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We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Impact Grants Program and present its first class of seven exceptional grantees.
Building upon our highly successful Expedition Grant program, we are continuing to award significant grants to have greater impact on explorers and their work in the fields of science and exploration globally. These grants are supported by the Council of Impact Advisors and Impact Contributors.
“The Explorers Club Impact Grant couldn’t have come at a better time. The threat of sea level rise is increasing while US federal funding for polar research is decreasing, making it difficult to conduct basic fieldwork in Antarctica and almost impossible to innovate the technologies we use there. Grant programs like this are addressing a critical need.”
-Dr. Jamin Greenbaum
Marine biologist and 2023 EC 50 awardee Diego Cardenosa, PhD, will continue to study a unique area off the coast of Colombia, where he and his team have located critically endangered small hammerhead sharks. He aims to work with local communities to establish the first conservation site dedicated to protect the most threatened hammerheads in the world.
Archaeologist and past Explorers Club New Explorer Award recipient, Gino Caspari, PhD, spent recent years researching the 19th century sinking of a ship in Germany’s Elbe River delta, which was loaded with a valuable collection of Egyptian antiquities. Now, with nautical charts and sophisticated wind and current models in hand from the tempest that sank the ship, he will partner with Club member Dr. David Mearns to attempt to locate the wreck.
The most consequential glacier on Earth—Thwaites, or the “Doomsday” glacier—is vanishing from below. With coastal cities at stake, Jamin Greenbaum, PhD, and his international team set sail with the Korean Polar Research Institute to drop missile-like temperature sensors to monitor beneath Thwaites. They also tested out Dr. Greenbaum’s newly- designed floatable device dubbed RIFT-OX (Recoverable Ice Fracture Ocean eXplorer), to attempt a world first: capturing water samples at critical depths to test temperatures, salinity and subglacial discharge. RIFT-OX is also rigged with underwater camera systems to document the submerged portion of the glacier.
A conservation-focused photographer, Henry Maillet is partnering with conservation organization, Rewilding Argentina, as well as the country’s National Parks Administration, which have reintroduced the jaguar to ensure an ecological recovery of the Iberá National Park. He will explore and highlight the world’s southernmost jaguars, and through evidence-based camera-trap photography, empower citizens and scientists together to better understand the ecological impacts of rewilding.
A visual storyteller focused on the marine realm. Ricardo Nascimento is partnering with a team of scientists to examine and document new and unusual orca behavior to redefine our understanding of their interactions with sailboats in the Strait of Gibraltar. Over the past four years, orcas have been involved in more than 500 sailboat incidents, often construed as aggressive behavior. He aims to challenge these perceptions by highlighting orcas’ curiosity and intelligence, as opposed to presumed aggression.
A doctoral candidate in primatology, Ishika Ramakrishna and her team are investigating the human-non-human interactions among 25 primate species—some of them endangered—in Assam, India, which is undergoing rapid transformation. She believes that if people and primates are studied together using novel interdisciplinary tools, the research outcomes could reveal a more well-rounded understanding of the multiple factors at play. Ishika is a Doctoral Fellow at Centre for Wildlife Studies.
An anthropologist and filmmaker, Asha Stuart will continue her study and documentation of the Himba tribe’s struggle—and resulting migration—from climate change in northern Namibia. She aims to illuminate the survival tactics of this ancient and resilient culture on the precipice of change. Asha’s images and footage from her initial fieldwork in this endeavor were featured prominently at the 2022 ECAD evening.
The Explorers Club Impact Grants are funded by the Council of Impact Advisors and Impact Contributors.
We welcome members who are interested in joining the Council to support and engage with the program’s grantees through special events and online briefings—including their latest updates from the field. This is a unique opportunity to connect with explorers and their projects—from conception to completion of remarkable and timely fieldwork. We also welcome those who are interested in supporting the program at the Impact Contributor level.
The Club extends deep gratitude to the following individuals for their program support:
Council of Impact Advisors: Darlene Anderson, Tatiana Kaletsch, Greg Moga III, Mike Ulica, Johnny Waters.
Impact Contributor: Nancy Rosenthal
For more information about joining the Council of Impact Advisors, or becoming an Impact Contributor, please contact Rebecca Martin at: rmartin@explorers.org.
