Project Grant N000142412559

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was awarded a $325,738 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to investigate the effects of a submarine canyon on the distribution and behavior of midwater animals and their predators. The two-year project, which commenced November 1, 2021 and is set to conclude October 31, 2023, will strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research...

This Project Grant, awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $1,435,999.44 to conduct fundamental research on the geomechanics of littoral mud flats and shorelines. The goal is to develop a comprehensive understanding of these environments to enable reliable prediction of geomorphodynamics, trafficability, and navigation through satellite imagery and geoacoustic surveying. The project involves field data...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $1,354,056 to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to jointly implement a new measurement technique called distributed acoustic sensing. This technique will generate high-resolution (10 m in space, minutes in time) images of ocean temperature and current velocity fields above a 34-km cable laid on the seafloor off the Azores islands. The goal is to...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $257,463.00, was provided by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant supports a multi-university research initiative (MURI) towards an integrative understanding of near-surface seabed structure and stability in the deep sea. The project is being conducted by the University of Texas at Austin, a prominent public research university with extensive expertise in advanced scientific...

This $187,119 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will support the development of an open, platform-agnostic sediment trap controller and imaging sensor by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. Specifically, MBARI will develop and test a sediment trap controller to simplify the construction and deployment of neutrally buoyant sediment...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research led by Rutgers, The State University to improve understanding of how continental shelf regions, shorelines, and coastlines have responded to changes in sea level, sediment supply, and tectonic processes over the Miocene epoch. The $462,435 award will fund the integration of sediment core data, high-resolution 3D seismic imaging, and forward stratigraphic modeling to test...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $1,418,325 to the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to develop novel, low-cost methods for measuring seafloor motion and deformation over time. The goal is to advance seafloor geodesy capabilities, which are critical for understanding and mitigating natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and landslides that originate offshore. The...

This three-year, $654,518 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will support the University of Maine in developing an open, platform-agnostic sediment trap controller and imaging sensor to measure sinking organic carbon fluxes in the ocean's mesopelagic zone (500-1,000 meters). Specifically, the University will create a controller to simplify the construction and deployment of neutrally buoyant sediment traps...

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was awarded a $793,881 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences to conduct research aimed at improving the accuracy and uncertainty associated with estimated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from pH sensors on autonomous profiling platforms. This three-year award, made under the Geosciences program (CFDA #47.050), will support MBARI's efforts to strengthen fundamental knowledge of the integrated Earth...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $255,901 to the University of Rhode Island from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2025. The funding supports the development of an open, platform-agnostic sediment trap controller and imaging sensor to quantify sinking organic carbon fluxes. Specifically, the University of Rhode Island will create a controller to simplify the construction and deployment of...