Project Grant 2555988
- The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York $458,566 on August 15, 2026, through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research on mechanisms governing temperature and precipitation changes over the Andes Mountains. The research uses high-resolution weather modeling over South America to advance understanding of mountain meteorology by examining temperature and...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $892,703 Project Grant to The Ohio State University to develop a framework using modeling approaches to interpret climate variability from ice core delta oxygen-18 in low-latitude and tropical glaciers. The researchers will examine water isotopes in surface precipitation and throughout the atmospheric column in the tropical Andes and northwestern Tibetan Plateau regions. The goal is to improve...
- This NSF Project Grant award, provided under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), aims to contribute to a better understanding and modeling of extreme weather events in the central Andes region, with the goal of improving the prediction of their impacts on hydrological and agricultural systems. The $400,000 award, effective from February 1, 2025 to January 31, 2029, will fund collaborative research between institutions in the United States, Switzerland, and Bolivia. Key activities include...
- This $202,000 Project Grant was awarded on September 1, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The award funds postdoctoral research through August 31, 2027, focused on bridging idealized atmospheric modeling with observational data to improve understanding of forest-atmosphere interactions over complex terrain. The primary deliverables include approximately 30 Large Eddy Simulation (LES) runs...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded the University of California, Los Angeles $609,211 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to investigate how extratropical climate forcings modulate tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures and influence global weather patterns. The project addresses an observational puzzle: the eastern Pacific Ocean has cooled over recent decades despite model projections of warming, yet this...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $666,969 Project Grant to the University of Utah Office of Sponsored Projects under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The grant will fund research from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025 to advance understanding of orographic precipitation processes in continental multi-ridge mountain environments like Utah's Wasatch Range. Specifically, the project aims to investigate snowfall enhancement over...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Oregon State University received a $418,063 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (CFDA 47.050: Geosciences) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028. The award funds fundamental research to advance understanding of cloud radiative effects (CRE) in tropical oceanic intertropical convergence zones (ITCZs) in the eastern Pacific and Atlantic regions. The project addresses a significant gap...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $175,314 Project Grant to The Regents of the University of Colorado under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050). The University will characterize Northern Hemisphere atmospheric variability through research on Central American wind gap-induced upwelling in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. Products and services include sediment proxy measurements, paleoclimate model and data examinations, forward...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $274,166 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on the linkages between glacio-climatic, hydrothermal, and volcanic processes in the central Andes from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2025. Specifically, the research aims to establish spatial and temporal relationships between glacier fluctuations including deglaciation and the onset of hydrothermal and/or volcanic activity through...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $510,294 to Portland State University. The grant supports research into atmospheric ridges over western North America under current and future climates. The grantee will investigate how various atmosphere, ocean, and land surface conditions influence ridge characteristics, and how potential changes may interact with warming...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded Oregon State University $468,366 on August 15, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on mechanisms governing temperature and precipitation changes over the Andes Mountains. The project will advance mountain meteorology by analyzing the Andes as a natural laboratory spanning from equatorial tropics through the subtropics to southern polar latitudes. Work will focus on two main efforts: understanding mechanisms governing temperature and precipitation patterns over the Andes using high-resolution weather simulations to test multiple hypotheses, and quantifying uncertainties related to differences in model resolution and large-scale atmospheric dynamics. Researchers will constrain uncertainties through sensitivity experiments, statistical models, and observational data. The project will train a generative artificial-intelligence model to downscale a larger ensemble of global simulations over South America, with resulting projections made available to stakeholders and the research community. The research leverages prior investment in high-resolution weather modeling over South America and will support graduate student funding and undergraduate research experiences. Place of performance is Corvallis, Oregon. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2029.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $468.4k | 8/5/26 |