Institute research cuts across disciplines, industries and topics to ensure that our planet is healthy and thriving. Our scientists are able to conduct their research thanks to grant and donor funding. Below, you can browse all of the Institute's active projects by their research area and then PIs - the information also includes the project title and funder.
- Agroecology & Food Security
- Farmers Outreach Program | US Dept of Agriculture
- Supply Chains Study | Walmart Foundation
- Brinn-Heithaus Aquaculture Project | Gruber Family
- Brinn-Heithaus Aquaculture Project | Gruber Family
- Farmers Outreach Program | US Dept of Agriculture
- Industrial Hemp Pilot Project: Variety Selection, Cropping System Development | Green Point Research LLC
Nitrogen Management and Plant Quality Monitoring Using Optical Sensor Technology in Native and Non-Native Specialty Crops | US Dept of Agriculture
Measuring Environmental Services in the Urban Food Forest Landscape | US Environmental Protection Agency; US Dept of Agriculture; private donors
- Biodiversity
- Dissecting Amazonian Diversity by Enhancing a Multiple-taxa Approach (DIADEMA) Project | Labex Ceba
- IRES: Tropical Biodiversity Science | National Science Foundation
- Functional Diversity of Tropical Trees | various funding
- Integrative Studies of Socio-Ecological Resilience, Conservation and Development | various funding
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Bioluminescence and Light Detection in the Deep Sea | National Science Foundation
- Decapod Tree of Life (Convergent Evolution and Diversification of the Crab Body Plan Over 200 Million Years) | National Science Foundation
- Global Connectivity Network for Marine Algae | National Science Foundation
- Language of Light: Investigating the Role of Bioluminescence in Mate Recognition in the Deep Sea | National Science Foundation
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Linking Host Life History, Movement Ecology, and Climate to Predict Epizootics in Megadiverse Tropical Amphibian Communities | National Science Foundation
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Luquillo CZO: The Role of Hot Spots and Hot Moments in Tropical Landscape Evolution | University of New Hampshire
- Understanding Rules of Life (URoL) - Epigenetics | National Science Foundation
- Alleviating Plant Blindness | National Science Foundation
- Plant Biodiversity in the Caribbean | various funding
Alan Franck
- Trees of FIU | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Mapping and Modeling Fishing Pressure and Fish Standing Stocks in the Florida Keys | The Nature Conservancy
- FISHSCAPE Project (Fish In Seagrass Habitats: Seascape Connectivity Across Protected Ecosystems) | NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Alleviating Plant Blindness | National Science Foundation
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Alleviating Plant Blindness | National Science Foundation
- Post-logging Forest Recovery in Cypress National Preserve | Munson Foundation, The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks, Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Everglades National Park Status Survey of Garber's Spurge (Chamaesyce Garberi) and Cape Sable Thoroughwort (Chromolaena Frustrata) Following Hurricane Irma | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
- Post-logging Forest Recovery in Cypress National Preserve | Munson Foundation, The Alliance for Florida’s National Parks, Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, Wells Fargo
- Bahamas Pineyard Advanced Landscape and Ecosystem Monitoring Project| The Ministry of the Environment and Housing (Forestry Unit), Bahamas National Trust, Friends of the Environment, USDA Forest Service.
- Biological Self Assembly: Tissue Mechanics of the Spongy Mesophyll in Flowers | Yale University
- Do Defenses Against Herbivores and Pathogens Drive the Commonness and Rarity of Tropical Trees at Local and Regional Scales? | National Science Foundation
- Mangrove Roots and the Everglades | various funding
- Climate & Sea Level
- Response of Carbon Cycling to Climatic and Anthropogenic Perturbations in Two North American Subtropical Estuaries | Pennsylvania State University
- Decadal Prediction and Predictability of Extremes in Ocean Eddy Resolving Coupled Models | University of Miami
- Sensitivity of NMME Seasonal Predictions to Ocean Eddy Resolving Coupled Models | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Delta-X Enabling Deltas to Thrive in a Century of Rising Seas | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research | National Science Foundation
- Urban Resilience to Climate Change-driven Extreme Events (UREx) | Arizona State University
- Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on South Florida Water Management District Agency Mission | South Florida Water Management District
- ORDER-CRISP 2.0 | National Science Foundation
- ITEX AON - Understanding the Relationships Between Vegetation Change, Plant Phenology, and Ecosystem Function in a Warming Arctic | National Science Foundation
- Understanding the Effects of Increased Freshwater Inputs and Saltwater Intrusion on the Current and Future Greenhouse Carbon Balance of the Everglades | National Science Foundation & University of Alabama
- Advancing Best Practices for the Analysis of the Vulnerability of Military Installations in the Pacific Basin to Coastal Flooding Under a Changing Climate | University of Miami
- Florida Building Commission Project | Florida Dept of Business & Professional Regulation
- Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on South Florida Water Management District Agency Mission | South Florida Water Management District
- Metric Development for Future Climate Scenarios and Project Collaboration | South Florida Water Management District
- Miami-Dade County Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study| US Army Corps of Engineers
- Rainfall Workshop | Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Workshop on Coastal Observation and Modeling Systems | National Science Foundation
- Stabilize and Protect South Florida Archeological Sites with Integrated Ecosystem Restoration | National Park Service
- Climate Resilient Urban Nexus CHoices (CRUNCH) | National Science Foundation
- Urban Water Innovation Network (U-WIN): Transitioning Toward Sustainable Water Systems | Colorado State University
- Coral Gables Tidal and Mangrove Sediment Elevation | City of Coral Gables
- Effects of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Everglades and Assessments of Landscape Vulnerability for Management | University of Florida
- Miami-Dade Environmental Education | Miami-Dade County
- Sea Level Solutions Citizen Science | various funding
- Cascading Hazards: Understanding Triggering Relations Between Wet Tropical Cyclones, Landslides and Earthquakes | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Land Subsidence and Coastal Flooding in South Florida | Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
- Conservation
- Piloting Low Cost Remote Sensors for Sustainable Water Management in the Andes | Wildlife Conservation Society
- Rios Vivos Andinos | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Assessing Artisanal Fisheries in Haiti, with a Goal of Improved Management | Wildlife Conservation Society
- Habitat Use, Residency and Population Genetics of Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish Off Andros Island, Bahamas | Tripp & Blair Rackley Family Foundation
- Estimating the Absolute Abundance of Red Snapper in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Texas A&M University
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Decapod Tree of Life (Convergent Evolution and Diversification of the Crab Body Plan Over 200 Million Years) | National Science Foundation
- Global Connectivity Network for Marine Algae | National Science Foundation
- Language of Light: Investigating the Role of Bioluminescence in Mate Recognition in the Deep Sea | National Science Foundation
- Novel Mariculture of the Caribbean King Crab | Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Improving Coral Reef Restoration and Recruitment Using Native Herbivorous Crabs | National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
- Novel Mariculture of the Caribbean King Crab | Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Hurricane Irma Effects on Florida Everglades Mangroves | National Park Service
- Linking Host Life History, Movement Ecology, and Climate to Predict Epizootics in Megadiverse Tropical Amphibian Communities | National Science Foundation
- From Killing to Tagging: Alternative Livelihoods for Shark Fishermen in Belize to Support Newly Created Shark Protected Areas and Provide Relief During the Pandemic | Mays Family Foundation
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Obtaining Critical Data Needed to Avert the Regional Extinction of the Oceanic Whitetip Shark in the Western Atlantic Ocean | various funding
- Shark and Ray Conservation in Belize | Earthwatch Institute
- Uncovering the Global Meat Trade | Dalhousie University
- Mapping and Modeling Fishing Pressure and Fish Standing Stocks in the Florida Keys | The Nature Conservancy
- FISHSCAPE Project (Fish In Seagrass Habitats: Seascape Connectivity Across Protected Ecosystems) | NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Addressing and Mitigating Marine Megafauna Bycatch | various funding
- Ecological Roles and Importance of Sea Turtles in Coral Reef Ecosystems | various funding
- Madagascar Whale Shark Project| various funding
- Conservation of Illegal-traded Marine Wildlife in South China | Pew Charitable Trusts Fellows Program
- Gopher Tortoise Ecology in the Pine Rocklands | Zoo Miami Foundation
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Storm and Tropical Cyclone Effects on the Spawning Activity, Larval Dispersal, and Ecosystem Impacts of an Endangered Marine Predator | National Science Foundation
- Biological Self Assembly: Tissue Mechanics of the Spongy Mesophyll in Flowers | Yale University
- Developing Robust Conversion Parameters for Seized Pangolin Scales | Pangolin Crisis Foundation
- Ecological and Ethnozoological Basis for Pangolin Management in West Africa (Project Mecistops: Project Pangolin) | various funding
- Reinforcing the Capacity to Implement CITES Legislation in Practice in Cote d'Ivoire | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Supporting the Recovery of the Critically Endangered West African Slender-snouted Crocodile. An Underrepresented Flagship of the Upper Guinea Forests (Project Mecistops) | Rare Species Conservatory Foundation
- Ecosystem Services
- Grove ReLeaf | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; private donors
- Integrative Studies of Socio-Ecological Resilience, Conservation and Development | various funding
- Response of Carbon Cycling to Climatic and Anthropogenic Perturbations in Two North American Subtropical Estuaries | Pennsylvania State University
- The Tropicalization of Western Atlantic Seagrass Beds | National Science Foundation
- Luquillo CZO: The Role of Hot Spots and Hot Moments in Tropical Landscape Evolution | University of New Hampshire
- Luquillo LTER Project | University of Puerto Rico & National Science Foundation
- Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Three Parks within the U.S. Virgin Islands | National Park Service
- Cybersecurity for Water Security | various funding
- Analyzing the Impact of Changing Hydrologic Conditions Along the Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Assessing Near-field and Landscape Scale Ecological Effects of the Modified Water Deliveries and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects in Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research | National Science Foundation
- Algorithm Development to Detect Seasonal Changes in Submerged Aquatic and Emergent Vegetation Using a Combination of Multi-Spectral Satellite Data and Water-Depth Estimates | South Florida Water Management District
- IRES: Madagascar | National Science Foundation
- Identifying and Communicating the Ecological Importance of Sharks | Shark Conservation Fund
- IRES: Madagascar | National Science Foundation
- IRES: Madagascar | National Science Foundation
- Optimizing Fire Regimes in Fire Dependent Ecosystems | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Resilience of the Mangrove Coast | University of Michigan, NOAA NERRSSC
- Measuring Environmental Services in the Urban Food Forest Landscape | US Environmental Protection Agency; US Dept of Agriculture; private donors
- Direct Measurement of Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) | National Park Service
- Environmental Finance & Risk Management
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- A Web-based Survey to Estimate the Economic Value of Improved Hurricane Forecasts | University of Miami
- Incorporating the Cascading Impacts of Critical Infrastructure Damages in Economic Flood Risk Analysis | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- An Ecosystem-based, Watershed Approach for Building Regional Adaptive Capacity and Sustaining Socio-ecological System Resilience to Environmental Hazards | various funding
- Environmental Forensics
- From Aggregations to Individuals: Exploring Migrating Deep Sea Scattering Layers Through Multiscale-multimode Technologies in the Gulf of Mexico | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Providing Contaminant Data for Continued Coastal Management: Assessing the Effects of Land-based Sources of Pollution on Collier County's Watershed Sediments | Collier County
- Biological Self Assembly: Tissue Mechanics of the Spongy Mesophyll in Flowers | Yale University
- A Platform for Mitigating the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Healthcare System | National Science Foundation
- Evolution & Adaptation
- IRES: Tropical Biodiversity Science | National Science Foundation
- Functional Diversity of Tropical Trees | various funding
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Bioluminescence and Light Detection in the Deep Sea | National Science Foundation
- Decapod Tree of Life (Convergent Evolution and Diversification of the Crab Body Plan Over 200 Million Years) | National Science Foundation
- Language of Light: Investigating the Role of Bioluminescence in Mate Recognition in the Deep Sea | National Science Foundation
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Island Population Responses to Environmental Stresses | National Science Foundation
- Puerto Rico Honey Bee and Preadaptation and Evolution of Invasive Organisms on Islands | National Science Foundation
- Evolutionary Reversals in Hormonal Modulation of Growth-regulatory Gene Networks | National Science Foundation
- Understanding Rules of Life (URoL) - Integrating Responses to Environmental Change Across the Biological Hierarchy | National Science Foundation
- Interaction Between Genotype and Acquired Environmental Modifications During Coral Responses to Extreme Climatic Events Irma and Maria | National Science Foundation
- Understanding Rules of Life (URoL) - Epigenetics | National Science Foundation
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research | National Science Foundation
- Energetics and Predator-prey Dynamics of Great Hammerhead Sharks | Georgia Aquarium
- Biological Self Assembly: Tissue Mechanics of the Spongy Mesophyll in Flowers | Yale University
- EDGE: Functional-Genomics Tools for Cnidarian-Dinoflagellate Symbiosis | Oregon State University
- Exploring Immunological Priming in a Basal Metazoan (Anthozoan) | National Science Foundation
- Do Defenses Against Herbivores and Pathogens Drive the Commonness and Rarity of Tropical Trees at Local and Regional Scales? | National Science Foundation
- Mangrove Roots and the Everglades | various funding
- Root Trait Diversity | various funding
- Marine Ecology
- Assessing Artisanal Fisheries in Haiti, with a Goal of Improved Management | Wildlife Conservation Society
- Estimating the Absolute Abundance of Red Snapper in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Texas A&M University
- FIU Artificial Reef Monitoring | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Brinn-Heithaus Aquaculture Project | Gruber Family
- Decapod Tree of Life (Convergent Evolution and Diversification of the Crab Body Plan Over 200 Million Years) | National Science Foundation
- Novel Mariculture of the Caribbean King Crab | Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Trends and Drivers of Faunal Abundance in the Offshore Gulf of Mexico: Narrowing the Largest Data Gap in the Gulf's Large Marine Ecosystem | Nova Southeastern University
- Brinn-Heithaus Aquaculture Project | Gruber Family
- Development of a Direct-ageing Technique for Gulf and Atlantic Spiny Lobster | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Improving Coral Reef Restoration and Recruitment Using Native Herbivorous Crabs | National Fish & Wildlife Foundation
- Novel Mariculture of the Caribbean King Crab | Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- The Tropicalization of Western Atlantic Seagrass Beds | National Science Foundation
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Hong Kong Shark Fin Retail Market Species Composition Study by Offcut Sampling and DNA Identification | BLOOM Association HK Ltd
- Shark Monitoring in Belize | various funding
- Dry Tortugas National Park Seagrass Communities Assessment Project | National Park Service
- Seagrass Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | US Environmental Protection Agency
- Mapping and Modeling Fishing Pressure and Fish Standing Stocks in the Florida Keys | The Nature Conservancy
- The Energetic Trade-offs Underpinning Foraging Across a Seascape for a Model Reef Fish | Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation
- FISHSCAPE Project (Fish In Seagrass Habitats: Seascape Connectivity Across Protected Ecosystems) | NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Habitat Use and Trophic Ecology of Juvenile Bull Sharks | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Identifying and Communicating the Ecological Importance of Sharks | Shark Conservation Fund
- Trophic Interactions and Habitat Requirements of Gulf of Mexico Bryde's Whales | University of Miami
- Ecological Roles and Importance of Sea Turtles in Coral Reef Ecosystems | various funding
- Movements, Habitat Use and Food Ecology of Reef Manta Rays (Mobula Alfredi) in the Mayotte Lagoon | Direction de l'Environnement DEAL & French Agency for Biodiversity
- Understanding Conflicts Between Marine Mammals and Fisheries at Saint-Pierre and Miquelon | University of La Rochelle
- Understanding How Ecological Forces Affect the Behavior of Whales and Dolphins| various funding
- Abiotic Effects on Movement of Spotted Seatrout and Grey Snapper in Response to a Seagrass Die-off | Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Region
- Effects of Freshwater Inflows and Seagrass Die-off on Recreational Fisheries: A Trophic & Movement Ecology Approach | National Park Service
- Florida Bay Coastal Lakes as Fish Habitat: Nutrient Sources and Trophic Dynamics | South Florida Water Management District
- Role of Coastal Lakes as Fish Habitat for Recreational Fisheries | South Florida Water Management District
- Energetics and Predator-prey Dynamics of Great Hammerhead Sharks | Georgia Aquarium
- Global FinPrint | Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
- Movements of Nassau Grouper in San Salvador, Bahamas | various funding
- A Decision-support Tool for Evaluating the Impacts of Short- and Long-term Management Decisions on the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Resource | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Monitoring & Technology
- Piloting Low Cost Remote Sensors for Sustainable Water Management in the Andes | various funding
- Extending Autonomy in Seemingly Sensory-Denied Environments Applied to Underwater Robots | National Science Foundation
- Acoustic Characterization and Flux Estimation of Oil Associated with the MC20 Site in the Gulf of Mexico | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Estimating the Absolute Abundance of Red Snapper in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico | Texas A&M University
- FIU Artificial Reef Monitoring | Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- From Aggregations to Individuals: Exploring Migrating Deep Sea Scattering Layers Through Multiscale-multimode Technologies in the Gulf of Mexico | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Integration of Acoustic Methods for Assessing Fish Spawning Aggregations and Associated Habitat Using Goliath Grouper as a Model Species | Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium
- Next Generation Sensor Systems for Bioluminescence | Florida Atlantic University
- Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary & WQM for Canal Remediation | US Environmental Protection Agency
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Decadal Prediction and Predictability of Extremes in Ocean Eddy Resolving Coupled Models | University of Miami
- Development of a Direct-ageing Technique for Gulf and Atlantic Spiny Lobster | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- The Tropicalization of Western Atlantic Seagrass Beds | National Science Foundation
- CREST CAChE Research Buoys | National Science Foundation
- Freshwater Fish Monitoring in Water Conservation Area 3 and Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Using Active Acoustic Methods to Monitor Large and Elusive Manatees in Turbid Estuarine Habitats | Summerlee Foundation
- Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Three Parks within the U.S. Virgin Islands | National Park Service
- Dry Tortugas National Park Seagrass Communities Assessment Project | National Park Service
- Seagrass Monitoring in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary | US Environmental Protection Agency
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Linkages of Water Quality, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, and Wintering Waterfowl in Everglades National Park: Status, Trends, and History | National Park Service
- Microscopic Analysis of Phytoplankton Communities in St. Lucie Estuary: Relationship to Freshwater Inflows and Water Quality | South Florida Water Management District
- Assessing Near-field and Landscape Scale Ecological Effects of the Modified Water Deliveries and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects in Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Periphyton and Vegetation Monitoring for the Adaptive Management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) Hydrological Changes | South Florida Water Management District
- Vegetation and Periphyton Monitoring in Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project | South Florida Water Management District
- Algorithm Development to Detect Seasonal Changes in Submerged Aquatic and Emergent Vegetation Using a Combination of Multi-Spectral Satellite Data and Water-Depth Estimates | South Florida Water Management District
- Providing Contaminant Data for Continued Coastal Management: Assessing the Effects of Land-based Sources of Polllution on Collier County's Watershed Sediments | Collier County
- S.A.R.A.H Initiative | International SeaKeepers Society
- Abiotic and Biotic Drivers of Habitat Use and Trophic Ecology of Juvenile Bull Sharks | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nitrogen Management and Plant Quality Monitoring Using Optical Sensor Technology in Native and Non-Native Specialty Crops | US Dept of Agriculture
- Behavioral and Camera Tag Development for Small Cetaceans | Dalio Philanthropies
- Investigate Sediment and Floc Transport of Phosphorus at S333 Gated Structure on the Northern Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Quantifying How Variability in Hydroperiod and Fire Mediate Plant-Soil Biogeochemical Cycling and Productivity in Boundary Wetlands of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Resilience of the Mangrove Coast | University of Michigan, NOAA NERRSSC
- Are the Everglades in Danger of Receiving Increased Phosphorus Loads from Canals? The Critical Role of Discharge in Everglades' Restoration | Everglades Foundation
- LILA (Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment) | South Florida Water Management District
- PFAS Toxicity Study | various funding
- CREST CAChE Research Buoys | National Science Foundation
- City of Coral Gables Assessment of Water Quality and Habitat Conditions in the Coral Gables Waterway to Inform Management and Restoration | City of Coral Gables
- Coral Gables Tidal and Mangrove Sediment Elevation | City of Coral Gables
- Ecological Monitoring of Water and Habitat Quality Associated with the C-111 Spreader Canal Project | South Florida Water Management District
- Monitoring for Potential Water Quality Impacts along the Eastern Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Preparing the Future Workforce of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction for Robotic Automation Processes | National Science Foundation
- Pollutants & Contaminants
- Acoustic Characterization and Flux Estimation of Oil Associated with the MC20 Site in the Gulf of Mexico | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Operational Hydrodynamic Sediment Transport and Water Quality Model for Biscayne Bay, Florida | US Environmental Protection Agency
- Water Quality Monitoring Project for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary & WQM for Canal Remediation | US Environmental Protection Agency
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Photochemical Reactions of Particulate Mercury Species at the Water-Particle Interface in Aquatic Environments | National Science Foundation
- CREST CAChE Research Buoys | National Science Foundation
- CREST CAChE Supplements | National Science Foundation
- Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Village of Islamorada, Florida Keys | Islamorada Village of Islands
- Linkages of Water Quality, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, and Wintering Waterfowl in Everglades National Park: Status, Trends, and History | National Park Service
- Microscopic Analysis of Phytoplankton Communities in St. Lucie Estuary: Relationship to Freshwater Inflows and Water Quality | South Florida Water Management District
- Providing Contaminant Data for Continued Coastal Management: Assessing the Effects of Land-based Sources of Polllution on Collier County's Watershed Sediments | Collier County
- S.A.R.A.H. Initiative | International SeaKeepers Society
Nitrogen Management and Plant Quality Monitoring Using Optical Sensor Technology in Native and Non-Native Specialty Crops | US Dept of Agriculture
- Investigate Sediment and Floc Transport of Phosphorus at S333 Gated Structure on the Northern Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Photochemical Reactions of Particulate Mercury Species at the Water-Particle Interface in Aquatic Environments | National Science Foundation
- Photochemical Reactions of Particulate Mercury Species at the Water-Particle Interface in Aquatic Environments | National Science Foundation
- Examining the Threat of Contaminants to South Florida Bonefish: A Spatial Approach | Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited
- Are the Everglades in Danger of Receiving Increased Phosphorus Loads from Canals? The Critical Role of Discharge in Everglades' Restoration | Everglades Foundation
- PFAS Toxicity Study | various funding
- CREST CAChE Research Buoys | National Science Foundation
- CREST CAChE Supplements | National Science Foundation
- City of Coral Gables Assessment of Water Quality and Habitat Conditions in the Coral Gables Waterway to Inform Management and Restoration | City of Coral Gables
- Ecological Monitoring of Water and Habitat Quality Associated with the C-111 Spreader Canal Project | South Florida Water Management District
- Monitoring for Potential Water Quality Impacts along the Eastern Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
Various Experts
- Biscayne Bay | various funding
- Terrestrial Ecology
- Dissecting Amazonian Diversity by Enhancing a Multiple-taxa Approach (DIADEMA) Project | Labex Ceba
- Functional Diversity of Tropical Trees | various funding
- Grove ReLeaf | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; private donors
- Integrative Studies of Socio-Ecological Resilience, Conservation and Development | various funding
- IRES: Tropical Biodiversity Science | National Science Foundation
- Allocation of Biomass and Net Primary Productivity of Mangrove Forests in the Florida Coastal Everglades | National Science Foundation
- Hurricane Irma Effects on Florida Everglades Mangroves | National Park Service
- Linking Host Life History, Movement Ecology, and Climate to Predict Epizootics in Megadiverse Tropical Amphibian Communities | National Science Foundation
- Luquillo LTER Project | University of Puerto Rico & National Science Foundation
- Alleviating Plant Blindness | National Science Foundation
- Plant Biodiversity in the Caribbean | various funding
Alan Franck
- Trees of FIU | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- Alleviating Plant Blindness | National Science Foundation
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Climate Change Projections of Five-Needle Pines and Disease Risk in the Great Basin | US Forest Service
- Optimizing Fire Regimes in Fire Dependent Ecosystems | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Understanding the Effects of Increased Freshwater Inputs and Saltwater Intrusion on the Current and Future Greenhouse Carbon Balance of the Everglades | National Science Foundation & University of Alabama
- Alleviating Plant Blindness | National Science Foundation
- Gopher Tortoise Ecology in the Pine Rocklands | Zoo Miami Foundation
- ITEX AON - Understanding the Relationships Between Vegetation Change, Plant Phenology, and Ecosystem Function in a Warming Arctic | National Science Foundation
- Understanding the Effects of Increased Freshwater Inputs and Saltwater Intrusion on the Current and Future Greenhouse Carbon Balance of the Everglades | National Science Foundation & University of Alabama
- Resilience of the Mangrove Coast | University of Michigan, NOAA NERRSSC
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Everglades National Park Status Survey of Garber's Spurge (Chamaesyce Garberi) and Cape Sable Thoroughwort (Chromolaena Frustrata) Following Hurricane Irma | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
- Measuring Environmental Services in the Urban Food Forest Landscape | US Environmental Protection Agency; US Dept of Agriculture; private donors
- Ecosystem Dynamics in the White Zone: History, Drivers, and Restoration Implications | National Park Service
- Habitat-based Modeling of the Dynamics of Two Florida Keys Snakes | Cherokee Nation Technologies
- Evaluation of Vegetation Response to Changes in Hydrologic Parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Landscape Pattern - Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Vegetation Study within the Current and Adjoining Potential Habitat of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow in the Southern Everglades | National Park Service
- Do Defenses Against Herbivores and Pathogens Drive the Commonness and Rarity of Tropical Trees at Local and Regional Scales? | National Science Foundation
- Mangrove Roots and the Everglades | Private Funding
- Root Trait Diversity | Private Funding
- Water Quality & Security
- Piloting Low Cost Remote Sensors for Sustainable Water Management in the Andes | Wildlife Conservation Society
- CREST CAChE Research Buoys | National Science Foundation
- Natural Resource Condition Assessment for Three Parks within the U.S. Virgin Islands | National Park Service
- Cybersecurity for Water Security
- Analyzing the Impact of Changing Hydrologic Conditions Along the Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Evaluation of Vegetation Response to Changes in Hydrologic Parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Landscape Pattern - Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics | US Army Corps of Engineers
- PFAS Toxicity Study | various funding
- Urban Water Innovation Network (U-WIN): Transitioning Toward Sustainable Water Systems | Colorado State University
- CREST CAChE Research Buoys | National Science Foundation
- Wetland Ecology
- Response of Carbon Cycling to Climatic and Anthropogenic Perturbations in Two North American Subtropical Estuaries | Pennsylvania State University
- Allocation of Biomass and Net Primary Productivity of Mangrove Forests in the Florida Coastal Everglades | National Science Foundation
- Delta-X Enabling Deltas to Thrive in a Century of Rising Seas | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Hurricane Irma Effects on Florida Everglades Mangroves | National Park Service
- Freshwater Fish Monitoring in Water Conservation Area 3 and Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Luquillo LTER Project | University of Puerto Rico & National Science Foundation
- Linkages of Water Quality, Submerged Aquatic Vegetation, and Wintering Waterfowl in Everglades National Park: Status, Trends, and History | National Park Service
- Analyzing the Impact of Changing Hydrologic Conditions Along the Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Assessing Near-field and Landscape Scale Ecological Effects of the Modified Water Deliveries and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects in Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- LTER: Coastal Oligotrophic Ecosystem Research | National Science Foundation
- Periphyton and Vegetation Monitoring for the Adaptive Management of the Upper Taylor Slough (UTS) Hydrological Changes | South Florida Water Management District
- Vegetation and Periphyton Monitoring in Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands Project | South Florida Water Management District
- Algorithm Development to Detect Seasonal Changes in Submerged Aquatic and Emergent Vegetation Using a Combination of Multi-Spectral Satellite Data and Water-Depth Estimates | South Florida Water Management District
- Assessing Near-Field and Landscape Scale Ecological Effects of the Modified Water Deliveries and Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects in Northeast Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Investigate Sediment and Floc Transport of Phosphorus at S333 Gated Structure on the Northern Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Quantifying How Variability in Hydroperiod and Fire Mediate Plant-Soil Biogeochemical Cycling and Productivity in Boundary Wetlands of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- The Effects of Shifting Coastal Wetland Plant Communities on the Restoration of Food Webs that Support Coastal Living Resources | Texas A&M University
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Understanding the Effects of Increased Freshwater Inputs and Saltwater Intrusion on the Current and Future Greenhouse Carbon Balance of the Everglades | National Science Foundation & University of Alabama
- Understanding the Effects of Increased Freshwater Inputs and Saltwater Intrusion on the Current and Future Greenhouse Carbon Balance of the Everglades | National Science Foundation & University of Alabama
- Resilience of the Mangrove Coast | University of Michigan, NOAA NERRSSC
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Role of Marsh-Mangrove Interface Habitats as Aquatic Refuges for Wetland Fishes and Other Aquatic Animals | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Assessing the Impact of Hurricane Irma and Recovery Trajectory of Epiphytic Communities in Coastal Buttonwood and Mangrove Forests in the Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Ecosystem Dynamics in the White Zone: History, Drivers, and Restoration Implications | National Park Service
- Habitat-based Modeling of the Dynamics of Two Florida Keys Snakes | Cherokee Nation Technologies
- Evaluation of Vegetation Response to Changes in Hydrologic Parameters within Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Landscape Pattern - Ridge, Slough, and Tree Island Mosaics | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Monitoring of Tree Island Condition in the Southern Everglades | US Army Corps of Engineers
- Vegetation Study within the Current and Adjoining Potential Habitat of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow in the Southern Everglades | National Park Service
- Are the Everglades in Danger of Receiving Increased Phosphorus Loads from Canals? The Critical Role of Discharge in Everglades' Restoration | Everglades Foundation
- LILA (Loxahatchee Impoundment Landscape Assessment) | South Florida Water Management District
- Direct Measurement of Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE) | National Park Service
- Ecological Assessment of Florida Bay and Adjacent Mangrove Wetlands | National Park Service
- Monitoring Ecological Function of Tree Islands in Water Conservation Area 3 | South Florida Water Management District
- Monitoring for Potential Water Quality Impacts along the Eastern Boundary of Everglades National Park | National Park Service
- Mangrove Roots and the Everglades | various funding