Project Grant P031S220026

This federal Project Grant award of $529,230.00, awarded on August 16, 2024 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) program, supports a research project titled "Springtime North Polar Avalanches on Mars: A Nearly-Decadal Survey with MRO". The primary awardee, The Regents of the University of Colorado, will lead the research effort focused on studying seasonal avalanche activity on the scarps of the...

The $620,000 Project Grant award, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Cooperating Technical Partners (CTP) Program (CFDA 97.045), supports the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District (Mile High Flood District) in Lakewood, Colorado. This two-year grant, awarded on September 24, 2024, funds the District's efforts to enhance the National Flood Insurance Program and strengthen community resilience against flooding hazards. The grant enables the District to provide...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award provides $276,237 to Oregon State University (OSU) to conduct a multidisciplinary re-examination of the precursory activity leading up to an archetype M7 eruption at Mount Mazama in Oregon. The research aims to identify changes within the magma storage region that led to the catastrophic eruption and Crater Lake formation approximately 7,700 years ago. The project will track the products of explosive and...

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 $237,804 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) will support the University of New Mexico's research to study the magmatic plumbing system beneath Mount Erebus, an active volcano in Antarctica. The project will apply deep learning algorithms to analyze decades of seismic data in order to detect, locate, and characterize the full range of seismic activity at Mount Erebus. This comprehensive analysis is intended to better reveal the dynamics of...

This $445,139 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research by Princeton University's Office of Research and Project Administration to improve imaging of Earth's interior, particularly the mantle beneath the South Pacific. The researchers will use data from a new type of free-floating ocean instrument called MERMAID to update and enhance models of mantle wavespeeds and discontinuities. This will provide new insights into mantle...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences supports a collaborative research project led by Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation, a Hispanic Serving Institution. The $296,973 award, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2026, will fund an undergraduate cohort experience to investigate the tectonic and geologic history of the Klamath Mountains region of the Pacific Northwest. The research team will apply advanced thermochronology...

This $494,982 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a multidisciplinary research effort to reexamine the precursory activity leading up to the catastrophic Mount Mazama eruption in Oregon approximately 7,700 years ago. The research team, led by the University of Oregon, will track changes in the chemistry and physical properties of the magmatic system over time by analyzing ash, pumice, and lava samples from the precursor...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) aims to enhance the management and conservation of the Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area (RSRMPA) through the implementation of the "Big Blue Cloud" - a cloud-based data science platform developed by Ocean Motion Technologies Inc. The $249,105 project will integrate NASA Earth observation data with in-situ datasets to provide critical support...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $414,744 to Colorado State University from September 2022 through August 2025 to investigate past, present, and future glaciated alpine landscapes using integrated data and modeling. The award supports developing detailed modern and paleo glaciological datasets from the Teton Range in Wyoming and integrating them into a state-of-the-art glacier model (PyG2D) to simulate past and ongoing glacier...