This is a grant award from NASA's Earth Science Division to Columbia University for the "Environmental Security in Mali: Improving Livelihoods by Addressing Climate and Water Risks, Land Management, and Transhumance" project. The $99,454.84 grant is part of NASA's Global Partnerships Program, which aims to increase the societal benefits of NASA's Earth science data and improve NASA's collaboration with partner organizations. The grant is not set aside and will run until September 30,...
This is a $548,913.16 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to New Mexico State University (NMSU) - Office of Sponsored Programs to conduct remote sensing analysis and develop applications related to food security and land use/ecosystems in the West Africa SERVIR region. The project leverages existing NASA and National Science Foundation (NSF) funded research by the team. Key focus areas include satellite observation of pastoral zone...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to support climate services in East Africa and Southern Africa. The overarching objective is to enhance the capacity of the Regional Center for Mapping and Resource Development (RCMRD) to provide improved early warning, agricultural yield assessments, and climate scenarios to local and national stakeholders. The $599,894.55 grant aims to increase access to...
This is a $998,860.80 grant awarded by the Shared Services Center (part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to support a project that will bring together experts to improve the quality, accessibility, and application of spatially explicit data and models related to human settlements, infrastructure, and population distribution. The project aims to identify data requirements to support sustainable development...
This federal contract award, valued at $703,395.08, was made by NASA to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) to improve West African climate information services. The goal is to co-develop a 21st Century Agro-Pastoral Water Deficit Prediction System with SERVIR's West Africa Hub, AGRHYMET, and the African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development. This will involve modernizing the existing agro-pastoral water deficit monitoring system using NASA satellite data and...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $659,964.78 grant to the University of Colorado, a public research university, to partner with the SERVIR - Eastern and Southern Africa Hub for a project that will link in-situ data collection tools measuring local rainfall, temperature, groundwater use, and land properties with remote sensing data sets. The goal is to develop machine learning-supported interpolated data products for localized rainfall, temperature,...
This is a $88,551.62 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as the Health Sciences Division, to map improved mangrove forest extent in the West Africa region and changes in mangrove extent for 2 case study areas in Africa and 1 in Southeast Asia. The grant will utilize high-resolution optical satellite data from Landsat 8 and Sentinel 2, as well as microwave satellite data from...
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York has been awarded a $102,697.70 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to enhance decision-maker capacity in assessing disaster risk related to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. The project aims to develop a decision support prototype web application that leverages Earth observation data and services to inform urgent weather and climate-sensitive decisions as well as longer-term resilience efforts....
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received a $379,313 research grant from the Shared Services Center with an ultimate completion date of October 16, 2026. The grant, titled "Inferring Middle- and High-Level Cloud Feedbacks Using A-Train Observations," supports scientific research utilizing data from NASA's A-Train satellite constellation to advance understanding of cloud feedback mechanisms at middle and high altitudes. This non-set-aside award was...
This is a $125,088 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York for the project "DEVELOPING A SATELLITE-BASED CONVECTIVE MASS FLUX DATASET FOR EVALUATING AND IMPROVING GCM CUMULUS PARAMETERIZATION". The grant is for research and does not have a set-aside designation. The project aims to develop a satellite-based dataset to support the evaluation and improvement of general circulation model (GCM)...
This is a grant awarded by NASA to Columbia University in the City of New York to support the SERVIR Applied Sciences Team Program. The grant, valued at $716,794.93, focuses on translating advances in climate research into information relevant for policy dialogue and development practice in West Africa, particularly around natural resources management and climate change adaptation. Key activities include collaboration on applied climate research, transfer and co-development of IT solutions, knowledge sharing, capacity building, and policy dialogues. The grant leverages the SERVIR West Africa Hub and aims to improve the ability of regional partners like ACMAD and AGRHYMET to produce seasonal climate predictions and utilize climate information products like interactive map rooms. This grant is not associated with a set-aside designation.