Cooperative Agreement 18CA11083150005

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), through its Division of Computing and Communication Foundations, awarded $143,333 to the University of Georgia Research Foundation effective July 1, 2025, with completion by September 30, 2026. This collaborative research project develops an automated test transfer framework that enables the reuse of user interface (UI) tests across software applications...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Colorado State University received a Cooperative Agreement award of $112,866.81 from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), Educational Component (CFDA 15.810), effective May 10, 2026, through August 10, 2028. This project supports the training of one Master's student in geologic mapping, stratigraphic analysis, and geographic information systems (GIS) database organization while producing a 1:24,000 scale...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Geological Survey awarded the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources $843,039 under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810) to produce comprehensive geologic maps and digital databases across South Carolina from March 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027. The project encompasses six integrated subprojects that will deliver original detailed geologic mapping at 1:24,000-scale for eleven 7.5-minute quadrangles...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 awarded a $333,278.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.648) program. The project will conduct genetic monitoring of returning adult and emigrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon in Clear and Battle Creeks in California's Central Valley. The key goals are to assess the colonization and population dynamics of this threatened salmon...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $430,682 Competitive State Wildlife Grant (CFDA 15.634) to the Natural Resources South Carolina Department to build an Aquatic Planning Tool (APT) to support conservation of 65 freshwater fish species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) in South Carolina. The project will: (1) compile and integrate data on SGCN distributions, land use, and climate to predict current and future SGCN habitat suitability, (2) develop the web-based APT to...

The Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Community Choice Credit Union to build organizational capacity and serve target markets under the Community Development Financial Institutions Program (CFDA #21.020). Funds will support technical assistance activities such as compensation for personal and professional services, travel, training, equipment and supplies to strengthen the awardee's ability to provide affordable...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Office of the State Geologist received a Cooperative Agreement award of $191,940.14 from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810) to produce three new 1:24,000-scale geologic maps of the Floral, Jamestown, and Pleasant Plains quadrangles in north-central Arkansas. The project, initiated August 18, 2025, and concluding June 30, 2026, will deliver comprehensive geologic mapping products...

The University of Colorado received a $888,273 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The project will develop and deliver detailed quantitative projections of 21st century water balance, water availability, and ecological drought metrics across the contiguous United States. This will be accomplished through ecosystem water balance modeling with a daily time step and multiple soil...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services received a $2.91 million Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under the Cell and Gene Therapy (CGT) Access Model program (CFDA 93.885), effective August 1, 2025 through December 31, 2035. This award supports Illinois's implementation of a comprehensive CGT access model designed to increase Medicaid beneficiary access to cell and gene therapies, with an initial...

This Project Grant award from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), under the Human Genome Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.172), provides $757,157 to the University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) to develop complementary experimental and computational strategies for high-throughput characterization of the impact of genetic variants. The key objectives are to: 1) Develop a method called SCBE-SEQ that combines genome editing with single-cell sequencing to...