Total funding awarded in Spring 2022 was $181,908, of which $130,944 was specifically reserved to pay students working on projects.
Assessing the Effect of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Phytoplankton Community Structure and Diversity via DNA Metabarcoding
$14,300.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Goleta Watershed Protection, Education and Creek Cleanup Program
$11,540.00
Environmental Defense Center
GIVE Benefit Sale
$6,000.00
Civic and Community Engagement
A novel copepod egg predator infesting commercially important rock crabs in Santa Barbara, CA
$12,518.10
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Kids in Nature Peer-Peer Environmental Education Program Internships
$8,250.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Developing a “Firewise” Plant List for Santa Barbara
$2,400.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Internships and additional funding support for conservation, education, and restoration programs for fiscal year 2022-2023
$56,504.80
Coal Oil Point Reserve
Coastal Research & Monitoring Internship Program
$13,500.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Why do omnivorous fish eat more plants in warm water?
$10,100.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Providing undergraduate work and research experience in the UCSB Natural History Collections at the Cheadle Center
$13,810.50
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Lead and Microtrash Removal in the Santa Ynez Mountains
$4,052.65
Los Padres ForestWatch
MPA Watch Internship Program
$4,873.84
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Investigating Phytoplankton Response to Brucite as a Method of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
$10,458.51
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Development of a tool to increase the research capacity for investigating cycling of biotoxins in promising native aquaculture species
$11,300.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Investigating Phytoplankton Response to Brucite as a Method of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement
$10,458.51
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Fire and Fish: Assessing fish community alteration and recovery following a mega-fire
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Beach Cleanup Buckets
$300.00
Greeks Go Green
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Effects of grazing ungulates on coastal grasslands
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!