ECOSEL Research Sponsors
The ECOSEL project has been funded by three competitive federal grants from the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA):
WNZ-1327
($50,000),
WNZ-1381 ($32,420) and
WNZ-1398
($499,986).
The first two seed grants allowed us to run experimental auctions to
demonstrate stakeholder interest and to gather empirical evidence in support of
the efficiency of the mechanism. The third grant is being used to build, test
and deploy a web-based implementation of ECOSEL to support real forest
management decisions as well as classroom and laboratory experiments. The
dollars primarily support graduate student stipends and tuition, summer salaries
of faculty participants and software development for the bidding platform.