Project Grant N000141712432

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), supports the ONR Summer Faculty Research Program/Sabbatical Leave Program (SFRP/SLP) and Student Internship Program (SIP). The $434,000 award, with a performance period from May 15, 2025 to May 14, 2026, will fund initiatives focused on increasing minority participation in STEM defense research through the Department of the Navy's Historically...

This $215,631 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) establishes a new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth). The REU site will provide hands-on research experience for ten community college students each summer in interdisciplinary materials research relevant to the maritime economy. Students will receive training in lab safety,...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $201,553 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE) to host a 3-year Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site program in marine science. This program will bring 10 undergraduates to UD's Lewes campus each summer to conduct independent ocean science research under the guidance of faculty mentors. The program aims to train students in...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $149,999 supports research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to improve climate migration modeling and planning through August 2023. Funded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), key products include refining scientific models to better project domestic population movement driven by environmental disasters. Researchers will enhance data sources such as the American Community Survey and novel online data to dynamically simulate...

This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) provides $267,000.00 to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to support research, education, and outreach activities focused on increasing the representation of underrepresented minority (URM) students in ocean science-related careers. Key activities include: 1) Providing summer experiential learning programs at USM for URM undergraduate students, including field camps,...

This $675,000 Project Grant awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports air-sea surface measurements using drifters and underwater systems at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The research aims to examine the impact of diurnal warm layers on atmospheric river fluxes, with a performance period from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2029. By leveraging specialized facilities,...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The grant, titled "ADVANCING SENSING AND PREDICTION IN THE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER (MABL)", will fund research to advance scientific understanding and technological capabilities in marine atmospheric boundary layer sensing and prediction. The award has a...

This three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant of $770,868 will support research from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025 examining how seasonal migration influences genetic migration in boreal forest bird species. Funded through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074), the University of Michigan will investigate the relationship between seasonal long-distance migration and genetic differentiation using genomic tools and migration tracking tags across 32 co-distributed bird species....

This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONoR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $113,300.00 to fund the "Second Research Experience Summer School for Gifted Ukrainian STEM High School Students." The funding supports a summer program that provides research experience and training for gifted Ukrainian high school students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. The program aims to stimulate...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) supports the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in developing "Naturally Enacapsulated Heterostructures for Scalable 2D Nanomaterials" research. The effort aims to advance fundamental and applied research in materials science, with a focus on novel 2D nanomaterials and their potential applications in areas like power generation,...