Total funding awarded in Fall 2022 was $177,176.00, of which $94,950.00 was specifically reserved to pay students working on projects.
Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature
$10,000.00
NatureTrack Foundation
Enhancing native populations of vernal pool plants
$7,160.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Big Blue Bridge
$13,100.00
The Sea League
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper Watershed Brigade Intern
$5,000.00
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Ensuring Environmental Review for Plains All American Pipeline
$10,000.00
Environmental Defense Center
UCSB Campus Lagoon Restoration 2022: Transformation in Progress
$18,671.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Naples Defense Fund
$7,500.00
Santa Barbara Surfrider
How will coastal native bees respond to increasing drought under climate change?
$4,200.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Field Guide to the Intertidal Zone of UCSB Campus
$5,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Wilderness Youth Project – Youth Programs
$7,500.00
Wilderness Youth Project
San Marcos Foothills Stewardship, Restoration, & Engagement
$5,200.00
Channel Islands Restoration
Coastal Ecology Connection for Early Childhood Education and Pre-K nature Based Education at North Campus Open Space
$16,850.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Wildlife Internship
$13,000.00
Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network
Student Internships to Study Grazing Effects on Soil Under California Native and Exotic Grasses
$3,000.00
Earth Research Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Assessing the Infection Potential of the Rhizocephalan Parasite, Briarosaccus regalis, Infecting California King Crab in the Santa Barbara Channel
$9,800.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Effects of grazing ungulates on coastal grasslands
$10,855.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Bringing Back the Wild/Endangered in California Finishing Funds
$12,500.00
International Documentary Association
2023 Native Tree Restoration, Maintenance and Education
$7,128.00
Your Children’s Trees
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Remediation of mold-damaged herpetological specimens of the UCSB Natural History Collections
$7,862.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Method development of non-destructive plant health assessment using light-based system
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Impacts of Oil platform habitat on Scallop Growth Rate and Gonad Development
$850.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Phenological study of Delairea odorata and Parafreutreta regalis
$1,000.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!