Spring 2022 Grants

Total funding awarded in Spring 2022 was $181,908, of which $130,944 was specifically reserved to pay students working on projects.

Assessing the Effect of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement on Phytoplankton Community Structure and Diversity via DNA Metabarcoding: $14,300.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

Goleta Watershed Protection, Education and Creek Cleanup Program: $11,540.00
Environmental Defense Center

GIVE Benefit Sale: $6,000.00
Civic and Community Engagement

A novel copepod egg predator infesting commercially important rock crabs in Santa Barbara, CA: $12,518.10
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!

Kids in Nature Peer-Peer Environmental Education Program Internships: $8,250.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration

Developing a “Firewise” Plant List for Santa Barbara: $2,400.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

Internships and additional funding support for conservation, education, and restoration programs for fiscal year 2022-2023: $56,504.80
Coal Oil Point Reserve

Coastal Research & Monitoring Internship Program: $13,500.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration

Why do omnivorous fish eat more plants in warm water?: $10,100.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

Providing undergraduate work and research experience in the UCSB Natural History Collections at the Cheadle Center: $13,810.50
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration

Lead and Microtrash Removal in the Santa Ynez Mountains: $4,052.65
Los Padres ForestWatch

MPA Watch Internship Program: $4,873.84
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper

Investigating Phytoplankton Response to Brucite as a Method of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: $10,458.51
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

Development of a tool to increase the research capacity for investigating cycling of biotoxins in promising native aquaculture species: $11,300.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!

Investigating Phytoplankton Response to Brucite as a Method of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement: $10,458.51
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

Fire and Fish: Assessing fish community alteration and recovery following a mega-fire: $1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

Beach Cleanup Buckets: $300.00
Greeks Go Green
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!

Effects of grazing ungulates on coastal grasslands: $1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!

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