This is a $847,467.00 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to address fundamental knowledge gaps in understanding the vulnerability of photosynthesis in tropical rainforests to climate change. The grant has an ultimate completion date of August 1, 2026. UCLA, a U.S. state government entity registered as an 1862 Land Grant College and educational institution, frequently secures federal contracts and...
This is a federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct research on the links between emerging threats to wildlife, human health, and climate change effects on boreal forest ecosystems. The grant has a total ceiling value of $147,841.00 and a performance period ending on August 31, 2025. The research will be carried out by a student, Benjamin Tonelli, at UCLA's facilities in Arvada, Colorado....
This is a $150,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for a research project titled "Uncovering Water and Carbon Tradeoffs in Three California Oak Species with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing". The project, which does not have a set-aside designation, will run from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027. As a prominent public research university and 1862 Land Grant College, UCLA has extensive...
This is a $1,352,505.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to conduct research on "FIRE IMPACTS ON PRECIPITATION THROUGH LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS IN SAVANNAS". The award has an ultimate completion date of November 6, 2026. UCLA will serve as the prime contractor, leveraging its research expertise and facilities in Los Angeles to execute the project. The award is not associated with any...
This is a $108,778 cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to study vegetation reflectance and solar-induced fluorescence (SIF) in northern boreal forests. The primary objectives are to (1) establish a framework linking ground-based and airborne measurements of SIF and vegetation reflectance to gross primary productivity (GPP), and (2) reduce uncertainties in satellite-based GPP estimates across...
This is a $1,365,749.00 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), doing business as the Office of Research Administration. The award is for research on "WILDFIRE DRIVERS AND IMPACTS ON AIR POLLUTION AND VEGETATION IN A CHANGING CLIMATE AN INTEGRATED REMOTE SENSING AND MODELING APPROACH" and has a final completion date of February 28, 2027. The award is not a set-aside contract. UCLA, as the prime...
This federal grant award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - doing business as the Office of Research Administration. The $360,201.00 grant supports a scientific research study to investigate the impact of anthropogenic aerosols on ice and mixed-phase clouds, and assess the resulting effects on precipitation. The study aims to leverage satellite data from instruments like MODIS, CloudSat, and CALIPSO to...
This is a $430,735 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) to quantify the processes controlling the temporal variability of biosphere-atmosphere carbon dioxide (CO2) flux on seasonal and interannual timescales from 1989 to 2018. The research aims to improve predictions from Earth system models by integrating remote sensing observations, mechanistic models, and NASA's Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5)...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $658,252 grant to the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) for the "GLOBAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS, CO2, AND CARBON-CLIMATE FEEDBACKS" research project. This grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is scheduled for completion by August 5, 2026. As the prime contractor, UC Berkeley will conduct research related to global photosynthesis, carbon dioxide, and carbon-climate feedbacks. The State of...
This federal contract award, NNX16AN04G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), which is doing business as the Office of Research Administration. The $280,954 grant will fund research to understand how climate change is impacting the distribution and abundance of mangrove forests and salt marshes, which provide critical ecosystem services. The research will integrate physiological threshold experiments,...
This is a $483,933.92 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for research related to understanding seasonal changes in terrestrial carbon uptake and the impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. The award, which has no set-aside designation, funds a project to leverage multi-scale observations, including satellite data and ground-based measurements, to investigate how spring warming, soil thaw, and water availability affect the balance of carbon dioxide absorption (photosynthesis) and release (respiration) by North American ecosystems. Key objectives are to quantify interannual variability in phenology, carbon fluxes, and atmospheric CO2, identify water availability thresholds that shift the carbon balance, and demonstrate the utility of integrating satellite and ground-based solar-induced fluorescence data to monitor gross primary productivity. The research is conducted through UCLA's Office of Research Administration, which supports various federal initiatives across science and engineering domains. UCLA's parent organization is the State of California Controller's Office.