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The Department of Energy's (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research (BER) program supports many university-led and agency-led projects aimed at advancing climate science and research. These projects not only contribute to our understanding of the complexities of Earth's climate system but also foster collaboration between these institutions and the DOE to address pressing climate challenges.

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AWARDS

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152 Results

Title	Institution	Program Area	Active Dates
Groundwater-supported vegetation refugia as a mechanism of forest recovery in a Rocky Mountain watershed impacted by wildfire	University of Wyoming Laramie	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
High-Latitude Application and Testing of Earth System Models - Phase III	Naval Postgraduate School	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	4/1/2023 — 3/31/2026
How do wildfire severity and post-fire precipitation influence fate and transport of pyrogenic organic carbon and nitrogen in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces?	Clemson University	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Hydraulic redistribution in forests: Spatial and temporal drivers of variation, and consequences for climate feedbacks	Purdue University	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Improved Coupled Climate Simulations in E3SM Through Enhanced Sea-Ice Mechanics	University of New Mexico Albuquerque	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2027
Improving ESS approaches to evapotranspiration partitioning through data fusion	Oregon State University, Corvallis	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2025
Improving models of stand and watershed carbon and water fluxes with more accurate representations of soil-plant-water dynamics in southern pine ecosystems	Clemson University	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Improving Predictability of Aqueous Coastal Biogeochemistry During Floods, Storms, and a Warming Climate	University of Colorado Boulder	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	7/1/2023 — 6/30/2028
Improving the representation of Arctic sea salt aerosols in climate models using observations from field campaigns and remote sensing	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025
Incorporating ARM TRACER Campaign Data into a Fine-Resolution WRF-Chem-SBM Data Assimilation Framework: Sensitivity ANalysis of Microphysics and Thermodynamics to CCN Profile	University of Houston	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025
Influence of Aerosol Physicochemical Properties on Ice Nucleation in Convective Clouds	Texas A&M University College Station	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2025
Influence of Antarctic and Greenland Continental Shelf Circulation on High-Latitude Oceans in E3SM	University of California, Scrips Institution of Oceanography	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	9/1/2019 — 8/31/2025
Initiation of deep convection by boundary-layer circulations during TRACER	University of Hawaii Honolulu	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Integrated Perspectives on Clouds, Precipitation, and the Surface Energy Budget in the Colorado Rocky Mountains using Observation from SAIL and SPLASH	University of Colorado Boulder	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Integrating catchment expansion-contraction dynamics into cross-continental hydrobiogeochemical predictions	University of New Mexico Albuquerque	EPSCoR-Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2025
Integrating Tree Hydraulic Trait, Forest Stand Structure, and Topographic Controls on Ecohydrologic Function in a Rocky Mountain Subalpine Watershed	University of California, Berkeley	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Interactions between the boundary layer new particle formation and cloud systems: observations from ARMs Southeast U.S. field campaign	University of Miami Coral Gables	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Interannual and Multidecadal Modes of Climate Variability: Modal Evolutions, Links, Regional Impacts, and E3SM Representations	University of Maryland	Regional Global Modeling Analysis	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Introducing a Deep-Atmosphere Version of E3SM's Dynamical Core to Reduce Climate Model Biases	University of Michigan	Earth System Modeling Development	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Investigating Cloud Feedbacks in Earth System Models	University of Miami (School of Marine and Atmospheric Science)	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	9/15/2020 — 9/14/2025

Groundwater-supported vegetation refugia as a mechanism of forest recovery in a Rocky Mountain watershed impacted by wildfire

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University of Wyoming Laramie
End Date	8/31/2025

High-Latitude Application and Testing of Earth System Models - Phase III

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	Naval Postgraduate School
End Date	3/31/2026

How do wildfire severity and post-fire precipitation influence fate and transport of pyrogenic organic carbon and nitrogen in terrestrial-aquatic interfaces?

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Clemson University
End Date	8/31/2025

Hydraulic redistribution in forests: Spatial and temporal drivers of variation, and consequences for climate feedbacks

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Purdue University
End Date	8/31/2025

Improved Coupled Climate Simulations in E3SM Through Enhanced Sea-Ice Mechanics

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	University of New Mexico Albuquerque
End Date	8/31/2027

Improving ESS approaches to evapotranspiration partitioning through data fusion

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Oregon State University, Corvallis
End Date	8/31/2025

Improving models of stand and watershed carbon and water fluxes with more accurate representations of soil-plant-water dynamics in southern pine ecosystems

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Clemson University
End Date	8/31/2025

Improving Predictability of Aqueous Coastal Biogeochemistry During Floods, Storms, and a Warming Climate

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	University of Colorado Boulder
End Date	6/30/2028

Improving the representation of Arctic sea salt aerosols in climate models using observations from field campaigns and remote sensing

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
End Date	7/31/2025

Incorporating ARM TRACER Campaign Data into a Fine-Resolution WRF-Chem-SBM Data Assimilation Framework: Sensitivity ANalysis of Microphysics and Thermodynamics to CCN Profile

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Houston
End Date	7/31/2025

Influence of Aerosol Physicochemical Properties on Ice Nucleation in Convective Clouds

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Texas A&M University College Station
End Date	8/31/2025

Influence of Antarctic and Greenland Continental Shelf Circulation on High-Latitude Oceans in E3SM

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	University of California, Scrips Institution of Oceanography
End Date	8/31/2025

Initiation of deep convection by boundary-layer circulations during TRACER

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Hawaii Honolulu
End Date	8/31/2026

Integrated Perspectives on Clouds, Precipitation, and the Surface Energy Budget in the Colorado Rocky Mountains using Observation from SAIL and SPLASH

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Colorado Boulder
End Date	8/31/2026

Integrating catchment expansion-contraction dynamics into cross-continental hydrobiogeochemical predictions

Announcement Number	EPSCoR-Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
Fiscal Year	University of New Mexico Albuquerque
End Date	8/31/2025

Integrating Tree Hydraulic Trait, Forest Stand Structure, and Topographic Controls on Ecohydrologic Function in a Rocky Mountain Subalpine Watershed

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University of California, Berkeley
End Date	8/31/2025

Interactions between the boundary layer new particle formation and cloud systems: observations from ARMs Southeast U.S. field campaign

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Miami Coral Gables
End Date	8/31/2026

Interannual and Multidecadal Modes of Climate Variability: Modal Evolutions, Links, Regional Impacts, and E3SM Representations

Announcement Number	Regional Global Modeling Analysis
Fiscal Year	University of Maryland
End Date	8/31/2026

Introducing a Deep-Atmosphere Version of E3SM's Dynamical Core to Reduce Climate Model Biases

Announcement Number	Earth System Modeling Development
Fiscal Year	University of Michigan
End Date	8/31/2025

Investigating Cloud Feedbacks in Earth System Models

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	University of Miami (School of Marine and Atmospheric Science)
End Date	9/14/2025

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