Cooperative Agreement NA11NOS0120040

This two-year, $339,657 National Science Foundation project grant will support the analysis of thirty years of surface current mapping data from high-frequency radar along the U.S. West Coast. The University of California Santa Cruz will acquire historical radar datasets from multiple sources, conduct quality control procedures, and pair the current data with high-resolution wind field analyses from the Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System atmospheric circulation model. The...

This $1,616,213 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) will support the advancement of marine biodiversity observation and ecosystem monitoring in the Northern California Current (NCC) region. The key objectives of the project include: (1) fully integrating the NCC into the U.S. Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON), (2) co-creating ecosystem...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405), will support a project at the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography to use global seasonal forecasts to operationalize dynamic ocean management tools and develop strategic management scenarios. The $888,305 award will enhance the resilience of protected species in the...

This two-year, $486,243 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research examining the impacts of ocean warming and thermal stratification on seabird populations globally. The Farallon Institute will analyze existing long-term data on plankton, small fish, and seabird breeding success across oceans to develop models linking thermal stratification at various ocean depths to productivity. Results aim to identify seabird species best suited...

This U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Cooperative Agreement award, funded under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) Program (CFDA 15.658), will conduct seabird colony surveillance and monitoring in central coastal California. The $509,724 project, awarded on April 1, 2025 with a completion date of March 31, 2030, is a joint effort between USFWS and the Cal Poly Humboldt Sponsored Programs Foundation (HSU Foundation). The key products and services include:...

This three-year, $406,381 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research examining submesoscale frontal dynamics and exchange processes in San Luis Obispo Bay, California. A team of four researchers from different institutions will conduct high-resolution measurements of turbulent mixing using ship surveys and moorings to collect hydrographic, velocity, and microstructure profile data. They will...

The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) was awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472). The purpose of this multi-year program is to promote access to data and related products that inform species status assessments, management processes, and critical research questions to support the conservation, development, and sustainable management of fish, habitat, and fishery...

Under a Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Crescent Coastal Research will conduct at-sea surveys to monitor the threatened marbled murrelet seabird population in Conservation Zone 3 along the Oregon coast. The $101,712.60 award, effective November 1, 2023 through March 1, 2025, supports data collection on murrelet abundance, distribution, and productivity to assess overall population trends as part of the Northwest Forest Plan. Key...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $129,257 Project Grant to the California Academy of Sciences under the Marine Mammal Data Program (CFDA 11.439) to enhance marine mammal stranding response from May 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022. The grant will support collaboration with an established citizen science network to link iNaturalist observations to the marine mammal stranding network, allowing for improved data collection on stranded marine mammals in California waters....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $1,354,056 to the University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography to jointly implement a new measurement technique called distributed acoustic sensing. This technique will generate high-resolution (10 m in space, minutes in time) images of ocean temperature and current velocity fields above a 34-km cable laid on the seafloor off the Azores islands. The goal is to...