The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $304,000.00 grant to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) for the "Drifting Fish Aggregating Device (DFAD) Trajectory Modeling Tool for Marine Protected Area Management" project. This research grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will support the development of a modeling tool to assist in the management of marine protected areas. TNC, a non-profit environmental organization, has a long history of...
This $945,565.00 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the San Diego State University Research Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports research and education at San Diego State University. The grant aims to leverage satellite data, in-situ biological data, and climate models to support sustainable fisheries management and promote progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 14, which focuses on sustaining healthy marine...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $389,241 grant to Farallon Institute of Petaluma, California. Under the grant, $133,858 will fund salaries, travel, and publications for Farallon Institute team members over a two-year period ending July 31, 2024. Saildrone Inc. was issued a $200,000 subcontract to support the work. The grant aims to advance NASA's earth science programs through collection and analysis of oceanographic data using uncrewed surface vehicles. No...
This is a $803,591.87 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, operating as Columbia University through its Sponsored Projects Administration Division. The grant is for the "Decision and Information System for the Coastal Waters of Oman (DISCO) - An Integrative Tool for Managing Marine Ecosystems in a Time of Changing Climate". The project aims to develop a decision support system that will...
This is a $451,296.98 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Washington to investigate the use of mesoscale eddies, meanders, and submesoscale fronts by pelagic predators in the North Atlantic. The research aims to improve understanding of how these oceanic features influence the movements of large marine predators like sharks. The project will collocate satellite-tracked shark movement data with satellite...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Oregon State University, a public research university in Corvallis, Oregon, to improve estimates of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicator 14.4.1 - the proportion of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels. The $725,892.31 grant will fund research to synthesize global geospatial datasets, including remote sensing data, Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel...
This is a $1,124,316.97 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Earth And Space Research (ESR), a nonprofit oceanographic research institute. The grant is for a research project investigating the dynamic nature of marine eco-regions in the North Pacific using biological datasets and satellite oceanographic data. The project aims to study how "Meso-Marine Ecosystems" (MMEs) may move in response to changing ocean conditions,...
This federal contract award to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to study the effects of natural hydrocarbon seeps on surface phytoplankton populations. The $170,253.38 research grant aims to test three hypotheses related to elevated chlorophyll concentrations observed near natural seeps in the Gulf of Mexico and other regions. The study will leverage advanced autonomous platforms like Saildrone and...
This is a $628,638 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Hawaii (UH) for research on ocean circulation dynamics and variability. The goals of the research are to characterize and understand the large-scale circulation variability in the Pacific Ocean, as well as the interaction of oceanic motions across different time scales and spatial domains. This research aims to increase the predictability of ocean circulation and density...
This $97,475.89 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) to examine the in situ dynamics of coastal phytoplankton blooms in relation to routine harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecasting models. The purpose is to assess the ecosystem response to the 2016 El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event in the California Current. This work supports NASA's Harmful Algal Bloom Response program. The grant does not...