Project Grant 2608685
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $166,527 to the University of Minnesota Duluth on August 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research on magma formation and source characterization. This three-year project (completion date: July 31, 2029) will deliver high-pressure and high-temperature laboratory experimental data examining iron oxidation states in Earth's mantle peridotites and their...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences Project Grant, awarded May 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $268,549 in federal funding to the University of Michigan to conduct experimental research on the origin of Precambrian iron formations. The project, scheduled for completion April 30, 2029, will deliver laboratory-based scientific products designed to test competing hypotheses regarding how Earth's largest iron...
- This Project Grant award for $382,137 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at the University of Minnesota to investigate the composition and iron oxidation state of the minerals lawsonite and epidote in subducted oceanic crust. The research aims to understand the controls on the conditions and fluid sources that influence mineral composition and iron chemistry in these hydrous minerals as oceanic plates subduct and transform at depth. Two...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemistry, through the Environmental Chemical Sciences (ECS) Program under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), awarded $444,932 to the University of Minnesota for a three-year project (September 1, 2025 – August 31, 2028) investigating iron oxide-organic matter (Fe-OM) assemblages in soils and sediments. Led by Professors R. Lee Penn and Rene Boiteau, the research delivers experimental...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems awarded the Regents of the University of Minnesota a $340,743 Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) beginning September 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative delivers multiscale experimental investigations and physics-based modeling services to quantify how microbial...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $399,996 to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to support collaborative research examining non-linearities in rainfall and river responses to consecutive Paleogene global warming events. The project, which runs from September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028, will generate a novel terrestrial dataset quantifying climate changes and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research awarded $285,773 through the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Minnesota's Office of Sponsored Projects Administration for a three-year project running from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2028. The project focuses on experimental investigation of microscopic dynamics in bacterial turbulence as a model system for studying emergent collective...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Minnesota Duluth received a $215,143 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will develop a comprehensive global near-inertial wave (NIW) prediction system by synthesizing existing observations, theoretical frameworks, and numerical models. The research addresses...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution received a $499,752 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) awarded May 1, 2026, with completion targeted for April 30, 2029. The research project delivers laboratory experimental services and geochemical analysis to test iron silicate formation models for Precambrian iron formations. Specifically, the award funds controlled experiments...
- This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program will enable researchers at The Washington University to investigate the biogeochemical processes affecting critical mineral resources in mine tailings and weathered ore zones in the United States. The primary research focus is characterizing rare earth elements in iron oxide-apatite and carbonatite ore waste materials, as well as platinum group elements in weathered ore zones, using...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Office of Integrative Activities, awarded $403,841 to the University of Minnesota's Office of Sponsored Projects Administration for a two-year Project Grant (CFDA 47.050, Geosciences program) running from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. This research initiative delivers scientific analysis and experimental investigation into iron isotope fractionation processes occurring in seafloor hydrothermal fluids and minerals collected from the Juan de Fuca Ridge in collaboration with Ocean Networks Canada. The project produces iron isotope analyses of vent fluids, complementary mineral characterization, and laboratory-derived pyrite recrystallization and isotopic equilibration data at hydrothermal conditions, with results applicable to understanding hydrothermal mineral deposition, critical mineral formation, and massive sulfide deposit processes. Beyond direct research deliverables, the project provides graduate student training in advanced experimental techniques and analytical methodologies, supporting an early-career principal investigator. Additional products include educational outreach through a workshop on mining combined with a field trip to natural mineral formations in Minnesota. The University of Minnesota will execute all work in-house with no planned sub-awards, delivering integrated field-based and laboratory research outcomes with implications for hydrothermal vent systems, marine mineral resources, and broader geologic processes relevant to ocean systems and mineral resource development.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $403.8k | 6/18/26 |