Total funding awarded in Spring 2023 was $192,465.20, of which $144,710.10 was specifically reserved to pay students working on projects.
Late Holocene Environmental History of UCSB Campus Lagoon: $900.00
Earth Science Department
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
The effect of wildfire, debris flows, and scour on native semiaquatic herpetological species in a Santa Barbara County coastal watershed: $1,000.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Water Quality Assessment of Devereux Slough: $1,000.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Investigating temporal variation in genetic structure for Crassadoma gigantea in the Santa Barbara Channel: $850.00
Marine Science Institute
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Nutrient Uptake by Floating Wetlands in Brackish Waters: $1,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!
Quantifying the Distribution and Stability of Soil Carbon in Newly Restored Wetland Soils: $10,897.05
Geography Department
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Enhancing the Santa Barbara Channel Marine Protected Area (MPA) Collaborative’s Community Engagement: $10,560.00
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Internships and additional funding support for conservation, education, and restoration programs for fiscal year 2023-2024: $48,479.70
Coal Oil Point Reserve
Characterizing the ecology of intraspecific aggression in the sea anemone Anthopleura sola across multiple levels of biological organization: $9,942.65
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Wetland Plant Traits as Proxy Measurements for Soil Salinity: $6,515.60
Geography Department
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Give Benefit Sale: $8,700.00
Civic and Community Engagement, Student Affairs
Past, present, predictions: functional trait approaches to link species to ecosystem function in the face of a changing climate using herbarium-derived and current measurements: $12,739.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Can induced trait plasticity increase southern Californian shrubland restoration success: $6,112.58
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
West Camino Cielo Corridor Improvement Project: $7,258.95
Los Padres ForestWatch
Contest behavior of Alpheus clamator, the “twistclaw” snapping shrimp: $13,648.50
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Bringing ecosystem water stress into focus using artificial intelligence: $11,200.00
Bren School of Environmental Science and Management
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Goleta Watershed Protection, Education and Creek Cleanup Program: $10,000.00
Environmental Defense Center
MPA Watch Internship Program: $4,923.84
Santa Barbara Channelkeeper
Assessing success of restored vernal pool ecosystems: $9,500.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Investigating effects of grazing management on root growth and soil carbon stocks in coastal grasslands: $3,437.33
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by a graduate student!
Restoration Intern Program 2023: $9,000.00
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration
Spatio-temporal variability of zooplankton communities in the Santa Barbara Channel: $4,800.00
Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology
Proposed and led by an undergraduate student!