The University of Wisconsin System has been awarded a $316,856 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to conduct research on "Advance Spaceborne Mapping of Plant Functional Traits with High-Resolution and Hyperspectral Data over Sparse Vegetation Canopies". This grant, with a period of performance ending March 22, 2026, will leverage remote sensing data to map plant characteristics. The University of Wisconsin System, a U.S. state government entity and 1862...
The U.S. government has awarded a $203,012 grant for research to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs. The grant, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is to assess the impact of future and current spaceborne missions in order to improve estimates of nitrogen export and freshwater flux. The research will exploit various airborne and spaceborne remote sensing data to...
This is a $96,781 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs under the University of Wisconsin System. The grant is for a research project titled "Characterizing Field-Scale Water Use, Phenology and Productivity in Agricultural Landscapes Using Multi Sensor Data Fusion". There is no set-aside designation for this award. The University of Wisconsin System has a history...
This is a $683,035 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin System's University of Wisconsin - Madison division, operating as Research and Sponsored Programs, to conduct research on the "Dynamic Habitat Indices from Terra, Aqua, Suomi NPP and JPSS Data for Biodiversity Science and Conservation." The grant does not have a set-aside designation and has an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025. The University of...
This is a $129,552 grant awarded by NASA to the University of Wisconsin - Madison, operating as the Research and Sponsored Programs division of the University of Wisconsin System. The grant is for the "Seasonal Prediction of HKH Hydrological Extremes with the South Asia Land Data Assimilation System" project. The main tasks include managing the University of Wisconsin portion of the project, developing and adapting "serious game" simulations, and traveling to the Hindu Kush...
The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division operating as Research and Sponsored Programs, has been awarded a $605,520 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to support the development of a spaceborne imaging spectrometer. This instrument is intended to advance the study of surface biology and geology globally, as prioritized in NASA's 2017-2027 Decadal Survey. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $349,999 fixed-price grant to the University of Wisconsin System (UWS) through its University of Wisconsin-Madison division. The grant has a completion date of January 31, 2025 and supports the goal of using vegetation remote sensing to provide spatially resolved information to simulate the terrestrial biosphere's photosynthesis rate. No set-aside designation was used for this award. As the prime contractor, UWS will leverage its...
This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a component of the University of Wisconsin System. The contract, valued at $600,144.00, aims to leverage ongoing AVIRIS-NG (Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer - Next Generation) data acquisitions to quantify trait variation in Arctic and boreal vegetation across environmental gradients. The work will extend and validate existing cross-biome...
The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, has been awarded a $513,744 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for research on "FOLIAR FUNCTIONAL TRAITS FROM EMIT". This grant is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and does not have a set-aside designation. The research is expected to be completed by May 31, 2027. As a highly experienced recipient of federal research grants, the University of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $458,250.00 grant to the University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, for a two-year project. The project aims to develop open-source software tools and a data repository to enable broader use of hyperspectral data analysis for applications in agriculture, ecosystem monitoring, and biodiversity assessment. The project will expand the functionality of the existing ECOSIS.ORG platform,...