Project Grant FA86552317019

This National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $409,005 to the University of Texas at Austin for a collaborative research project examining rodingites as recorders of tectonic processes. The research will determine the pressure-temperature-deformation-fluid-time histories of rodingites from the Dun Mountain ophiolite belt in New Zealand to constrain the timing and conditions of serpentinization and interpret the tectonic evolution of plate boundaries....

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences provides $106,431 to The University of New Mexico for collaborative research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research aims to develop high resolution passive seismic imaging beneath Valles Caldera in Albuquerque, New Mexico from August 2021 through July 2023. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system, including expansion of knowledge...

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology received a $396,934 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation on September 15, 2021 to acquire a high-resolution confocal Raman microscope. The microscope will enable liquid and solid experiments under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050). The Geosciences program supports basic research in the atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. Acquisition of the confocal Raman...

This $239,788 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research by Georgia State University and the Georgia Institute of Technology to study the occurrence and geochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) in highly weathered sedimentary rocks and kaolin deposits in Georgia. The key objectives are to obtain a fundamental understanding of the geochemical factors controlling the...

This is a $180,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to support a two-year research project led by Dr. Rasheed Ajala at Columbia University and Dr. Daniel Trugman at the University of Nevada Reno. The project aims to develop multiscale Earth models that integrate crustal and mantle-scale processes to enhance exploration, discovery, and application in the East African Rift System. Key products will include a web service for creating...

This $171,824 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) was awarded to the San Jose State University (SJSU) Research Foundation to characterize the geometry and activity of faults making up the San Andreas Fault system in the San Francisco Bay Area. The two-year project, entitled "EMBRACE-EAR-SEED: Transformative Research Experiences in Earthquake Science," will integrate geological field mapping, LiDAR data, and computer modeling to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $183,720 to the University of Missouri System's Missouri University of Science & Technology to establish a temporary seismic array and support planning activities for a proposed continental scientific drilling project in the Lake Izabal Basin in Guatemala. The key products and services to be delivered under this 2-year award include: Deploying a temporary seismic array to study...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $359,704 project grant to The University of Akron under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to conduct collaborative research from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026. The research aims to study the roles of lithology and water on deep continental crustal rheology using natural field settings and laboratory experiments. The Geosciences program supports basic research to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through atmospheric,...

This $362,349 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS). The grant supports an integrated petrochronology and geodynamic modeling approach to examine the paleo-thermal structure of the Alpine subduction interface. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Constraining the time-evolving...

The University of California, Santa Barbara will research how sedimentary rocks become part of the lower continental crust under a $353,586 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The two-year grant running from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 will fund basic research into the integrated Earth system through studying the processes by which sedimentary materials are incorporated into the lower section of continental tectonic plates. Insights...