Project Grant 2628522
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $270,175 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029. This collaborative research initiative quantifies changes in near-surface soil properties resulting from hydrologic intensification—the increasingly common cycles of drought and extreme rainfall. The primary deliverables include field experiments...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $714,878 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031. The award funds a CAREER project investigating the hydrologic and biogeochemical consequences of multiple disturbances—including wildfires and debris flows—in mountain watersheds. The primary research deliverable involves studying nutrient...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $299,667 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) under the EPSCOR Research Fellows program, effective May 1, 2026 through April 30, 2028. The award funds an Associate Professor fellowship and postdoctoral scholar training to investigate early warning signals of dryland ecosystem degradation through integrated field experimentation and remote sensing. The research combines...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $143,164 collaborative research project grant awarded January 1, 2026, through the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). This award funds the development of an open science framework for constructing and maintaining the Geological Time Scale (GTS)—Earth's authoritative calendar of geologic history. The project deliverables include the discovery and translation of...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $342,714 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. The award supports research to develop thermodynamically valid rare-earth element (REE) thermobarometers—computational models that enable geoscientists to accurately determine mineral temperature and pressure conditions from trace element compositions in...
- 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 Boise State University received a $285,308 Project Grant award dated April 1, 2026, from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) to conduct collaborative research on utilizing food industry byproducts for sustainable soil restoration following wildfires. The three-year project, concluding March 31, 2029, will deliver fundamental research characterizing the physical-chemical-geotechnical, erosion, and leaching properties of food...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $150,000 Project Grant from NASA's Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) awarded on December 15, 2025, with a completion date of December 14, 2027. Based on the awardee's documented research capabilities and NASA's Science program focus, this award supports scientific research aligned with one or more of NASA's primary research domains: astrophysics, biological and physical sciences in space environments, Earth system...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Boise State University received a $418,721 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2029. The award funds development of advanced high-order cut discontinuous Galerkin (DG) numerical methods for modeling wetting and drying phenomena in shallow water and multilayer shallow water equations (SWE/MSWE)....
- Federal Grant Award Summary Montana State University received a $332,586 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded on August 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2028. The collaborative research initiative focuses on North American ice patches located in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Alaska, with primary performance at the university's Bozeman, Montana campus. The project will develop...
Boise State University received a $157,854 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050) awarded October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. This collaborative research initiative examines glacier retreat on tropical Andean volcanoes in Ecuador and its cascading impacts on water supply, vegetation dynamics, and elemental cycling in páramo ecosystems. The project delivers systematic investigation of glacier mass balance processes in the inner tropics, predictive models of plant succession in deglacierized landscapes, and assessment of sulfur and metals controls on páramo carbon storage. Key scientific products include analysis of subsurface meltwater flow paths, characterization of weathering and solute export processes, and documentation of feedback mechanisms linking plant succession, soil moisture, and carbon dynamics in high-altitude tropical environments. In addition to core research deliverables, the project produces co-produced predictive models and frameworks developed collaboratively with Ecuadorian academic, governmental, and community institutions to ensure local applicability and integration of indigenous and scientific knowledge systems. The research team will generate educational materials and engagement activities for U.S. university and high school students at participating institutions. This interdisciplinary work represents the first systematic investigation of its kind in tropical glacierized regions and provides critical data on climate change impacts in biodiversity hotspots that sustain both globally significant carbon stocks and dependent local communities.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $157.9k | 6/24/26 |