This is a $666,746.47 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Michigan State University (MSU) on August 20, 2018. The grant supports a research project focused on using remote sensing techniques and other advanced methods to understand the dynamic interactions among hydropower dams, ecosystem services, and rural livelihoods in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMRB) in Southeast Asia. The project aims to inform policies in the LMRB by...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,598,346 grant to Michigan Technological University to conduct research on the impacts of global change on ecosystems at land/water interfaces within the Great Lakes basin. The research will use remote sensing and modeling to understand how changes in land use, agricultural practices, and climate have affected and will further affect wetland plant communities and ecosystem function in the region. The project builds on...
This federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Miami University, a non-profit educational institution, to conduct research on land cover/land use change (LCLUC) in the Mekong Delta region of Southern Vietnam. The $420,780.15 grant will map agricultural, forest, and urban LCLUC using Landsat and very high resolution satellite data, and incorporate a sociocultural framework to model future LCLUC trajectories. The research will focus on the Nghe Tinh...
This $975,357.00 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Michigan State University (MSU) for research on the carbon footprint of managed agricultural and forest landscapes in the Kalamazoo River Watershed in Michigan. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to quantify the landscape-scale carbon fluxes from both physical and social factors, including land use and management practices, and how they are impacted by climate change. The...
This is a $660,000 grant award to Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop and evaluate ocean color satellite-based models for estimating carbon fixation in freshwater lakes worldwide. The three-year program will generate the first global dataset of freshwater lake carbon fixation, which supports NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) research objectives. The project builds upon previous NASA-funded work by Michigan...
This is a $748,148 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Michigan State University (MSU) for research related to Southeast Asia's rapid urbanization. MSU is a top research university that provides a range of goods and services to federal agencies through both contracts and grants. The grant does not have a set-aside designation and is intended to fund research on the doubling of Southeast Asia's urban built-up land over the...
Michigan State University received a $791,043 grant award from a civilian federal agency on January 1, 2023, to conduct research on the drivers and constraints of land cover and land use change in Asian aquaculture hotspots. The research addresses critical gaps in understanding aquaculture expansion across Asia, which accounts for approximately 80% of global aquaculture production. The project will extract and analyze aquaculture pond boundaries using satellite imagery and survey data across...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $751,707 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on how farmers in India are adapting their cropping practices in response to climate change and groundwater depletion. The research aims to understand the impacts of environmental change on agricultural production and identify effective adaptation strategies to ensure future food security. The grant, which does not utilize a set-aside, supports the...
This is a $554,875.00 federal grant award to the University of Maryland, College Park from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The purpose of the grant is to enhance and expand the G-REALM (Global Reservoir and Lake Monitoring) program, which provides near real-time water level data from satellite radar altimeters to stakeholders in the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. The key objectives are to increase the number of lakes and...
This federal grant award to the University of Houston System (UHS) is for a project titled "Building Lasting Capacity for Water Management in Vulnerable Deltas of Indochina". The $598,435.23 grant is funded by NASA to develop a comprehensive system for monitoring and forecasting water resources in the Mekong, Red, and Chao Phraya river basins in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. The project aims to reach Application Readiness Level (ARL) 7-9 by 2019 for products and applications using...
This is a research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Michigan State University (MSU) to study the impacts of dam construction and irrigation expansion on wetland ecosystems in the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMRB). The $2,173,112 grant aims to quantify the effects of these human activities on the phenology and biogeochemistry of key wetlands, such as Tonle Sap Lake. The research will utilize remote sensing data, hydrological and biogeochemical models, and ecosystem service trade-off analyses. Expected outcomes include improved understanding of land-water interactions, a regional network to apply spatial technologies, and strategies to sustainably manage dams and mitigate climate change impacts on LMRB wetlands. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.