Environment and Science & Technology
Spring 2001 Grant Award Winners

Environment Grants

Cuyamaca Rancho Foundation
Maggio Ranch Project
To raise matching funds to purchase the 107 acre Maggio Ranch for expansion of the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park.
Amount Awarded: $20,000

Environmental Health Coalition
The Logan Area Sustainable Development Project
To incorporate social equity principles into the development, redevelopment, and revitalization of Barrio Logan
Amount Awarded: $20,000

Friends of Hellhole Canyon Open Space Preserve
Community Oriented Capital Campaign
To help raise capital to acquire environmentally critical land located in Hellhole Canyon adjacent to the Hellhole Canyon open space preserve.
Amount Awarded: $25,000

San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy
Prototype Decision Support Resource Mapping System for the San Dieguito River Valley
To develop a localized prototype for integrating GIS resource-mapping into decision-making and fund development for habitat conservation throughout the County.
Amount Awarded: $20,000

Sierra Club Foundation San Diego Chapter
San Diego Urban Canyon Preservation Campaign
To promote citywide citizen activism in support of local natural open spaces by helping to build and organize canyon friends groups.
Amount Awarded: $24,800

Conservation Biology Institute
The influence of Watershed Development on the Hydrology and Biology of Penasquitos Creek
To identify physical and biological changes in Penasquitos Creek to understand impacts of urbanization on watersheds and run off.
Amount Awarded: $14,750

Environmental Trust
Assessment of Chemical Conditions on Altered Stream Insect Communities
To work with high school science students in assessing the environmental health of two local watersheds with a new method using insect communities as indicators of pollution.
Amount Awarded: $49,575

Escondido Creek Conservancy
Escondido Creek Preserve, Habitat Enhancement and Management Plan
To conduct a pilot project on site-specific biological surveys for watershed-based habitat enhancement and management.
Amount Awarded: $16,390

The Friends of Los Penasquitos Canyon
Los Penasquitos Canyon Flower Field Study
To work with university students in identifying more cost effective methods to restore drylands and reintroduce native flowers and grasses to Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve.
Amount Awarded: $24,500

San Diego Baykeeper
Mission Bay Watershed Evaluation, Reporting and Outreach Project
To use emerging local scientists and citizens in a comprehensive study of water quality in Mission Bay and create an interactive, web-based database for monitoring the bay
Amount Awarded: $50,000

San Diego State University Foundation
Ecological Assessment of Reserve Design for Coastal Sage Scrub
To support an emerging scientist in study using ground beetles as indicators of habitat disturbance in coastal sage scrub
Amount Awarded: $24,000

Science & Technology Grants

High Tech High
Career Development for Young Emerging Scientists
To create an innovative career development program to promote the learning of young emerging scientists.
Amount Awarded: $70,410

Human BioMolecular Research Institute
Neuronal Apoptosis: Effect of Methamphetamine and Related Neurotoxins
To evaluate the harmful effects of methamphetamine and related chemicals on developing nerve cells.
Amount Awarded: $62,000

San Diego Space and Science Foundation
High School Science Facilitators
To hire eight high achieving students to work at the Fleet Science Center to develop science and technology principles presented in exhibits.
Amount Awarded: $48,715

San Diego State University Foundation
An Infant-Based Assessment of Early Language Comprehension
To assess language comprehension before 20 months of age to help provide early diagnosis of language impairment.
Amount Awarded: $35,000

San Diego State University Foundation
Using Ultrashort Pulsed Lasers for Refractive Eye Surgery
Studies testing the usefulness of ultrashort laser pulses for eye surgery and other possible applications.
Amount Awarded: $42,647

San Diego State University Foundation
Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Water and Wastewater in San Diego
To analyze San Diego's water and wastewater for pharmaceutically active compound and investigate their potential threats to human health and the environment.
Amount Awarded: $38,900

San Diego State University Foundation
The Development of an Objective Test for Ototoxicity in Humans
To develop a test for drug-induced hearing loss resulting from antibiotic use or chemotherapy.
Amount Awarded: $59,735

San Diego State University Foundation
A New Approach to Optimize Hearing for Individuals with Hearing Loss
To develop a new hearing test to identify "dead" regions in the inner ears of patients with high frequency hearing loss and link results to understanding speech.
Amount Awarded: $71,447

Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation
Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis with Stem Cell Transplantation
To develop a unique stem cell transplantation therapy for patients with multiple sclerosis.
Amount Awarded: $35,000

University of San Diego
"PURE" Pre-Undergraduate Research Experience
To place outstanding graduates of San Diego County high schools into pre-freshmen research roles in USD laboratories.
Amount Awarded: $32,000

Casa Familiar, Inc.
Casa Familiar Computer Program
To provide computer literacy and skills to community residents of all ages in South Bay.
Amount Awarded: $9,500

Child Abuse Prevention Foundation
San Pasqual Academy
To provide computer technology for the educational programs at a model residential home for foster teens from all of San Diego County.
Amount Awarded: $15,000

Children's Discovery Museum of North County
Education Outreach Program
To establish an Education Outreach Program in response to a stated need by teachers and parents in North County.
Amount Awarded: $8,000

Harmonium, Inc.
Epicentre - Computer Technology Program
To prepare teens for the 21st Century through information technology access, training, work, and community service opportunities.
Amount Awarded: $15,000

San Diego Public Library
Science Materials for Children
To purchase up-to-date science materials for the San Diego Public Library for children's use and program support in science education.
Amount Awarded: $10,000

San Diego Regional Technology Alliance
Digital Connections
To provide technology planning, training and maintenance support to community centers in San Diego's underserved neighborhoods.
Amount Awarded: $10,000

Sherman Heights Community Center, Corp.
Viva Sherman Science Program
To expand and sustain our continuum of hands-on science education for 620 students from grades one through nine for the neighborhoods of Sherman Heights, Golden Hills, Grant Hill, Stockton, Logan Heights and Center City East.
Amount Awarded: $10,000