Total funding awarded in Fall 2021 was $166,396, of which $57,642 was specifically reserved to pay students working on projects.
Environmentally Responsible Oil Platform Decommissioning
$8,000.00
Environmental Defense Center
Coastal Ecology Connection for Early Childhood Education and Pre-K Nature Based Education at North Campus Open Space
$10,650.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Assessing success of restored vernal pool ecosystems
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature
$8,000.00
NatureTrack Foundation
Kids in Nature Peer-Peer Environmental Education Program Internships
$9,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Campus Lagoon 2022: Building on Success
$18,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Establishing the endangered Marsh Sandwort
$7,250.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Swim Lesson Scholarships
$3,500.00
Department of Recreation
Native vernal pool seed bank assessment through DNA and RNA extractions
$11,165.50
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Wilderness Youth Project – Youth Programs
$10,000.00
Wilderness Youth Project
Practice makes perfect? An investigation into the role of drought conditioning on outplant survivorship for restoring native California forests
$7,300.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Oaks on a warming coast: Exploring how mutualistic soil fungi may help oak seedlings survive drought
$10,315.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Restoring California’s Native Coastal Scrublands: Understanding Limitations to the Growth and Distribution of Artemisia californica
$2,410.00
Geography Department
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Ocean and Coastal Policy Center Research and Communication Intern
$5,753.00
Marine Science Institute
A Food Web for the California Rocky Intertidal Zone
$13,261.77
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Assessing the Breeding Bird Community in Coastal Creeks using Automated Recording Units
$15,154.00
Geography Department
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
2022 Native Tree Restoration, Maintenance and Education
$6,350.00
Your Children’s Trees
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Watershed Brigade Intern
$3,500.00
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Youth Ocean Sports Inclusivity Initiative
$4,800.00
The Sea League
Naples Development Defense Fund II
$5,000.00
Santa Barbara Surfrider
Managing restored vernal pools through thatch manipulation
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Algae and Art, creating a STEAM student collaborative interpretive display exploring the history, science, and art of seaweed using the Cheadle Center of Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration Seaweed Collection (CCBER)
$1,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Supplemental travel funds, Behavioral and Disease Ecology of an Island Endemic Amphibian
$1,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Funding Undergraduate Research Experiences in Marine Justice
$987.00
Environmental Studies Program
Coralline Calling Chronus: An Oceanic Resurrection Through Time Measuring Calcium Carbonate
$1,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Supplemental Funding for Water Quality Monitoring Program
$1,000.00
Coal Oil Point Reserve