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 | Missouri Botanical Garden
Interoperable network of digital repositories for a Global Biodiversity Heritage Library | $460,000 | Nov. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $460,000 | Nov. 2009 |
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This grant to the Missouri Botanical Garden supports the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s effort to develop a comprehensive and sustainable infrastructure for the world’s biodiversity literature. Through global coordination with regional partners, this project will guide the technical infrastructure implementation, align goals, ensure transparent communication, and support the establishment of a seamless Global Biodiversity Heritage Library with a distributed, interoperable network of digital repositories. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,096,655 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) will support the adoption of the Fedora Commons platform by the Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 of the world’s largest natural history digital libraries) and the TROPICOS (MBG’s institutional repository of botanical data). Outcomes include shared and open access to collective knowledge on biodiversity as well as new opportunities for easy adoption and use within biodiversity information management. | | University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Additional Telescope Time for the Nearby Supernova Catalog | $400,000 | Oct. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2009 |
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This grant to UC Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory provides funds for nine additional months on the University of Hawaii 2.2 meter telescope to support the Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog project (#556) and to serve as a bridge to planned future efforts to study supernovae and other transient objects. The first goal of these grants is to "understand the nature of dark energy" which has been identified as one of the most important scientific endeavors of our era by the National Research Council. The second goal is to leverage the unique telescope, instrumentation, and analysis program developed for the supernova search by applying it to studies of other astrophysical transients, opening up new unexplored territory in astronomy. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Aug. 2009 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics is to undertake further detailed studies of stellar characteristics by interferometry to expand and enrich our knowledge and understanding of stellar processes. Using the Infrared Spatial Interferometer, the investigators have already discovered a class of non-spherical stars, as well as one star, Betelgeuse, which has shrunk over 15% in size during the past 15 years. These startling observations cannot be explained by current models so future studies will continue to advance the field of stellar evolution theory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of California’s Berkeley Space Science Laboratory provides funds for 12 additional months on the University of Hawaii’s 2.2 meter telescope to support the current Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog project (#556, #556.01) to "understand the nature of dark energy" via observations of Type Ia supernovae. In addition, the unique telescope, instrumentation, and analysis program developed for the Supernova Catalog will be leveraged to conduct pioneering surveys for transient astrophysical phenomena. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,377,000 | Aug. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory supports the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) and development of a catalog of nearby Type Ia supernovae, a special class of very bright exploding stars. The SNfactory is designed to discover hundreds of these nearby supernovae and collect a calibrated spectrum of each one. Outcomes include support of the Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog that will enable the development of tools critical for greater understanding of Type Ia supernovae as indicators of dark energy. | | Northern Illinois University, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
Remotely operated instrumentation system for subglacial environments | $1,300,000 | Sep. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 35 mo. | $1,300,000 | Sep. 2009 |
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This grant is in support of constructing, equipping, and testing a Sub-Ice Remotely Operated Vehicle and a Geochemical Instrumentation Package for Sub-Ice Exploration. These instruments will be used for biological, chemical, geological, and physical sampling, to study the southern margin of the Ross Ice Shelf near the grounding line and the marine-linked subglacial lakes beneath an unstable margin of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. This research will yield an understanding of past, present, and future states of this geologically and climatically important region of the Earth. | | Carnegie Mellon University, Office of the Vice President for Research
eScience and Data Intensive Scalable Computing | $754,660 | Sep. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $754,660 | Sep. 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will use this grant to improve collaborations between domain and computer scientists with the development of new abstractions and methodologies within data-intensive scalable computing (DISC). Through demonstration projects in cosmology and in close cooperation with its institutional collaborator, University of Washington’s eScience Institute, CMU will design and build a prototype DISC system and an open-source software suite for management and processing of extremely large data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,050,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to Carnegie Mellon University will provide support for the University’s Energy Research Initiative. The funds will address the most pressing equipment needs and will provide support for a limited number of graduate researchers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,100,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to Carnegie Mellon University will provide support for some of the University’s most pressing equipment needs that will not only benefit the general research infrastructure but will also enable groundbreaking cross-disciplinary research in cosmology, nanotechnology and biophysics. | | University of Washington, Office of the Provost
eScience and Data Intensive Scalable Computing | $741,358 | Sep. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $741,358 | Sep. 2009 |
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The University of Washington’s eScience Institute (UW) will use this grant to support efforts to increase awareness, knowledge, and practical usage of modern data intensive scalable computing and large scale data management techniques among domain scientists. Through demonstration projects in genomics and in close cooperation with its institutional collaborator, Carnegie Mellon University, UW will deploy state-of-the-art scalable data management technologies such as parallel relational databases, parallel data analysis frameworks, and cloud computing services to solve emerging data-intensive science problems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 15 mo. | $826,657 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
The University of Washington will use this grant to purchase cutting-edge deep-coverage DNA sequencing technology, test the capabilities of this new technology for the marine microbiology research community by performing diatom environmental genomics and transcriptomics experiments, and establish a scheme for community use of the resource. This grant is part of a multi-grant strategy to expand the diversity and capacity of DNA sequencing technologies available to marine microbial ecology researchers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 10 mo. | $155,873 | Nov. 2007 |
Purpose
The University of Washington (UW) will use this grant to evaluate the need for and define the operational structure of a DNA sequencing resource to serve the marine microbiology research community. The proposed effort will determine whether an eventually financially independent and dedicated DNA sequencing resource at UW can practicably offer high quality DNA sequence data, timely access and diverse technology options to the marine microbiology research community to best meet burgeoning scientific demand. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,250,000 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
To aid in the establishment of the Center for Environmental Genomics. | | University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Mid-Infrared Interferometry of Stellar Objects | $200,000 | Aug. 2009 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Aug. 2009 |
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The purpose of this grant to the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics is to undertake further detailed studies of stellar characteristics by interferometry to expand and enrich our knowledge and understanding of stellar processes. Using the Infrared Spatial Interferometer, the investigators have already discovered a class of non-spherical stars, as well as one star, Betelgeuse, which has shrunk over 15% in size during the past 15 years. These startling observations cannot be explained by current models so future studies will continue to advance the field of stellar evolution theory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory provides funds for nine additional months on the University of Hawaii 2.2 meter telescope to support the Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog project (#556) and to serve as a bridge to planned future efforts to study supernovae and other transient objects. The first goal of these grants is to "understand the nature of dark energy" which has been identified as one of the most important scientific endeavors of our era by the National Research Council. The second goal is to leverage the unique telescope, instrumentation, and analysis program developed for the supernova search by applying it to studies of other astrophysical transients, opening up new unexplored territory in astronomy. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of California’s Berkeley Space Science Laboratory provides funds for 12 additional months on the University of Hawaii’s 2.2 meter telescope to support the current Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog project (#556, #556.01) to "understand the nature of dark energy" via observations of Type Ia supernovae. In addition, the unique telescope, instrumentation, and analysis program developed for the Supernova Catalog will be leveraged to conduct pioneering surveys for transient astrophysical phenomena. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,377,000 | Aug. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory supports the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) and development of a catalog of nearby Type Ia supernovae, a special class of very bright exploding stars. The SNfactory is designed to discover hundreds of these nearby supernovae and collect a calibrated spectrum of each one. Outcomes include support of the Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog that will enable the development of tools critical for greater understanding of Type Ia supernovae as indicators of dark energy. | | Carnegie Institution of Washington
Airborne Taxonomic Mapping System | $5,250,000 | Nov. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $5,250,000 | Nov. 2008 |
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The Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Department of Global Ecology will use this grant to develop and integrate a next generation spectrometer into the Airborne Taxonomic Mapping System (AToMS). This remote sensing system will have the ability to accurately identify the chemical, structural and taxonomic makeup of tropic forests at an unprecedented scale and level of detail. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,590,718 | Oct. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the Carnegie Institution for Science will increase the technical capacity to implement transparent, standardized monthly and annual satellite-based monitoring of forest disturbance and deforestation across the Andes Amazon region by providing training and basic equipment for the CLASLite system to both government agencies and the NGO community. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Apr. 2007 |
Purpose
The Carnegie Institute of Washington will use this grant to determine baseline forest conditions, selective logging as well as outright deforestation in Peru and enable Moore grantees and other organizations to monitor, map and report on these variables annually. The outcome is to ensure that forest monitoring by even the smallest NGO or government office in Peru can be done in a transparent and replicable way. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 84 mo. | $4,263,239 | Nov. 2002 |
Purpose
The Carnegie Institution is using this grant to establish the Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University. | | Smithsonian Institution, Astrophysical Observatory
Developing and integrating novel X-ray optics and CMOS detectors to support next generation X-ray astronomy | $2,601,290 | Nov. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,601,290 | Nov. 2008 |
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The purpose of this grant to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, is to acquire new knowledge about many astrophysical puzzles, including dark matter, dark energy, the origin and evolution of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, and black holes by (1) developing, designing, testing, and manufacturing adjustable grazing incidence optics and (2) developing a CMOS-based detector for the next generation of satellite-based X-ray telescopes. | | University of California, Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
Additional Telescope Time for Supernova Catalog | $400,000 | Oct. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2008 |
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Purpose
This grant to the University of California’s Berkeley Space Science Laboratory provides funds for 12 additional months on the University of Hawaii’s 2.2 meter telescope to support the current Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog project (#556, #556.01) to "understand the nature of dark energy" via observations of Type Ia supernovae. In addition, the unique telescope, instrumentation, and analysis program developed for the Supernova Catalog will be leveraged to conduct pioneering surveys for transient astrophysical phenomena. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley’s Space Science Laboratory provides funds for nine additional months on the University of Hawaii 2.2 meter telescope to support the Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog project (#556) and to serve as a bridge to planned future efforts to study supernovae and other transient objects. The first goal of these grants is to "understand the nature of dark energy" which has been identified as one of the most important scientific endeavors of our era by the National Research Council. The second goal is to leverage the unique telescope, instrumentation, and analysis program developed for the supernova search by applying it to studies of other astrophysical transients, opening up new unexplored territory in astronomy. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Aug. 2009 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics is to undertake further detailed studies of stellar characteristics by interferometry to expand and enrich our knowledge and understanding of stellar processes. Using the Infrared Spatial Interferometer, the investigators have already discovered a class of non-spherical stars, as well as one star, Betelgeuse, which has shrunk over 15% in size during the past 15 years. These startling observations cannot be explained by current models so future studies will continue to advance the field of stellar evolution theory. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $2,377,000 | Aug. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory supports the Nearby Supernova Factory (SNfactory) and development of a catalog of nearby Type Ia supernovae, a special class of very bright exploding stars. The SNfactory is designed to discover hundreds of these nearby supernovae and collect a calibrated spectrum of each one. Outcomes include support of the Legacy Nearby Supernova Catalog that will enable the development of tools critical for greater understanding of Type Ia supernovae as indicators of dark energy. | | Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory
Zero Noise Detector for the Thirty Meter Telescope | $2,839,191 | Sep. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $2,839,191 | Sep. 2008 |
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This grant to the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester Imaging Detector Laboratory (RIDL) supports the design and building of the next generation imaging detectors for near- and mid-IR wavelength telescopes to enable new astronomical discoveries about the origin, evolution, and future of the Universe. The detectors will have zero read noise capability, which effectively quadruples the collecting power of large telescopes such as the Thirty Meter Telescope. In addition, the zero read noise technique can be adapted to, and advance, a wide range of image detection applications including medicine, oceanography, and meteorology. | | University of Hawaii Foundation
DNA Barcoding of Endemic Hawaiian Species | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 |
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This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports scientists at the University of Hawaii, Hilo to examine DNA sequence data from several endemic groups of plants and insects on Hawaii Island and neighboring islands to establish the parameters under which the DNA Barcoding method succeeds as a system of species identification for recently derived (young) species. The evolutionary age gradient of the Hawaiian Islands, anchored by the young and highly species-rich Hawaii Island, renders the archipelago an ideal location for testing the utility of DNA barcoding for species of a range of known ages. The project will focus on several well characterized, endemic groups of plants and insects that possess high species richness on Hawaii Island and representative species on older islands. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,796,946 | May 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawai’i Foundation will provide continued support for research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. David M. Karl. Objectives of this grant are to quantify solar energy capture and transduction, and to improve our understanding of essential bioelemental cycles and sequestration of atmospheric carbon by the microbially-mediated oceanic biological carbon pump. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports the work of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, to teach the culture, history, and scientific wisdom of Hawaii’s people and its connection to Western science, especially astronomy on Mauna Kea. It provides funds for 50% of K-12 students on the island of Hawaii to participate in school field trips to Imiloa. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation will provide support for some of the University’s most high priority equipment needs and the development of a new facility for ocean science. This facility, within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will not only benefit the University of Hawaii but will provide the necessary research infrastructure for many visiting scientists. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $450,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 4 gliders to be used for remote monitoring of marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,850,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii's Department of Oceanography supports the research of Dr. Karl into the genetic diversity and physiological capacity of microbes in the ocean. Outcomes for this grant include construction of rDNA tools to track dynamic populations, descriptions of short-time population dynamics, definition of community composition factors, and a refined ocean ecosystem model. | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics
Mid-Infrared Interferometry of Stellar Objects | $157,500 | Aug. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $157,500 | Aug. 2008 |
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The purpose of this grant to the University of California, Berkeley Department of Physics is to undertake further detailed studies of stellar characteristics by interferometry, which are challenging our current understanding of many stars. Use of the Infrared Spatial Interferometer has already made preliminary discoveries of a class of non-spherical stars, a quite unexpected result that may elucidate unanticipated and previously unknown stellar evolution processes. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $166,125 | Oct. 2006 |
Purpose
To continue the studies in interferometry, atmospheric fluctuations, and stellar asymmetries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $450,000 | Jan. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to UC Berkeley's Department of Physics supports scientific observations at the Mt. Wilson Infrared Spatial Interferometer three telescope system. Outcomes include the continuation of studies in interferometry, atmospheric fluctuations, and stellar asymmetries. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $200,000 | Jul. 2001 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley's Department of Physics used this grant to complete the installation and integration of Mt. Wilson's third telescope. | | Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Sequencing the Tasmanian Devil | $1,008,000 | Aug. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,008,000 | Aug. 2008 |
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This grant will be used by Pennsylvania State University (Penn State University) to support the "Save the Devil" breeding Project. The Tasmanian Devil is under threat of extinction due to an unusual highly infectious facial tumor. The goal of the grant is to generate a draft version of the Tasmanian Devil genome (DNA sequence. This information will be used by scientists and nature conservationists to tackle the cause, route and ultimate prevention of this devastating infectious cancer and to reestablish the Tasmanian Devil population. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $2,036,298 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to Pennsylvania State University will be used to increase publicly-available marine microbial DNA sequence information through the creation of a dedicated "next generation" marine microbiology DNA sequencing resource. A pyrosequencing instrument, technical support and required reagents for 75 project runs will support a two-year "experimental sequencing" pipeline dedicated to MMI grantees. New knowledge and DNA sequence information from genomics and metagenomics projects will be deposited into CAMERA for public access. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $184,446 | May 2006 |
Purpose
This grant to Pennsylvania State University supports a metagenomics comparative study. Outcomes for this grant include preparation of small and large insert libraries and DNA sequence via chain termination and GS20 methods, and analysis of the data and comparison of the results between library and library-less DNA preparations.
| | California Council on Science and Technology
CCST Science and Technology Fellows Program for the California Legislature. | $3,500,000 | Jul. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 67 mo. | $3,500,000 | Jul. 2008 |
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Purpose This grant to the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) will improve the science and technology policy-related components of legislation through the establishment of an effective Legislative Science and Technology Policy Fellows Program. The Fellows program will place ten Ph.D.-level (or equivalent) scientists and engineers per year in the California Legislature either as staff members of individual legislators or on committee staff. | | Rutgers University Foundation
Studying the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem with a Robotic Cluster | $1,347,416 | Jun. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 42 mo. | $1,347,416 | Jun. 2008 |
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The purpose of this grant to Rutgers University is to support the acquisition and deployment of newly outfitted Webb Slocum gliders, breakthrough technology for data collection in extreme ocean environments. The collaborating team plans to deploy an integrated network of specially configured gliders to amass cohesive sets of data from the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) providing clues to how changing ocean physics is altering ecosystems globally. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $375,500 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences supports the work of Dr. Falkowski and his team who are seeking to gain new knowledge regarding the evolutionary history of microbes. Outcomes for this grant include identification of the metabolic activities of microbes from a seven-million-year-old glacial ice core. | | Stanford University, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Computing Infrastructure for Pixel Array Detector at Molecular Observatory | $1,332,284 | May 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,332,284 | May 2008 |
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The purpose of this grant to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is the addition of compute and storage infrastructure to manage and analyze the large quantities of data produced by the breakthrough Pixel Array Detector (PAD) addition to the Molecular Observatory (Beam Line 12-2). The coupling of high speed storage and computing power to the advanced PAD will make possible new, real-time types of data collection strategies and experiment modifications, producing scientific results that would not otherwise be obtainable. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,991,076 | Jan. 2008 |
Purpose
The Stanford Linear Accelerator will use this grant to add a Pixel Array Detector (PAD) to the Molecular Observatory (Beam Line 12-2). The coupling of an advanced PAD detector with the state-of-the-art X-ray source properties of BL 12-2 will make possible new types of data collection strategies and will produce scientific results that would not otherwise be obtainable. | | University of Hawaii Foundation
K-12 visits to Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 |
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This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports the work of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, to teach the culture, history, and scientific wisdom of Hawaii’s people and its connection to Western science, especially astronomy on Mauna Kea. It provides funds for 50% of K-12 students on the island of Hawaii to participate in school field trips to Imiloa. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports scientists at the University of Hawaii, Hilo to examine DNA sequence data from several endemic groups of plants and insects on Hawaii Island and neighboring islands to establish the parameters under which the DNA Barcoding method succeeds as a system of species identification for recently derived (young) species. The evolutionary age gradient of the Hawaiian Islands, anchored by the young and highly species-rich Hawaii Island, renders the archipelago an ideal location for testing the utility of DNA barcoding for species of a range of known ages. The project will focus on several well characterized, endemic groups of plants and insects that possess high species richness on Hawaii Island and representative species on older islands. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,796,946 | May 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawai’i Foundation will provide continued support for research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. David M. Karl. Objectives of this grant are to quantify solar energy capture and transduction, and to improve our understanding of essential bioelemental cycles and sequestration of atmospheric carbon by the microbially-mediated oceanic biological carbon pump. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation will provide support for some of the University’s most high priority equipment needs and the development of a new facility for ocean science. This facility, within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will not only benefit the University of Hawaii but will provide the necessary research infrastructure for many visiting scientists. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $450,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 4 gliders to be used for remote monitoring of marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,850,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii's Department of Oceanography supports the research of Dr. Karl into the genetic diversity and physiological capacity of microbes in the ocean. Outcomes for this grant include construction of rDNA tools to track dynamic populations, descriptions of short-time population dynamics, definition of community composition factors, and a refined ocean ecosystem model. | | Stanford University, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Advanced X-ray Detector for the SLAC Molecular Observatory | $1,991,076 | Jan. 2008 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,991,076 | Jan. 2008 |
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The Stanford Linear Accelerator will use this grant to add a Pixel Array Detector (PAD) to the Molecular Observatory (Beam Line 12-2). The coupling of an advanced PAD detector with the state-of-the-art X-ray source properties of BL 12-2 will make possible new types of data collection strategies and will produce scientific results that would not otherwise be obtainable. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,332,284 | May 2008 |
Purpose
The purpose of this grant to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is the addition of compute and storage infrastructure to manage and analyze the large quantities of data produced by the breakthrough Pixel Array Detector (PAD) addition to the Molecular Observatory (Beam Line 12-2). The coupling of high speed storage and computing power to the advanced PAD will make possible new, real-time types of data collection strategies and experiment modifications, producing scientific results that would not otherwise be obtainable. | | Internet Archive
Scalable Data Storage and Management for Collaborative Open Access Systems | $1,493,795 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,493,795 | Nov. 2007 |
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The Internet Archive will use this grant to support the integration of the Fedora Commons platform with the scalable open source data storage architecture of the Internet Archive (the PetaBox). Outputs include, enabling new services over one of the world’s largest and most diverse digital libraries and the development of an integrated Petabox management system which will result in the availability to all open access systems an easy to adopt downloadable, pluggable, open source solution for storage hardware with the uniform, interoperable service layer of Fedora Commons. | | Missouri Botanical Garden
Integrating Fedora into TROPICOS and the Biodiversity Heritage Library | $1,096,655 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,096,655 | Nov. 2007 |
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This grant to the Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) will support the adoption of the Fedora Commons platform by the Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 of the world’s largest natural history digital libraries) and the TROPICOS (MBG’s institutional repository of botanical data). Outcomes include shared and open access to collective knowledge on biodiversity as well as new opportunities for easy adoption and use within biodiversity information management. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 26 mo. | $460,000 | Nov. 2009 |
Purpose
This grant to the Missouri Botanical Garden supports the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s effort to develop a comprehensive and sustainable infrastructure for the world’s biodiversity literature. Through global coordination with regional partners, this project will guide the technical infrastructure implementation, align goals, ensure transparent communication, and support the establishment of a seamless Global Biodiversity Heritage Library with a distributed, interoperable network of digital repositories. | | University of California, Berkeley Center for Integrated Genomics
Center for Integrated Genomics Extension | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,000,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of California, Berkeley will allow scientists in the Center for Integrated Genomics to complete two projects currently in progress, the annotation of the genomes of the frog Xenopus tropicalis and the limpet Lottia scutum. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $8,425,000 | Nov. 2002 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley is using this grant to establish the Center for Integrated Genomics. The formation of the new center brings together researchers from several traditionally isolated fields of study to analyze and compare the genome sequences of a broad spectrum of organisms. Outcomes for this grant include the acquisition of the genome sequences of diverse organisms (Ciona, Phytophthora, and Xenopus tropicalis) and comparison of these sequences in an evolutionary context. Additional outcomes include decoding of regulatory DNA—the regions of the genome that control gene expression—and the protein factors that bind to them. | | University of California, Berkeley Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research
The Moorea Biocode Project | $5,211,000 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 39 mo. | $5,211,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of California will support the first DNA barcode-based ‘All Taxa Biological Inventory (ATBI)’, of a model ecosystem, specifically the island of Moorea. The proposed work will accelerate ecological discovery through the model ecosystem approach, enabling the development of more innovative and effective conservation strategies. | | University of Southern California, Department of Biological Sciences
The Deep Subsurface Biosphere at North Pond | $3,900,000 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 23 mo. | $3,900,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of Southern California will provide funds to accomplish the major technical engineering, installation of the physical framework, and instrument acquisition needed to set up the seafloor and subseafloor observatory systems at North Pond in the Atlantic Ocean. This instrumentation infrastructure will supplement the proposed drilling operations which include coring sediment and basalt and establishing the physical and technological framework for long-term manipulative experiments and measurements for this system. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $68,988 | Jun. 2006 |
Purpose
The University of Southern California will use this grant to conduct a global survey of the diversity of single-celled microbial eukaryotes (protists), a vastly understudied aspect of marine microbial diversity. Outputs include the generation of 1000 full length 18S ribosomal RNA sequences from each of twelve diverse marine sites and ecological and phylogenetic analyses of the DNA sequences and associated metadata. This project will provide a deeper understanding of protist diversity, ecology, biogeography, and globally dominant genotypes. | | Pomona College, Office of the President
Equipment for Scientific Research and Education. | $730,000 | Nov. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $730,000 | Nov. 2007 |
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This grant to Pomona College will provide professors and their students with the tools needed to best advance their research and education in chemistry, biology, physics, and astronomy. | | University of California, Berkeley Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Initial Funding for the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics (BCCP) | $1,501,875 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,501,875 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of California, Berkeley Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences is to provide initial funding for three years for research and educational activities in the newly established Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics. | | Carnegie Mellon University, Office of the Vice President for Research
Equipment and Personnel for Energy Research | $2,050,000 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,050,000 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to Carnegie Mellon University will provide support for the University’s Energy Research Initiative. The funds will address the most pressing equipment needs and will provide support for a limited number of graduate researchers. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $754,660 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will use this grant to improve collaborations between domain and computer scientists with the development of new abstractions and methodologies within data-intensive scalable computing (DISC). Through demonstration projects in cosmology and in close cooperation with its institutional collaborator, University of Washington’s eScience Institute, CMU will design and build a prototype DISC system and an open-source software suite for management and processing of extremely large data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,100,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to Carnegie Mellon University will provide support for some of the University’s most pressing equipment needs that will not only benefit the general research infrastructure but will also enable groundbreaking cross-disciplinary research in cosmology, nanotechnology and biophysics. | | Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Computational Facility to Support Large-Scale Information Management | $350,000 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 22 mo. | $350,000 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to Johns Hopkins University will support the development of a novel shared computational resource for the scientific analysis of large data sets, spreading across several scientific domains, from astronomy to turbulence research and to environmental science. The system will provide various services to the users, and enables very high, parallel throughput to access and analyze data located in several multi-Terabyte databases. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $1,200,000 | Sep. 2004 |
Purpose
Johns Hopkins University is using this grant to create tools and systems for overcoming the bottlenecks in data access and analysis. Outcomes for this grant include development of new data analysis systems and demonstration of the feasibility for specific data intensive science applications. | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth System Initiative
DNA sequencing equipment for transcriptomics | $658,307 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $658,307 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to the Earth Systems Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will provide support for the acquisition of a DNA sequencer to support the determination of gene expression patterns (transcriptomics) of organisms identified from environmental metagenomic sampling. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,998,561 | Nov. 2006 |
Purpose
In support of the establishment of an interdisciplinary computational facility. | | University of Hawaii Foundation
Equipment for Oceanographic Research and Training | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,995,400 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation will provide support for some of the University’s most high priority equipment needs and the development of a new facility for ocean science. This facility, within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) will not only benefit the University of Hawaii but will provide the necessary research infrastructure for many visiting scientists. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,181,111 | Sep. 2008 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports scientists at the University of Hawaii, Hilo to examine DNA sequence data from several endemic groups of plants and insects on Hawaii Island and neighboring islands to establish the parameters under which the DNA Barcoding method succeeds as a system of species identification for recently derived (young) species. The evolutionary age gradient of the Hawaiian Islands, anchored by the young and highly species-rich Hawaii Island, renders the archipelago an ideal location for testing the utility of DNA barcoding for species of a range of known ages. The project will focus on several well characterized, endemic groups of plants and insects that possess high species richness on Hawaii Island and representative species on older islands. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 49 mo. | $3,796,946 | May 2008 |
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This grant to the University of Hawai’i Foundation will provide continued support for research in the laboratory of Senior Investigator Dr. David M. Karl. Objectives of this grant are to quantify solar energy capture and transduction, and to improve our understanding of essential bioelemental cycles and sequestration of atmospheric carbon by the microbially-mediated oceanic biological carbon pump. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 25 mo. | $670,789 | Apr. 2008 |
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This grant to the University of Hawaii Foundation supports the work of the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii, to teach the culture, history, and scientific wisdom of Hawaii’s people and its connection to Western science, especially astronomy on Mauna Kea. It provides funds for 50% of K-12 students on the island of Hawaii to participate in school field trips to Imiloa. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $450,000 | Sep. 2006 |
Purpose
To cover the cost of 4 gliders to be used for remote monitoring of marine ecosystems. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 60 mo. | $3,850,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
This grant to the University of Hawaii's Department of Oceanography supports the research of Dr. Karl into the genetic diversity and physiological capacity of microbes in the ocean. Outcomes for this grant include construction of rDNA tools to track dynamic populations, descriptions of short-time population dynamics, definition of community composition factors, and a refined ocean ecosystem model. | | Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences
Tracking Ocean Pelagics in the California Current Ecosystem | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 20 mo. | $1,500,000 | Oct. 2007 |
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With support from this grant, Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) will focus on studying the key physical and biological processes linking the TOPP apex predator species to specific areas. TOPP will quantify the habitat characteristics that result in aggregation and retention of highly migratory species in several areas within the California Current ecosystem (CCE) that have emerged as critical multi-species hot spots. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $3,860,000 | May 2004 |
Purpose
Stanford University's Department of Biological Sciences received this grant in support of its Tagging of Pacific Pelagics program. This field project is part of the Census of Marine Life's decade-long, international research initiative. Outcomes for this grant include employment of electronic tagging methods and a deeper understanding of apex predators and the key processes linking these oceanic species to their environment. | | Carnegie Mellon University, Office of the Vice President for Research
High-Priority Equipment for cosmology, nanotechnology and biophysics research. | $2,100,000 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,100,000 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to Carnegie Mellon University will provide support for some of the University’s most pressing equipment needs that will not only benefit the general research infrastructure but will also enable groundbreaking cross-disciplinary research in cosmology, nanotechnology and biophysics. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $754,660 | Sep. 2009 |
Purpose
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) will use this grant to improve collaborations between domain and computer scientists with the development of new abstractions and methodologies within data-intensive scalable computing (DISC). Through demonstration projects in cosmology and in close cooperation with its institutional collaborator, University of Washington’s eScience Institute, CMU will design and build a prototype DISC system and an open-source software suite for management and processing of extremely large data. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $2,050,000 | Oct. 2007 |
Purpose
This grant to Carnegie Mellon University will provide support for the University’s Energy Research Initiative. The funds will address the most pressing equipment needs and will provide support for a limited number of graduate researchers. | | University of California, San Diego California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology
Monitoring of global lake and coral reef ecosystems | $1,996,241 | Oct. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,996,241 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant will enable a consortium of investigators led by the University of California, San Diego to develop new insights into the resilience and robustness of global lake and coral reef ecosystems. The outcome will be accomplished through the comparative analysis of data resulting from the application of a suite of newly developed cyberinfrastructure tools that are freely distributed to all interested laboratories. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 82 mo. | $24,500,000 | Dec. 2005 |
Purpose
UC San Diego received this grant to establish a community resource and intellectual center that will facilitate and create revolutionary knowledge advances in marine microbial ecology, the microbial ecology of other natural environments, and evolutionary biology. Outcomes for this grant include construction of a central genomic and metagenomics data repository and a suite of tools for analysis and visualization that provides open, easy access to the international scientific community. | | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Microwave Optical Guide Star Design | $266,274 | Sep. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $266,274 | Sep. 2007 |
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This grant to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology will be used to investigate the requirements, feasibility, and design of microwave guide star systems for large adaptive array optical telescopes. Microwave guide star systems are based on creating a bright plasma discharge (artificial reference star) at altitudes above 80 km using a focused beam of microwaves. These microwave guide star systems have the potential to overcome most of the limitations of the current laser guide star systems and revolutionize adaptive optics for ground-based astronomy. | | University of California, San Diego Center for Research on Biological Systems
Development of a Data Integration Engine for Marine Ecology | $459,356 | Sep. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $459,356 | Sep. 2007 |
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This one-year extension grant to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) will fund continued development of a data integration engine for marine ecology. Specifically, UCSD will: 1) improve the performance of the system to work with larger data sources, more data sources, and increased number of concurrent users; and, 2) extend the system to interact with time-series datasets, with satellite tag data and spatiotemporal model outputs as examples. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $1,762,420 | Oct. 2004 |
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This grant supports UC San Diego in the development of a next-generation Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) designed to improve our understanding of the distribution patterns of marine organisms. The system allows researchers to integrate and manage oceanographic and biological data from various sources and spanning multiple marine habitats. To ensure the widespread adoption and use of the system, the project results will be shared through journals, publications, and international forums. Outcomes for this grant include test of the biogeographic databases federation and remote sensing of metabolism in lakes worldwide. | | X PRIZE Foundation
Planning and implementing Energy X PRIZE Awards | $276,250 | Aug. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $276,250 | Aug. 2007 |
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This grant to the X PRIZE Foundation, funded equally with Vulcan Ventures and/or Paul Allen, will support the planning and implementation of a series of prizes that will reward radical breakthroughs in the production, storage and transmission of energy to be known as "The Energy X PRIZE Suite." | | University of Guelph
Environmental Barcoding Through Massively Parallelized Sequencing | $250,000 | Aug. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $250,000 | Aug. 2007 |
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This grant to the University of Guelph will be used to develop a new approach to DNA barcoding that will radically advance its utility as a tool for large-scale biodiversity analysis. The new protocol is based on gathering large numbers of DNA barcodes through a new, massively parallel pyrosequencing technology. Applied to bulk samples of organisms these barcodes will define the pool of species represented in the sampled environment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $145,728 | Sep. 2006 |
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Purchase of hardware to increase DNA bar-coding capacity. In continued support of a DNA bar-coding project titled 'Bar Code of Life.'
| Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $2,406,800 | Jun. 2004 |
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University of Guelph researchers are using this grant to develop standardized procedures for species identifications using DNA applications. Ultimately, this DNA recognition system may be used to identify all animal species on the planet (including the millions still unknown) and lead to a better understanding of biodiversity. Outcomes include support of a DNA bar-coding project titled Bar Code of Life. | | Fedora Commons
Open-source software for knowledge sharing | $4,933,000 | Jul. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 48 mo. | $4,933,000 | Jul. 2007 |
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Fedora Commons will use this grant to provide the technical expertise and community framework needed to develop sustainable open-source software for innovative collaboration and knowledge sharing among scientists, scholars, and educators, while ensuring the integrity and longevity of the results of their work. | | University of California, Berkeley College of Natural Resources
Improving the Moorea Seawater System at the Gump Field Station | $156,935 | Jun. 2007 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $156,935 | Jun. 2007 |
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The University of California will use this grant to continue improvement of the Gump Field Station on the island of Moorea, located in French Polynesia. A key goal of this upgrade is to provide essential facilities for the National Science Foundation-supported Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research site (MCR-LTER), including a multipurpose research building, additional housing, IT infrastructure, and renovated dock. This grant will expand the existing seawater system in order to support the rapidly increasing demand, and provide a backup generator to protect critical laboratory equipment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,112,827 | Nov. 2006 |
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In support of initiating plans for the design and management of sustainable urban environments. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $875,879 | May 2006 |
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UC Berkeley is using this grant to upgrade its research facilities on the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia to increase capacity to house researchers and train students in the unique environment of the Gump field station. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $346,131 | Nov. 2005 |
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This grant supports UC Berkeley's Moorea biocode project. Based at the Gump South Pacific Research Station on Moorea (French Polynesia), researchers are working to complete a plan for the genetic biocoding of an entire ecosystem. Outcomes for this grant include a plan for ecosystem-wide genetic biocoding, including a complete checklist of macrobiota and genetic barcode for each species. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $342,542 | May 2005 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, with its partners, used this grant to develop a five-year initiative focusing on urban environmental sustainability in medium-sized cities of the developing world. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,008,974 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley is using this grant to upgrade its research facilities on the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia to increase capacity to house researchers and train students in the unique environment of the Gump field station. | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Earth System Initiative
Interdisciplinary Computational Facility | $1,998,561 | Nov. 2006 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,998,561 | Nov. 2006 |
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In support of the establishment of an interdisciplinary computational facility. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $658,307 | Oct. 2007 |
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This grant to the Earth Systems Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will provide support for the acquisition of a DNA sequencer to support the determination of gene expression patterns (transcriptomics) of organisms identified from environmental metagenomic sampling. | | University of California, Berkeley Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Sudden Oak Death Project | $200,000 | Nov. 2006 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $200,000 | Nov. 2006 |
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In support of studies regarding range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $1,482,486 | Aug. 2003 |
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This grant is helping UC Berkeley researchers broaden the scope of their investigation of Sudden Oak Death. Outcomes include continued support of studies regarding the range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $191,500 | Dec. 2002 |
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This grant provided UC Berkeley with additional funding for the research currently being conducted on Phytophthora ramorum. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $600,000 | Oct. 2001 |
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This grant to UC Berkeley's Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management supports studies of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen causing Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. Outcomes include studies regarding the range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | | University of California, Davis Department of Plant Pathology
Sudden Oak Death Project | $160,000 | Nov. 2006 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $160,000 | Nov. 2006 |
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In support of studies regarding range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 36 mo. | $581,698 | Aug. 2003 |
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This grant is helping UC Davis researchers broaden the scope of their investigation of Sudden Oak Death. Outcomes include continued support of studies regarding the range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 6 mo. | $98,750 | Dec. 2002 |
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This grant provided UC Davis with additional funding for the research currently being conducted on Phytophthora ramorum. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 24 mo. | $400,000 | Oct. 2001 |
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This grant to UC Davis's Department of Plant Pathology supports studies of Phytophthora ramorum, the pathogen causing Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. Outcomes include studies regarding the range and spread of Sudden Oak Death Syndrome. | | University of California, Berkeley College of Natural Resources
Sustainable Cities Project | $1,112,827 | Nov. 2006 | | | | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $1,112,827 | Nov. 2006 |
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In support of initiating plans for the design and management of sustainable urban environments. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $156,935 | Jun. 2007 |
Purpose
The University of California will use this grant to continue improvement of the Gump Field Station on the island of Moorea, located in French Polynesia. A key goal of this upgrade is to provide essential facilities for the National Science Foundation-supported Moorea Coral Reef Long Term Ecological Research site (MCR-LTER), including a multipurpose research building, additional housing, IT infrastructure, and renovated dock. This grant will expand the existing seawater system in order to support the rapidly increasing demand, and provide a backup generator to protect critical laboratory equipment. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $875,879 | May 2006 |
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UC Berkeley is using this grant to upgrade its research facilities on the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia to increase capacity to house researchers and train students in the unique environment of the Gump field station. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $346,131 | Nov. 2005 |
Purpose
This grant supports UC Berkeley's Moorea biocode project. Based at the Gump South Pacific Research Station on Moorea (French Polynesia), researchers are working to complete a plan for the genetic biocoding of an entire ecosystem. Outcomes for this grant include a plan for ecosystem-wide genetic biocoding, including a complete checklist of macrobiota and genetic barcode for each species. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 8 mo. | $342,542 | May 2005 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, with its partners, used this grant to develop a five-year initiative focusing on urban environmental sustainability in medium-sized cities of the developing world. | Term | Amount | Date Approved | | 12 mo. | $2,008,974 | Dec. 2004 |
Purpose
UC Berkeley is using this grant to upgrade its research facilities on the island of Moorea, in French Polynesia to increase capacity to house researchers and train students in the unique environment of the Gump field station. | | University of Washington, Office of the Provost
Equipment for the Center for Environmental Genomics | $2,250,000 | Nov. 2006 | | | | |