NSF funds new projects to study local and global impacts of a rapidly changing Arctic

NSF has awarded a new round of grants under the Navigating the New Arctic (NNA) program. The awards support research projects to study the Arctic's changing natural, built and social environments. Through NNA, researchers in science, engineering and education disciplines are working together to address some of the most pressing challenges on the planet. Research grants are focused on actionable results; incubator grants will allow teams to carry out projects of a larger scope in the future.

Projects awarded to EPSCoR jurisdictions include:

ALASKA

• Reducing Fuel Oil Consumption in Rural Arctic Communities (PI: Dominique Pride, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Award Amount: $3,000,000
• Arctic, Climate, and Earthquakes (ACE): Seismic Resilience and Adaptation of Arctic Infrastructure and Social Systems amid Changing Climate (PI: Alexander Kholodov, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Award Amount: $288,835
• Foundations for Improving Resilience in the Energy Sector against Wildfires on Alaskan Lands (FIREWALL) (PI: Christine Waigl, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Award Amount: $620,346
• Foundations for Improving Resilience in the Energy Sector against Wildfires on Alaskan Lands (FIREWALL) (PI: Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, University of Alaska Anchorage), Award Amount: $957,057
• Meq unguvatkarput (water is our livelihood) - building community resilience for the future (PI: Christopher Maio, University of Alaska Fairbanks), Award Amount: $900,000
• Meq unguvatkarput (water is our livelihood) - building community resilience for the future (PI: James Temte, Alaska Pacific University), Award Amount: $916,096

DELAWARE

• Sustainable Transitions through Arctic Redevelopment (STAR) (PI: Saleem Ali, University of Delaware), Award Amount: $140,000

IDAHO

• Historical Ecology of the Pacific Cod Fishery (PI: Katherine Reedy, Idaho State University), Award Amount: $79,099

MAINE

• Rapid Arctic change and its implications for fisheries and fishing communities of the western North Atlantic (PI: Richard Wahle,University of Maine), Award Amount: $1,426,793
• Rapid Arctic change and its implications for fisheries and fishing communities of the western North Atlantic (PI: Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute), Award Amount: $879,520

NEW HAMPSHIRE

• Arctic, Climate, and Earthquakes (ACE): Seismic Resilience and Adaptation of Arctic Infrastructure and Social Systems amid Changing Climate (PI: Majid Ghayoomi, University of New Hampshire), Award Amount: $1,690,654

OKLAHOMA

• Historical Ecology of the Pacific Cod Fishery (PI: Courtney Hofman, University of Oklahoma Norman), Award Amount: $67,912

SOUTH CAROLINA

• Meq unguvatkarput (water is our livelihood) - building community resilience for the future (PI: David Fuente, University of South Carolina Columbia), Award Amount: $55,828

VERMONT

• Sustainable Transitions through Arctic Redevelopment (STAR) (PI: Bindu Panikkar, University of Vermont and State Agricultural College), Award Amount: $80,000