SOEST Grants Received (as of December 23, 2025)

Posted on December 23, 2025 by May Izumi

P.I.:     Seth Bushinsky
Agency:          NASA/University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Amount:         $35,948 (additional funds)
Title:   Advancing Satellite-Constrained Modeled Air-Sea CO2 Fluxes with a Focus on the Strength of the Southern Ocean Carbon Sink

P.I.:     Jeff Drazen
Agency:          Ocean Exploration Trust
Amount:         $23,917
Title:   Exploration and Characterization of the Deep-Sea Ecosystem of the Marshall Islands

P.I.:     Melissa Iwamoto
Agency:          NOAA
Amount:         $3,750,000
Title:   Empowering Ocean Stakeholders: Advancing the Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)

P.I.:     Douglas Luther
Agency:          NOAA
Amount:         $400,000 (supplement)
Title:   Science Operations in the Pacific Islands Region

P.I.:     Douglas Luther
Agency:          NOAA
Amount:         $1,920,996 (supplement)
Title:   Sustaining Healthy Coastal Ecosystems Project

P.I.:     Philip Thompson
Agency:          NASA
Amount:         $340,148 (supplement)
Title:   Coastal Groundwater Variability During the Satellite Era and Beyond: Implications for Water Resources, Coastal Flooding, and Ocean Life