Cooperative Agreement 16CA11420004051

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), provides $100,100 to the Gypsy Moth Slow The Spread Foundation Inc. to implement multi-state initiatives aimed at identifying and preventing the artificial spread of the gypsy moth (now commonly referred to as the spongy moth). The key activities include: 1)...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $120,914.00 to the State of Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) to conduct detection surveys and outreach to identify the presence of the invasive Lymantria dispar (gypsy moth) pest in Washington state. The key activities to be performed include...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025) supports a survey to detect the presence of five invasive moth species in the state of California. The survey will be conducted from June through September by placing and servicing traps throughout 48 counties, focusing on high-risk areas such as...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) has awarded a $179,544 project grant to the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Inc. in Millbrook, NY. The funding will support research to evaluate the effects of spongy moth defoliation on blacklegged ticks, the primary vectors of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses in the United States. The project aims to investigate how changes in ground-level temperature and humidity caused by spongy moth outbreaks may...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $189,992.00 in funding to Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc. (AER) to develop diagnostics for analyzing low-level jet (LLJ) dynamics and moisture transport. The project aims to validate climate model simulations of the Great Plains LLJ, which is a key driver of precipitation patterns and severe weather in the central...

This $119,490 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025), supports the Washington State Department of Agriculture's (WSDA) efforts to protect the state's natural and agricultural resources from the spongy moth. The key objectives are to conduct post-treatment delimiting surveys in 2025 to evaluate the...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Inc. in the amount of $374,070 aims to better understand how different types of precipitation in tropical cyclones impact their maximum sustained wind speeds. The 4-year project will use airborne Doppler radar data and numerical weather prediction models to examine how precipitation modes, such as convection and stratiform rain, perturb the kinematic...

This $345,667 National Science Foundation project grant supports research to improve understanding of the effects of stratospheric polar vortex disruptions on tropospheric circulation and surface weather patterns. Funded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to expand knowledge of the integrated Earth system through atmospheric and ocean sciences research, the award will be completed by July 2025. The grantee, Atmospheric & Environmental Research Inc., will conduct data...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) in the amount of $100,000 aims to extend the applicability of Monin-Obukhov Similarity Theory (MOST)-based surface layer parameterizations for modeling energy and moisture exchange between the land/ocean surface and the atmosphere. The research will examine the broad applicability of the Stiperski relations, which account for deviations from the traditional MOST, and develop new surface-atmosphere...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $288,060 to Kent State University to study the effects of warming temperatures and biotic interactions on aphid populations in a Rocky Mountain ecosystem. The key objectives are to: (1) integrate the direct effects of temperature on aphid development with indirect effects driven by shifts in above- and belowground interactions, (2) assess local adaptation within plant-aphid...