Project Grant 2618486
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded Rutgers, The State University $439,959 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to advance understanding of estuarine circulation and salt exchange through collaborative research on vertical and lateral transport mechanisms. The recipient will develop a comprehensive numerical hydrodynamic modeling framework that incorporates all key drivers of estuarine circulation—density-driven, tide-driven, and...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $574,550 Project Grant to the University of Delaware under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025. The award will support research examining the Lagrangian transport and patchiness of buoyant material in estuarine systems through an integrated program employing conceptual models, observations, and simulations. Key objectives include assessing and advancing...
- The University of Delaware received a $380,940 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct research on the role of turbulent coherent structures on evolving seabed topography from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The university will apply numerical modeling methods including large eddy simulation two-phase flow methodology to understand the geometry and migration of medium to fine sand ripples under waves and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences awarded the University of Delaware a $511,905 Project Grant (CFDA 47.050 – Geosciences program) effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028 to conduct collaborative research on flocculation dynamics in estuarine boundary layers. The project integrates field investigations, laboratory experiments, and computational modeling to advance understanding of how fine muddy sediments bind with organic...
- The University of Delaware was awarded a $298,034 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) and will support research examining the Zonal Overturning Circulation. Over a three-year period from September 2021 through August 2024, the University of Delaware will conduct basic research to further understanding of the integrated Earth system and atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences as outlined...
- This $477,707 National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) award to the University of Delaware supports a project to investigate the impacts of wave-driven Langmuir turbulence on estuarine circulation. The project will employ a high-resolution, three-dimensional simulation framework with realistic bathymetry and density stratification to analyze the effects of Langmuir turbulence on vertical mixing and estuarine transport processes. The research aims to advance the...
- This $449,343 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a private, non-profit ocean research organization located in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The award funds collaborative research to quantify tidal dispersion and identify the underlying physical mechanisms controlling the salinity distribution in the oligohaline (low salinity) reach of the...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $586,313 Project Grant to Rutgers, The State University located in Piscataway, New Jersey. The grant supports a collaborative research project titled "Collaborative Research: Oligohaline Dispersion: Transport Processes at the Estuary-Tidal River Transition" under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This project aims to quantify tidal dispersion and identify the underlying mechanisms driving transport...
- This three-year $292,300 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to advance understanding of estuarine transport processes through a Lagrangian framework. Principal investigators from Rutgers, The State University will examine transport of buoyant material in estuaries, specifically the Delaware Estuary, including its aggregation within estuaries and the effects of resulting patchiness on transport. Researchers will address...
- The University of Delaware was awarded a $192,648 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant falls under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Through this funding, the University will conduct collaborative research from July 2021 to June 2023 exploring the importance of the subtropical gyre and North Atlantic Current in past periods of interglacial warmth. The...
The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded the University of Delaware $501,223 on September 1, 2026, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to advance understanding of how vertical mixing affects estuarine circulation and salt exchange with the coastal ocean. The project will develop a new hydrodynamic modeling framework that incorporates all key drivers of estuarine circulation and enables systematic analysis of how density-driven, tide-driven, and advection-driven transport contribute to exchange flow and salt flux. The work will employ comprehensive numerical simulations across a broad parameter space of tides, river discharge, and channel geometry; conduct salt and momentum budget analysis to reveal dominant physical mechanisms; and apply deep neural network approaches to establish functional relationships between external estuarine forcing and salt and momentum fluxes. While focused on the Delaware Estuary, outcomes will be applicable to a broad range of estuary systems, supporting understanding of processes that impact estuarine water quality and pollutant transport. Performance occurs in Newark, Delaware, with a period of performance from September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2029. The assistance type is Project Grant.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $501.2k | 7/22/26 |