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This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate (NSF MPS), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $143,185 to support collaborative research advancing the Supernova Early Warning System (SNEWS) through August 2025. SNEWS is a network between neutrino and dark matter detectors designed to provide automated prompt alerts of impending supernovae in our galaxy. The awardee, University of Rochester, will...

This Project Grant award, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the CFDA program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act, provides $350,000 to the Nez Perce Tribe to expand and enhance their air quality monitoring activities. The key deliverables include: Participation in two NASA air quality monitoring networks - the Pandonia Global Network for measuring trace gases and the AERONET...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $118,659 to support the continued development of the Supernovae Early Warning System (SNEWS) network. SNEWS is a collaborative effort between neutrino and dark matter detectors globally to provide automated early alerts of impending supernovae in our galaxy. Funding will support upgrades to the SNEWS 2.0 system to enhance detection capabilities, development of an amateur astronomer...

This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), will support the participation of U.S. scientists in the "Dynamics of Emissions, Nucleation, and Aerosols to Predict Land-Atmosphere-Climate Interactions (DENALI)" field campaign in Alaska. The $100,000 award will fund the deployment of a CAPS NOx-NO2 instrument at the Delta Junction site in Alaska from May to August 2025 to supplement the suite of instruments being used by...

This Project Grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program totaling $153,622 will support the development of a novel low-cost snow water equivalent (SWE) measurement system using a single global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. NWB Sensors Inc. will write software to implement their proposed method for measuring snowpack data with...

The National Park Service Pacific West Region awarded a $204,898 cooperative agreement to Klamath Bird Observatory to support landbird monitoring, analysis, and reporting activities across Klamath Network parks from September 2021 through September 2026. This award will fund the sixth round of visits by the recipient to conduct point count surveys and gather population data on landbird species located within all National Park System units overseen by the Klamath Network, in alignment with the...

The Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Corridor Communities Association (KMTA CCA) will manage a $1 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service to realize the objectives of the Alaska Region's National Heritage Area management plan. Under this three-year cooperative agreement awarded on October 1, 2022 through the Heritage Partnership Program (CFDA #15.939), KMTA CCA will administer a community-based grant program to promote...

This $165,079 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program supports the continued development of the Supernovae Early Warning System (SNEWS) network. SNEWS is an international collaboration between neutrino and dark matter detectors designed to provide automated early alerts of impending supernovae in our galaxy to the astronomical community. The awardee, North Carolina State University, will work with experimentalists and phenomenologists to...

This Project Grant award of $296,784.00 from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (CFDA 20.106) will enable the City of Nenana, Alaska to acquire four attachments for loader snow removal equipment. The objective is to enhance the airport's ability to clear priority areas of the airfield during adverse weather conditions. This grant, awarded on September 9, 2024, supports the city's efforts to improve airport infrastructure and operations, with an ultimate...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project, funded through the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), aims to extend the range of on-hand wireless communications devices to austere and remote environments. The $246,858 award to Set Point Solutions LLC, a HUBZone certified small business, will enable the development of the Propeller-enabled Projectile Assisted Repeater/Relay of Transmissions (PARROT) technology....