Primary Funders
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation (http://www.packard.org/)
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (http://www.moore.org/)
Major Funders
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (http://www.mellon.org/)
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation contributed significant funds to PISCO-related research before and since the consortium's inception. The Mellon Foundation currently supports two efforts that greatly enhance PISCO research: 1) complementary, parallel research and training programs on an inter-hemispheric scale that brings together scientists studying coastal upwelling ecosystems in the U.S., Chile, New Zealand, and South Africa, and 2) genetic studies that help PISCO scientists uncover connectivity among sites at local and geographic scales.
Mineral Management Service (MMS) (http://www.mms.gov/)
The Minerals Management Service, a bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf. Within its purview are research programs to increase the level of understanding of marine and coastal ecosystems and the potential effects of oil and gas activities on these systems. PISCO researchers collaborate with MMS on their Shoreline Inventory that comprises three types of projects: 1) long-term community surveys, 2) comprehensive surveys of biodiversity and habitat associations, and 3) resurveys of historic Bureau of Land Management inventories. The overall goal of the Shoreline Inventory is to provide co-funding for the most comprehensive, long-term and spatially expansive monitoring program ever designed for the intertidal areas of the West Coast of North America.
Robert W. and Betty C. Lundeen Marine Biology Fund
In 1997, Robert and Betty Lundeen established the Lundeen Marine Biology Fund at Oregon State University. This generous contribution enabled scientists at OSU to demonstrate the feasibility of using new instruments to study nearshore marine ecosystems and pursue unanticipated, timely research problems. These funds were critical to uncovering the causes of the sudden hypoxic (low oxygen) zone ("Dead Zone") that appeared off the central coast of Oregon in 2002 and 2004. In addition, the funding provides support for undergraduate and graduate students to conduct ecological research and become engaged in marine policy and outreach activities. The Robert W. and Betty C. Lundeen Marine Biology Fund was critical in demonstrating initial "proof of concept" and in doing so, led directly to the establishment of PISCO. It continues to provide important resources for unanticipated research and policy activities and opportunities.
Other Funders
American Association of University Women (http://www.aauw.org/)
California Department of Fish and Game (http://www.dfg.ca.gov/)
California Sea Grant (http://www-csgc.ucsd.edu/)
Center for the Dynamics and Evolution of the Land-Sea Interface (CDELSI) (http://cdelsi.ucsc.edu/)
Channel Island Marine Sanctuary Foundation (http://www.cisanctuary.org/intro.htm)
Coast Ocean Processes (CoOP) (http://www.skio.peachnet.edu/coop/)
Environmental Defense (http://www.environmentaldefense.org/)
The Ford Foundation (http://www.fordfound.org/)
Friends of Long Marine Lab (http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/members.html )
The Fulbright Program (http://www.iie.org/fulbright/)
Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/HEP/iegps/gaann.html )
International Society for Reef Studies (http://www.uncwil.edu/isrs/)
The Joint Institute for Marine Observations (JIMO) (http://jimo.ucsd.edu/)
Mamie Markham Research Awards
University of California, Multi-campus Research Incentive Fund (MRIF) (http://www.ucop.edu/research/mrif/welcome.html)
Dr. Earl H. Myers and Ethel M. Myers Oceanographic and Marine Biology Trust
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (http://www.nfwf.org/)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (http://www.noaa.gov/)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Estuarine Research Reserve System (http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/nerr/)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Undersea Research Program (http://www.nurp.noaa.gov)
National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (http://www.nserc.ca/)
New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (http://www.frst.govt.nz/)
New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) (http://www.niwa.cri.nz/)
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering (http://www.nacse.org)
Oregon Sea Grant (http://seagrant.orst.edu/)
Oregon State University's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (http://www.oce.orst.edu/)
Oregon State University's Department of Zoology (http://oregonstate.edu/dept/zoology/)
Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (http://www.hmsc.orst.edu/)
Oregon State University's Research Office (http://oregonstate.edu/research/)
Sigma Xi (http://www.sigmaxi.org/)
The Switzer Foundation (http://www.switzernetwork.org/)
Tatman Foundation (http://www.tatman.org/)
UC MEXUS (http://ucmexus.ucr.edu/)
University of California (http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/)
University of California Marine Council (http://www.ucop.edu/research/ucmarine/)
University of California, Santa Barbara ( http://www.ucsb.edu/>)
University of California, Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute (http://www.msi.ucsb.edu/)
University of California, Santa Cruz (http://www.ucsc.edu)
University of California, Santa Cruz Institute of Marine Sciences (http://ims.ucsc.edu/)
University of California Toxic Substances Research & Teaching Program (http://www.tsrtp.ucdavis.edu/)
Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation