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An interdisciplinary research institute of the University of California Santa Cruz 

STEPS Institute Grants and Awards:
2004| 2005 |2006 |2007(Graduate) | 2007(Undergraduate )

Since its inception in 2002, the STEPS Institute's Sustaining Donors have provided major contributions to underwrite graduate fellowships, grants, and awards; research collaborations; and other STEPS initiatives. We offer our grateful appreciation for their support of interdisciplinary partnerships and their commitment to environmental research.

The Hammett Fund Student Research Grants

In 2008, community leaders Benjamin and Ruth Hammett made a generous gift to the STEPS Institute to fund research for UCSC students working on climate change and issues related to climate change and water. A campus-wide competition for these awards resulted in awards for the twelve students below to conduct research in these important areas, promoting interdisciplinary research within four departments and two divisions. In 2009, Dr. Hammet graciously renewed his gift to provide for continuing research on these critical issues.

[2009 Request for Proposals]

2008 Recipients of the Benjamin and Ruth Hammett Awards
for Research on Climate Change

Graduate Division

Research Project

Elizabeth Derse
Department of Ocean Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Dr. Adina Paytan

Reconstructing climate variability and aridity in the Sierra Nevada based on isotopic evidence in sediments from Swamp Lake, Yosemite National Park

Sean Gillon
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor, Margaret Fitzsimmons

Biofuels governance at the intersection of climate change and water quality protection

E. Lynne Harden
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Gary Griggs

Impacts of future sea level rise scenarios on armored beaches in California

Kathy Hilimire
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor, Steve Gliessman

The effect of rangeland management on carbon sequestration in California

Kathleen Hutchison
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Lisa Sloan

The regional impact of current and future dust levels on Claifornia climate

Corina McKendry
Department of Politics
Faculty Advisor, Ronnie Lipschutz

Green cities in a globalized economy: the limits and possibilities of local environmentalism

Blair McLaughlin
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor, Erika Zavaleta

Valley oaks: climate change, genotypic diversity and restoration with non-local genotypes

Travis O'Brien
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty Advisors, Lisa Sloan, Patrick Chuang

A new model for the future of fog on California's coast

Brian Petersen
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor, Daniel Press

Responding to climate change:
forest dieback in the western United States

Heidi Stauffer
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Lisa Sloan

Simulated climate response to land use change using a regional climate model: a sensitivity study for Southeast Asia

Michael Vasey
Department of Environmental Studies
Faculty Advisor, Karen Holl

Influence of summer fog on wildfire regime along the central coast of California

 

Undergraduate Division

Research Project

Denise Wong
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Faculty Advisor, Adina Paytan

Carbon and nitrogen isotope variation in peat bogs in the Midwestern US: implications for Holocene climate reconstruction