Project Grant NNX15AL97G

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Western Washington University a $236,854 Project Grant under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078) to develop an integrated unmanned aerial system capable of autonomously retrieving impurity-laden Arctic sea ice samples and collecting hyperspectral surface property data. The award period is from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2024. Through this funding, the University will transform field sampling of snow and ice...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $500,000 awarded on September 1, 2022 will fund research at the University of Louisville to develop autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles for remote sensing applications in the Arctic through August 31, 2025. The research seeks to advance capabilities under the NSF's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) by designing flight control methods enabling UAV operation in challenging Arctic wind conditions and autonomous data...

The National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs awarded Colorado State University a $673,107 Project Grant under the Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) federal grant program. The grant will support improved understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions during the Arctic sea ice melt period from May to June 2023. As part of the Swedish-led ARTOFMELT expedition aboard the icebreaker Oden in the Arctic Ocean, the university will conduct observations and modeling to characterize aerosol...

The University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) was awarded a $1,500,000.00 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration under the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending program (CFDA 17.289). The award, with a performance period from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2027, will fund research and educational initiatives focused on Alaska's natural environment, indigenous cultures, and rural communities. As part of the award, UAS will lead snow...

The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a $120,000 Project Grant titled "OBSERVED ARCTIC CYCLONE FORCING OF COUPLED AIR-ICE-OCEAN DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC PROCESSES" to the Regents of the University of Colorado, a U.S. state government educational institution, under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) program. The grant supports fundamental research at the University of Colorado to expand scientific knowledge on atmospheric, ice, and ocean...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2,010,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Marine Exchange of Alaska, Inc. (MXAK) to fund the Arctic Watch initiative. Arctic Watch utilizes technology, communications, and local knowledge to influence safe and environmentally responsible maritime activity in Alaska's Arctic region. The funding will support 24/7 monitoring and proactive sea traffic management...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $214,391 Project Grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070). The grant funds collaborative research on adaptive multi-robot configurable teams to investigate changing Arctic ecosystems. Specifically, the grant supports the continued development of teams of complementary flying, floating, and underwater robots to perform observations and measurements above...

This $248,245 Project Grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports the integration of an ultra-wideband snow-probing radar onto an ultra-long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. Funded under NASA's Science program (CFDA 43.001), the grant enables the University of Kansas Center for Research to measure snow thickness over sea ice and map near-surface internal layers of snow over land ice in polar regions. Subrecipient Platform Systems, Incorporated will modify the...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078), provides $560,052 to Colorado State University to improve seasonal sea ice extent predictability in the Arctic Ocean. The research aims to use ocean heat patterns and the timing of autumn sea ice freeze up from reanalysis data and the CESM2 Large Ensemble to evaluate which environmental variables most significantly contribute to sea ice loss. The grant...

The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) has been awarded a $1,860,000 Project Grant from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant, titled "PISCES-A: PACIFIC INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORTING CONTINUOUS ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE IN THE ARCTIC", will support research and development activities at UAF focused on improving naval operations in the Arctic region. The grant has an award date of April 1,...