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NSF program BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (165000): 344 awards, $252.1M to 137 organizations
344 NSF awards ($252.1M) under the program element BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (165000) to 137 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-04.
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Awards
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCO-DMO: Streamlining the Ocean Data Life Cycle to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Education | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $8,319,340 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Danie Kinkade | nsf.gov |
| Hawaii Ocean Time-series (HOT): 2023-2028 | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $8,070,532 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Angelicque E White | nsf.gov |
| LTER: Ecosystem controls and multiple stressors in a coastal upwelling system - CCE IV | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $7,773,409 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2028 | Katherine Barbeau | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study: Sustained Biogeochemical, Ecosystem and Ocean Change Observations and Linkages in the North Atlantic (Years 36-40) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $7,164,350 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Nicholas R Bates | nsf.gov |
| LTER: MCR IV: Long-Term Dynamics of a Coral Reef Ecosystem | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $6,452,318 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2028 | Deron E Burkepile | nsf.gov |
| LTER: Plum Island Ecosystems, the impact of changing landscapes and climate on interconnected coastal ecosystems | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $6,423,839 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2028 | Anne E Giblin | nsf.gov |
| LTER: Scales of Variability in Ecosystem Dynamics and Production on the Changing Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES II) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $6,374,995 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | Heidi M Sosik | nsf.gov |
| LTER: NGA Phase II - Resilience and Connectivity Across Transitions in the Northern Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $5,154,402 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2028 | Russell R Hopcroft | nsf.gov |
| Quantifying and modeling the transmission dynamics of bivalve transmissible neoplasia | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $2,997,443 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2027 | Michael J Metzger | nsf.gov |
| Biotic and abiotic drivers of pathogen transmission in marine system under the influence of climate change | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $2,996,986 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Romuald N Lipcius | nsf.gov |
| Testing Mechanistic Models to Explain How Variation in Host Susceptibility Arises and Why It Shifts Across Thermal Gradients. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $2,992,368 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Nathan Wolf | nsf.gov |
| Time Series Particle Flux Measurements in the Sargasso Sea | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $2,550,000 | October 1, 2024 | September 30, 2027 | Rut Pedrosa Pamies | nsf.gov |
| LTER: Environmental drivers and ecological consequences of kelp forest dynamics on a changing planet (SBC V) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $2,550,000 | December 1, 2024 | November 30, 2027 | Robert J Miller | nsf.gov |
| LTER: Georgia Coastal Ecosystems V | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $2,514,000 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2031 | Merryl L Alber | nsf.gov |
| Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) Project Office | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $2,410,114 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Heather Benway | nsf.gov |
| ORCC: Marine predator and prey response to climate change: Synthesis of Acoustics, Physiology, Prey, and Habitat In a Rapidly changing Environment (SAPPHIRE) | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $2,019,174 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Leigh G Torres | nsf.gov |
| BoCP-Implementation: Functional diversity of the smallest predators in the current and future ocean | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,949,109 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2027 | Kyle Edwards | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: An Integrative Investigation of Dispersal Plasticity Using a Coral Reef Fish | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,599,823 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Peter Buston | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: BoCP-Implementation: The influence of different nutrient delivery modes on functional biodiversity of marine plankton in a changing ocean | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2023 | $1,597,527 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Harvey E Seim | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Species Interactions of Coral Reef Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats: Within-Mat Diversity Promotes Both Facilitation and Top-Down Control | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $1,526,381 | January 15, 2023 | June 30, 2028 | Sophie J McCoy | nsf.gov |
| Support for International Ocean Science Activities Through SCOR | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $1,509,344 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Emily Twigg | nsf.gov |
| Do fine-scale water column structure and particle aggregations favor gelatinous-dominated food webs in subtropical continental shelf environments? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $1,444,777 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Adam T Greer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The impact of ocean warming on bioactive trace metal requirements and use efficiencies of marine nitrifying microorganisms | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,364,217 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | David A Hutchins | nsf.gov |
| Multi-species interactions on coral reefs: Linking macro-organismal metabolites to reef processes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,309,859 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Amy Apprill | nsf.gov |
| From incidence to impact: quantifying the emergence and ecological consequences of a parasite outbreak in marine fishes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $1,299,989 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Pieter T Johnson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How are estuarine carbon and alkalinity dynamics influenced by macrobiota? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,281,723 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Emily B Rivest | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Source-sink dynamics in a restored oyster metapopulation | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,276,514 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Max C Castorani | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Characterizing the phylogenetic lineages and genomic factors enabling adaptation in free-living marine nematodes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $1,264,761 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Holly Bik | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Building a more expansive understanding of iron adaptation in marine phytoplankton across the global oceans | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,232,812 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Nathan Ahlgren | nsf.gov |
| Predicting spatial and temporal responses of herbivorous coral reef fishes to sediment runoff | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,228,764 | February 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Jacob L Johansen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Community Structure of Marine Macroalgae: A Trait-Based Approach | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,222,147 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Robert J Miller | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Helping or hindering? Determining the influence of repetitive marine heatwaves on acclimatization of reef-building corals across biological scales | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $1,210,523 | April 15, 2023 | March 31, 2028 | Katie L Barott | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Assessing local adaptation in the chemosynthetic symbionts of hydrothermal vent animals | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,207,654 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2028 | Roxanne Beinart | nsf.gov |
| Giant viruses in the open ocean: Is large size adaptive where cells are scarce? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,176,227 | January 15, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Kyle Edwards | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Integrating thermal physiology and species interactions to forecast community response to environmental change | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $1,159,133 | June 1, 2025 | May 31, 2030 | Brian S Cheng | nsf.gov |
| Does previous disease exposure influence the temperature-dependent disease response of a marine foundation species, Zostera marina? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $1,153,700 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Anya L Brown | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Constraining virus loss and carbon and nitrogen flow through virovory in temperate marine ecosystems with isotope tracing and microbial food web models. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $1,153,105 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | Joaquin Martinez Martinez | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Determining microbial metabolisms that transform primary production and mediate biogeochemical cycling on coral reefs | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,138,548 | August 1, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Linda E Wegley Kelly | nsf.gov |
| Quantifying the effect of sediment microbial activity in facilitating silica sequestration during early diagenesis (QUALIFIED) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $1,118,367 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Jeffrey W Krause | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: How do mixotroph phenotypic plasticity and adaptive evolution constrain climate feedbacks? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $1,104,048 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Holly V Moeller | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Breaking ground with underwater sound; unraveling elusive predator-prey interactions in marine benthic communities using novel technological approaches | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $1,103,081 | April 15, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Matthew J Ajemian | nsf.gov |
| ORCC: Improved resilience to climate change through genomic compatibility of symbionts: coral reefs as a model for symbiosis dependent ecosystems | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $1,101,284 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Stephen R Palumbi | nsf.gov |
| Integrating Genomics, Physiology, and Ecology to Predict Intertidal Ecosystem Resilience | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $1,100,000 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Melissa H Pespeni | nsf.gov |
| The role of diel thermal variability on coral performance | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,083,165 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Sarah W Davies | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Nitrogen cycling under pressure: Measuring N-loss and N-recycling across redox gradients at deep-sea hydrothermal vents | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,074,895 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Damian S Grundle | nsf.gov |
| META-DDA: METabolic Activities of Diatom-Diazotroph Associations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $1,053,775 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Tatiana Rynearson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Distribution of extracellular organic compounds in contrasting oceanographic regimes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $1,023,229 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Elizabeth B Kujawinski | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Rapid natural selection driven by marine heat waves | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $1,006,802 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | Rachael A Bay | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Cellular, Ecological, and Biogeochemical Impacts of a Novel Blue Copper Ferritin | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $999,999 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | Andrew E Allen | nsf.gov |
| From culture to nature: Scaling up cyanobacterial virus ecology and biogeochemistry | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $999,999 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Matthew Sullivan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: An integrative framework for modeling coral adaptive potential | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $999,997 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2030 | Lisa C McManus | nsf.gov |
| Integrating nutritional and movement ecology to reveal energetic linkages between seabirds and their prey | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $996,706 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Nathan B Furey | nsf.gov |
| The influence of biophysical coupling and cross-scale interactions on ecosystems of the Plum Island LTER | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $995,883 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | David L Kimbro | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How are estuarine carbon and alkalinity dynamics influenced by macrobiota? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $992,092 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Raymond G Najjar | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Flow-mediated mechanisms of marine disease transmission in benthic ecosystems | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $990,352 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Tracy Mandel | nsf.gov |
| The Role of C1-Metabolism in the Estuarine Carbon Cycle: A Microbe to Ecosystem Study | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $982,958 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Scott M Gifford | nsf.gov |
| The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey of the Plankton of the North Atlantic | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $981,566 | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 | Rubao Ji | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Integrating Ecological Principles of Sponge-Dominated Coral Reefs in the Education Curricula | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $974,100 | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | Andia Chaves Fonnegra | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: VIDA Seagrass: Viral Infection Dynamics Among Seagrass | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $964,636 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Mya Breitbart | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Do extraordinarily long enzyme lifetimes drive microbial community assembly in deep subsurface sediments? | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $958,200 | January 1, 2023 | January 31, 2026 | Andrew D Steen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying secondary production in complex tropical seascapes using ecosystem level manipulations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $951,948 | January 1, 2027 | December 31, 2030 | Jacob Allgeier | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Charting the zoogeochemistry of coral reef ecosystems through an integrative structure-to-function framework | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $948,738 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | Simon J Brandl | nsf.gov |
| The role of sponges in altering seawater DOM on Caribbean reefs | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $946,705 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Wendy Strangman | nsf.gov |
| Temperature Regulation of Top-Down Control in a Pacific Upwelling System | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $944,394 | April 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | John F Bruno | nsf.gov |
| Do Rhizosolenia mats obtain N from cryptic nitrogen-fixing microbes? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $925,319 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Kendra A Turk-Kubo | nsf.gov |
| The role of microbes in driving productivity and carbon fixation in seaweeds | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $917,593 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Catherine A Pfister | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen biogeochemistry at the scale of a sinking marine particle | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $916,894 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Andrew R Babbin | nsf.gov |
| Oxygen and Carbon-based Production and Respiration Rates Across the Pacific Ocean from Profiling Floats | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $912,167 | March 1, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | Fernanda Henderikx Freitas | nsf.gov |
| NSFGEO-NERC: Understanding the consequences of changing phytoplankton elemental use efficiencies for global ocean biogeochemistry | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $908,131 | June 1, 2022 | November 30, 2026 | David A Hutchins | nsf.gov |
| Investigating Mixotrophic Algal Contribution to Copepod Diet and Reproduction | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $895,069 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Ann M Tarrant | nsf.gov |
| The Role of Fungi in Biogeochemical Transformations of Mn and Other Micro- and Macro-nutrients Along Chemoclines of the Baltic Sea | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $876,444 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Virginia P Edgcomb | nsf.gov |
| Investigating the utilization and production of iron siderophores by marine dinoflagellates | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $867,033 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2029 | Julie Granger | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Deciphering Nutrient Sources and Microbial Processes Fueling the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $866,168 | August 15, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Weiyi Tang | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Revealing biological hotspots across time and 3-dimensional space in the open ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $860,751 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2030 | Roxanne S Beltran | nsf.gov |
| The Winning Team: ecological genomics of the great star coral cryptic species complex | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $852,591 | December 15, 2024 | November 30, 2027 | Mikhail V Matz | nsf.gov |
| CORAL REEF RESPONSES TO CLIMATE-INDUCED WILDFIRE DISTURBANCE | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $850,000 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Christopher B Wall | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How a Biogeographic Barrier Affects Range Shifts in Marine Fish Populations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $849,624 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2030 | Rebecca G Asch | nsf.gov |
| Evolution of dispersal traits during a geographic range expansion | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $848,517 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Eric D Sanford | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Microbial Activity and Chemoautotrophy in the Deep Sea: Who, How, and How Much? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $845,194 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2027 | Anne E Dekas | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: THE BENTHIC MICROALGAL SUBSIDY IN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $844,365 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | James L Pinckney | nsf.gov |
| NSFGEO-NERC: Linking species traits to marine ecosystem functioning | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $831,969 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Matthew E Bracken | nsf.gov |
| The dark side of the biological pump: the impact of iron availability on heterotrophic bacterial carbon consumption in the mesopelagic | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $824,656 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | Randelle M Bundy | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Life after death in coral reefs: Testing the pivotal role of dead corals in ecosystem resilience | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $823,213 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2028 | Andrew H Altieri | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSFGEO-NERC: Using population genetic models to resolve and predict dispersal kernels of marine larvae | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $818,793 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Christian D Huber | nsf.gov |
| Unraveling the Ecological and Evolutionary Drivers of Marine Giant Virus Community Dynamics | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $815,899 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | MOHAMMAD MONIRUZZAMAN | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSFGEO-NERC: Using population genetic models to resolve and predict dispersal kernels of marine larvae | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $814,433 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Michelle R Gaither | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Deciphering the mechanisms of marine nitrous oxide cycling using stable isotopes, molecular markers and in situ rates | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $809,222 | January 15, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Maria Pachiadaki | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing denitrification and other strategies for planktic foraminiferal survival under dysoxic conditions | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $805,007 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | Joan M Bernhard | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Unraveling connectivity constraints and pathways of Sargassum and the nature of their variability by building on a Maxey-Riley framework for drift modeling | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $780,028 | July 1, 2022 | October 31, 2025 | Maria J Olascoaga | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Do extraordinarily long enzyme lifetimes drive microbial community assembly in deep subsurface sediments? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $753,971 | October 1, 2025 | February 28, 2029 | Andrew D Steen | nsf.gov |
| RUI Forty Years of Coral Reef Change in the Caribbean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $751,910 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2029 | Peter J Edmunds | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How a Biogeographic Barrier Affects Range Shifts in Marine Fish Populations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $750,000 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2030 | Janet Nye | nsf.gov |
| Illuminating the physiology, cellular characteristics, and ecogenomics of the first cultivated strain of the SAR86 lineage | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $748,827 | March 1, 2022 | September 30, 2025 | Michael S Rappe | nsf.gov |
| PurSUiT: Life-history patterns, systematics, and biogeography of widespread but cryptic Patescibacteria | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $746,577 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Melody R Lindsay | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Large-scale nutritional ecology of diverse phytoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $745,396 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Adam C Martiny | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rhythm and Blooms: Deciphering metabolic, functional and taxonomic interactions over the life cycle of a phytoplankton bloom | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $742,863 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Brook L Nunn | nsf.gov |
| PurSUiT: Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Apicomplexan Blood Parasites Infecting Coral Reef Fishes. | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2025 | $741,302 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Paul C Sikkel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rhythm and Blooms: Deciphering metabolic, functional and taxonomic interactions over the life cycle of a phytoplankton bloom | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $734,947 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Tatiana Rynearson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing the causes of the pyrosome invasion and persistence in the California Current Ecosystem | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $733,423 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Moira R Decima | nsf.gov |
| Tentaculate ambush predators in 3D: Trophic effects of tentacle arrangement and morphology in an understudied group | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $732,650 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Kelly Sutherland | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSF OCE-BSF: Coupling organic nutrient cycling to methane production in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $728,181 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Daniel J Repeta | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Phosphorus-driven metabolic switching in marine mixoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $724,056 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Solange Duhamel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Extracellular vesicles as vehicles for microbial interactions in marine Black Queen communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $721,455 | May 15, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | James J Morris | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study: Sustained Biogeochemical, Ecosystem and Ocean Change Observations and Linkages in the North Atlantic (Years 36-40) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $718,110 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Michael W Lomas | nsf.gov |
| Evaluating whether the sequence of human impacts to tropical reefs erodes resilience of short algal turf and drives the emergence of alternate algal communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $715,774 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Peggy M Fong | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Testing the effects of predator-derived feces on host symbiont acquisition and health | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $708,732 | October 1, 2024 | April 30, 2028 | Adrienne Simoes Correa | nsf.gov |
| Viral impacts on microbial carbon cycling at deep-sea hydrothermal vents | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $699,493 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Elaine Luo | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Microbial Mineral Oxidation in a Temperate Marine Sediment: Quantifying the importance of extracellular electron transfer to sediment sulfur biogeochemistry | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $695,285 | July 15, 2025 | May 31, 2028 | Annette R Rowe | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Drivers and effects of latent phage activation in marine SAR11 | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $693,701 | June 15, 2022 | May 31, 2026 | Robert M Morris | nsf.gov |
| Direct measurement of in situ growth and growth limitation of bacterioplankton species | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $690,714 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | scott manalis | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Using fossil bivalves to study controls on longevity and establish a paleobiological learning ecosystem in southeast Texas | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $684,266 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2029 | David K Moss | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: The role of microscopic predators in marine cyanobacterial ecology and evolution | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $683,778 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2031 | Anne W Thompson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Uncovering the role of planktic foraminifera in marine snow formation and ocean carbon export | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $678,313 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Catherine V Davis | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MUCUS: Measuring and Understanding the Cassiopea Use of Space | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2023 | $678,073 | January 15, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Laura A Miller | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Life after Death: Do Inactive Sulfides Fuel a Unique Ecosystem at the Deep Seafloor? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $677,777 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Lauren S Mullineaux | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Potential Importance of Intracellular Nitrate Cycling in the Nitrogen Cycle in Marine Sediments | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $675,704 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2028 | Jeremy J Rich | nsf.gov |
| Do Rhizosolenia mats obtain N from cryptic nitrogen-fixing microbes? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $675,000 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Kevin R Arrigo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Nutrient-mediated interactions between plastic-derived dissolved organic carbon and the biological carbon pump | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $665,899 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Kai Ziervogel | nsf.gov |
| CAS- Climate: Assessing the potential of artificial upwelling to mitigate coral bleaching during heat waves | NSF | Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, & Transport Systems | 2023 | $663,001 | April 1, 2023 | September 30, 2026 | Yvonne Sawall | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Pressure effects on microbially-catalyzed organic matter degradation in the deep ocean | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $659,297 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2026 | Alecia Septer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterizing the physiological and environmental cycling of abundant osmolytes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $658,901 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Harriet Alexander | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Are divergent migration phenotypes linked to genomic differences in Atlantic Ocean whale sharks? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $656,220 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2029 | Camrin D Braun | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Applying the stress gradient hypothesis to understand the microbial facilitation of seagrass responses to thermal stress | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $652,262 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | John J Stachowicz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: A matter of life & death: Assessing bacterioplankton as sources of vitamin B1 and vitamers to the surface ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $650,992 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Ryan Paerl | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying the impact of oxylipin chemical signaling on microbial community dynamics and biogeochemical cycling | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $642,684 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2026 | Bethanie R Edwards | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Do diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes directly or indirectly reduce embryonic and larval forage fish fitness? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $638,888 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | M Brady Olson | nsf.gov |
| Equipment: MRI: Track 1: Acquisition of an isotope ratio mass spectrometer for biogeochemical and ecological education and research in an era of global change | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $637,661 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2026 | Alyson E Santoro | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Revealing RNA Virus and Host Population Dynamics Across Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $630,848 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Julia M Brown | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Revealing RNA Virus and Host Population Dynamics Across Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $630,389 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Maria Pachiadaki | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSF-BSF: Photophysiology and bio-optics of Red Sea mesophotic corals | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2022 | $630,129 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Daniel Wangpraseurt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How are estuarine carbon and alkalinity dynamics influenced by macrobiota? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $625,681 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Ryan J Woodland | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Are all cell surfaces the same? The effects of particle surface property on predator-prey interactions in the microbial loop | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $622,198 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Kelly Sutherland | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Illuminating Cave Benthos in Subterranean Estuaries- Biodiversity, Ecology, and Role in Coastal Ecosystem Functioning | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $620,321 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2026 | Joan M Bernhard | nsf.gov |
| NSFGEO-NERC: Investigating phytoplankton biogeography and nutrient limitation using trace metals, genomics, and artificial intelligence | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $620,077 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Phoebe D Chappell | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Large-scale nutritional ecology of diverse phytoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $602,244 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Harriet Alexander | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Intergenerational effects of predation risk and resource identity on rocky shores: consequences for populations, communities, and ecosystems | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2025 | $598,958 | September 1, 2025 | September 30, 2026 | Sarah C Donelan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Intergenerational effects of predation risk and resource identity on rocky shores: consequences for populations, communities, and ecosystems | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $598,958 | August 15, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | Sarah C Donelan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Applying a novel approach to link microbial growth efficiency, function and energy transfer in the ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $597,248 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Kimberly Popendorf | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Extracellular vesicles as vehicles for microbial interactions in marine Black Queen communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $595,535 | May 15, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | Steven J Biller | nsf.gov |
| Exploring microbial life and biogeochemical function in offshore freshened groundwater systems beneath the New England Shelf | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $588,284 | August 1, 2026 | July 31, 2028 | Avishek Dutta | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Applying a novel approach to link microbial growth efficiency, function and energy transfer in the ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $586,609 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Jeff Bowman | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Multi-isotope and microbial ecology approaches to investigate sedimentary nitrous oxide production and consumption in the northern Benguela upwelling system | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $582,399 | February 15, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Annie Bourbonnais | nsf.gov |
| Nitrous Oxide Consumption in Surface Waters | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $582,005 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Bettie B Ward | nsf.gov |
| ORCC: Collaborative Research: Mechanisms underpinning the unusual, high CO2 sensitivity of sand lances, key forage fishes on the Northwest Atlantic Shelf | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $576,890 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Hannes Baumann | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Hydrogen isotope analysis of amino acids as a novel tracer of microbial processes in marine particles | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $569,967 | March 1, 2025 | February 29, 2028 | Alex L Sessions | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Nutrient-mediated interactions between plastic-derived dissolved organic carbon and the biological carbon pump | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $569,435 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Aron Stubbins | nsf.gov |
| Invertebrate calcification and behavior in seawater of decoupled carbonate chemistry | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $564,168 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2026 | Brian P Gaylord | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: An Integrative Investigation of Dispersal Plasticity Using a Coral Reef Fish | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $558,568 | October 1, 2025 | September 30, 2027 | John E Majoris | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological significance and impact of viral infections on sulfate reducing microbial communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $544,191 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Jessica Labonte | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The stoichiometric trait distribution of the marine microbiome | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $539,985 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2026 | Edward K Hall | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Zooplankton restarts in a high-latitude marine ecosystem: species-specific recruitment and development in early spring | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $538,888 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2027 | Petra H Lenz | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Changes in Mytilus edulis complex distribution as it correlates to increasing sea surface temperatures in the intertidal | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $536,343 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Pamela M Brannock | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Investigating the relationship between size and the balance between carbon acquisition modes in mixotrophic protists | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $536,104 | March 1, 2023 | February 28, 2027 | Nicole J Poulton | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Albatross Re-Collection Project for a century of genomic change in the tropics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $534,915 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Malin L Pinsky | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Environmental and Ecological Controls on Carbon Export and Flux Attenuation near Bermuda | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $533,586 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Heather Kim | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: High nutrient submarine groundwater discharge delivery effects on coastal primary productivity on coral reefs in Maunalua Bay, Hawaii | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $530,880 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Florybeth F La Valle | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Marine Fungi and Carbon Processing in the Ocean | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2026 | $523,795 | July 15, 2026 | October 31, 2026 | Xuefeng Peng | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Marine Fungi and Carbon Processing in the Ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $523,795 | August 15, 2026 | June 30, 2031 | Xuefeng Peng | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Revealing the changing trophic niches of large herbivorous fish on modern coral reefs using an interdisciplinary approach | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $523,017 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Douglas B Rasher | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: modifiers of ocean acidification effects on top-down control in eelgrass habitat | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $521,796 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Kevin A Hovel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Rhythm and Blooms: Deciphering metabolic, functional and taxonomic interactions over the life cycle of a phytoplankton bloom | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $521,762 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Julia Kubanek | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterizing the physiological and environmental cycling of abundant osmolytes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $519,767 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Winifred M Johnson | nsf.gov |
| Linking optical characteristics of small particles (50 - 500 micrometer) with their sinking velocities in the mesopelagic environment | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $517,370 | January 15, 2022 | December 31, 2026 | Alexander B Bochdansky | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Revealing the changing trophic niches of large herbivorous fish on modern coral reefs using an interdisciplinary approach | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $517,154 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Jordan M Casey | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The impact of ocean warming on bioactive trace metal requirements and use efficiencies of marine nitrifying microorganisms | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $516,885 | January 1, 2026 | April 30, 2027 | Wei Qin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Applying the stress gradient hypothesis to understand the microbial facilitation of seagrass responses to thermal stress | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $511,929 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2027 | Emilia M Sogin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Investigating the relationship between size and the balance between carbon acquisition modes in mixotrophic protists | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $506,276 | March 1, 2023 | February 28, 2027 | Nicole Millette | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: Dispersal of deep biosphere extremophiles in seafloor sediments | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $502,896 | August 15, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Anirban Chakraborty | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: Exploring multi-domain syntrophic symbioses in marine oxygen-depleted environments | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2025 | $501,641 | August 15, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Johana Rotterova | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic and Physiological Characterization of Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotopes in Phytoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $498,844 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Patricia M Glibert | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding winter nitrogen cycling across gradients of winter severity and impacts on phytoplankton communities in an inland freshwater sea, Lake Erie | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $496,558 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2028 | Jenan J Kharbush | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: Establishing Astrangia poculata as a study system to understand how multi-partner symbiotic interactions affect pathogen response in cnidarians | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $490,280 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2027 | Lauren E Fuess | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Microdiversity drives ecosystem function: SAR11 bacteria as models for oceanic nitrogen loss | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $486,782 | December 1, 2021 | August 31, 2027 | Frank J Stewart | nsf.gov |
| Global analysis of stratification impacts on seabirds through food resources | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $486,243 | April 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | William J Sydeman | nsf.gov |
| Do Rhizosolenia mats obtain N from cryptic nitrogen-fixing microbes? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $485,955 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Sarah R Smith | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Predicting ecosystem metabolism of rocky intertidal communities in warming and acidifying oceans. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $475,092 | November 1, 2024 | July 31, 2027 | Nyssa Silbiger | nsf.gov |
| Expanding the silverside system to quantify how climate gradients determine co- and countergradient adaptation strength in the ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $472,593 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Hannes Baumann | nsf.gov |
| Adenosine triphosphate as a master variable for biomass in the oceanographic context | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $470,558 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Alexander B Bochdansky | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Deciphering the mechanisms of marine nitrous oxide cycling using stable isotopes, molecular markers and in situ rates | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $467,675 | January 15, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Annie Bourbonnais | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Uncovering the role of planktic foraminifera in marine snow formation and ocean carbon export | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $462,091 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Jennifer Fehrenbacher | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological and biogeochemical role of Rhizaria in the oligotrophic ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $456,170 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Leocadio Blanco-Bercial | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Constraining virus loss and carbon and nitrogen flow through virovory in temperate marine ecosystems with isotope tracing and microbial food web models. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $454,006 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | David Talmy | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: Structure and functioning of microbial plankton under coastal hypoxia | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2024 | $452,969 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Luciana Santoferrara | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Hydrogen isotope analysis of amino acids as a novel tracer of microbial processes in marine particles | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $452,631 | March 1, 2025 | February 29, 2028 | Hilary G Close | nsf.gov |
| Putting B-vitamins on the map: to what extent do they shape phytoplankton dynamics and biogeography in the global ocean? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $451,571 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Sergio A Sanudo-Wilhelmy | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The effects of SUP05 cells and virocells on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $449,462 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Mya Breitbart | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Gluers, Grippers, and Gougers: Host-adapted Diversification of Barnacles Epizootic with Marine Megafauna and their Turtlescape Genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $448,731 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | John D Zardus | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic and Physiological Characterization of Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotopes in Phytoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $445,124 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Lin Zhang | nsf.gov |
| Drivers and effects of latent phage activation in marine SAR11 | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $440,316 | June 15, 2022 | May 31, 2026 | Ben Knowles | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How are estuarine carbon and alkalinity dynamics influenced by macrobiota? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $438,677 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Zhaohui 'Aleck' Wang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Phylogenetic and Physiological Characterization of Amino Acid Nitrogen Isotopes in Phytoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $438,331 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Mark A Altabet | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Microdiversity drives ecosystem function: SAR11 bacteria as models for oceanic nitrogen loss | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $436,628 | December 1, 2021 | November 30, 2025 | Konstantinos T Konstantinidis | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying secondary production in complex tropical seascapes using ecosystem level manipulations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $434,804 | January 1, 2027 | December 31, 2030 | Kelton McMahon | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological significance and impact of viral infections on sulfate reducing microbial communities | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2025 | $434,023 | September 1, 2025 | February 28, 2026 | Marshall Bowles | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological significance and impact of viral infections on sulfate reducing microbial communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $434,023 | January 15, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | Marshall Bowles | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $432,829 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Jill Leonard Pingel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Beyond Colloblasts: Fast-acting predation for trophic success in ctenophores | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2025 | $432,661 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | Sean P Colin | nsf.gov |
| The probiotic potential of symbiotic partnerships: Can contact between aquatic animals enhance the anti-pathogen potential of protective microbiomes? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $431,067 | April 15, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Zoe A Pratte | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The impact of ocean warming on bioactive trace metal requirements and use efficiencies of marine nitrifying microorganisms | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $428,603 | May 1, 2024 | January 31, 2026 | Wei Qin | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Integrating Seascapes and Energy Flow: learning and teaching about energy, biodiversity, and ecosystem function on the frontlines of climate change. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $424,899 | October 1, 2023 | April 30, 2027 | James A Nelson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterizing the physiological and environmental cycling of abundant osmolytes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $422,265 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Erin L McParland | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing the role of polyphosphate production and cycling in marine ecosystem functioning. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $421,600 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Solange Duhamel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Visual adaptations in hydrothermal vent shrimp and the role in feeding modalities and habitat selection | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $414,193 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Heather D Bracken-Grissom | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: modifiers of ocean acidification effects on top-down control in eelgrass habitat | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $411,435 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Katharyn E Boyer | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSF OCE-BSF: Coupling organic nutrient cycling to methane production in the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $410,518 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Oscar A Sosa | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The effects of SUP05 cells and virocells on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $408,738 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Robert M Morris | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study: Sustained Biogeochemical, Ecosystem and Ocean Change Observations and Linkages in the North Atlantic (Years 36-40) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $408,099 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2028 | Deborah K Steinberg | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological and biogeochemical role of Rhizaria in the oligotrophic ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $406,981 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Joshua P Stone | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Quantifying the impact of oxylipin chemical signaling on microbial community dynamics and biogeochemical cycling | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $400,353 | June 1, 2023 | May 31, 2027 | Matthew D Johnson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Intergenerational effects of predation risk and resource identity on rocky shores: consequences for populations, communities, and ecosystems | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $400,267 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Catherine M Matassa | nsf.gov |
| BRC-BIO: Estuarine food web responses to urbanization and restoration | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2025 | $400,000 | April 15, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Joseph W Reustle | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Distribution of extracellular organic compounds in contrasting oceanographic regimes | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $398,503 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Erin L McParland | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological significance and impact of viral infections on sulfate reducing microbial communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $397,905 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Brandi Kiel Reese | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Thermal refuge or cascading extinctions: evaluating the capacity of coastal foundation species to mitigate impacts of intensifying heat waves | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $391,523 | April 15, 2026 | March 31, 2029 | Matthew E Bracken | nsf.gov |
| Marine Diatom-Parasite Relationships in Upwelling Systems | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $390,357 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2025 | Bettie B Ward | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Phosphorus-driven metabolic switching in marine mixoplankton | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $387,694 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Sophie Charvet | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $380,162 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Mya Breitbart | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Illuminating Cave Benthos in Subterranean Estuaries- Biodiversity, Ecology, and Role in Coastal Ecosystem Functioning | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $379,513 | April 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Elizabeth Borda | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing the role of polyphosphate production and cycling in marine ecosystem functioning. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $378,208 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | Julia M Diaz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Harmonizing at-sea seabird surveys at three marine LTER sites to uncover community responses from the subarctic to Antarctic | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $377,678 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Megan Cimino | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Visual adaptations in hydrothermal vent shrimp and the role in feeding modalities and habitat selection | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $376,125 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Tamara M Frank | nsf.gov |
| RCN: Diversity in Ecology, Evolution, Marine Science and Disease (DEEMD) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $375,000 | October 1, 2024 | September 30, 2029 | Erica V Harris | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Microbial Mineral Oxidation in a Temperate Marine Sediment: Quantifying the importance of extracellular electron transfer to sediment sulfur biogeochemistry | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $374,535 | June 1, 2023 | August 31, 2025 | Annette R Rowe | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Revealing the changing trophic niches of large herbivorous fish on modern coral reefs using an interdisciplinary approach | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $367,639 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Thomas C Adam | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological and biogeochemical role of Rhizaria in the oligotrophic ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $367,277 | August 15, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | JACOB A CRAM | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Visual adaptations in hydrothermal vent shrimp and the role in feeding modalities and habitat selection | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $367,141 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Jonathan H Cohen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Can mixotrophic protists break free from cell size constraints to thrive in the ocean? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $363,771 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Suzana G Leles | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterizing benthic mysid ecology and animal-fluid interactions in response to background flow, food, and light conditions | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $361,187 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2026 | Aditya R Nayak | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $360,460 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Seth Finnegan | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Coral calcification during the industrial era | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $358,874 | July 1, 2024 | April 30, 2028 | Thomas DeCarlo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Beyond Colloblasts: Fast-acting predation for trophic success in ctenophores | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2025 | $353,872 | May 1, 2025 | April 30, 2028 | John H Costello | nsf.gov |
| Transport Dynamics of the Northeast Pacific In a Changing Climate | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $352,512 | October 1, 2022 | February 28, 2026 | Emanuele Di Lorenzo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $351,696 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Ian Hewson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Zooplankton restarts in a high-latitude marine ecosystem: species-specific recruitment and development in early spring | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $350,839 | October 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Michelle J Jungbluth | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Nitrogen cycling under pressure: Measuring N-loss and N-recycling across redox gradients at deep-sea hydrothermal vents | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $346,839 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Jill M McDermott | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The influence of mesoscale eddies on deep-sea dynamics and implications for larval connectivity along mid-ocean ridges | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $345,186 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Guangyu Xu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Gluers, Grippers, and Gougers: Host-adapted Diversification of Barnacles Epizootic with Marine Megafauna and their Turtlescape Genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $340,988 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | John P Wares | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Deciphering the mechanisms of marine nitrous oxide cycling using stable isotopes, molecular markers and in situ rates | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $336,586 | January 15, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Mark A Altabet | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Zooplankton restarts in a high-latitude marine ecosystem: species-specific recruitment and development in early spring | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $335,949 | October 1, 2022 | September 30, 2026 | Russell R Hopcroft | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: A matter of life & death: Assessing bacterioplankton as sources of vitamin B1 and vitamers to the surface ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $335,126 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2027 | Sheri A Floge | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Pressure effects on microbially-catalyzed organic matter degradation in the deep ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $331,937 | April 1, 2023 | March 31, 2027 | John Paul Balmonte | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Are divergent migration phenotypes linked to genomic differences in Atlantic Ocean whale sharks? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $325,852 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2029 | Kira Delmore | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Mechanistic Study of Extracellular Vesicle Production by Marine Microalgae using Advanced Imaging Technologies | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $324,467 | January 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | Gordon T Taylor | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ORCC: Climate and adaptation deficits: Mechanisms of response to climate change by the endangered North Atlantic right whale | NSF | Infrastructure, Institutes, & Centers | 2023 | $323,550 | August 1, 2023 | July 31, 2027 | Erin L Meyer-Gutbrod | nsf.gov |
| Exploring mechanisms of plasticity and tolerance in early stage marine invertebrates in response to marine heatwaves | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $321,379 | December 1, 2021 | November 30, 2027 | Gretchen E Hofmann | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Are all cell surfaces the same? The effects of particle surface property on predator-prey interactions in the microbial loop | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $315,954 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Anne W Thompson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The Potential Importance of Intracellular Nitrate Cycling in the Nitrogen Cycle in Marine Sediments | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $313,465 | April 1, 2022 | March 31, 2028 | Anne E Giblin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The influence of mesoscale eddies on deep-sea dynamics and implications for larval connectivity along mid-ocean ridges | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $311,553 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Xinfeng Liang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Harmonizing at-sea seabird surveys at three marine LTER sites to uncover community responses from the subarctic to Antarctic | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $310,630 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | William J Sydeman | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Mechanisms of bioturbation and ecosystem engineering by benthic infauna | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $308,249 | October 1, 2024 | May 31, 2026 | Kelly M Dorgan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Reassessing deep-sea seafloor biodiversity using eDNA and ecological models | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $307,423 | July 15, 2026 | June 30, 2030 | Holly Bik | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The influence of mesoscale eddies on deep-sea dynamics and implications for larval connectivity along mid-ocean ridges | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $305,576 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2027 | Lauren S Mullineaux | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Life after Death: Do Inactive Sulfides Fuel a Unique Ecosystem at the Deep Seafloor? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $303,791 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Jason B Sylvan | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterizing benthic mysid ecology and animal-fluid interactions in response to background flow, food, and light conditions | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $300,599 | March 1, 2022 | February 28, 2025 | Houshuo Jiang | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $300,072 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Marilyn Brandt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Gluers, Grippers, and Gougers: Host-adapted Diversification of Barnacles Epizootic with Marine Megafauna and their Turtlescape Genomics | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2024 | $299,574 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Erik E Sotka | nsf.gov |
| EAGER: Can ancient DNA illuminate the fate of Caribbean reefs? | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $299,082 | March 15, 2023 | September 30, 2025 | Mikhail V Matz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The effects of SUP05 cells and virocells on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $296,375 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Karen L Casciotti | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding winter nitrogen cycling across gradients of winter severity and impacts on phytoplankton communities in an inland freshwater sea, Lake Erie | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2025 | $295,875 | July 1, 2025 | March 31, 2026 | Christopher S Ward | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding winter nitrogen cycling across gradients of winter severity and impacts on phytoplankton communities in an inland freshwater sea, Lake Erie | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $295,875 | October 1, 2025 | July 31, 2028 | Christopher S Ward | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Visual adaptations in hydrothermal vent shrimp and the role in feeding modalities and habitat selection | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $292,818 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2027 | Sonke Johnsen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Controls on Aerobic Methane Oxidation in the Deep Sea | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $291,078 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Karen G Lloyd | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Can mixotrophic protists break free from cell size constraints to thrive in the ocean? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $284,000 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2029 | Natalie Cohen | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $281,310 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | Aaron O'Dea | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Multi-isotope and microbial ecology approaches to investigate sedimentary nitrous oxide production and consumption in the northern Benguela upwelling system | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $280,354 | February 15, 2024 | January 31, 2027 | Olivia U Mason | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The stoichiometric trait distribution of the marine microbiome | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $279,809 | February 1, 2022 | January 31, 2026 | Adam C Martiny | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Unraveling parasite, host, and environmental drivers of Diadematidae scuticociliatosis, a globally significant marine disease | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $278,494 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Michael W Henson | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Testing the effects of predator-derived feces on host symbiont acquisition and health | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $273,480 | April 1, 2022 | May 31, 2025 | Adrienne Simoes Correa | nsf.gov |
| MCA: Utilizing high-throughput proteomics to build a conceptual model of the effects of environmental change on early life stages of genetically diverse herring populations | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $273,464 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Brooke Love | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Microbes need frenemies: unveiling microbial relationships with protists and viruses that support deep-sea hydrothermal vent food webs | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $273,145 | April 1, 2023 | June 30, 2026 | Sarah K Hu | nsf.gov |
| Zooglider assessment of zooplankton frontal gradients across the BIOSWOT-Med region | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $263,401 | March 15, 2023 | February 29, 2028 | Mark D Ohman | nsf.gov |
| The Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey of the Plankton of the North Atlantic | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $255,244 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2023 | Peter H Wiebe | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Collaborative Research: Characterizing benthic mysid ecology and animal-fluid interactions in response to background flow, food, and light conditions | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $254,987 | March 1, 2022 | October 31, 2026 | Rachel Lasley-Rasher | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Mesoscale variability in nitrogen sources and food-web dynamics supporting larval southern bluefin tuna in the eastern Indian Ocean | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $253,526 | October 1, 2023 | September 30, 2025 | Sven A Kranz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Solving Darwins paradox: combining emerging technologies to quantify energy fluxes on coral reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $252,096 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2025 | Simon J Brandl | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The effects of SUP05 cells and virocells on nitrogen cycling in marine oxygen minimum zones | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $245,406 | June 1, 2024 | May 31, 2027 | Olivia U Mason | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Leveraging a Natural Bleaching Event to Assess Links between Bleaching and Disease | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $245,384 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2025 | Lauren E Fuess | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterization of a Novel, Nitrogen-Fixing, Cyanobacterial Species from the Oligotrophic Oceans | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $244,683 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2029 | Eric A Webb | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Applying the stress gradient hypothesis to understand the microbial facilitation of seagrass responses to thermal stress | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $241,092 | September 1, 2023 | October 31, 2026 | Emilia M Sogin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Ecological significance and impact of viral infections on sulfate reducing microbial communities | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $224,921 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Christof D Meile | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Energetic Controls on Marine Benthic Community Structure in Space and Time | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $212,201 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2028 | Adiel A Klompmaker | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: NSF-BSF: Photophysiology and bio-optics of Red Sea mesophotic corals | NSF | Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems | 2022 | $211,641 | August 15, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | Martin Tresguerres | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding Environmental and Ecological Controls on Carbon Export and Flux Attenuation near Bermuda | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $210,196 | April 1, 2024 | March 31, 2027 | Amy E Maas | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Thermal refuge or cascading extinctions: evaluating the capacity of coastal foundation species to mitigate impacts of intensifying heat waves | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $209,305 | April 15, 2026 | March 31, 2029 | Luke P Miller | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Effects of the 2023-24 El Nino on Fish Disease and Population Dynamics in the Galapagos Islands | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $200,000 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2025 | Robert W Lamb | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Does life-long acclimatization to temperature variability promote coral climate resilience? | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $200,000 | May 15, 2024 | April 30, 2026 | Katie L Barott | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: The next crisis for coral reefs is how to study vanishing coral species; AUVs equipped with AI may be the only tool for the job | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $199,996 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2025 | Yogesh A Girdhar | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $199,959 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2025 | Hollie M Putnam | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Mass Mortality of the Keystone Herbivore Diadema antillarum Underway around the Caribbean Sea | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $199,928 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Donald Behringer | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: The black urchin (Diadema antillarum) massive resurgent die-off: Causes, demographic and community consequences | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $199,919 | December 15, 2022 | September 30, 2024 | Carlos Toledo-Hernandez | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: A subtle epidemic: unique mortality of Mytilus californianus on the Oregon coast | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $199,722 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2025 | Bruce A Menge | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Here we go again - The fate of Diadema antillarum and Caribbean reefs in the 21st century | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $199,676 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2024 | Rolando O Santos | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Unraveling connectivity constraints and pathways of Sargassum and the nature of their variability by building on a Maxey-Riley framework for drift modeling | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $197,813 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Nathan F Putman | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Too hot to hold: Effects of unseasonable warming on the Azores nekton community and its keystone taxon | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $196,083 | November 15, 2021 | October 31, 2023 | T Aran Mooney | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Reassessing deep-sea seafloor biodiversity using eDNA and ecological models | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $192,099 | July 15, 2026 | June 30, 2030 | Craig R McClain | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Community Structure of Marine Macroalgae: A Trait-Based Approach | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $191,770 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Brian P Gaylord | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MUCUS: Measuring and Understanding the Cassiopea Use of Space | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2023 | $188,931 | January 15, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Monica Medina | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Consequences of Rapid Environmental Change on Pelagic-to-Benthic Coupling by Sponges on the Continental USAs only Barrier Reef Ecosystem | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $187,290 | December 1, 2023 | November 30, 2024 | Mark J Butler | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Non-Lethal Tools to Estimate the Ages and Lifespans of Chondrichthyan Fishes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $182,243 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Benjamin B Parrott | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Assessing denitrification and other strategies for planktic foraminiferal survival under dysoxic conditions | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $170,711 | May 1, 2022 | April 30, 2026 | Catherine V Davis | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: How are estuarine carbon and alkalinity dynamics influenced by macrobiota? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $161,821 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2027 | Cassie B Gurbisz | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: THE BENTHIC MICROALGAL SUBSIDY IN ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEMS | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $159,210 | July 1, 2023 | June 30, 2027 | Craig J Plante | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Recolonization dynamics following mass mortality in the ecologically important sunflower star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $158,728 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | Michael N Dawson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Turning up the heat: El Nino warming effects on top-down control of Tropical Eastern Pacific reef communities | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $156,445 | November 15, 2023 | October 31, 2025 | Mark E Torchin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Microbial Mat Community Structure and Metabolic Potential Changes Following an Eruptive Event at Axial Seamount | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $151,985 | September 1, 2026 | August 31, 2028 | Heather Fullerton | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding bioerosion from individuals to ecosystems: the impacts of biotic and abiotic stressors on sponge erosion of oyster reefs. | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $137,597 | October 1, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | Melissa DeBiasse | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Revealing the changing trophic niches of large herbivorous fish on modern coral reefs using an interdisciplinary approach | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $134,502 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2027 | Oris Sanjur | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: VIDA Seagrass: Viral Infection Dynamics Among Seagrass | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $132,066 | August 1, 2022 | July 31, 2026 | Cliff Ross | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: MUCUS: Measuring and Understanding the Cassiopea Use of Space | NSF | Cell Development & Physiology | 2023 | $131,031 | January 15, 2023 | December 31, 2026 | William K Fitt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Do diatom-derived polyunsaturated aldehydes directly or indirectly reduce embryonic and larval forage fish fitness? | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $119,948 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2027 | James J Pierson | nsf.gov |
| CAREER: Coral calcification during the industrial era | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $119,275 | May 1, 2023 | September 30, 2024 | Thomas DeCarlo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Non-Lethal Tools to Estimate the Ages and Lifespans of Chondrichthyan Fishes | NSF | Evolutionary Patterns & Processes | 2022 | $117,196 | September 1, 2022 | August 31, 2026 | Gavin Naylor | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Collaborative Research: Unprecedented Hurricane Ian Nutrient and Organic Matter Inputs to Southwest Florida Coastal Waters | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $112,704 | December 15, 2022 | November 30, 2025 | Cynthia A Heil | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Cyanobacteria, Nitrogen Cycling, and Export Production in the Laurentian Great Lakes | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $111,215 | October 1, 2023 | February 28, 2025 | Silvia Newell | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Applying a novel approach to link microbial growth efficiency, function and energy transfer in the ocean | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $110,367 | September 1, 2023 | August 31, 2026 | Lydia J Baker | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: The effects of marine heatwaves on reproduction, larval transport and recruitment in sea urchin metapopulations | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2025 | $105,493 | October 1, 2024 | August 31, 2025 | Daniel K Okamoto | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Characterization of a Novel, Nitrogen-Fixing, Cyanobacterial Species from the Oligotrophic Oceans | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $102,137 | July 1, 2026 | June 30, 2029 | Kendra A Turk-Kubo | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Seafloor Eruption Opens a Window into Productivity and Ecosystem Recovery at Deep-Sea Vents | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $100,000 | January 1, 2026 | December 31, 2026 | Lauren S Mullineaux | nsf.gov |
| Conference: Networks of success to broaden participation in the environmental sciences. | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2023 | $99,995 | June 15, 2023 | May 31, 2025 | Bala Chaudhary | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: The next crisis for coral reefs is how to study vanishing coral species; AUVs equipped with AI may be the only tool for the job | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2023 | $99,992 | January 1, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | Peter J Edmunds | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: A comparison of acute heat stress and fish abundance influencing coral survival. | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $91,111 | November 1, 2023 | October 31, 2025 | Michael J Childress | nsf.gov |
| RAPID: Collaborative Research: Unprecedented Hurricane Ian Nutrient and Organic Matter Inputs to Southwest Florida Coastal Waters | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $87,296 | December 15, 2022 | November 30, 2025 | Patricia M Glibert | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Nutrient-mediated interactions between plastic-derived dissolved organic carbon and the biological carbon pump | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $83,939 | April 1, 2025 | March 31, 2028 | Kara L Law | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Collaborative Research: Assessing the causes of the pyrosome invasion and persistence in the California Current Ecosystem | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2024 | $81,751 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2027 | Jennifer Prairie | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RUI: Microbes need frenemies: unveiling microbial relationships with protist and viruses that support deep-sea hydrothermal vent food webs | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2022 | $68,385 | July 15, 2022 | June 30, 2026 | Rika E Anderson | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Microbes need frenemies: unveiling microbial relationships with protists and viruses that support deep-sea hydrothermal vent food webs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $68,180 | July 15, 2022 | May 31, 2023 | Sarah K Hu | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Seafloor Eruption Opens a Window into Productivity and Ecosystem Recovery at Deep-Sea Vents | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $52,276 | January 1, 2026 | December 31, 2026 | Amanda Achberger | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Beyond cleaning symbiosis: Ecology of | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $51,819 | October 1, 2021 | July 31, 2022 | Paul C Sikkel | nsf.gov |
| RUI: Collaborative Research: Cleaning stations as hubs for the maintenance and recovery of microbial diversity on coral reefs. | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $49,999 | October 1, 2021 | September 30, 2023 | Paul C Sikkel | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Seafloor Eruption Opens a Window into Productivity and Ecosystem Recovery at Deep-Sea Vents | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2026 | $47,590 | January 1, 2026 | December 31, 2026 | Jason B Sylvan | nsf.gov |
| Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic diversity in vitamin B1 metabolism and impacts on plankton networks and productivity | NSF | Division Of Environmental Biology | 2022 | $32,000 | March 1, 2022 | April 30, 2024 | Alexandra Z Worden | nsf.gov |
| 2023 Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems Gordon Research Conferences | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $30,000 | January 15, 2023 | June 30, 2023 | Marc Slattery | nsf.gov |
| 2024 Marine Microbes Gordon Research Conference and Seminar | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $29,800 | April 15, 2024 | September 30, 2024 | Naomi M Levine | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: ULTRA-Data: Harmonizing at-sea seabird surveys at three marine LTER sites to uncover community responses from the subarctic to Antarctic | NSF | GEO - Core Programs | 2025 | $29,148 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | Russell R Hopcroft | nsf.gov |
| Conference: 2022 Marine Microbes GRS and GRC | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $26,300 | March 1, 2022 | August 31, 2022 | Chase C James | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Solving Darwins paradox: combining emerging technologies to quantify energy fluxes on coral reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $26,220 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2024 | Joshua S Madin | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: An Integrative Investigation of Dispersal Plasticity Using a Coral Reef Fish | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $24,386 | September 1, 2024 | January 31, 2026 | John E Majoris | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: Turning up the heat: El Nino warming effects on top-down control of Tropical Eastern Pacific reef communities | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2024 | $24,140 | November 15, 2023 | October 31, 2025 | Amy L Freestone | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: EAGER: Solving Darwins paradox: combining emerging technologies to quantify energy fluxes on coral reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $21,212 | July 1, 2022 | June 30, 2024 | Douglas B Rasher | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: A multi-scale approach to predicting coral disease spread: leveraging an outbreak on coral-dense isolated reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $20,723 | March 1, 2023 | February 28, 2025 | Marilyn Brandt | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: Understanding the impact of warming on the structure and function of marine communities | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2022 | $19,655 | May 1, 2022 | September 30, 2023 | Janet Nye | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: A multi-scale approach to predicting coral disease spread: leveraging an outbreak on coral-dense isolated reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2025 | $10,816 | October 1, 2024 | September 30, 2025 | Adrienne Simoes Correa | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: A multi-scale approach to predicting coral disease spread: leveraging an outbreak on coral-dense isolated reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $3,921 | March 1, 2023 | February 28, 2025 | Daniel M Holstein | nsf.gov |
| Collaborative Research: RAPID: A multi-scale approach to predicting coral disease spread: leveraging an outbreak on coral-dense isolated reefs | NSF | Division Of Ocean Sciences | 2023 | $1,073 | March 1, 2023 | May 31, 2025 | Adrienne Simoes Correa | nsf.gov |
Organizations
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | $0 | 53 | $27,555,293 |
| 2025 | 0 | $0 | 100 | $66,587,734 |
| 2024 | 0 | $0 | 107 | $54,426,634 |
| 2023 | 0 | $0 | 124 | $58,465,921 |
| 2022 | 0 | $0 | 89 | $42,545,189 |
Open federal funding opportunities
From Grants.gov: notices that funded awards in this table, and open notices on the same agency and assistance listing.
| Open opportunity | Number | Agency | Listing | Closes | Award ceiling | Why it matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unlocking Dataset Value for AI-Enabled Scientific Discovery (AI Datasets) | 26-512 | NSF | 47.050 | November 4, 2026 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| National Science Foundation Translation to Practice (NSF TTP) | 25-540 | NSF | 47.050 | November 17, 2026 | $2 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support | 23-525 | NSF | 47.050 | January 11, 2027 | $47.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Training-based Workforce Development for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure | 23-520 | NSF | 47.050 | January 21, 2027 | $1 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC) | 24-573 | NSF | 47.050 | January 26, 2027 | $1.5 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR) | 24-527 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $3.6 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1 | 24-598 | NSF | 47.050 | February 8, 2027 | $20 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL) | 22-615 | NSF | 47.050 | February 16, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Mid-Career Advancement (MCA) | 22-603 | NSF | 47.050 | March 1, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Pathways to Enable Secure Open-Source Ecosystems (PESOSE) | 26-506 | NSF | 47.050 | March 2, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII): EPSCoR Research Fellows | 24-528 | NSF | 47.050 | April 13, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable Open Science (FAIROS) | 25-533 | NSF | 47.050 | April 14, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP) | 24-588 | NSF | 47.050 | June 1, 2027 | $3.2 million | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) | 22-586 | NSF | 47.050 | July 28, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) | 23-601 | NSF | 47.050 | August 18, 2027 | $500,000 | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Historically Black Colleges and Universities - Excellence in Research (HBCU - EiR) | 23-598 | NSF | 47.050 | October 19, 2027 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| National Science Foundation National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-CorpsTM Teams) Program | 25-549 | NSF | 47.050 | October 6, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (AGS-PRF) | 22-639 | NSF | 47.050 | October 7, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Facilitating Research at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions: (RUI and ROA-PUI) | 14-579 | NSF | 47.050 | October 14, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
| Geosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core) | 26-516 | NSF | 47.050 | October 27, 2076 | Not listed | Same assistance listing 47.050 as 342 awards here |
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