This is a $796,158 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to conduct research on the impacts of sea level rise on land use and land cover change in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. The research aims to model how landowners in the coastal wetland-upland transition zone may respond to sea level rise through actions like retreat, resistance, or adaptation, and how those decisions would impact...
This federal contract award to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) supports research on spatiotemporal drivers of fine-scale forest plantation establishment in village-based economies of Andhra Pradesh, India. The $599,997 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to: 1) improve the accuracy of remotely-sensing forest degradation and plantation establishment using satellite data, and 2) determine the socioeconomic factors...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $116,500.00 grant for research to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for the "MULTI-PATH FUSION MACHINE LEARNING FOR NEW OBSERVING SYSTEM DESIGN AND OPERATIONS" project. This grant, which has a completion date of March 11, 2025, will support Virginia Tech's expertise in areas such as materials science, engineering, biotechnology, and physics to further NASA's mission through research...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC24K1562, was granted to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $300,000.00 grant is for a research project titled "Enabling Robust Monitoring of Forest and Grassland Climate Solutions: Ground-to-Space Data Integration with Deep Learning." The contract is not set aside for small businesses. Virginia Tech, a leading public...
This is a $1,051,808.43 federal grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a project titled "Multiscale Investigation of Microbial Biodiversity in Trans-Atlantic Dust Plumes". The award, which is not set aside for small businesses, has an ultimate completion date of August 12, 2024. Virginia Tech is a leading public research university with extensive capabilities in...
This is a $98,629.26 grant awarded by NASA to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for research to broaden the use of NASA datasets for coastal zone management, flood risk management, and sea level rise and subsidence. The contract is not set aside for small businesses. Virginia Tech is a leading public research university with extensive capabilities in engineering, science, technology, and environmental studies. The university has a history of collaborating with...
This $346,784 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) will fund research related to numerous processes that cause sea level change on timescales ranging from days to centuries. As the prime contractor, Virginia Tech will conduct the work at its facility in Blacksburg, Virginia through September 2023. The grant appears intended to further NASA's understanding of ocean volume...
This is a $124,294 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to evaluate land use change and livelihood responses to large investments for high-value agriculture in Morocco. The project, titled "Evaluating Land Use Change and Livelihood Responses to Large Investments for High-Value Agriculture: Managing Risks in the Era of the Green Morocco Plan," has a period of performance from...
This is a $684,160 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project titled "From the Earth Surface to Atmospheric Aerosols: Understanding the Evolution of Dust Mineralogy and Geochemistry." The grant, which has a completion date of April 30, 2027, will fund research to better understand the evolution of dust in the atmosphere and its impacts. Virginia Tech, a leading...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $116,500 grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for the "Concurrent Artificially Intelligent Spectrometry and Adaptive LIDAR System (CASALS)" project. This research and development effort does not have a set-aside designation. Virginia Tech, a leading public research university, will perform the work in Blacksburg, VA. The grant supports the development of an advanced...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $684,942.31 grant to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) for a research project on "Regionally Specific Drivers of Land-Use Transitions and Future Scenarios: A Synthesis Considering the Economic Structure of Land Management." The project aims to develop a regionally-specific land-use transition matrix for the Southeastern United States that incorporates the economic factors influencing land-use and management decisions in this high productivity, forested region. The matrix will be integrated into NASA's Global Land-use Model to improve regional land-use inputs for global climate projections. The project deliverables include Landsat-based land cover classification and transition data, an assessment of socioeconomic drivers of land-use change, and the regionally-refined land-use transition matrix. This grant does not have a set-aside designation.