Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF) has been awarded a $1.12 million research grant (Contract 23-CMS23-0011) by a civilian federal agency to develop a prototype Blue Carbon Observatory focused on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the Chesapeake Bay region. The research initiative, titled "Prototype for a Blue Carbon Observatory: Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Chesapeake Bay - Where's the Peat," will investigate carbon sequestration dynamics in aquatic...
This federal grant award, valued at $77,008.67, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF), a non-profit organization affiliated with Old Dominion University. The grant is intended to support research on "THERE IS A LARGE UNCERTAINTY IN GLOBAL BLUE CARBON BURIAL DUE TO POORLY CONSTRAINED ESTIMATES OF GLOBAL COVERAGE OF SUBMERGED AQUATIC VEGETATION." This research effort is not associated with a...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22K1407, was granted by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf), a non-profit research organization, for a project titled "PIXELS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH: ANALYTIC COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORK TO ENHANCE COASTAL RESILIENCY OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA". The $1,329,710.00 grant-funded research project is set to be completed...
This is a $3,625,902.50 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF), a non-profit organization affiliated with Old Dominion University. The grant is part of NASA's Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) program, which aligns with the National Space Grant Program objectives of promoting STEM education, establishing a national network of universities with aerospace capabilities, encouraging...
The U.S. government awarded a $201,300 research grant to Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf), a non-profit research organization affiliated with Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, with a performance period extending through August 25, 2028. The award supports execution of a balanced science program guided by discipline-specific recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, as well as administration priorities and congressional...
This is a $5,000.00 grant awarded to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf), a non-profit organization affiliated with Old Dominion University, by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. The grant is for a Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) Remote Sensing Workshop, with a performance period ending on July 12, 2025. The award has no set-aside designation. Odurf frequently collaborates with government agencies, universities, and industry partners on grant-funded...
This is a $212,801.89 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF), a non-profit organization affiliated with Old Dominion University. The grant supports research focused on the Alaska coastline, including coastal lagoons that are part of the new Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems Long-Term Ecological Research site. The award has a performance period ending on March 14, 2024 and does not utilize any set-aside...
This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (Odurf), a non-profit research organization in Norfolk, Virginia. The $160,250 grant is for a research project with two goals: (1) characterizing the compositional changes induced by early diagenesis of basaltic fluviolacustrine sediment, and (2) identifying the influence of lacustrine groundwater discharge on alteration processes. The award does not have a...
This is a grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF) for a project titled "Understanding Sea Level Over the Last Century: What Do We Really Know?". The grant, valued at $145,243.96, aims to critically assess historical tide gauge data to improve understanding of sea level variability over the past century and provide better context for the satellite altimeter record. The project seeks to create...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,032,195.12, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), a state-supported research institution. The objective is to use satellite-based observations to develop algorithms for predicting zooplankton abundance and grazing in relation to mesoscale ocean features like fronts and eddies. This knowledge will help enhance global climate models and inform...
This federal contract award, valued at $547,142.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Old Dominion University Research Foundation (ODURF) to develop software tools for extracting and mapping seagrass distribution and biomass from satellite imagery. The goal is to improve the quantification of blue carbon sequestration in seagrass ecosystems, which play a disproportionately important role in carbon burial compared to their spatial extent. The project will focus on the Chesapeake Bay and Eastern Gulf of Mexico regions, which contain significant seagrass resources threatened by environmental changes. The algorithms and models developed under this grant will provide a pathway to utilize future high-resolution satellite data to monitor coastal seagrass habitats globally. There is no set-aside designation associated with this award.