Project Grant 2629341
- The National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs awarded a $899,856 project grant to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, on August 15, 2023. The funding supports a collaborative U.S./U.K. research project investigating the direct influence of meltwater on the dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet. The key activities include a field campaign on Flade Glacier and a continent-wide remote sensing survey to test hypotheses related to how surface meltwater reaching...
- This $392,618 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will support collaborative research to investigate the combined impact of atmospheric rivers and foehn warming on surface warming and melting over West Antarctica. The research will utilize high-resolution numerical weather prediction simulations and existing satellite/ground observations to examine the physical mechanisms behind these extreme weather events and their contribution to ice...
- Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. was awarded a $420,401 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NNA RESEARCH: GLOBAL CHANGES, LOCAL IMPACTS: STUDY OF GLACIAL FJORDS, ECOSYSTEMS AND COMMUNITIES IN GREENLAND" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026. The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research in the...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded $1,011,669 to The Regents of the University of Colorado on October 1, 2025, under the Polar Programs grant program (CFDA 47.078) to conduct a five-year field research and modeling program on coastal Antarctic snow algae and light-absorbing particles in the western Antarctic Peninsula. The project will establish a time-series investigation of how temperature, light-absorbing particles such as black carbon, and snow algae growth...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $126,121 Project Grant under the Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) to The Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) for a 3-year collaborative research project to study temporal variations in glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The project aims to leverage existing seismic data to better understand how the physical properties of the Antarctic ice sheet change over time, including seasonal variations in subglacial hydrological systems....
- Oregon State University received a $282,979 project grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs to study submesoscale fjord variability and its influence on glacial melt from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. The award supports research that aligns with the goals of the Polar Programs federal grant program authorized under the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number 47.078, which aims to strengthen fundamental understanding of polar regions through basic...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $184,798 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (Stony Brook University) to conduct collaborative research on temporal variations in glacial and subglacial structures of Antarctica. The research aims to better understand how seismic properties within and beneath the Antarctic ice sheets change over time, which can provide insights into ice sheet dynamics and responses to...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded $200,000 to The Regents of the University of Colorado on August 15, 2026, under the Polar Programs assistance listing (CFDA 47.078) for research on snow and glacial algae bioalbedo feedbacks in Greenland. The project studies how snow and glacial algae (SGA) growing on melting ice surfaces darken the ice, increase solar heat absorption, and accelerate melting through a positive feedback loop. The research aims to develop an...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Geosciences (NSF/GEO) and the National Environment Research Council (NERC) of the United Kingdom awarded a $666,910 Project Grant (CFDA 47.078 - Polar Programs) to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RFSUNY), doing business as Stony Brook University. This 3-year award, effective August 1, 2025, supports research to understand the environmental drivers of giant petrel energetics and the implications for population...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs awarded a $594,929 Project Grant to Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education (Temple University) to conduct collaborative research on the role of the Antarctic Slope Current (ASC) in tracer exchange at the Antarctic margin. The research will utilize observationally-constrained Southern Ocean state estimates and climate model simulations to investigate the ASC's climatological state, variability, and impact...
The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Earth And Space Research $320,945 on August 1, 2026, under the Polar Programs funding opportunity (CFDA 47.078) to observe orographically-influenced moisture transport through the international research program Snøtroll, a project jointly funded by NSF/GEO and the United Kingdom's National Environment Research Council via the NSF/GEO-NERC Lead Agency Agreement. The award supports deployment of observational equipment along the escarpment at the edge of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, from low to high elevation and across different surface types (rock, ice, and snow), to track moisture and precipitation transport from the coast to the ice sheet interior. The data collected will enable researchers to evaluate and improve the performance of weather and Earth system models by increasing understanding of how the escarpment functions as a gateway for moisture reaching East Antarctica's interior, where the greatest uncertainties remain in the balance of Antarctic ice mass. Earth And Space Research, a nonprofit oceanographic research institute based in Seattle, Washington, will conduct the research. The period of performance runs through July 31, 2028. The Snøtroll project is part of the larger international research effort Antarctica InSync, which aims to improve understanding of Antarctic ice sheet dynamics and the factors controlling snowfall accumulation across the continent.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $320.9k | 7/30/26 |