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