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NSF program OCE-Ocean Sciences Research (689900): 45 awards, $55.7M to 29 organizations

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45 NSF awards ($55.7M) under the program element OCE-Ocean Sciences Research (689900) to 29 organizations, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, read 2026-11-03.

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Program element code: 689900
Directorate: Directorate for Geosciences
Division: GEO - Core Programs

Awards

45 awards in the window.

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
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
Collaborative Research: The Internal Wave Spectrum and Boundary Mixing in the Sub-Tropical South Atlantic	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2022	$3,553,342	August 1, 2022	July 31, 2027	Kurt L Polzin	nsf.gov
CCHDO: serving easily accessible, global, high-quality hydrographic data for research, climate monitoring, and education	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2023	$3,499,264	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2028	Karen I Stocks	nsf.gov
Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$2,610,197	April 15, 2024	March 31, 2029	Dennis J McGillicuddy	nsf.gov
Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health: advancing the science of marine contaminants and seafood security	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$2,599,206	March 1, 2024	February 28, 2029	Bradley S Moore	nsf.gov
North Carolina Center for Coastal Algae, People, and Environment NC-CAPE	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$2,419,334	February 1, 2024	January 31, 2029	Astrid Schnetzer	nsf.gov
Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$2,325,286	April 15, 2024	March 31, 2029	Gregory J Dick	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
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
Collaborative Research: Hydrothermal vent systems mediate the formation and fate of refractory aromatic carbon in the deep ocean	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2022	$1,035,261	September 1, 2022	August 31, 2027	Andrew S Wozniak	nsf.gov
RAISE: Safeguarding U.S. Coastal Groundwater Supplies from Flooding and Saltwater Intrusion	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2025	$999,721	September 1, 2025	August 31, 2028	Young Gu Her	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
Collaborative Research: Seismic Reflection Imaging of Volcanic Cycles at the East Pacific Rise 9 50'N on Decadal Timescales	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2025	$983,438	March 1, 2025	February 29, 2028	Ross Parnell-Turner	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
Collaborative Research: Drivers and Dynamics of Methane Seepage Along the US Atlantic Margin	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$915,687	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2027	Samantha B Joye	nsf.gov
Drought or Deluge? Columbia River flows to the North Pacific under a variable Holocene climate.	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2022	$884,945	August 1, 2022	July 31, 2026	Maureen H Walczak	nsf.gov
CAREER: A Molecular Level Investigation of Halogenation as a Mechanism of Trace Gas Production and Organic Carbon Transformation at the Surface Ocean	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2023	$880,238	May 1, 2023	April 30, 2028	Yina Liu	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Resolving the Origin of the Jurassic Quiet Zone	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2022	$865,038	January 1, 2023	December 31, 2027	Masako Tominaga	nsf.gov
CAREER: Constraining the high-latitude ocean carbon cycle: Leveraging the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Global Arrays as marine biogeochemical time series	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$852,131	February 1, 2024	May 31, 2029	Hilary Palevsky	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Drivers and Dynamics of Methane Seepage Along the US Atlantic Margin	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$833,874	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2027	Sunita R Shah Walter	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Seafloor geodetic measurements of deformation of Kilauea's submarine flank	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$750,080	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2029	Mark A Zumberge	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
Extended Duration Expendable microFloats for Dense Upper Ocean and Coastal Sampling	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2026	$649,210	October 1, 2026	September 30, 2029	Trevor W Harrison	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Drivers and Dynamics of Methane Seepage Along the US Atlantic Margin	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2026	$642,122	January 1, 2026	September 30, 2027	Davide Oppo	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: NSFGEO-NERC: The Colloidal Shunt as a Critical Nexus of the Ocean Iron and Carbon Cycles	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$499,806	April 1, 2025	March 31, 2028	Benjamin S Twining	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Seismic Reflection Imaging of Volcanic Cycles at the East Pacific Rise 9 50'N on Decadal Timescales	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2025	$482,754	March 1, 2025	February 29, 2028	Juan Pablo Canales	nsf.gov
REU Site: Research Internships in Ocean Sciences (RIOS)	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$479,986	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2027	Daphne M Munroe	nsf.gov
REU Site: Jane Teranes - Scripps Undergraduate Research Fellowship program	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$476,374	March 1, 2024	February 29, 2028	David Kacev	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Drivers and Dynamics of Methane Seepage Along the US Atlantic Margin	NSF	Division Of Ocean Sciences	2024	$440,458	September 1, 2024	June 30, 2026	Davide Oppo	nsf.gov
REU Site: Observing the Ocean	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2023	$420,946	November 1, 2023	October 31, 2027	Jessica N Fitzsimmons	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Drivers and Dynamics of Methane Seepage Along the US Atlantic Margin	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$419,190	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2027	Adam D Skarke	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Seafloor geodetic measurements of deformation of Kilauea's submarine flank	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$416,146	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2029	James H Foster	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Investigating intraplate melting processes in northwest New Zealand with seismic imaging	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2023	$415,212	July 1, 2023	June 30, 2027	Geoffrey A Abers	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
REU Site: Mote Marine Laboratory Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Estuarine and Coastal Sciences	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$411,469	February 1, 2024	January 31, 2027	Catherine J Walsh	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: 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
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: Investigating intraplate melting processes in northwest New Zealand with seismic imaging	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2023	$355,381	July 1, 2023	June 30, 2027	Karen M Fischer	nsf.gov
Collaborative Research: Resolving the Origin of the Jurassic Quiet Zone	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2022	$330,566	January 1, 2023	December 31, 2026	William W Sager	nsf.gov
Equipment: MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of a Raman Spectroscopy System to Enhance Microplastic Screening in Environmental and Biological Samples	NSF	GEO - Core Programs	2024	$311,139	September 1, 2024	August 31, 2027	Leslie Hart	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
RAPID: Coral reef stress responses to an urban fire	NSF	Division Of Ocean Sciences	2023	$199,948	October 1, 2023	September 30, 2025	Andrea K Kealoha	nsf.gov
NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Using Time-series Field Observations to Constrain an Ocean Iron Model	NSF	Division Of Ocean Sciences	2023	$104,269	December 1, 2022	August 31, 2024	Kristen N Buck	nsf.gov

Organizations

Organization	Place	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution	Woods Hole, MA	$0	5	$15.8 million
University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography	La Jolla, CA	$0	6	$9.4 million
Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), Inc.	St. George'S	$0	1	$7.2 million
North Carolina State University	Raleigh, NC	$0	1	$2.4 million
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, MI	$0	1	$2.3 million
University of Delaware	Newark, DE	$0	3	$2.2 million
Texas A&M University	College Station, TX	$0	3	$1.9 million
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR)	Newark, DE	$0	1	$1.5 million
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences	East Boothbay, ME	$0	2	$1.2 million
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	$0	1	$999,721
University of New Hampshire	Durham, NH	$0	1	$990,352
Oregon State University	Corvallis, OR	$0	2	$989,214
University of North Carolina at Wilmington	Wilmington, NC	$0	1	$946,705
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc	Athens, GA	$0	1	$915,687
Boston College	Chestnut Hill, MA	$0	1	$852,131
University of Washington	Seattle, WA	$0	1	$649,210
University of Hawaii	Honolulu, HI	$0	2	$616,094
Rutgers University New Brunswick	New Brunswick, NJ	$0	1	$479,986
University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Lafayette, LA	$0	1	$440,458
Mississippi State University	Mississippi State, MS	$0	1	$419,190
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	$0	1	$415,212
Florida International University	Miami, FL	$0	1	$414,193
Mote Marine Laboratory	Sarasota, FL	$0	1	$411,469
College of William & Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science	Gloucester Point, VA	$0	1	$408,099
Nova Southeastern University	Fort Lauderdale-Davie, FL	$0	1	$376,125
Brown University	Providence, RI	$0	1	$355,381
University of Houston	Houston, TX	$0	1	$330,566
College of Charleston	Charleston, SC	$0	1	$311,139
Duke University	Durham, NC	$0	1	$292,818

Funding by fiscal year

Fiscal year	NIH amount	NSF awards	NSF amount
2026	$0	13	$5,599,355
2025	$0	37	$20,721,256
2024	$0	30	$18,585,193
2023	$0	14	$3,455,769
2022	$0	10	$7,241,301

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 45 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 45 awards here
Oceanographic Facilities and Equipment Support	23-525	NSF	47.050	January 11, 2027	$47.5 million	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 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 45 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 45 awards here
GROWING CONVERGENCE RESEARCH (GCR)	24-527	NSF	47.050	February 8, 2027	$3.6 million	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 awards here
Mid-scale Research Infrastructure-1	24-598	NSF	47.050	February 8, 2027	$20 million	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 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 45 awards here
Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)	22-603	NSF	47.050	March 1, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 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 45 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 45 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 45 awards here
EPSCoR Graduate Fellowship Program (EGFP)	24-588	NSF	47.050	June 1, 2027	$3.2 million	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 awards here
Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)	22-586	NSF	47.050	July 28, 2027	Not listed	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 awards here
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)	23-601	NSF	47.050	August 18, 2027	$500,000	Same assistance listing 47.050 as 45 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 45 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 45 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 45 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 45 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 45 awards here

Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.