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