Project Grant 2617725
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Michigan State University received a $600,000 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. The project delivers geochemical analysis and computer modeling to advance understanding of magma generation during continental rifting and ocean formation. Specifically, the research compares geochemical signatures of igneous dikes and...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Washington received a $261,861 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will deliver high-resolution scientific sampling and analysis of benthic nepheloid layers (BNLs)—persistent layers of enhanced particle concentrations near the seafloor in the Labrador Sea—to understand how...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Michigan received a $268,549 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2029. This collaborative research project will conduct laboratory experiments to test hypotheses regarding the formation mechanisms of Precambrian iron formations, which represent Earth's largest iron ore reserves. The research will focus on iron...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF), Division of Ocean Sciences, awarded $422,380 to the University of California, Santa Cruz through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a collaborative research project spanning October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2029. This Project Grant will develop calibrated global data products by comparing optical and geochemical particle detection methodologies in seawater. The research team will establish conversion methods between...
- 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 (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $124,226 to the University of Washington under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on September 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project examining potential energy generation and release in oceanic circulation. The project, which extends through August 31, 2028, delivers fundamental scientific research outputs investigating how mesoscale eddies (200-500 kilometer features) generate and...
- 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...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. received a $588,284 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective August 1, 2026, with completion targeted for July 31, 2028. This award supports fundamental research investigating microbial life and biogeochemical function in offshore freshened groundwater systems beneath the New England Shelf. The project examines...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded University of the Pacific a collaborative research project grant of $178,404 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This award supports fundamental research quantifying how groundwater modulates streamflow response to hydrologic extremes in mountainous regions. The primary deliverables include integrated field observations of stream...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded $762,428 to the University of Rochester under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for a three-year collaborative research project spanning September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This project generates fundamental scientific research and educational outputs examining potential energy generation and release within oceanic circulation systems at gyre scales exceeding 1,000 kilometers....
Western Michigan University received a $222,575 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective September 15, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The award supports an investigation of water-rock interactions in oceanic crust beneath the seafloor using a triple oxygen-isotope analytical approach. The principal investigator and research team will analyze mineral separates from scientific ocean drilling samples, including pillow basalts, sheeted dikes, and hydrated upper mantle materials, to determine fluid composition, alteration temperatures, and seawater isotope composition at various depths within the oceanic crust. The research will provide unprecedented constraints on the chemical and thermal characteristics of fluids circulating through oceanic lithologies during the water-rock alteration process that occurs as the entire ocean volume cycles through the oceanic crust approximately every one million years. In addition to fundamental research contributions, the award will establish a new analytical laboratory at Western Michigan University available for course-based research projects and collaborations with nearby institutions. The project includes development of an open reference resource for Scientific Ocean Drilling Hole 504B, one of the deepest drill holes in oceanic crust. No subawards are planned. The funding supports an early-career principal investigator and provides research training opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students at this regional, student-centered university, advancing both the scientific understanding of oceanic crust evolution and seafloor ore deposit origins while building research infrastructure and human capital in geoscience education.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $222.6k | 7/8/26 |