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interdisciplinary research institute of the University of California
Santa Cruz
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STEPS Overview: Fall 2002 – June 2006
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Fellowships, Grants, and Awards on STEPS initiatives
78 Research Grants and Fellowships across 5 departments and one university center:
- Faculty grants involving 17 faculty
- 12 Fellowships
- Over 50 Graduate research grants
- Over 12 Undergraduate research grants
Assistance with 3 Core technical facilities:
- MEEG
- Stable Isotope Laboratory
- Climate Change and Impacts Laboratory
UCSC University departments and centers involved in STEPS grants
- Anthropology and Archaeology
- Applied Mathematics and Statistics
- Arboretum
- Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems,
- Community Studies,
- Computer Engineering
- Earth Sciences
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Economics
- Environmental Studies
- Environmental Toxicology
- Ocean Sciences
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Coordination of Community/University public lectures
- Fred Keeley Lecture on Environmental Policy:
Presentations by former U.S. Secretary of Interior, Bruce Babbitt (2004) and Stanford biologist, Paul R. Ehrlich (2006)
Leadership and assistance with workshops
- Species Interactions Workshop
- PrecipNet Workshop
- Climate change Workshop
- Central Coast Biodiversity/Santa Lucia Gradient Study (SLGS) Workshops
- SLGS 2006 involved talks by U.S. Congressman Sam Farr, faculty from Stanford, UC Davis, UCSC, and representatives from other private and public agencies
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A representative sample of agencies and organizations participating in recent STEPS workshops - Big Sur Environmental Institute
- Big Sur Land Trust
- Big Sur Ornithology Lab
- Brazil Ranch
- California Coastal Commission
- California Dept. of Fish and Game
- Elkhorn Slough
- Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University
- NASA/AMES
- National Marine Fisheries Service
- National Park Service
- The Nature Conservancy
- Santa Lucia Conservancy
- Stanford University
- UC Berkeley
- UC Davis
- UC Santa Barbara
- U.S. House of Representatives
- Ventana Wilderness Alliance
- Wildland Management Services
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