Climate Science and Related Solutions Awardees

2025-26 Award Cycle

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Expand Ecological Distress Research and Community Interventions

  • Lead PI:  Maud Macrory Powell, College of Agriculture Science
  • Team Members: Mary Halbleib, College of Agriculture Science; Perry Hystad, College of Health; Leanne Giordono, Division of Extension & Engagement; Kanchan Ojha, Graduate School; Zoe Rossing, OSU Extension Service; Ashley Rood, Dry Farming Institute; Angee Doerr, College of Agriculture Sciences; Ivan Carbajal, College of Liberal Arts; Sabine Huemer, College of Liberal Arts; Laurel Kincl, College of Health; Whitney Stone, College of Agriculture Sciences; Kara Baylog, College of Forestry
  • Award Amount: $25,000

Cryopreservation Innovation For Coral Reef Conservation: A Climate Solution To A Biodiversity Crisis

  • Lead PI:  Virginia Weis, College of Science

  • Team Members: Adam Higgins, College of Engineering; Anastazia Banaszak, Unidad Academica de Sistemas Arrecifales; Zongqi Guo, University of South Florida; Jack Koch, Louisiana State University

  • Award Amount: $25,000

Advancing Coastal Community Resilience To Oregon Wildfires

  • Lead PI:  Kelsey Bisson, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Team Members: Maria Kavanaugh, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; James Fox, College of Science; Nick Baetge, College of Agriculture Sciences; Chance White Eyes, Government Relations at OSU

  • Award Amount: $50,000

A Socioeconomic Assessment Of Fishing Community Risk To Climate-Driven Distribution Shifts in Alaskan Fisheries

  • Lead PI:  Lorenzo Ciannelli, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Team Members: Kirstin Holsman, NOAA Fisheries; Sarah Wise, NOAA Fisheries; Curry Cunningham, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Sarah Stone, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Robotic 3D Printing of Lignocellulosic Materials for Smart, Energy-Efficient and Climate Resilient Housing System

  • Lead PI:  Vahid Nasir, College of Forestry
  • Team Members: John Simonsen, College of Forestry | Kamran Alba, College of Engineering | Ramtin Haghnazar, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Seyedrahman Djafaripetroudy, Lakehead University
  • Award Amount: $50,000

Digital Monitoring and Network Visualization for Bee-Plant Interaction for Smart Farming

  • Lead PI:  Yue Zhang, College of Engineering

  • Team Members: Sushma Naithani, College of Agriculture Sciences; Ramesh Sagili, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Partnerships and Advanced Clean Technologies (PACT) to Address the Plastics Challenge

  • Lead PI:  Susanne Brander, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Team Members: Lucas Ellis, College of Engineering; Marilyn Mackiewicz, College of Science; Yanyun Zhao, College of Agriculture Sciences; Alison Bain, College of Science; Karl Haapala, College of Engineering; Stacey Harper, College of Agriculture Sciences; Tala Navab-Daneshmand, College of Engineering; Jooyeoun Jung, College of Agriculture Sciences; Huazheng Wang, College of Engineering

  • Award Amount: $100,000

2024-25 Award Cycle

Transdisciplinary Multi-omics and Artificial Intelligence Solutions to Water Resource Challenges at the Interface of Climate Science and Biotechnology

  • Lead PI: Byron Crump, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science

  • Team Members: Stephen Good, College of Agriculture Science; Carlos Ochoa, College of Agriculture Science; Abigail Tomasek, College of Agriculture Science; Salini Sasidharan, College of Agriculture Science; Gerrad Jones, College of Agriculture Science; Qing Zhu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Mary R. Gradoville, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Charles Seaton, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

  • Award Amount: $25,000

Enabling One Water Security for Climate-Ready Communities

  • Lead PI: Meghna Babbar-Sebens, College of Engineering

  • Team Members: Daniel Cox, College of Engineering; Kristen Macuga, College of Liberal Arts; Luhui Whitebear, College of Liberal Arts; Kenneth Williamson, Institute of Water and Watersheds; Miranda Gray, Oregon Sea Grant Extension; David Rupp, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Billie Jo Smith, Oregon Coast Community College; Suzanne de Szoeke, GIS Water Solutions Inc.; Lisa Gaines, Institute of natural Resources; Carrie Hertel, College of Engineering

  • Award Amount: $25,000

Effects of Wildfire Smoke on Health and Ecosystems

  • Lead PI: Simon de Szoeke, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Team Members: Christopher Still, College of Forestry; Alex Dye, College of Forestry; Kristen Buck, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Nick Siler, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Kenneth Maes, College of Liberal Arts; Kelsey Emard, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Alison Bain, College of Science; Alexander Levin, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Award Amount: $25,000

Transdisciplinary Integration of Research and Management for Steelhead Conservation in the Lower John Day Basin

  • Lead PI: Skuyler Herzog, College of Forestry

  • Team Members: Matthew Orr, College of Science; Jesse Fritz, College of Agriculture Sciences; Gus Wathen, NA; Ayla Morehouse, NA; Stefan Kelly, NA; Elizabeth Blackburn, College of Agriculture Sciences; Luke Hatch, College of Agriculture Sciences; Jonathan Armstrong, College of Agriculture Sciences; David Lytle, College of Science; Ron Reuter, College of Forestry; James Hand, NA; Katie Garthwaite, NA; Joe Corsini, NA; Chris Jordan, NA; Amy Charette, NA; Reese Mercer, NA; Herb Winters, NA; Anna Smith, NA; Liz Perkin, NA; Lindsy Ciepiela, NA; Ian Tattam, NA; Adrienne Averett, NA; Audrey Hatch, NA

  • Award Amount: $25,000

Renewal Proposal Development for Phase Two of the Center for Oldest Ice Exploration

  • Lead PI: Christo Buizert, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Team Members: Edward Brook, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Danielle Whittaker, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Kristen Rahilly, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Erin Pettit, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; John Higgins, Princeton University; Sarah Shackleton, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Michelle Koutnik, University of Washington; Knut Christianson, University of Washington; Nicholas Holshuh, Amherst College; Duncan Young, Jackson School of Geosciences; John Paden, Center for Remote Sensing and Integrated System

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Transdisciplinary Strategies for Understanding and Responding to the Intersecting Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecotourism, and Buddhist Communities in Nepal

  • Lead PI: Denver Dee, College of Science

  • Team Members: Geoffrey Barstow, College of Liberal Arts, Michael Justice, Office of Academic Affairs; Mark Needham, College of Forestry; Swati Patel, College of Science; Jon Souder, College of Forestry;

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Towards Circular Bioeconomy Using Wood Residues for 3D Printing in Interior Design and Construction

  • Lead PI: Eric Hansen, College of Forestry

  • Team Members: Vahid Nasir, College of Forestry; Pavan Akula, College of Engineering; Kamran Alba, University of Houston

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Leveraging Topological Data Analysis For More Equitable Flooding Resilience Outcomes

  • Lead PI: Jim Thatcher, College of Earth Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Team Members: Chad Giusti, College of Science; Courtney Thatcher, American Institute for Research; Carolyn Fish, University of Oregon; David Retchless, Texan A&M University

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Proposal Development for the Cormorant Oceanography Project

  • Lead PI: Rachael Orben, College of Agriculture Sciences

  • Team Members: Gregory Wilson, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Jessica Garwood, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

  • Award Amount: $50,000

Transdisciplinary Research on Forest-Based Climate Solutions

  • Lead PI: Reem Hajjar, College of Forestry

  • Team Members: Jacob Bukoski, College of Forestry; Loren Albert, College of Forestry; Erica Fleishman, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences; Suhyun Jung, College of Forestry; Rajat Panwar, College of Forestry; Christopher Still, College of Forestry

  • Award Amount: $50,000

From Waste Mining to Net Zero Manufacturing: Extracting Critical Materials, Green Hydrogen and Carbon Materials from Hypersaline Brines and Agriculture Wastes for Value-added Products

  • Lead PI: Zhenxing Feng, College of Engineering

  • Team Members: Chih-hung Chang, College of Engineering; Bahman Abbasi, College of Engineering

  • Award Amount: $100,000