Project Grant AKC7L1

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Polar Programs Project Grant, awarded on September 1, 2023 for $198,250, supports the rapid-response coring and sampling of an archaeological site in northern Iceland facing imminent loss due to climate-driven coastal erosion. The grant aims to document the Hafnarbãdir site, a large and specialized early marine fishing or whaling settlement with the potential to advance understanding of Viking Age economies in Iceland. The research will be...

This $291,934 two-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs will support a collaborative archaeological project between Western Washington University and the Yup'ik community of Togiak, Alaska. The funding will allow for continued exploration and analysis of the Temyiq Turyuraq archaeological site in Southwest Alaska in partnership with Togiak elders, students, and the local community. Researchers will work to better understand human adaptation and occupation of...

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys (DGGS) received a $690,084 project grant from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814). The grant will fund two key activities over a 3-year period from July 2024 to June 2027: Hyperspectral scanning of 7,000 core boxes from the Geologic Materials Center to preserve and improve accessibility to critical mineral and resource data. DGGS will...

This $155,602 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078), will fund research to improve understanding of outlet glacier dynamics in Greenland. The University of Alaska Southeast will collaborate with other researchers to analyze new field observations and satellite data on runoff-driven and terminus-driven velocity variations at a large marine-terminating outlet glacier. Multivariate statistical...

This $305,340 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports U.S. researchers participating in a multinational Belmont Forum initiative on global environmental change research. The project aims to investigate how indigenous ecological knowledge and diverse technical knowledge can be used to develop adaptation pathways to address climate change challenges. The U.S. researchers will collaborate with partners from at least three other countries...

This federal Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Region under the Pacific Northwest and Hawaiian Islands Arts program (CFDA 15.071) provides $243,457.40 to the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation to establish programs that promote the scholarly study and instruction of Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian arts and culture. Over 4 years, the grant will fund the creation of two traditional Tlingit dugout canoes by 300 Southeastern Alaskan youth in grades...

The National Park Service awarded $500,000 under the Historic Preservation Fund Grants-In-Aid program to Sealaska Heritage Institute Inc. to complete a project assisting in the preservation of historic resources. The funding will support carving two totem poles to document the traditional practice and installing them in a totem pole trail. As the sub-awardee, Sealaska Corporation will assist in delivering the project scope. The project is scheduled to be completed by September 30, 2025,...

This $140,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities will fund research under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) at the University of Delaware from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The grant will support the development of a research agenda on sustainable redevelopment goals for post-industrial extractive sites in the Arctic. A team of scholars will study five case sites across the U.S., Canada, Finland, Greenland, and Sweden to...

This $184,447 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Park Service will support a multi-year project to conduct heritage documentation and create digital twins at Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia. Using terrestrial laser scanning, structured light scanning, and other advanced imaging and virtualization technologies, the University of South Florida will spatially document extant structures and remains. This includes completing a 3D inventory with GIS web applications,...

This Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding of $498,865.00, was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The award will fund a project at the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) to improve forecasting and mitigation of glacier lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in Alaska. Key activities include: Collecting data and employing glacier dynamics models to quantify the potential magnitude of future...