Cooperative Agreement 5830700004

This Project Grant award, valued at $650,000 and awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program, aims to empirically assess the importance and sustainability of adaptive irrigation under climate change. The three key objectives are: 1) estimating the link between extreme heat and adaptive irrigation, 2) predicting groundwater stock dynamics under climate change, and 3) analyzing...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $148,019, was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NCASC) program (CFDA 15.820). The project aims to address the immediate and future effects of climate change on tribal nations' agroecosystems through local, collaborative initiatives. Key activities and deliverables include: Scientifically testing the feasibility of wastewater gardens as a safe and economical way for tribes...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Research Act Program (CFDA 15.805) provides $620,000 to Texas A&M AgriLife Research to evaluate the vulnerability of urban, agricultural, and ecological sectors in the Southern Ogallala Aquifer region to drought and wildfires. The project aims to: Estimate the aquifer's response to recharge, withdrawal, and current water levels; 2) Simulate crop yields, irrigation water usage, and wildfire risk under various climate...

This $599,998 National Science Foundation award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to estimate the emergence of anthropogenic climate change signals in snow water resource metrics in mountainous regions. Led by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, the project will use an innovative modeling framework including a large ensemble climate model and process-based hydrological modeling. It aims to strengthen understanding of when and how much climate change...

This $189,587 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will fund a project led by the University of Oklahoma, with subawards to Oklahoma State University and North Dakota State University. The project aims to: Expand a pilot stakeholder survey to understand climate adaptation measures used in wetlands by a broader range of stakeholders, including tribal nations, NGOs, and...

This Project Grant award of $649,982 was provided by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) CFDA program. The award supports research by Washington State University to advance climate change impact assessments for irrigated agricultural systems in the Columbia River Basin. The key objectives are to: (i) characterize future regional agricultural water demands, including demands for extreme temperature management; (ii)...

This $10,000,000 Project Grant awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program supports research, education, and extension activities to address challenges with declining water supplies and changing climate conditions in the Southern Great Plains region. The grant aims to increase water use efficiency and reduce water use for irrigation to stabilize the Ogallala-High Plains Aquifer through an integrated...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to establish a climate change research network to help the Lakota Tribe, Navajo Tribe, and Vermont farming communities manage water quality and quantity issues caused by climate change. The $236,472 award to New Mexico State University, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support the creation of an integrated data science framework, a network of affordable water...

The University of Oklahoma, through its Office of Research Administration, was awarded a $159,645 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NRCASC) program. The project aims to improve an existing drought prediction model for Oklahoma Climate Division 8 (South-Central Oklahoma), which covers part of the Chickasaw Nation's territory. Key activities include conducting a sensitivity...