Research Funding

Current Grants

2009-11 National Science Foundation. $300,000. Hierarchical analysis of socio-ecological interaction in Charlotte metropolitan region: Can urbanization, forest, and working lands coexist? (PIs: R.K. Meentemeyer, Thill, J.C, Ribarsky, W., Wang, C., and BenDor, T.)

2006-11 National Science Foundation. $2,430,000. Sudden Oak Death: Feedback between a generalist pathogen, hosts and heterogeneous environments at multiple spatial and temporal scales (PIs: R.K. Meentemeyer [$800,640], D.M. Rizzo, M. Garbelotto)

2008-11 National Science Foundation. $77,456.  Impacts of sudden oak death mortality on severity of the Big Sur Basin Complex wildfire (PIs: D.M. Rizzo and R.K. Meentemeyer [$50,400]).  Supplement to EF0622771.

2009-11 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. $45,000. Modeling Historic and Future Urbanization in North Carolina (PI: R.K. Meentemeyer)

2005-11 USDA Forest Service. $851,437. Adaptive management of Phytophthora ramorum in the Big Sur Ecoregion. (PIs: D. Rizzo , R. Meentemeyer [$207,652],M. Garbelotto and F. Davis)

2007-10 Renaissance Computing Institute. $1,433,336.  Urban-suburban growth and impacts:  integrating the power of GIS modeling and visual analytics (PIs: J. Michael, R.K. Meentemeyer, B. Ribarsky, and J.C. Thill)

2008-09 NC Wildlife Resources Commission.  $15,000.  Forecasting development in the greater uwharries:  Outcomes of status quo and conservation-based planning scenarios (PIs: R.K. Meentemeyer, D.A. Shoemaker, J. Michael, and A. Houck)

2008-09 USDA Forest Service. $154,935. Landscape-scale management of Phytophthora ramorum: linkages to conservation goals for the Garcia River Forest (PIs: D.M Rizzo and R.K. Meentemeyer [$65,000])

2008-09 USDA Forest Service. $30,000. Modeling the potential and actual distribution of Phytophthora ramorum in Oregon. (PI: R.K. Meentemeyer)

2006-09 USDA Forest Service. $183,120. Optimization of management strategies for sudden oak death using epidemiological models and GIS technologies (PIs: C. Gilligan, R.K. Meentemeyer [$76,500], D.M. Rizzo)

Previous Grants

2007-08 Catawba Lands Conservancy. $63,480.  Modeling the impacts of urban growth on natural and rural lands in the greater Charlotte area (1973 – 2030) (PIs: R.K Meentemeyer, D.S. Shoemaker, and J. Michael).

2006-08 USDA Forest Service. $121,018. Long-term study of disease dynamics and forest impacts caused by Phytophthora ramorum in northern California (PIs: J.H. Cushman, N.E. Rank, and R.K. Meentemeyer [$15,000])

2006-08 USDA Forest Service. $100,118. Early detection of the infectious forest disease sudden oak death. (PIs: R.K. Meentemeyer and W. Mark)

2006-07 Charlotte Department of Transportation. $85,000. MUMPO travel demand model updates to 2005. (PI: P. Smith)

2006-07 UNCC Parking Services. $2,400. GIS analysis of student/faculty/staff address locations.  (PI: P.Smith)

2006-07 Carolina Raptor Center. $3,000. GIS analysis of bald eagle tracks. (PIs: P.Smith and R.K. Meentemeyer)

2005-08 CSU Agriculture Research Initiative. $390,000. Cellular automata modeling of the spread and impacts of an invasive forest pathogen. (PIs: W. Mark and R. Meentemeyer [$195,425])

2005-07 USDA Forest Service. $160,000. Early detection survey of Phytophthora ramorum and assessment of central coast tree mortality and habitat suitability. (PIs: R. Meentemeyer and W. Mark)

2005-07 Environmental Protection Agency. $6,000. Regional vulnerability assessment. (PI: V.Bott, CAGIS subcontract via Urban Institute)

2005-07 USDA Forest Service. $57,660. Determination of the incidence and impacts of Phytophthora ramorum in coastal forests of California. (PI: R. Meentemeyer, co-PIs: D. Rizzo and H. Cushman).

2005-07 American Forests. $24,150. City Green Pilot Project.(PIs:  V. Bott, J. Chesser, Jr., P. Smith, R. Meentemeyer [$7,000]).

2005-07 UNC Charlotte Urban Institute. $7,000. GIS Analysis for Developing a Regional Vulnerability Assessment (ReVA) program and tools specific to the Charlotte region. (PI:  P. Smith).

2005-06 USGS. $23,380. UNC Charlotte metadata trainer project. (PI: P. Smith).

2004-06 Nielsen Engineering and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. $42,000. Spatial association rule discovery (PI: R. Meentemeyer).

2004-06 USDA Forest Service. $285,000. Early-detection, monitoring, and risk modeling of Phytophthora ramorum in California. (PI: R. Meentemeyer)

2004-06 USDA Forest Service. $151,000. Vertebrates as dispersal agents of Phytophthora ramorum. (PIs: H. Cushman and R. Meentemeyer)

2004-05 UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and Louis Berger Group. $3,880. GIS Analysis for Orange County TDR planning study.  (PI: P. Smith).

2004-05 Mecklenburg County. $21,505. A technical study of air quality in Mecklenburg County.  (PIs:  Walt Martin, P. Smith [$10,752]).

2004-05 California Department of Parks and Recreation. $95,000. Watershed assessment planning of Sonoma and Santa Rosa Creek watersheds (Pl: R. Meentemeyer).

2004     Miller Pacific Engineering, Inc. $15,000. Mine disturbance detection mapping (Pl. R. Meentemeyer).

2003-05 USDA Forest Service and California Department of Forestry. $156,448. Influence of land-use history and vertebrates on the occurrence and spread of Phytophthora ramorum. (PIs: H. Cushman and R. Meentemeyer)

2003-04 USDA Forest Service. $70,000. Early-detection ground survey of Phytophthora ramorum in the California Coast Ranges. (PIs: R. Meentemeyer and W. Mark)

2003     California Department of Parks and Recreation. $24,976. Bothe-Napa watershed assessment plan (Pl: R. Meentemeyer).

2002-06 National Science Foundation. $810,657 (DBI-0217064). Spatial modeling of a biological invasion: the spread of Sudden Oak Death and the importance of host genetics, environmental forcings, and community structure. (PI: R. Meentemeyer, co-PIs: H. Cushman, N. Rank, D. Rizzo, R. Whitkus)

2002-05 CSU Agriculture Research Initiative. $430,272. Sudden Oak Death distribution, detection, ecological impact, control, and spread modeling. (PIs: W. Mark and R. Meentemeyer)

2002-05 California Department of Forestry. $151,400. Modeling the risk of Sudden Oak Death for California. (PI: Ross Meentemeyer)

2002     California Department of Parks and Recreation. $50,000. Point Arena Mountain Beaver habitat protection and restoration plan (Pl: P. Northen; co-Pls: K. Fitts and R. Meentemeyer [$10,000]).

2002     California Academy of Sciences. $2,345. Modeling spatial patterns of Yellow Starthistle abundance and GIS database development, Pepperwood Preserve (Pl: R. Meentemeyer)

2002     Contra Costa County. $12,972. Transportation network mapping of Contra Costa County (Pl: R. Meentemeyer)

2001     California Department of Parks and Recreation. $34,000. Species-based vegetation mapping using high-resolution multi-spectral aircraft imagery, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park and Benicia State Recreation Area (co-Pls: R. Meentemeyer and R. Hunter)

2001     USDA Forest Service. $10,000. Navigational Mapping for the Systematic Field Survey of Sudden Oak Death in California (Pl: R. Meentemeyer)

2001     Sonoma County Fish & Wildlife Advisory Board. $36,000. Mapping Sudden Oak Death using ADAR imagery. (PIs: R. Meentemeyer and M. Kelly)