Cooperative Agreement R21AC10476

This $180,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research quantifying evaporation in the Mono Basin watershed of eastern California. The grantee will combine isotopic geochemistry, hydrologic modeling, and sediment core analysis to better estimate historic and current evaporative water loss from Mono Lake. This will improve hydrologic models and understanding of how climate variability has impacted the critical Sierra Nevada water...

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...

This federal Project Grant award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Program (CFDA 15.517), is funding $2,021,059.00 to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) to support implementation and monitoring of the Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP) in California. Specifically, the grant will enable IID to accelerate the delivery of SSMP projects, including the creation of 29,800 acres of wetlands and dust-suppression...

This Project Grant award of $500,000.00 from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Program (CFDA 15.580) supports an assessment and design effort to address capacity constraints in the water supply system serving the Salmon Conservation and Research Facility (SCARF) in California. The key activities and deliverables include: 1) assessing the existing water supply system to identify capacity constraints, 2) conducting a field...

This $406,274 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. The University of California Santa Cruz will conduct high-resolution measurements of turbulent mixing using ship surveys, moorings, and hydrographic profiling to study how persistent thermal fronts are generated and dissipated downstream of...

This $405,733 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. Over a three-year period from September 2023 to August 2026, San Jose State University will lead efforts to measure ocean flows, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen using ship-based instruments and ocean bottom sensors. These field data...

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 $3,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) aims to enhance the understanding and management of environmental challenges in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The key products and services to be delivered include: Assessing the impact of wildfires and vehicle emissions on snowpack black carbon particulate loading through remote sensing and fieldwork across Tahoe's watersheds....

This $405,861 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research examining physical processes associated with fronts that develop off the coastline in San Luis Obispo Bay, California. The award supports collaborative research between four researchers from different institutions to derive information on flows, temperature, salinity, and dissolved oxygen from ship-based and ocean-bottom...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements (CFDA 15.560) program, aims to improve evaporation estimates for Lake Powell. The $292,760 award, effective from June 20, 2025 to June 30, 2028, supports continued real-time data collection, sensor replacement, and evaporation modeling efforts led by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) in collaboration with the Bureau of...