← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
The Nature Conservancy
$9,655,264
Total funding
29
Grants
Funding over time
peak $4.8M · FY2008–22$5M$3.8M$2.5M$1.3M$0
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Funding mix
By agency
DOD$7,715,661 · 21
NASA$1,487,930 · 3
USDA$281,253 · 4
DOE$170,420 · 1
By mechanism
—$9,655,264 · 29
Investigators at The Nature Conservancy
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
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
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Largest grants
NATIONAL TESTBED FOR SAFETY, SECURITY & RESCUE TECHNOLOGIES$3,182,480
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
IMPLEMENTATION OF FORT BENNING ARMY INSTALLATION'S ECOLOGICAL MONITORING PLAN$665,078
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
MAINTAINING THE ABILITY OF BIOTA TO MOVE TO SUITABLE CLIMATES IN RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS NOW ESSENTIAL FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION. IDENTIFYING NATURAL AREAS WITH DIVERSE CLIMATIC OPTIONS AND ENHANCING CONNECTIVITY AMONG THEM HAS THUS BECOME A KEY CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGY FOR THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IMPLEMENTED THROUGH OUR CONSERVING NATURE S STAGE (CNS) INITIATIVE. THERE IS URGENT DEMAND TO EXPAND THIS STRATEGY BUT A LACK OF CONSISTENT NATIONAL DATASETS AND INEFFICIENT COMPUTATIONAL ALGORITHMS ARE HINDERING PROGRESS. WE PROPOSE TO USE NASA EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND PARALLEL COMPUTING ALGORITHMS TO ENABLE FAST AND CONSISTENT ANALYSES TO INFORM CLIMATE-SMART CONSERVATION ACROSS LARGE LANDSCAPES. CNS ANALYSES START WITH SPATIAL DATA AND MODELS OF TOPOCLIMATE AND HUMAN IMPACTS TO THE LANDSCAPE. THESE ARE USED TO IDENTIFY LOCALLY CONNECTED AREAS THAT WILL PROVIDE ACCESS TO DIVERSE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS NEEDED FOR SPECIES TO PERSIST AND ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THESE DATA ARE THEN USED WITH CIRCUITSCAPE CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TO IDENTIFY NETWORKS OF CLIMATICALLY-DIVERSE SITES THAT CAN FACILITATE BROAD-SCALE MOVEMENTS AND RANGE SHIFTS. CNS PRODUCTS HAVE ENORMOUS CONSERVATION IMPACT. THEY HAVE RESULTED IN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEING DIRECTED TO LAND PROTECTION AND ARE BROADLY USED BY NGOS AND AGENCIES IN DECISION MAKING. BUT EXPANDING OUR PROJECTS TO LARGER ANALYSIS AREAS HAS REVEALED DATA GAPS AND COMPUTATIONAL LIMITATIONS THAT ARE HINDERING PROGRESS. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OVERCOME THESE CHALLENGES BY USING NASA EARTH OBSERVATIONS AND ADVANCED COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS ENABLED BY THE JULIA SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING LANGUAGE TO: 1) DEVELOP EMPIRICALLY-BASED AND VALIDATED TOPOCLIMATE AND HUMAN MODIFICATION DATASETS FOR THE CONTERMINOUS US; 2) DEVELOP AND RELEASE A MUCH MORE POWERFUL VERSION OF CIRCUITSCAPE NEEDED TO ANALYZE HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE DATASETS AND TO CONDUCT SENSITIVITY AND SCENARIO ANALYSES; AND 3) COMBINE THESE DATA AND MODELS WITH NOVEL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSES TO PRODUCE CONSISTENT AND SEAMLESS FORECASTS OF IMPORTANT AREAS FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION ACROSS LARGE STUDY REGIONS. OUR MODELS WILL USE NASA MODIS AQUA AND TERRA-DERIVED LST NDVI AND SNOW DATA; SRTM; LANDSAT-DERIVED LAND USE DATA; AND VIIRS NIGHT-LIGHTS DATA. WE WILL VALIDATE TOPOCLIMATE AND HUMAN MODIFICATION MODELS USING IN-SITU METEOROLOGICAL DATA AND AN EXTENSIVE DATABASE OF HIGH-RESOLUTION AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. CIRCUITSCAPE IS THE WORLDS LEADING CONNECTIVITY MODELING PLATFORM; SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS WILL BENEFIT USERS AROUND THE WORLD WHO APPLY CIRCUITSCAPE IN DIVERSE FIELDS LIKE LANDSCAPE GENETICS CONSERVATION PLANNING WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT AND EPIDEMIOLOGY. NEW ALGORITHMS WILL ALLOW MUCH LARGER DATASETS TO BE ANALYZED. FASTER ANALYSES WILL ENABLE USERS TO QUANTIFY UNCERTAINTY CONDUCT ENSEMBLE MODELING AND IDENTIFY NO REGRETS CONSERVATION ACTIONS WHERE MODEL AGREEMENT IS HIGH. OUR WORK WILL IMMEDIATELY ADVANCE THE RIGOR AND UTILITY OF CNS DECISION SUPPORT WHILE BENEFITING AGENCY AND NGO PARTNERS. WE WILL RELEASE DATA ANALYSIS PRODUCTS AND OPEN-SOURCE TOOLS TO HELP PRACTITIONERS MAKE SMART CONSERVATION DECISIONS FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE BIODIVERSITY. RELEVANCE: WE DIRECTLY ANSWER NASA S ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING PROGRAM CALL BY ADDRESSING CONNECTIVITY DECISION MAKING AT SPATIAL SCALES SUFFICIENT FOR SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT. AS OUTLINED IN NASA S EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS PLAN WE WILL USE EARTH OBSERVATIONS TO ADDRESS BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS WILL ALLOW USERS TO INCORPORATE UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES OF ERROR AND THE COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVE POLICY OUTCOMES INTO CONNECTIVITY ANALYSES A GOAL OF THE PROGRAM. OUR PROPOSAL BUILDS ON PREVIOUS NASA-FUNDED WORK AND IS HEAVILY LEVERAGED BY MATCHING FUNDS. OUR TEAM INCLUDES INTERNATIONAL LEADERS IN CONNECTIVITY TOPOCLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING FROM NGOS PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA.$631,307
· FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
WE PROPOSE TO WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU TO UTILIZE NASA EARTH OBSERVATIONS IN CONCERT WITH BEST INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES TO SUSTAINABLY SITE (LOCATE) AND MANAGE CLIMATE-READY AQUACULTURE FARMS IN PALAU. PALAU IS A SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATE WHOSE CITIZENS CONSUME MORE WILD FISH PER CAPITA THAN NEARLY ANY COUNTRY ON EARTH. WILD FISH STOCKS IN PALAU HAVE DECLINED AND CONTINUE TO DECLINE AT AN ACCELERATING RATE. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ARE PROJECTED TO FURTHER DECREASE CATCHES BY 25% IN PALAU CREATING AN IMPENDING FOOD SECURITY CRISIS. WITH A LAND AREA 2.5 TIMES THE SIZE OF WASHINGTON D.C. MARINE AQUACULTURE THE PRACTICE OF FARMING AQUATIC ORGANISMS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND PARTNERS AS A PRIMARY WAY TO MEET FOOD PRODUCTION NEEDS. HOWEVER PALAU DOES NOT HAVE THE EXISTING TECHNICAL CAPACITY TO UTILIZE EARTH OBSERVATIONS TO INFORM THE SPATIAL PLANNING NEEDED TO MANAGE AN AQUACULTURE SECTOR SUSTAINABLY WITHOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM. THIS PROPOSAL ADVANCES SDG 14.A 14.2 AND 14.7 BY BUILDING CAPACITY AND SUPPORT FOR EFFECTIVE REGULATORY PROCESSES IN PALAU TO SUSTAINABLY MANAGE AND PROTECT MARINE RESOURCES UNDER THE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE. SPECIFICALLY WE PROPOSE TO BUILD TECHNICAL CAPACITY WITHIN THE PALAU BUREAU OF MARINE RESOURCES TO CONDUCT SPATIAL PLANNING FOR AQUACULTURE IN ALIGNMENT WITH BEST INTERNATIONAL PRACTICES. THE NATURE CONSERVANCY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU FOR OVER 28 YEARS AND HAS WORKED TO ADDRESS OCEAN CONSERVATION CHALLENGES TO BENEFIT PEOPLE AND NATURE. LEVERAGING THIS STRONG PARTNERSHIP WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS TO: (1) IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP AQUACULTURE SITING GUIDELINES (2) CONDUCT IN-COUNTRY TRAINING MODULES AND PROVIDE DIRECT MENTORSHIP TO TRANSFER KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNICAL AQUACULTURE SPATIAL PLANNING APPROACHES TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PALAU BUREAU OF MARINE RESOURCES (3) COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP SPATIAL PLANNING ANALYSES AND PRODUCTS THAT UTILIZE NASA REMOTELY-SENSED EARTH OBSERVATIONS DATA PRODUCTS (I.E. IDENTIFY LOCATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH MAJOR SPACE USE CONSTRAINTS AND BIOPHYSICAL ECOLOGICAL FORECASTING TO IDENTIFY CLIMATE RESILIENT LOCATIONS FOR AQUACULTURE) FOR 3-5 IDENTIFIED PRIORITY REGIONS (~ 10% OF PALAU'S EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE THAT IS USABLE FOR AQUACULTURE) AND (4) DEVELOP AN ONLINE SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT TOOL THAT HOSTS THESE PRODUCTS TO ENSURE THEIR LONG-TERM UTILITY AND VALUE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PALAU.$577,993
· FY2020 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CONDUCT SURVEY MIONITORING BURROWING OWLS, LRG MAMMAL DENSITY, ESTABLISHED VEGETATION PLOTS, PREPARE & UPDATE VEGETATION MAPPING & CONDUCT POST FIRE$519,695
· FY2014 · Department of Defense
LONG SHOAL OYSTER HABITAT MITIGATION PAMLICO SOUND, NC$494,121
· FY2012 · Department of Defense
GULF COASTAL PLAIN ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP/ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT TEAM (GCPEP/EST)$476,514
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
TASK ORDER 0001 MOD 07 INCREASE FUNDING$326,314
· FY2011 · Department of the Army
PRESCRIBED BURNS AND MONITORING$295,884
· FY2010 · Department of Defense
EO14042 LINKING FRESHWATER TO WILDFIRE RISK IN SUPPORT OF REGIONAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION PLANNING$278,630
· FY2022 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$260,373
· FY2008 · Department of the Army
LEGACY-UTILIZING CISMAS TO EFFECTIVELY REDUCE REINFESTATION OF INVADERS ON 6 MILITARY BASES AND ADJACENT LANDS IN FL$239,998
· FY2010 · Department of the Army
RARE SPECIES AND SIGNIFICANT NATURAL COMMUNITY$205,640
· FY2011 · Department of the Army
ENERGY BY DESIGN: SCIENCE-BASED WIND ENERGY SITING$170,420
· FY2010 · Department of Energy
RECOVERY OF RARE SPECIES AFFECTING TRAINING RANGES$167,051
· FY2009 · Department of the Army
WILD BIRDS CAN IMPART BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SERVICES (E.G. POLLINATION AND NATURAL PEST CONTROL), AND DISSERVICES (E.G. CROP DAMAGE AND DISEASE TRANSMISSION) TO GROWERS EACH YEAR. A GROWING CONCERN IS THAT AGRICULTURAL SIMPLIFICATION AND INTENSIFICATION WILL TIP THE SCALES IN FAVOR OF SPECIES MOST LIKELY TO POSE SIGNIFICANT RISKS TO FOOD SAFETY AND PRODUCTION. ALTHOUGH TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN AVIAN-MEDIATED SERVICES AND DISSERVICES RESULTING FROM AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES ARE INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED AT A LOCAL-SCALE, THEY HAVE YET TO BE QUANTITATIVELY EVALUATED ACROSS BROAD SPATIAL EXTENTS THAT ARE MOST RELEVANT TO FARM MANAGEMENT AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. GIVEN THE DIVERSITY OF FARMING PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES, GROWERS NEED TARGETED YET GENERALIZABLE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS PROVIDED BY WILD BIRDS WHILE MINIMIZING THEIR RISKS. OUR PROJECT WILL INTEGRATE SPATIALLY-EXPLICIT LAND COVER AND AGRICULTURAL CENSUS DATA WITH CITIZEN-SCIENCEBIRD BIODIVERSITYDATA SETSTO (1) DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND FARMING PRACTICES ON AVIAN-MEDIATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADE-OFFS THROUGHOUT THE US, (2) EXAMINE HOW COMMUNITY-STABILITY - AN UNDERLYING DRIVER OF LONG-TERM ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVISIONING - VARIES ACROSS REAL-WORLD GRADIENTS OF LAND USE AND LAND COVER, AND (3) DELIVER FINDINGS TO GROWERS THAT PROMOTE THE ADOPTION OF NEW ONLINE TOOLS THAT OFFER REGIONALLY-TAILORED BIRD-MANAGEMENT ADVICE. OUR PROJECT WILL THEREFORE PRIORITIZE ACTIONS THAT IMPROVE AVIAN-MEDIATED ECOSYSTEM SERVICE TRADE-OFFS, ENHANCE THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN AGROECOSYSTEMS, AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT AND ADOPTION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT ASSIST GROWERS WITH PLANNING.$165,000
· FY2019 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture
RESORTATION OF SENSITIVE PLANTS$137,144
· FY2009 · Department of the Army
GILF COASTAL PLAIN ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP(GCPEP)/ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT TEAM (EST)$130,340
· FY2010 · Department of the Army
BURROWING OWLS, HABATAT PLOTS, AND POST FIRE RESTORATION AT BOARDMAN$122,782
· FY2016 · Department of Defense
POST FIRE HABITAT RESTORATION$120,149
· FY2017 · Department of the Navy