Aug 08, 2024 Research projects awarded funding

Aug. 8, 2024 - Research and Sponsored programs is pleased to share that four projects, led by various CSUCI faculty members and the director of our Santa Rosa Island Research Station, were recently funded or had funding renewed, to continue the important work.

• Kiki Patsch, Ph.D., and Dororthy Horn, Ph.D., were awarded $40,000 from the Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment (BEACON) and an additional $10,000 from the Mountains Recreation & Conservation Authority (MCRA) in support of Horn's project, "Summer Beach Attendance Monitoring." The project will provide student research opportunities to assist with the collection of summer beach attendance data and intercept surveys collected at ten beaches in Ventura, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles counties. The data collected will be used to examine regional beach use patterns and identify beach user needs and preferences.
• Director of the Santa Rosa Island Research Station, Robin Shea, has been awarded $29,000 in supplemental funding to continue her project, "Natural and Cultural Resource-Based Research and Education at Channel Islands National Park." This funding will support facilities at Channel Islands National Park used for research, training, and educational outreach programs.
• Kiki Patsch, Ph.D., has been awarded $20,000 by BEACON to continue her project, "Coastal Access Equity in the Santa Barbara Littoral Cell." The continued funding will support the collaboration between CSUCI and BEACON on joint projects related to regional sand management and coastal access equity in Southern California.
• Dianne Wilson-Graham, Executive Director of the California Physical Education Health Project and Credential Programs Professor, and Kara Naidoo, Ph.D., have been awarded $85,000 from UC Davise for Phase 2 of the California Subject Matter Project Ethnic Students Initiative. This Funding will support the development and implementation of model programs and services for K-12 teachers that are designed to strengthen their capacity to teach Ethnic Studies.

Congratulations to all!

For more information contact Sarah Krashefski at [email protected].