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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
Reach a New EnergySciences Workforce Through Atmospheric Research at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (RENEW-AR-UPR-RP)	University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras	Environmental Systems Science	2/1/2023 — 1/31/2027
Refining the representations of high-latitude surface-atmosphere radiative coupling in the E3SM	University of Michigan	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling	8/15/2021 — 8/14/2025
Representation of the interactions between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the Maritime Continent in the Regionally-refined Simple Cloud-Resolving E3SM Atmosphere Model (SCREAM)	University of California, Los Angeles	Regional Global Modeling Analysis	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Responses of plant and microbial respiration sources to changing cold season climate drivers in the East River watershed	Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
San Joaquin Valley Climate Resilience Center: Informing Equitable Climate Outcomes Through Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Science for DOE Climate Resilience Centers	University of California, Merced	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Sea Level Extremes Along the U.S. East Coast in E35M: Simulation of the Recent Past and Projection of the Near Future	University of Colorado Boulder	Regional Global Modeling Analysis	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Seasonal Cycles Unravel Mysteries of Missing Mountain Water	University of Washington Seattle	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Sectoral Interactions, Compounding Influences and Stressors, and Complex Systems: Understanding Tipping Points and Non-Linear Dynamics	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Multi-sector Dynamics	12/15/2022 — 12/14/2027
Southeast Texas Urban IFL: Equitable Solutions for Communities Caught Between Floods and Air Pollution	Texas A&M University College Station	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2027
Southwest Climate Resilience Center	Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL)	Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University	Atmospheric System Research	12/15/2022 — 12/14/2027
STEEP-CF: Storm Treatment Effects on Ecosystem Processes of Coastal Forests	University Of Delaware Newark	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2022 — 8/31/2025
Studies of optical and chemical properties of aged and fresh biomass burning absorbing aerosols for climate models	North Carolina A&T State University	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2022 — 12/31/2024
Sub-seasonal to Interannual variability and Predictability of rainfall over East Africa	North Carolina A&T State University	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Surface, aerosol, and meteorological controls on Arctic boundary layer clouds: Observations and simulations from MOSAiC and COMBLE	University of Oklahoma Norman	Atmospheric System Research	8/15/2022 — 8/14/2025
Surface, Aerosol, and Meteorological Controls on Subtropical Coastal Metropolitan Convective Clouds: Observations and Simulations from TRACER	University of Oklahoma Norman	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
Synthesizing Bryophyte Functional Response to Environmental Variation to Improve Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Forecasting	US Geological Survey	Environmental Systems Science	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2025
TA Theoretical and Observational Study of the Impact of Longwave Radiation on Snowmelt and Sublimation using SAIL/SPLASH Field Observations	Georgia Tech Research Corporation	Atmospheric System Research	9/1/2023 — 8/31/2026
TES: Modelling Microbes to Predict Post-Fire Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest across Burn Severities	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Environmental Systems Science	8/15/2020 — 12/14/2024
The aerosol-cold pool connection: impacts on marine low cloud morphology	University of California, Los Angeles	Atmospheric System Research	8/1/2022 — 7/31/2025

Reach a New EnergySciences Workforce Through Atmospheric Research at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras (RENEW-AR-UPR-RP)

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras
End Date	1/31/2027

Refining the representations of high-latitude surface-atmosphere radiative coupling in the E3SM

Announcement Number	Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling
Fiscal Year	University of Michigan
End Date	8/14/2025

Representation of the interactions between the Madden-Julian Oscillation and the Maritime Continent in the Regionally-refined Simple Cloud-Resolving E3SM Atmosphere Model (SCREAM)

Announcement Number	Regional Global Modeling Analysis
Fiscal Year	University of California, Los Angeles
End Date	8/31/2026

Responses of plant and microbial respiration sources to changing cold season climate drivers in the East River watershed

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
End Date	8/31/2026

San Joaquin Valley Climate Resilience Center: Informing Equitable Climate Outcomes Through Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Science for DOE Climate Resilience Centers

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

Sea Level Extremes Along the U.S. East Coast in E35M: Simulation of the Recent Past and Projection of the Near Future

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

Seasonal Cycles Unravel Mysteries of Missing Mountain Water

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University of Washington Seattle
End Date	8/31/2026

Sectoral Interactions, Compounding Influences and Stressors, and Complex Systems: Understanding Tipping Points and Non-Linear Dynamics

Announcement Number	Multi-sector Dynamics
Fiscal Year	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
End Date	12/14/2027

Southeast Texas Urban IFL: Equitable Solutions for Communities Caught Between Floods and Air Pollution

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Texas A&M University College Station
End Date	8/31/2027

Southwest Climate Resilience Center

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
End Date	8/31/2026

Southwest Urban Corridor Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL)

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University
End Date	12/14/2027

STEEP-CF: Storm Treatment Effects on Ecosystem Processes of Coastal Forests

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University Of Delaware Newark
End Date	8/31/2025

Studies of optical and chemical properties of aged and fresh biomass burning absorbing aerosols for climate models

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	North Carolina A&T State University
End Date	12/31/2024

Sub-seasonal to Interannual variability and Predictability of rainfall over East Africa

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	North Carolina A&T State University
End Date	8/31/2026

Surface, aerosol, and meteorological controls on Arctic boundary layer clouds: Observations and simulations from MOSAiC and COMBLE

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Oklahoma Norman
End Date	8/14/2025

Surface, Aerosol, and Meteorological Controls on Subtropical Coastal Metropolitan Convective Clouds: Observations and Simulations from TRACER

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of Oklahoma Norman
End Date	8/31/2026

Synthesizing Bryophyte Functional Response to Environmental Variation to Improve Terrestrial Carbon Cycle Forecasting

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	US Geological Survey
End Date	8/31/2025

TA Theoretical and Observational Study of the Impact of Longwave Radiation on Snowmelt and Sublimation using SAIL/SPLASH Field Observations

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	Georgia Tech Research Corporation
End Date	8/31/2026

TES: Modelling Microbes to Predict Post-Fire Carbon Cycling in the Boreal Forest across Burn Severities

Announcement Number	Environmental Systems Science
Fiscal Year	University of Wisconsin, Madison
End Date	12/14/2024

The aerosol-cold pool connection: impacts on marine low cloud morphology

Announcement Number	Atmospheric System Research
Fiscal Year	University of California, Los Angeles
End Date	7/31/2025

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