Project Grant 2610305
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $389,919 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (Geosciences program, CFDA 47.050) effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative develops and applies uranium series dating methodology to pteropod shells—the calcium carbonate remains of planktonic sea snails—to establish absolute age determinations for marine sediment cores extending beyond...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $275,001 Project Grant to the University of Massachusetts Boston (award date: September 1, 2025; completion date: August 31, 2028) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This collaborative research project will produce high-resolution reconstructions of ocean-atmospheric and biogeochemical variability spanning Earth's last deglaciation (approximately 20,000 to 11,700 years ago). The...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) a $952,374 Project Grant (CFDA 47.050 – Geosciences) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028, to conduct fundamental research on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) dynamics during the last deglaciation. The project will produce quantitative estimates of ocean circulation changes by integrating paleoceanographic records from...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $308,843 to the University of California, Santa Barbara under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a collaborative research project running from September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2027. The project delivers improved paleoclimate age modeling capabilities through compilation of radiometric age data from over 250 marine sediment cores and enhancement of the BIGMACS (Bayesian Integrated...
- 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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) $593,385 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct a three-year research project (September 1, 2025–August 31, 2028) investigating linkages between large-scale and regional ocean processes in the Northwest Atlantic. The primary deliverables include synthesized in-situ oceanographic observations and high-resolution ocean general...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $803,060 to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on August 15, 2025, for a collaborative research initiative examining sub-mesoscale eddies and horizontal water mass stirring in the southern Mid-Atlantic Bight. The primary deliverable is a three-year high-frequency radar (HFR) surface current dataset with 2-kilometer horizontal resolution and...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Brown University received a $185,618 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, 2027. This collaborative research initiative will produce an enhanced age-modeling software tool (BIGMACS) and a comprehensive radiometric dating dataset compiled from over 250 marine sediment cores. The primary deliverable is improved sediment age...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $521,274 to Columbia University under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a two-year period (October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2027) to support the U.S. GEOTRACES Project Office. The Project Office provides coordination and administrative support for U.S. research institutions participating in the GEOTRACES mission, which seeks to identify processes and quantify fluxes controlling the...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution received a $256,622 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences (Geosciences program, CFDA 47.050) effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. The award funds development and application of uranium-series dating methodology for pteropod shells to establish absolute age chronologies for marine sediments extending beyond the 50,000-year limit of radiocarbon dating. This collaborative research addresses a critical gap in paleoceanographic dating by measuring natural uranium and thorium decay ratios in pteropod shells, enabling more precise age determination of ocean sediment records and reducing uncertainty in paleoclimate reconstructions. The project delivers multiple research outputs and institutional benefits. Researchers will apply the uranium-series dating method to decipher historical shifts in the South Asian monsoon system and demonstrate applicability to approximately 2,000 existing sediment cores housed in U.S. research repositories. The award maintains Woods Hole's laboratory analytical capability in uranium isotope measurement, supports graduate student training in isotope geochemistry, and includes public outreach programming on isotopes and natural radioactivity directed at children and families. The methodology, once validated and refined, is expected to unlock significant additional paleoceanographic research using archived sediment core collections.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $256.6k | 7/7/26 |