Project Grant N000142112652

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program provides $643,665 to the National Marine Mammal Foundation, Inc. to conduct collaborative research on oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The 4-year project, beginning December 1, 2023, will evaluate and model in vivo oxygen delivery during dive simulations with California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins. It will also elucidate the biochemical mechanisms regulating red blood cell oxygen...

This $418,546 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program supports collaborative research to investigate oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The research team from San Diego State University will evaluate and model in vivo oxygen delivery in California sea lions and bottlenose dolphins, elucidate the biochemical regulation of oxygen off-loading in these species, and examine oxygen storage and diffusion in their skeletal muscle. This...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,363,205 Project Grant under its Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to conduct collaborative research on oxygen transport mechanisms in elite diving mammals. The project aims to investigate differences in how oxygen is delivered to skeletal muscles in pinnipeds (e.g., sea lions) versus cetaceans (e.g., dolphins) during long-duration dives. The research team will evaluate in vivo oxygen...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $724,026 supports research at the University of Michigan from March 2023 through February 2028 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The award will fund the creation of a dynamic modeling framework to advance understanding of bottlenose dolphin swimming mechanics. Researchers will gather kinematic data from electronic tags attached to free-swimming dolphins measuring movement and caloric expenditure. They will combine these data with...

This federal Project Grant award for $138,016, granted by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, is supporting collaborative research towards understanding collective behavior in highly intelligent animals, specifically bottlenose dolphins. The key objectives are to: Use physics-based modeling of acoustic perception to generate new knowledge about how coordinated dolphin behavior is influenced by environmental and behavioral...

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $482,933 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (Metr) to develop new generation consolidated satellite tags for studying cetaceans. The performance period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The grant supports research and field work to improve satellite tagging technology for monitoring and analyzing the behavior and population dynamics of...

The Office of Naval Research awarded a $124,621 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) to the Foundation for Marine Ecology and Telemetry Research (Metr), a non-profit organization, to conduct research on the population consequences of disturbance for Cuvier's beaked whales. The grant, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to November 30, 2029, will support Metr's multi-year efforts to study the behavior, demographics, and responses of...

The National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $326,726 Project Grant to the California Institute of Technology under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to develop a theoretical framework for abyssal ocean circulation. Over a three-year period from February 2022 through January 2025, the awardee will build a hierarchy of dynamical models exploring the interaction between bottom-intensified mixing over slopes and interior abyssal flows and stratification. The models...

This NSF Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Project Grant award to Brown University provides $270,794 to support research on the role of deep ocean equilibration in warmer climates. The project aims to: Perform long-running climate model simulations (over 6,000 years) to better understand the equilibrium responses of the deep ocean under elevated CO2 conditions, as seen during the Middle Miocene Climate Optimum around 15 million years ago. Compare the simulated Miocene ocean conditions with...

This $137,133 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports collaborative research by the University of California, Merced and the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The research aims to reconstruct the interactions and dynamics of ancient marine ecosystems, focusing on the evolution of large marine organisms like baleen whales during periods of climate change and resource exploitation. The project will...