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University Of California, Merced

Merced, CA

$156,550,367

Total funding

227

Grants

Funding over time

peak $18.9M · FY2005–25

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Funding mix

By agency

NIH$80,612,352 · 115

DOE$36,489,234 · 43

DOD$21,902,031 · 47

USDA$16,388,183 · 16

NASA$1,158,567 · 6

By mechanism

—$75,938,015 · 112

R01$35,814,438 · 26

R15$10,929,152 · 21

R21$10,873,585 · 27

R35$8,024,771 · 6

R00$3,399,830 · 5

Investigators at University Of California, Merced

Investigator-initiated All funding

Investigatorsi

Largest grants

** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** WATER-SCARCE REGIONS IN THE WESTERN US NEED NEW MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO GROW FOOD FOR THE COUNTRY ANDMAINTAINECOSYSTEM FUNCTION. THE PRESSURE OF INCREASED HUMAN POPULATION AND FOOTPRINT, INCREASED FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF DROUGHT, AND RELIANCE ON DWINDLING WATER SOURCES FOR AGRICULTURE, ENVIRONMENT, AND COMMUNITIES HAS RESULTED IN A BROKEN SYSTEM WITH LIMITED FLEXIBILITY. WITH COMMUNITY ADVISOR PARTICIPATION AT EVERY STEP, THIS PROJECT CREATES A NEW DECISION-SUPPORT TOOL, AND INCREASES UNDERSTANDING AND OUTCOMES FOR DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING AMONG GROWERS AND WATER MANAGERS. THE TEAM INCLUDES EXPERTS IN WEATHER AND WATER INFORMATION, MODELING, INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, ANDCROSS-DISCIPLINARYRESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND ACTIONABLE OUTREACH. THE COLLABORATION WILL BRING THE FINDINGS OF THESE EXPERTS TOGETHER INTO LOCALIZED USE CASES TO SERVE AS ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE RESEARCH AS ADAPTED TO LOCAL CONDITIONS AND CONSTRAINTS. THROUGH THREE USE CASES (SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA; MESILLA VALLEY, NM; CACHE VALLEY, UT) WITH DIFFERING WATER LAWS AND SIMILAR ORCHARD AND ROW CROP AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, SNOW-FED WATER SYSTEMS, CONJUNCTIVE USE INFRASTRUCTURE, WE WILL SYNTHESIZE OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE FLEXIBILITY AND WATER SECURITY IN THE SEMI-ARID WESTERN US.AS A SOLUTION, WITH COMPARATIVELY LOW INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS ANDA SHORT TIMETO DEVELOP, ITERATE AND DELIVER, THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE AND DEVELOP DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING TOOLS AND INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMPROVED WATER MEASUREMENT, MANAGEMENT, AND MARKETS TO ACHIEVE WATER SECURITY. INNOVATIVE WATER MARKETS OFFER FLEXIBILITY IN MANAGEMENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN SUPPORTED BYTIMELY, TRANSPARENT, ANDACCURATEWATER USE AND INFORMATION AND SCALED WEATHER DATA IN TRADING LOCATIONS. LEVERAGING ADVANCES IN THE TECHNOLOGIES AROUND MEASUREMENT, FROM SENSORS TO INSTRUMENTATION AND INFORMATION, AND ASSEMBLING EXISTING DATA PLATFORMS AROUND WATER AND WEATHER INFORMATION WILLFACILITATEPARTICIPATION IN NOVEL WATER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND WATER MARKETS. ONE OUTPUT OF THE PROGRAM IS A DASHBOARD FOR DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING TO SUPPORT AGRICULTURE AND ECOSYSTEMS IN MANAGING INTERANNUAL WEATHER VARIABILITY AND EXTREMES, ESPECIALLY MULTI-YEAR DROUGHTS, FROM FIELD TO REGIONAL SCALES. INCLUDED IN THE DASHBOARD WILL BE WATER BUDGET ACCOUNTING INCLUDING EVAPOTRANSPIRATION -- ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULTWATERUSES TO CALCULATE -- AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE SCENARIOS. GROUNDWATER RECHARGE THROUGH FLOOD MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE ACTS AS A MEANS OF STORING SURFACE WATER IN LARGE AQUIFERS UNDERGROUND, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A TOOL TO FLEXIBLY MANAGE THE INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF PRECIPITATION ANDFACILITATEWATER TRADING IN SOME SCENARIOS. INTEGRATION OF FIELD MEASUREMENTS, HYDROLOGICAL MODELING, ANDHYDROECONOMICSWILLPROVIDENOVEL INSIGHTS INTO COMPLEX WATER MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES WITH VARIED GEOGRAPHICCONTEXTS. BY COUPLINGHYDROECONOMICAND LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT WITH WATER ACCOUNTING AND DATA ON REGIONAL WEATHER VARIABILITY, THE PROJ,ECT GOAL IS TO EVALUATE AND ENABLE WATER TRADING FORSTRONGERAGRICULTURAL AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN US.MARKETS ALSO NEED TO BE ADAPTED TO THE LOCAL WATER LAWS AND CUSTOMS. EXPERTS IN ECONOMICS, LAW, AND POLICY WILL USE LITERATURE REVIEWS AND COMMUNITY ADVISOR INPUTS TOIDENTIFYBARRIERS TO ENTRY IN VARIOUS WATER TRADING AND MARKETS SYSTEMS, WITH ATTENTION TO THE INFORMATION NEEDED TOPARTICIPATE. THE INTEGRATION OF TESTBEDS, THE WATER DATA DASHBOARD, AND SOCIOECONOMIC BEHAVIORPROVIDES THE LOCI FOR EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL PROCESSES, OUTCOMES, AND APPLICATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF IMPROVING ACCESS ANDAPPROPRIATE ALLOCATIONOF RESOURCES.BUILDING ON YEARS OFEXPERTISEIN EDUCATION, CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND GRADUATE TRAINING, THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A PROGRAM FORAGSTEMLEARNERS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS. A NOVELCOMPONENTOF COMPUTER GAME DESIGN FOSTERS UNDERSTANDING OF TRADEOFFS IN WATER MANAGEMENT. THE GRADUATE STUDENT MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE ACADEMY IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT TRAINS THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS THROUGH REAL-WORLD LEARNING IN AGENCIES AND NGOS, COMPUTATIONAL TRAINING, AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION PRAXIS.FINALLY, IN CONTRAST TO TYPICAL FORMS OF EXTENSION AND OUTREACH, THIS PROGRAM STARTS WITH BROAD STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND IMPLEMENTS A DAY ONE APPROACH TO PROJECT ADVISORS SHAPING, INQUIRING, AND GUIDING THE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMING. TO ENSURE THE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ARE USEFUL, ENGAGEMENT WITH ADVISORS VIA SURVEYS, WORKSHOPS, AND OTHER INTERACTIONS WILL LEAD TO A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN.$10,000,000

· FY2021 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

MOVING ELECTRONS THROUGH SPACE AND TIME: ENABLING THE QUANTUM DYNAMICS OF CHIRALITY-INDUCED SPIN SELECTION THROUGH NOVEL AND SCALABLE COMPUTATIONAL METHODS$6,000,000

· FY2025 · Department of Energy

SUBALPINE AND ALPHINE SPECIES RANGE SHIFTS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE: TEMPERATURE& SOIL MOISTURE MANIPULATIONS TO TEST SPECIES & POPULATION RESPONSES$3,764,062

· FY2008 · Department of Energy

SUBALPINE AND ALPHINE SPECIES RANGE SHIFTS WITH CLIMATE CHANGE: TEMPERATURE& SOIL MOISTURE ...$3,316,178

· FY2009 · Department of Energy

A. OVERVIEWCLIMATE-CHANGE DRIVEN SHIFTS IN PRECIPITATION AND WATER STORAGE IN THE SIERRA NEVADA A MOUNTAIN RANGE THAT PROVIDES OVER 50% OF CALIFORNIA'S (CA) WATER SUPPLY ARE STRESSING ONE OF THE NATION'S MAIN FOOD-PRODUCING REGIONS. CALIFORNIA PRODUCES OVER A THIRD OF THE NATION'S VEGETABLES AND TWO-THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY'S FRUITS AND NUTS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY. CALIFORNIA'S WATER RESOURCES AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPED DURING A CLIMATE REGIME THAT NO LONGER EXISTS IS NOW ON THE BRINK OF NOT MEETING THE GROWING DEMANDS OF AGRICULTURE AND SOCIETY. SYSTEM STRESSORS INCLUDE REDUCTIONS IN SEASONAL SURFACE-WATER STORAGE CONTINUED GROUNDWATER OVERDRAFT REDUCED HYDROPOWER MORE-INTENSE STORM RUNOFF AND INCREASING DEMANDS FOR WATER AND ENERGY. TAKEN TOGETHER THESE STRESSORS PRESENT A UNIQUE CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE OF IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE. RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE CALIFORNIA IS ADVANCING BOTH REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES FOR IMPROVEMENT OF WATER AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT. ANALYZING THE FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM AS COUPLED WILDLAND-WATER STORAGE-CROPLAND SUBSYSTEMS THIS RESEARCH WILL ASSESS HOW DIFFERENT CLIMATE-ADAPTION PATHWAYS AFFECT THIS SYSTEM'S RESILIENCE VULNERABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY. MANAGEMENT AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURE SCENARIOS WILL BE ANALYZED USING A COUPLED HUMAN AND NATURAL SYSTEM (CHANS) FRAMEWORK THAT FULLY INTEGRATES BIOPHYSICAL ENGINEERING SOCIOECONOMIC AND HUMAN DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES AND FEEDBACKS.B. INTELLECTUAL MERITALIGNING AGRICULTURAL GROWTH GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY CARBON NEUTRALITY AND THE BASIN-INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER-RESOURCES SYSTEMS IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR OUR NATION'S CRITICAL FOOD-PRODUCING AREAS. TRANSFORMING THE TRADITIONALLY DISJOINTED DECISION-MAKING IN THESE SEPARATE SECTORS USING AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK THAT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF INTERDEPENDENCIES AND PROMOTES SHARED UNDERSTANDING IS BOTH CHALLENGING AND ACHIEVABLE. TRANSPARENT DATA AND INFORMATION INTEGRATED THROUGH CREDIBLE MANAGEMENT-FOCUSED MODELING TOOLS PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR CONDUCTING ALTERNATIVE FUTURES ANALYSES BUILDING DECISION SUPPORT AND ULTIMATELY PROMOTING MORE RESILIENT CALIFORNIA'S FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM DECISION-MAKING. OUR PROPOSED MODELING FRAMEWORK WILL ADVANCE CURRENT CALIFORNIA'S FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM PARADIGM IN THREE DIFFERENT WAYS:1. QUANTIFY FEEDBACKS AMONG CALIFORNIA'S WILDLANDS WATER-STORAGE AND CROPLANDS SUBSYSTEMS. MODELS OF HYDROLOGY ENERGY AND AGRICULTURAL SUBSYSTEMS WILL BE INTEGRATED USING ENVISION A GIS-BASED SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MULTIPARADIGM MODELING-FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS OF CHANS AND ALTERNATIVE FUTURE SCENARIOS. THIS WILL ADVANCE INTEGRATED PROCESS UNDERSTANDING BY IDENTIFYING: INTERACTIONS FEEDBACKS NONLINEARITIES AND THRESHOLDS WITHIN THESE SUBSYSTEMS AND CA'S FEWS AS A WHOLE.2. EVALUATE THE DEGREE TO WHICH THESE SUBSYSTEMS ARE VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THE ENVISION MODEL WILL SIMULATE HOW AGRICULTURE CAN BESTADAPT TO THE UNPRECEDENTED CHANGES IN CLIMATE AND WATER AVAILABILITY CONTROLLED IN PART BY SIMULTANEOUS CHANGES IN WILDLAND AND STORAGE SUBSYSTEMS. THIS INVOLVES CONSIDERATION OF MULTIPLE CLIMATIC AND NON-CLIMATIC FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE OF COUPLED FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM.3. IDENTIFY THE MANAGEMENT AND POLICY STRATEGIES THAT BEST ADAPT THIS COUPLED FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM TO CLIMATE CHANGE. THROUGH THIS COUPLED FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM MODELING AND CLIMATE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT VIA OUR FACILITATED KNOWLEDGE-TO-ACTION NETWORK WE WILL IDENTIFY STRESSES RISKS AND EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING CO-BENEFITS WITHIN THIS FOOD-ENERGY-WATER SYSTEM.C. BROADER IMPACTSTHE HIGH VALUE OF WATER AND AGRICULTURE IN THE REGION THE WIDE VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS THE MAJOR PROJECTED IMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RECENT REGULATORY PRESSURES MAKE THIS AN IDEAL LOCATION. THE MODELING TOOL WE DEVELOP WILL BE APPLICABLE TO OTHER REGIONS PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SEMI-ARID WESTERN UNITED STATES AND WORLDWIDE WHERE INTEGRATED WILDLAND STORAGE AND CROPLAND SYSTEMS ARE FACING SIMILAR ISSUES. CALIFORNIA IS COMMITTED TO TRANSFORMING ITS ECONOMY TO ONE BASED ON RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2030; IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE GAPS REMAIN REGARDING HOW THAT WILL BE ACHIEVED FOR THIS REGION. THE REGION ALSO NEEDS TO ADAPT TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INFORM BOTH CONTEMPORARY DECISION-MAKING ON THESE ISSUES AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO EDUCATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND WATER PROFESSIONALS. USING AVAILABLE AND CREDIBLE DATA FROM THE REGION SELECTIVE MODELING TO EXTEND THOSE DATA AND AN ACTIVE PROGRAM OF STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT THIS RESEARCH WILL GO FAR BEYOND JUST THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS. IT WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR BROADER ANALYSIS THAT CAN DRIVE REGIONAL COOPERATION IN PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING TOWARD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WITH CONSEQUENTIAL IMPACTS FOR THE NATION AND THE WORLD.$2,447,732

· FY2018 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

QUANTUM-ENHANCED MOTION SENSING USING ENTANGLED SPINS IN QUANTUM DOTS$1,748,166

· FY2015 · Defense Threat Reduction Agency

IMPROVED METHODS FOR MODELING FUNCTIONAL TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS: GROUND STATES, EXCITED STATES, AND SPECTROSCOPIES$1,536,811

· FY2018 · Department of Energy

TAS::89 0222::TAS; NEW; TITLE: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND KINETICS OF MICROBIAL, ANAEROBIC, NITRATE-DEPENDENT U(IV) AND FE(II) OXIDATION; PI: PEGGY O'D$1,293,371

· FY2010 · Department of Energy

DEVELOPMENT OF APPROACHES TO MODEL EXCITED STATE CHARGE AND ENERGY TRANSFER IN SOLUTION$1,277,662

· FY2015 · Department of Energy

APPLYING DEEP LEARNING METHODS TO DEVELOP NEW MODELS OF CHARGE TRANSFER, NONADIABATIC DYNAMICS, AND NONLINEAR SPECTROSCOPY IN THE CONDENSED PHASE$1,193,994

· FY2019 · Department of Energy

THE INTERNAL COMPOUND PARABOLIC CONCENTRATOR (ICPC) — A NOVEL LOW COST SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR DESALINATION PROCESSES$1,081,793

· FY2018 · Department of Energy

SCALABLE AND RESILIENT MODELING FOR FEDERATED-LEARNING-BASED COMPLEX WORKFLOWS$1,049,998

· FY2023 · Department of Energy

SCALING FROM FLUX TOWERS TO ECOSYSTEM MODELS: REGIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON CARBON CYCLE PROCESSESS FROM ATMOSPHERIC CARBONYL SULFIDE$1,043,042

· FY2014 · Department of Energy

INTEGRATED CRYOCOOLING AND STRAIN-FREE MOUNTING OF ULTRA-THIN DIAMOND CRYSTALS FOR HARD X-RAY SELF-SEEDING (HXRSS) SYSTEM$1,030,000

· FY2022 · Department of Energy

PHOTOPHYSICS OF TWO DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE/LIQUID INTERFACES$985,000

· FY2008 · Department of Energy

RAPID: ROBOT ASSISTED PRECISION IRRIGATION DELIVERY$954,819

· FY2017 · National Institute of Food and Agriculture

CONFORMATIONALLY-STEERED HIERARCHICAL SELF-ASSEMBLY AT SOLID SURFACES$899,000

· FY2020 · Department of Energy

ELECTRONIC MATERIALS FOR INTEGRATED NANOPHOTONICS$884,696

· FY2025 · Department of the Army

RIGOROUS QUANTUM SIMULATION TOOLS FOR CORRELATED ATTOSECOND ELECTRON DYNAMICS IN MOLECULES$878,022

· FY2025 · Department of Energy

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CLIMATE RESILIENCE CENTER: INFORMING EQUITABLE CLIMATE OUTCOMES THROUGH COLLABORATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE FOR DOE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CENTERS$849,748

· FY2023 · Department of Energy