GLIMS and South Asian Grants and Contracts

The University of Nebraska at Omaha has engaged in funded research in South Asia since the mid-1970's. Some of these awards include:

• Capacity building and collaborative research for assessing impact of climate change on glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya (Karakoram-Ice Project), 2008-2010, National Academy of Sciences – US Department of State, Washington, DC (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Cryosphere and Hazards Workshop, 2007-2008, IndianScience and Technology Partnership; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Assessing glacier dynamics across the Himalaya. National Geographic Society #8161-07, 2007-2009 (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Afghanistan glaciers and water resources. US Geological Survey Contract, 2005 (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Karakoram Himalaya Workshop (India, Pakistan & China). Office of Naval Research Global, 2005-2006 (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Karakoram Himalaya Workshop (India, Pakistan & China). National Science Foundation Grant OISE-0522728, 2005-2006 (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Karakoram Himalaya Workshop (India, Pakistan & China). Lounsbery Foundation, 2004-2006. Renewal for 2007-2008 (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Climate forcing and glaciers in the western Himalaya: Assessing glacier fluctuations using ASTER data. (M.P. Bishop & J.F. Shroder) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant EOS/03-0078-0236, 2004-2006.
• Global land-ice measurements from space (GLIMS): Radiation transfer modeling using ASTER data. (Subcontract to M.P. Bishop & J.F. Shroder; PI, J. Kargel, USGS). National Aeronautics and Space Administration Grant 2006.  Renewal for 2008-2009.
• Alpine glaciation and mass movement relief production in the western Himalaya.  (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop), National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0242339, 2003-2006.
• Exploration and topographic evolution of Baltoro/K2 Himalaya.  National Geographic Society, 2002-2005 (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop).
• Max Kade Foundation, formulation and supervision of post-doctoral research grant for Dr. Ulrich Kamp, (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop, GLIMS Project, 2001-2002.
• Crustal Reworking During Orogeny: An Active-System Himalayan Perspective. Collaborative Research.  (J.F. Shroder & M.P. Bishop), National Science    Foundation grant EAR 9418839, 1995-1997.
• Geomorphologic Development of Nanga Parbat Himalaya, Pakistan.  National Geographic Society, 1991-1993 (J.F. Shroder).
• Afghanistan Mineral Resources Study. Nathan Associates Inc. (for USAID), 1991 (J.F. Shroder).
• A Combined Field, Laboratory and Remote Sensing Study of Neotectonics and Environmental Change in a Geologically Active Mountain Belt (Czechoslovakia and Pakistan).  Kiewit Foundation support for Nebraska - Dartmouth Partnership (Grant with C. Page Chamberlin, Dartmouth College), 1991-93 (J.F. Shroder).
• Remote Sensing of Afghanistan. Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA); 1988-1989 (J.F. Shroder).
• Smithsonian Institution Grants to northern Pakistan, 1984; 1986 (J.F. Shroder).
• Fulbright Grant to Pakistan, 1983-1984 (J.F. Shroder).
• National Science Foundation SEED Grant for mapping in Afghanistan, 1979 (J.F. Shroder).
• Fulbright Grant to Afghanistan, 1978 (J.F. Shroder).