Proposals

CAP LTER Grants and Awards

  • Central Arizona – Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research: Land-Use Change and Ecological Processes in an Urban Ecosystem of the Sonoran Desert. N. Grimm and C. Redman. National Science Foundation, LTER program. 1997. pdf
  • Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research: Phase 2. N. Grimm and C. Redman. National Science Foundation, LTER program. 2004. pdf
  • Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research: Phase 2 Addendum. N. Grimm and C. Redman. National Science Foundation, LTER program. 2004. pdf
  • Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research: CAP3: Urban Sustainability in the Dynamic Environment of Central Arizona. N. Grimm, C. Boone, D. Childers, S. Harlan, C. Redman, and B. Turner. National Science Foundation, LTER Program. 2010. pdf
  • Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research: CAP3: Urban Sustainability in the Dynamic Environment of Central Arizona. Addendum. N. Grimm, C. Boone, D. Childers, S. Harlan, C. Redman, and B. Turner. National Science Foundation, LTER Program. 2010. pdf

CAP LTER Supplements

  • Bridge-Year CAP LTER Supplement. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation. pdf
  • 2003 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2004 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2005 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2006 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2007 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2008 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2009 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf
  • 2010 CAP LTER Supplement Request. N. Grimm and C. Redman, National Science Foundation, LTER program. pdf

CAP LTER Leveraged Grants

  • A Controlled Water Application Experiment to Quantify the Effects of Water Application and Arborification at the Neighborhood Scale in a Phoenix Area Community. B. Ruddell. Salt River Project. 2010.
  • Agrarian Landscapes in Transition: A Cross-Scale Approach. C. L. Redman, D. R. Foster, M. P. Gutmann, P. M. Karieva, and A. P. Kinzig. National Science Foundation. 2002.
  • Arizona Water Institute MOU. C. Gries. Arizona Water Institute. 2009.
  • Assessing Decadal Climate Change Impacts on Urban Populations in the Southwestern USA. B. Ruddell, E. Vivoni, and M. Moustaoui, National Science Foundation. 2011.
  • Collaborative Research: Ecosystem Response to N and Organic C Deposition from the Urban Atmosphere. N.B. Grimm, J.O. Allen, J. Kaye, and S.J. Hall. National Science Foundation. 2005.
  • Condition-dependent Signal Reception: Limitations and Functions of Carotenoids in Avian Color Vision. K. McGraw. National Science Foundation. 2009.
  • Conservation Alliance. K. McCue. Pulliam Trust. 2012.
  • Decision Center for a Desert City: The Science and Policy of Decision-Making. P. Gober and C. Redman. National Science Foundation. 2004.
  • Decision Center for a Desert City II. P. Gober and C. Redman. National Science Foundation. 2010.
  • Ecological Homogenization of Urban America. P. Groffman, S. Hobbie, S. Hall, J. Hefferman, and C. Neil. National Science Foundation. 2011.
  • Ecosystem Science Close to Home. T. Bond. Andrew Mellon Foundation. 2009.
  • Effect of Landscape Conversion on Urban Tree Resiliency. C. Martin. International Society of Arboriculture. 2006.
  • Evaluation of Drought Risks and its Impact on Agricultural Land and Water Use to Support Adaptive Decision-making. S. Myint. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2012.
  • Feedbacks between Human Community Dynamics and Sociological Vulnerability in a Biodiversity Hotspot. S. Yabiku. National Science Foundation. 2012.
  • Hydrology Versus Ecology:  The Effectiveness of Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in a Semi-Arid Climate. L. Turnbull and D. Childers. Arizona Water Resources Research Center. 2011.
  • Impacts of Urbanization on Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in Xeric Ecosystems. N. Grimm. National Science Foundation. 2009.
  • Influence of Urbanization on Weather in the Arid Phoenix Metropolitan Area. S. Grossman-Clarke. National Science Foundation. 2007.
  • Integrated Analysis of Robustness in Dynamic Social Ecological Systems. J. Anderies. National Science Foundation. 2005.
  • Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training in Urban Ecology. S. Fisher, C. L. Redman, P. Christensen, W. Graf, N. B. Grimm, and E. Hackett. National Science Foundation. 2000.
  • Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training in Urban Ecology. S. Fisher, N. Grimm, E. Hackett, A. Kinzig, C. Redman. National Science Foundation. 2005.
  • ULTRA-Ex: Land and Water Use Decision-Making and Ecosystem Services along a Southwestern Socio-Ecological Gradient. C. Boone. National Science Foundation. 2010.
  • Learning through Engineering Design and Practice: Using our Human Capital for an Equitable Future. T. Ganesh. National Science Foundation. 2007.
  • Legacies on the Landscape: Prehistoric Human Land Use and Long-Term Change. S. Hall and J. Briggs. National Science Foundation. 2006.
  • LTREB: Multi-scale Effects of Climate Variability and Change. N. Grimm. National Science Foundation. 2009.
  • Moss Nutrient Plasticity in a Polar Desert: Insights from a Hot Desert Comparison. B. Ball. New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. 2011.
  • Neighborhood Ecosystems: Human-Climate Interactions in a Desert Metropolis. S. L. Harlan, A. J.Brazel, L. Larsen, and W. L. Stefanov. National Science Foundation. 2002.
  • Networking Our Research Legacy: Infrastructure to Document, Manage, and Access Ecological Data Resources. National Science Foundation. P. McCartney, C. Gries, T. Craig, N. Grimm and C. Redman. 1999.
  • RCN-SEES for Urban Sustainability: Research Coordination and Synthesis for a Transformative Future. D. Childers and S. Pickett. National Science Foundation. 2011.
  • Regional Water Quality Monitoring and Research. P. Westerhoff. National Science Foundation/IUCRC, Water and Environmental Technologies Center. 2012.
  • Service at Salado. C. Saltz. Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. 2005.
  • Service at Salado. M. Elser. Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust. 2006.
  • Social Vulnerability, Environmental Equity, and Asthma Experiences in Phoenix, AZ. B. Bolin. St. Luke’s Health Initiative. 2005.
  • Socioecological Dynamics of Residential Landscapes: A Multi-Site Collaboration. K. Larson. LTER Network Office. 2008.
  • Southwest Urban Collaborative Concept Paper. C. Boone. US Forest Service. 2008.
  • Students Authoring Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Constructing Models of Ill-Defined Dynamic Systems. K. VanLehn and D. Childers. National Science Foundation. 2011.
  • Strategic Investment in ARENA. T. Huxman. Science Foundation of AZ. 2007.
  • Supporting the Development of the Arizona Hydrologic Information System in Maricopa County. J. Holway. Arizona Community Foundation. 2006.
  • Sustainability Science for Sustainable Schools. C. Redman. National Science Foundation. 2009.
  • Symbiota: A Virtual Flora Model for the Southwestern United States. C. Gries. National Science Foundation. 2007.
  • Teaching Ecosystem Complexity through Field Science Inquiry. M. Elser. Sub-contract from Portland State University’s award from National Science Foundation. 2006.
  • The Modeling Institute. T. Ganesh. National Science Foundation. 2009.
  • The Role of Plant Litter Decomposition in Determining the Fate and Outcomes of Nitrogen Inputs in Arid Ecosystems. B. Ball. New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. 2012.
  • Trophic Dynamics in Human-Dominated Ecosystems. S. Faeth and J. Sabo. National Science Foundation. 2005.
  • Urban Landscape Patterns: Complex Dynamic and Emergent Properties. J. Wu, C. Redman, J. Anderies. Sub-contract from University of Washington’s award from National Science Foundation. 2005.
  • Urban Mesoscale Modeling Project. S. Grossman-Clarke and J. Zehnder. Salt River Project. 2005.
  • Urban Mesoscale Modeling Project. S. Grossman-Clarke and J. Zehnder. Salt River Project. 2006.
  • Urban Vulnerability to Climate Change: A System Dynamics Analysis. S. Harlan. National Science Foundation. 2008.
  • Water Sustainability under Near-term Climate Change: A Cross-Regional Analysis Incorporating Socio-Ecological Feedbacks and Adaptations. S. Arumugam. National Science Foundation. 2012.
  • Wavelet Analysis of High Spatial Resolution Imagery for Urban Mapping Using Infinite Scale Decomposition Techniques. S. Myint. National Science Foundation. 2012.

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant nos. BCS-1026865, DEB-0423704 and DEB-9714833.