← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Moss Landing, CA
$141,262,737
Total funding
102
Grants
Funding over time
peak $53.9M · FY2006–25$100M$75M$50M$25M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NSF$113,952,498 · 72
DOD$11,431,781 · 18
NASA$11,021,403 · 8
DOE$4,857,055 · 4
By mechanism
—$141,262,737 · 102
Investigators at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
Not enough data
Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
Not enough data
All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
Mid-scale RI-2 Consortium: Biogeochemical-Argo: A global robotic network to observe changing ocean chemistry and biology$52,276,540
· FY2020 · GEO
Operational support for the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry Array (GO-BGC)$12,166,219
· FY2021 · GEO
Monterey Accelerated Research System$11,002,129
· FY2002 · GEO
NSF Convergence Accelerator Track E: Ocean Vision AI: Scaling up visual observations of life in the ocean using artificial intelligence$5,035,260
· FY2022 · TIP
"RENEWABLE AT SEA-POWER" (RASP) PROGRAM$4,335,823
· FY2012 · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
INTEGRATION OF GEOCHEMICAL SENSING / AUTONOMOUS SAMPLE ACQUISITION / AND PROCESSING AND MOLECULAR AN$3,734,663
· FY2009 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
TAS::89 0222::TAS; NEW; TITLE: CONNECTING GENOMES TO PHYSIOLOGY AND RESPONSE IN MARINE PHOTOSYNTHETIC EUKARYOTES: SYSTEMS BIOLOGY OF THE GREEN ALGA M$3,486,280
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
AN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE PROCESSOR FOR DEEP-SEA SEEP AND HYDROTHERMAL VENT APPLICATIONS.$2,908,626
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MRI:Development of an autonomous four dimensional planktonic microbial environmental sampling and survey system: MiVEGAS$2,355,885
· FY2014 · GEO
Funding to support Operations and Maintenance of the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS)$2,144,419
· FY2015 · GEO
Collaborative Research: The Environmental Sample Processor (ESP): A Device for Detecting Microorganisms In Situ Using Molecular Probe Technology$2,070,583
· FY2003 · GEO
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED ISFET PH SENSOR FOR HIGH PRESSURE APPLICATIONS IN THE DEEP-SEA$1,781,992
· FY2010 · Department of the Navy
IDEA: Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory for Nutrient and Carbon Cycling$1,770,700
· FY2003 · ENG
MARS Operations and Maintenance$1,462,983
· FY2007 · GEO
Collaborative Research: A molecular biological sensor for AUVs$1,405,021
· FY2010 · GEO
OPEN WAVE-ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM$1,370,777
· FY2021 · Department of Energy
BASE DESCRIPTION, MULTIPLE YEAR AWARD, THREE YEARS ARE FULLY FUNDED, THE AWARD IS IN RESPONSE TO NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) # NNH05ZDA001N, NAS$1,269,474
· FY2008 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
MARS (Monterey Accelerated Research System) O&M (Operations and Maintenance)$1,112,257
· FY2011 · GEO
Collaborative Research: Marine Metadata Initiative$1,103,356
· FY2006 · GEO
THE INSTITUTION PROPOSES TO INTEGRATE REMOTE SENSING PRODUCTS IN SITU DATA AND MODELS IN SUPPORT OF LONG TERM NEEDS BY THE NOAA CALIFORNIA CURRENT INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT (CCIEA) NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY PROGRAMS THE BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.$1,046,404
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration