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 $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 $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...
This is a $1,478,914.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private non-profit research organization, to study how Antarctic marine predator populations will respond to climate variability and change. The grant aims to quantify the dependence of ecosystems on environmental conditions to enable future prediction. This research supports NASA's climate science and environmental monitoring programs. The grant does...
This is a $730,877 federal grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) on August 23, 2021. The grant is for research on how ocean warming and increased stratification are impacting phytoplankton communities. UAF, a land, sea, and space grant institution, will conduct this research from its campus in Fairbanks, Alaska. The grant does not have a set-aside designation, and the performance period runs...
This is a $1,611,932 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to conduct research on ocean dynamics, sea-ice, and climate change processes. The grant has no set-aside designation. The research aims to leverage the complementary expertise of researchers from MIT and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in these scientific domains. The project has a period of performance from April 1, 2021 to March...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $709,579.45 grant to the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science division to continue assessing the accuracy of sea-surface temperature (SST) measurements from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on the Terra satellite. The research aims to improve weather forecasting and climate modeling by ensuring the integrity of the long-term SST data record. No new fieldwork...
This is a $1,619,471.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), a private non-profit research organization, for a project titled "ADVANCING REMOTE SENSING INSIGHT INTO COASTAL SEA ICE ECOSYSTEMS". The grant, which has no set-aside designation, supports WHOI's research on using remote sensing techniques to study coastal sea ice ecosystems. The project has an ultimate completion date of June 30, 2025....
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $510,540 grant for research to Point Reyes Bird Observatory, also known as Point Blue Conservation Science, a non-profit organization. The grant funds a project to integrate remote sensing and ecological forecasting into decision support for wetland wildlife management in California's Central Valley. The project aims to optimize water management and habitat connectivity to support multiple benefits for the environment and...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $464,616.00 grant to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Grants and Contracts Administration Division, operating as Grants & Contracts. This research grant will advance scientific understanding of sea ice processes, sea ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions, and their impact on the global climate, aligning with NASA's Earth Science goals. The work supports the Cryospheric Science proposal call in the Research...