Cooperative Agreement 70NANB15H126

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a $161,400 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to develop and test hydrodynamic models for evaluating the performance of hybrid green-grey reef structures in reducing wave energy and providing coastal defense. The project involves calibrating open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models using OpenFOAM, assessing the wave energy dissipation...

The National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure awarded a $2.56 million Project Grant to the University of Colorado Boulder to support the COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: FRAMEWORKS: OPENEARTHSCAPE - TRANSFORMATIVE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR MODELING AND SIMULATION IN THE EARTH-SURFACE SCIENCE COMMUNITIES project. The award, made on October 1, 2021 under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.070), will provide funding through September...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support research to advance understanding of rock glaciers as probes of Holocene climate history, weathering, hydrology, and landscape evolution in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. The $548,224 award to the University of Colorado, Boulder will fund field measurements, data analysis, and numerical modeling to investigate the formation, movement, and environmental impacts of rock glaciers - a critical...

This $1,639,597.50 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) provides funding to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to upgrade traffic signals, detection, and monitoring equipment at various locations in the city of Boulder, Colorado. This project, titled "BOULDER- ATSPM & SYSTEM COMM.," will enhance the Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPM) system...

The Regents of the University of Colorado received a $123,303 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences on December 15, 2021 to support research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) until November 30, 2022. The grant funds collaborative research titled "RAPID: Extreme Disturbances/Perturbations to Coastal Deposition Systems" to strengthen understanding of integrated Earth system processes through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $568,531 Project Grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) to study recirculating flows and eddies in the nearshore surf zone. The 3-year grant under NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will use mathematical models, available measurements, and artificial intelligence to explore three hypotheses related to surfzone eddy dynamics and their connection to wave properties, energy dissipation, and exchange...

The University of Delaware will receive $217,393 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to assess present and future sand resource needs and supply in coastal Delmarva. Funded through BOEM's Marine Minerals Activities program (CFDA 15.424), the University will identify and evaluate offshore continental shelf sediment for potential use in coastal restoration and beach nourishment projects or programs through November...

This $654,897 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund collaborative research on swash zone dynamics driven by obliquely incident waves. The University of Delaware will lead laboratory experiments, theoretical analysis, and numerical simulations to expand understanding of three-dimensional flow and sediment transport patterns in the swash zone under a range of wave conditions and angles of incidence....

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,566,623 Cooperative Agreement under its Marine Debris Program (CFDA 11.999) to the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM). The funding will support the removal of a derelict, sunken crane-topped barge from the Providence River in Rhode Island. The 114-foot long, 45-foot wide, and 10-foot deep steel-hulled barge, weighing an estimated 150-200 tons, will be removed by a specialized contractor to increase...

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $1,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Scripps Institution of Oceanography on January 1, 2024. The award, titled "ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF WAVE PROPAGATION IN THE SEDIMENT NEAR OFFSHORE WIND FARM CONSTRUCTION", will fund a 3-year research project under BOEM's Environmental Studies (CFDA 15.423) program. The project aims to analyze and model wave propagation in offshore sediments...