21-EEJ21-0054 communities for a better environment: triangulating NASA data and participatory GIS with local organizing to advance environmental justice in LOS angeles

This $249,992 federal Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) supports a 2-year collaborative research project led by the University of California Irvine (UCI). The project, titled "Triangulating NASA Data and Participatory GIS with Local Organizing to Advance Environmental Justice in Los Angeles," aims to leverage NASA Earth observation data and participatory GIS techniques to support environmental justice initiatives in the Los Angeles area. The project brings together UCI's research capabilities in fields like climate science and remote sensing with local community organizing efforts to address environmental justice issues. This award reflects NASA's strategic goal of expanding scientific knowledge through basic and applied research across disciplines such as astrophysics, planetary science, and Earth system science.