Cooperative Agreement 97212011

This $500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) Grant Program (CFDA 66.920) will enable Nassau County, Florida to optimize its recycling operations and increase public awareness of proper recycling practices. The grant funding will support activities such as public engagement, marketing, acquiring enhanced signage and security cameras, and installing self-sorting equipment at the county's...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under the Marine Minerals Activities program (CFDA 15.424) provides $125,000.00 to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York, doing business as Stony Brook University, to conduct a comparative study of marine mineral resource management practices in the context of wind energy development within the North Atlantic region. The key objectives of this 2-year award, effective from September 25,...

This $203,150 Project Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction Program (CFDA 20.205) will fund the rehabilitation of asphalt pavement on NY102 from William St to NY24, NY24 from Munson Ave to N. Franklin St, and NY24 from Hendrickson Ave to Meadowbrook State Parkway in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. The funding will support resurfacing and other pavement improvement activities to enhance the condition and safety of these roadways....

The Department of Transportation New York has received a $139,000 Formula Grant from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) to deliver infrastructure improvements in Nassau and Suffolk County, New York. The funding will be used to clean drainage basins filled with debris, repair or replace missing collars, repair basin walls, clean clogged pipes, repair or replace broken pipes, replace grates and basins, and connect isolated basins to the...

The Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) awarded a $10,270,115 Formula Grant to the New York Department of Transportation (NYS DOT) on July 29, 2024. The grant funding will support two key drainage enhancement projects in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York: At the Meadowbrook Parkway low point under the Merrick Road bridge, the project will hydraulically separate the low point, install check valves and a drainage pump, and add tide gates...

This three-year, $267,089 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Stony Brook University to improve understanding and modeling of flood-borne debris impacts on coastal structures. Using computational fluid dynamics, computational solid mechanics, and laboratory experiments, the researchers will quantify critical mechanics processes involved in water-wind-debris-structure interactions. Specific tasks include innovative...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map (CFDA 15.817) provides $410,000.00 to the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) to collect high-quality Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data covering Nassau and Suffolk counties in New York. The project will update the existing elevation dataset, which is from 2014 and has a point spacing of 0.7 meters, to meet at minimum Quality Level 2...

This $3,270,000 Formula Grant award from the Federal Highway Administration's Highway Planning and Construction (CFDA 20.205) program will provide funding for personnel services to support the operations of the Nassau County Traffic Management Center (TMC) in New York. The project aims to deliver ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) staffing consulting services to enhance the capabilities of the TMC in managing and monitoring the county's transportation network. The award was made to the New...

The National Resources Conservation Service will provide $224,007 in cooperative agreement funding to the Research Foundation for the State University of New York's Environmental Science and Forestry department to support technical assistance for wetland easement monitoring in six central New York counties. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York will deliver technical assistance services to the National Resources Conservation Service from September 13th, 2022 through...

This $1,550,000.00 Federal Highway Administration Formula Grant award under the Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) will fund drainage improvement projects along several roadways in Suffolk County, New York. The grant supports design phases 5 and 6 of a project to maintain the reliability and integrity of the drainage systems and ensure continued public safety on the Southern State Parkway, NY454, NY25, and other key transportation corridors in the region. The funding...