Project Grant 2610947
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $490,176 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. This collaborative research initiative applies novel quantitative methodologies to link fold-thrust belt activity in the Canadian Rocky Mountains to depositional responses in the adjacent Alberta foreland basin. The project...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $1.0 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded September 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2029. The award supports the "Open Geoscience Accelerator: Building the Contributor Pipeline" initiative, which addresses the critical challenge of research software maintenance and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $183,561 to the University of Colorado (Boulder, CO) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on August 15, 2025, for collaborative research examining orbital forcing of Andean hydroclimate using legacy drill cores from Lake Titicaca. The project, scheduled for completion by July 31, 2028, will develop a comprehensive paleoclimate record spanning approximately 370,000 years by analyzing...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $336,978 to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington on December 1, 2025, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research on terrestrial geothermal features as modern analogs for understanding ammonia flux in the Archean Earth. The research will quantify ammonia flux from hot springs, alkaline lakes, and fumaroles to validate modeling efforts regarding reactive nitrogen...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (Geosciences Program, CFDA 47.050) awarded Columbia University $286,967 on September 1, 2025, for collaborative research examining sea-level changes during the last interglacial period (approximately 129,000 to 116,000 years ago) using fossil coral reefs and cave deposits from the Yucatán Peninsula. The project will deliver scientific research products including uranium-thorium dating analyses of...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary North Carolina State University received a $469,380 CAREER (Careers in Research and Education) Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) awarded August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2031. The award funds development of an integrated, computer-based modeling framework to reconstruct landscape evolution and sediment movement along the North Carolina Coastal Plain. The primary deliverables include: (1)...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded a $399,996 Project Grant to the Colorado School of Mines (effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research on paleoclimate responses to consecutive warming events. The primary deliverables include a novel terrestrial dataset quantifying climate changes and Earth system responses across more than ten consecutive...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $335,736 to the University of California Santa Cruz under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship spanning December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027. This project investigates Northern Hemisphere ocean and ice sheet variability during the Early Pleistocene (2.5 to 1.7 million years ago) using deep-sea sediment cores collected from a 2023 marine drilling...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $354,046 to the University of Texas at Arlington under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on July 15, 2026, for a project examining monsoonal forcing on tropical water-rock reactions and associated geologic hydrogen, methane, and trace element fluxes. The project, with a completion date of June 30, 2029, will deliver field and laboratory research investigating how seasonal rainfall...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received a $750,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded August 1, 2026, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative advances fundamental understanding of how species traits and oceanographic processes interact to influence range shifts in marine fish populations, with particular focus...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded $233,266 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for October 31, 2026. This Project Grant funds fundamental research investigating the timing and development of major longitudinal river systems in the northern Andes Mountains of Colombia, specifically the Magdalena and Cauca Rivers. The research employs integrated geomorphology, sediment provenance analysis, and basin characterization techniques—including geomorphic indices, beryllium-10 (¹⁰Be) erosion rate measurements, and provenance proxies applied to modern and upper Miocene-Pliocene sedimentary strata—to understand how these large river systems evolved and how drainage networks shifted through time across the Western, Central, and Eastern Cordilleras. In addition to advancing knowledge of earth surface processes and river system evolution in orogenic environments, the award supports the development of educational infrastructure and human capital. The project will fund curriculum development at the University of Oklahoma featuring online, open-access exercises in transferable technical skills including basic coding, plotting, and geospatial software application. The award also provides direct support for undergraduate and graduate student training, mentorship of a postdoctoral scholar, and strengthened international scientific collaborations. The research findings and educational materials will enhance understanding of controls on erosion, sediment flux to oceans, and species distribution in mountain-belt river systems.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $233.3k | 1/26/26 |