The BuckAI Observatory at The Ohio State University is tackling some of the most pressing environmental and energy challenges of our time — from mapping freshwater systems and monitoring deforestation across Sub-Saharan Africa, to locating natural hydrogen reservoirs and modeling subsurface carbon storage. We do this by developing cutting-edge AI and deep learning methods applied to satellite and multi-modal remote sensing data.
Philanthropic support directly accelerates this mission. Gifts to the BuckAI Observatory fund graduate and undergraduate student researchers, computational infrastructure, field campaigns, open-source software development, and public educational programs that train the next generation of AI-literate Earth scientists.
Every contribution — at any level — makes a meaningful difference. Your generosity helps us pursue high-risk, high-reward research that opens new scientific frontiers and produces real-world environmental impact.
Give Now →Contributions support every dimension of BuckAI's research and education mission.
Fund fellowships and research assistantships for PhD students and undergraduates working on AI-powered environmental monitoring.
Expand GPU computing resources and cloud infrastructure that power large-scale deep learning experiments on global satellite datasets.
Enable workshops, seminars, and open-source tools that share BuckAI methods with the broader scientific community and the public.
Support acquisition of high-resolution commercial imagery and field validation efforts that ground-truth AI models across diverse global environments.