15, 2025, with total obligated funding of $489,177 and a completion date of March 31, 2028. The project delivers scientific research products focused on reconstructing ancient melt compositions across Cordilleran arc segments in the Western United States to develop...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $335,736 to the University of California, Santa Cruz under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on December 1, 2025, for a postdoctoral fellowship project investigating Northern Hemisphere ocean and ice sheet variability during the early Pleistocene epoch. The project will deliver scientific research products utilizing deep-sea sediment cores collected during a 2023 North Atlantic drilling...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $709,830 to Tufts College under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on September 1, 2025, for a three-year collaborative research project focused on understanding Earth's Great Oxidation Event (GOE). The research will deliver a comprehensive scientific analysis of rock cores from Gabon's Francevillian Sub-basins to determine whether geochemical shifts approximately 2.4 to 2.0 billion...
The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded Stanford University $398,442 under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) effective March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2029. This project grant supports research to develop branched glycerol monoalkyl glycerol tetraethers (BrGMGTs) as a robust terrestrial paleotemperature proxy for reconstructing historical land temperatures. The research deliverables include: (1) identification of bacterial source organisms that produce BrGMGTs through heterologous gene expression techniques; (2) development of a culture-based temperature calibration methodology for BrGMGT production; and (3) biophysical computational simulations to determine how BrGMGTs function within bacterial membranes. These research outputs will culminate in the development of a BrGMGT paleothermometer applicable to the geological rock record, enabling scientists to reconstruct ancient terrestrial environmental conditions with improved accuracy. The project addresses a critical gap in paleoclimatic research by shifting focus from ocean-based proxies to terrestrial paleoclimate indicators. Beyond the immediate scientific contributions, the research advances understanding in microbial ecology, environmental chemistry, and cellular membrane dynamics, with potential applications extending to biotechnology, bioengineering, and exoplanetary science. This award was funded through the NSF/GEO-UKRI/NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) lead agency partnership.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $398.4k | 2/23/26 |