Block Grant 07IDMNNEWP

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Unallied Science Program (CFDA 11.472), is aimed at building a near real-time modeling system to predict the density of the endangered North Atlantic right whale (NARW) population along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard. The $1,381,943 award to Duke University will support the development and testing of this system, which will link visual and acoustic observations of right whales with...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) a Cooperative Agreement totaling $1,181,740 (comprising $827,218 in federal funds and $354,522 in state matching funds) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) for the period October 1, 2025 through March 31, 2027. The Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, headquartered...

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Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary National Experienced Workforce Solutions, Inc. (NEW Solutions) received a $251,417.45 cooperative agreement awarded December 26, 2025, by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP, CFDA 10.931). The award funds NEW Solutions to acquire and deploy natural resource conservation expertise through the Agricultural Conservation Experienced Services (ACES) program...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $200,000 under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472) to the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, effective June 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026. This cooperative agreement supports collaborative gear redesign activities that engage fixed and mobile gear fishermen in developing and improving ropeless gillnet fishing...

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $298,114 Cooperative Agreement to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to support the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) program (CFDA 15.980) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. Under this award, NCDEQ will: Provide persistent data services for two years to ensure NCDEQ's water-level and water quality network data continues to flow to the NGWMN data portal and that site...

The Virginia Department of Energy received a $908,270.35 cooperative agreement awarded December 8, 2025, through the U.S. Geological Survey's National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810) to produce digital geologic maps and stratigraphic information supporting Virginia's mapping priorities and national geologic framework development. The two-year project (concluding December 7, 2027) will deliver new geologic maps for seven quadrangles including the Hewlett 7.5-minute...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the University of California San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography a $1,261,090 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program (CFDA 11.012) effective June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2028. SCCOOS, the federally accredited regional IOOS association for Southern California, delivers ocean observing data, value-added products, and decision-support...

The Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) has been awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects (CFDA 11.469) federal grant program. The award will support the construction of ten hardened structures to serve as data collection platforms along the Louisiana coast, which will gather real-time environmental data such as water level and salinity. This...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $1,301,090 to the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) program (CFDA 11.012) for the period of June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2028. NERACOOS will deliver enhanced ocean observing infrastructure and data management systems for the Northeast Shelf region, with...