This federal contract award, with ID NNX16AI19G, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on mapping smallholder agriculture in India and identifying solutions for the country's imminent groundwater crisis. The $262,487.21 grant project aims to (1) quantify the impacts of groundwater depletion on agricultural production, and (2) identify potential water-saving technologies that can be targeted to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center awarded a $448,693 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan for research on climate change impacts to maize production in Mexico. The grant will fund a project to quantify transitions in Mexican maize production landscapes over the last 20 years through remote sensing and analysis of census and household survey data. The research aims to understand the drivers of these transitions, including climate, policy, and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $1,598,346 grant to Michigan Technological University to conduct research on the impacts of global change on ecosystems at land/water interfaces within the Great Lakes basin. The research will use remote sensing and modeling to understand how changes in land use, agricultural practices, and climate have affected and will further affect wetland plant communities and ecosystem function in the region. The project builds on...
This federal grant award to the Regents of the University of Minnesota, titled "Examining the Links between Agriculture and Human Health in a Context of Climate Change: A Case Study", is valued at $90,970.18. The grant is funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and aims to quantify the relationships between food availability and food insecurity in the countries of Niger, Mali, and Burkina-Faso using various NASA data products, including MODIS, NDVI, SRTM, and...
This is a $377,608 research grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Maryland, College Park. The grant supports research to analyze the influence of extreme weather events on regional crop yields around the world using satellite data from sensors such as MODIS and VIIRS. The goal is to improve understanding of how extreme events impact global food production, especially for major commodity crops like wheat and corn. The research will leverage...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $616,741 research grant to the University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP) to develop new crop mapping and yield estimation products using data from the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel satellite systems. The grant aims to prototype a generalized approach for monitoring major crops like wheat, corn, and soybeans across large agricultural regions globally. It will leverage multi-temporal optical and microwave satellite data,...
Michigan State University (MSU) was awarded a $772,076 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The grant is directly responsive to NASA's call for proposals to address "Land-Use Transitions in Asia" and smallholder agricultural systems. MSU will conduct the proposed research from January 2020 through December 2024 in East Lansing, Michigan. No set-aside designation was specified. As a leading land grant university, MSU will leverage its...
This $975,357.00 grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Michigan State University (MSU) for research on the carbon footprint of managed agricultural and forest landscapes in the Kalamazoo River Watershed in Michigan. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to quantify the landscape-scale carbon fluxes from both physical and social factors, including land use and management practices, and how they are impacted by climate change. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $135,000 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on the changes in climate and the carbon cycle in high latitude regions of the globe. This 3-year research grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, will be performed by the University of Michigan's Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. The University of Michigan is a leading public research institution that has previously received...
This $76,474 federal grant was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of South Carolina (USC) to support research and capacity building related to water resources management in developing countries. The grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is focused on two main components: 1) assessing the risk of inadequate water quantity and quality in the Ganga-Brahmaputra river basin in India using satellite data and hydrological modeling, and 2)...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $751,707 grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct research on how farmers in India are adapting their cropping practices in response to climate change and groundwater depletion. The research aims to understand the impacts of environmental change on agricultural production and identify effective adaptation strategies to ensure future food security. The grant, which does not utilize a set-aside, supports the development of novel remote sensing techniques to quantify smallholder crop production, including cropped area and yield, from 1995 to the present. The research will link these remote sensing datasets with weather, groundwater, and household data to examine how farmers are responding to climate change and groundwater depletion. This study will provide insights into specific adaptation strategies adopted by farmers and evaluate their effectiveness in bolstering future food security in India.