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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
Investigating hydrologic connectivity as a driver of biogeochemical flood response in wetland systems	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Investigating the Effects of Co-Occurring Weather Phenomena on Extreme Precipitation in Reanalysis, E3SM, and CMIP6	Indiana University Bloomington	Regional Global Modeling Analysis	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Investigating the overlooked longwave impacts of mineral dust on warm boundary-layer clouds	University of California, Merced	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Investigation of surface-cloud coupling over land using ARM observations and model simulations	University of Maryland	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025
Large-scale offshore wind farm effects on weather and climate in Puerto Rico	University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2022 — 6/30/2025
MACROCOSM: Monitor And Constrain tROpical eCOsystem Sensitivity to Moisture	Cornell University	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Madden-Julian Oscillation Simulation in E3SM and the Roles of Convective Cloud Microphysics	University of California, Scrips Institution of Oceanography	Regional Global Modeling Analysis	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Measurements and Analyses to Enable Science for the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE)	University of California, Scrips Institution of Oceanography	Atmospheric System Research	8/15/2022 — 8/14/2025
Modeling Arctic Storms and Impacts of Diminishing Sea Ice	University of Alaska Fairbanks	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	2/1/2020 — 11/30/2024
Modeling Impacts on the Stratocumulus-to-Cumulus Transition Associated with Southern Africa Biomass Burning Outflow Constrained by ARM Observations	Howard University	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025
Modes of Pacific Variability and Extremes in a Changing Climate: the roles of the Kuroshio-Oyashio and tropical-extratropical coupling	Brown University	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
MycoPhen: Linking mycorrhizal network phenology to above- and belowground plant phenology and environmental factors	The Morton Arboretum	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Nitrite-dependent methane oxidation: an overlooked nitrogen sink in riparian zones	Montana State University Bozeman	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Observational constraints on size-resolved particle deposition across landscapes	Colorado State University, Fort Collins	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025
Ocean physical-biogeochemical interactions in the CMIP6 and E3SM Earth System Models	Georgia Tech Research Corporation	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	9/15/2020 — 8/14/2025
Parameterizing wet removal of aerosol-forming oxygenated gases and its regional and global impacts	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2021 — 7/31/2026
Partnership for Fostering Graduate Training in Atmospheric Sciences at Texas Southern University	Texas Southern University Houston	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Pilot Study: Improving the Characterization of Cloud Formation Properties and Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Particles in the Southeastern U.S. Region	Texas A&M University College Station	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2025
Plant-mediated hydraulic redistribution: a valve controlling watershed solute transport?	Oregon State University, Corvallis	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Potentially large contribution of biomass-burning aerosol to global ice nucleating particle concentrations and implications for aerosol lifecycle and cloud microphysics	Carnegie Mellon University	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025

Investigating hydrologic connectivity as a driver of biogeochemical flood response in wetland systems

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
End Date	8/31/2025

Investigating the Effects of Co-Occurring Weather Phenomena on Extreme Precipitation in Reanalysis, E3SM, and CMIP6

Announcement Number	Regional Global Modeling Analysis
Fiscal Year	Indiana University Bloomington
End Date	8/31/2025

Investigating the overlooked longwave impacts of mineral dust on warm boundary-layer clouds

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of California, Merced
End Date	8/31/2026

Investigation of surface-cloud coupling over land using ARM observations and model simulations

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

Large-scale offshore wind farm effects on weather and climate in Puerto Rico

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
End Date	6/30/2025

MACROCOSM: Monitor And Constrain tROpical eCOsystem Sensitivity to Moisture

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

Madden-Julian Oscillation Simulation in E3SM and the Roles of Convective Cloud Microphysics

Announcement Number	Regional Global Modeling Analysis
Fiscal Year	University of California, Scrips Institution of Oceanography
End Date	8/31/2025

Measurements and Analyses to Enable Science for the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE)

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of California, Scrips Institution of Oceanography
End Date	8/14/2025

Modeling Arctic Storms and Impacts of Diminishing Sea Ice

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	University of Alaska Fairbanks
End Date	11/30/2024

Modeling Impacts on the Stratocumulus-to-Cumulus Transition Associated with Southern Africa Biomass Burning Outflow Constrained by ARM Observations

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

Modes of Pacific Variability and Extremes in a Changing Climate: the roles of the Kuroshio-Oyashio and tropical-extratropical coupling

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	Brown University
End Date	8/31/2025

MycoPhen: Linking mycorrhizal network phenology to above- and belowground plant phenology and environmental factors

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	The Morton Arboretum
End Date	8/31/2025

Nitrite-dependent methane oxidation: an overlooked nitrogen sink in riparian zones

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Montana State University Bozeman
End Date	8/31/2026

Observational constraints on size-resolved particle deposition across landscapes

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Colorado State University, Fort Collins
End Date	7/31/2025

Ocean physical-biogeochemical interactions in the CMIP6 and E3SM Earth System Models

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	Georgia Tech Research Corporation
End Date	8/14/2025

Parameterizing wet removal of aerosol-forming oxygenated gases and its regional and global impacts

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
End Date	7/31/2026

Partnership for Fostering Graduate Training in Atmospheric Sciences at Texas Southern University

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Texas Southern University Houston
End Date	8/31/2026

Pilot Study: Improving the Characterization of Cloud Formation Properties and Hygroscopicity of Aerosol Particles in the Southeastern U.S. Region

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

Plant-mediated hydraulic redistribution: a valve controlling watershed solute transport?

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

Potentially large contribution of biomass-burning aerosol to global ice nucleating particle concentrations and implications for aerosol lifecycle and cloud microphysics

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Carnegie Mellon University
End Date	7/31/2025

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