National Science Foundation
Project Overview
On September 1, 2008, NSHE received an award of $15 million from NSF EPSCoR. The five-year award will fund science, education, and outreach infrastructure at UNR, UNLV, DRI, NSC, and NSHE's community colleges for the study of climate change and its effects on Nevada.
The project will create a statewide interdisciplinary program that will stimulate transformative research, education, and outreach on the effects of regional climate change on ecosystem services (especially water resources) and support use of this knowledge by policy makers and stakeholders.
In Addition, the project will provide NSHE, the State of Nevada, and the region with new interdisciplinary capability to detect, analyze, and model the effects of regional climate change on landscapes, ecosystems, and water resources and to communicate research results to decision makers and the public. To broaden and increase the impact of this project, Nevada has formed a tri-state collaboration with the EPSCoR states of New Mexico and Idaho, which also received NSF EPSCoR funding for climate
change infrastructure.
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Contacts
Dr. Gayle Dana, NSF EPSCoR Project Director/Principal Investigator
gayle.dana@dri.edu
775.674.7538
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Dr. Nicholas Lancaster, NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator, DRI
nicholas.lancaster@dri.edu
775.673.7304
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Dr. Thomas Piechota, NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator, UNLV
thomas.piechota@unlv.edu
702.895.4412
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Dr. Scott Mensing, NSF EPSCoR Co-Principal Investigator, UNR
smensing@unr.edu
775.784.6346
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Pam Levins, NSF EPSCOR Research Administrator, Project Administrator
pam.levins@nshe.nevada.edu
702.862.5595
Michele Dewey, Research Administrator, Outreach and Diversity
michele.dewey@nshe.nevada.edu
702.862.5589