Total funding awarded in Fall 2023 was $203,809.06, of which $109,293.43 was specifically reserved to pay students working on projects.
Protecting Plants, Watersheds, and Wildlife from Commercial Logging and Native Chaparral Clearing
$10,000.00
Los Padres ForestWatch
World Oceans Day Celebration
$3,000.00
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
The Sea League
$15,000.00
Wilderness Youth Project
Understanding Historical Perceptions of California Urchins and Abalones
$6,721.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Graduate Student
Fostering a Lifelong Fascination with Nature
$5,000.00
NatureTrack Foundation
2024 Native Tree Restoration, Maintenance and Education
$5,400.00
Your Children’s Trees at UCSB
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Tracking the Intensity of Coccidian Parasites in Senescent Octopus
$1,000.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a UCSB Graduate Student
Naples Defense Fund
$5,000.00
Santa Barbara Surfrider
Platform Holly Decommissioning
$12,100.00
Environmental Defense Center
Campus Lagoon 2024 Restoration
$18,824.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Coastal Research and Monitoring Mentorship Program
$16,360.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Providing undergraduate curation work experience in the UCSB Natural History Collections
$7,622.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Documentary about Ellwood Ecological Restoration and Oil Tank Removal
$14,750.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Bee Campus
$11,826.63
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Internship support
$9,300.00
Coal Oil Point Reserve
Coastal Ecology Connection for Early Childhood Education and Pre-K nature Based Education at North Campus Open Space
$9,150.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
It’s Complicated: Using Comparative Histology to Determine Ordered Patterns of Cnidarian Eye Evolution
$7,550.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Graduate Student
The Impact of thinning on non-native dominance in degraded chaparral communities
$5,863.60
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Building Support for Bird Conservation Along the Goleta Coast
$1,850.00
Goleta Coast Audubon Society
Proposed and led by a UCSB Graduate Student
UCSB Graduate Student Ocean and Coastal Policy Center Sea Level Rise and Coastal Resilience Research Internship
$7,920.00
Marine Science Institute
Oaks on a warming coast: Exploring how mutualistic soil fungi may help oak seedlings survive drought
$7,310.33
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Uncovering the Mysteries of the Giant Sea Bass: Integrating Technology and Community Science for Conservation
$9,630.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Graduate Student
Mudslide effects on the genetic diversity of local frog species P. regilla
$5,751.50
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
California Native Bee Climate Tolerance
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Pollinators at the California Nature Art Museum
$1,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
The potential impacts of ENSO on the coastal ecosystem around the Santa Barbara Channel
$880.00
Marine Science Institute
Intraspecific Variation in Anemone Responses to Marine Heat Waves
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Continuation of Nutrient Uptake by Floating Wetlands in Brackish Waters
$1,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student
Investigating Phytoplankton Response to Brucite as a Method of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: Population Growth and Community Composition Analysis
$1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a UCSB Graduate Student
Quantifying Microplastic Abundance Across Three Coastal Marine Predators: Myliobatis californica (Bat Rays), Triakis semifasciata (leopard sharks), and Squatina squatina (angel sharks)
$1,000.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a UCSB Undergraduate Student