Grants and Contributions

The Zanzibar Project is supported by the grants and non-financial contributions listed below. This complements the advice and other support given by individuals listed in section Advisors and Supporters.

Grants

NSF/OISE IRES Grant

Theiss, J. (PI): IRES: International Research Experiences for Students: Coastal Oceanography in East Africa (OISE-0827059), National Science Foundation,
August 1, 2008 - July 31, 2011, $149,805 (Original proposal - project summary and description only, NSF award abstract). Note: This grant funds a different group of three to four US undergraduate and graduate students to visit the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) in Zanzibar for two months each year from 2009 to 2011. It also funds Dr. Javier Zavala-Garay in all three years as well as Dr. Jurgen Theiss, Professor Chris Reason, and Robert Thombley in the first year to visit IMS in Zanzibar. The maintenance and insurance of oceanographic instruments (an ADCP and a CTD) and the rental of a research boat are also funded by the grant.

POGO-SCOR Fellowship

Mahongo, S.B.: Modeling the Dynamics of the Zanzibar Channel, Partnership of the Observation of the Global Ocean (POGO) and the Scientific Committee on Oceanic
Research (SCOR), July 16 - August 15, 2008, $1,300+travel expenses (Original proposal, Final report).
Note: This grant funded Shigalla Mahongo to visit and be trained by Dr. Javier Zavala-Garay at Rutgers University for one month in July and August 2008.

NSF/OCE Grant

Theiss, J. (PI): Equatorial Macro Turbulence: Extending Mid-Latitude Macro Turbulence Studies to the Equatorial Region (OCE-0550658), National Science Foundation, March 1, 2006 - February 28, 2009, $2,600 of $195,037 for the Zanzibar Project (NSF award abstract).
Note: This part of the grant funded Gabriela Mayorga-Adame to visit Theiss Research for two weeks and subsequently IMS in Zanzibar for three months from April to July 2007.

Contributions

Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) in Zanzibar

As one of the two core partners of the Zanzibar Project, IMS in Zanzibar is making substantial contributions. These include office space and accommodation for visitors, support staff, computers, oceanographic equipment, and a research boat.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)

SIO is lending the Zanzibar Project at no cost two oceanographic instruments, namely an ADCP provided by Dr. Clinton Winant and a CTD provided by Dr. Ralf Goericke.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Emanuel Di Lorenzo at the Georgia Institute of Technology is providing free time on his 128 CPU computer cluster.