Cooperative Agreement AID391A1200006

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded Concern Worldwide US, Inc. a $2 million Project Grant under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) federal grant program. The award will support agriculture, disaster risk reduction, economic recovery, water sanitation and hygiene programming in Pakistan from June 1, 2022 to November 30, 2023. Through this funding, Concern Worldwide US, Inc. will implement the Building Institutional and Community Resilience...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $1,488,568 Project Grant to the University of South Florida (USF) to design and develop a near real-time Community Crowdsourced Resilience Information System (CRIS-HAZARD) for enhancing community resilience against flooding and other extreme events. This grant is funded through NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070). The CRIS-HAZARD system will leverage citizen science and community participation to...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded the Regents of the University of Michigan a $6.0 million Cooperative Agreement under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, to establish and operate the Center for Land Surface Hazards (CLASH). The Center advances understanding of land surface hazards—including landslides, debris flows, river erosion, and flash flooding—by supporting an interdisciplinary team of...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to establish a network of higher education institutions (HEIs) in the U.S. and India to enhance the systemic resilience of infrastructure against disaster and climate risks. The cooperative agreement aims to address gaps in infrastructure resilience education, training, and knowledge management by strengthening stakeholder...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) project grant, awarded under the CFDA program 47.079 - Office of International Science and Engineering, aims to develop a flood resilience framework for coastal communities in the Caribbean region, particularly in Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and St. Lucia. The $648,579 project, starting on June 1, 2024 and running through May 31, 2027, will be led by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The key project goals are to (a) create a community learning...

The National Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA), a non-profit organization, received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (CFDA 97.029) program. The grant funding will enable NHMA to offer hazard mitigation services and advisory support focused on community resilience and disaster risk reduction initiatives. This includes coordinating cross-sector working groups, developing policy recommendations, and fostering...

The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District was awarded a $620,000 cooperative agreement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Cooperating Technical Partners Program (CFDA 97.045) to strengthen and enhance the National Flood Insurance Program. Through September 2023, the District will support efforts to strengthen national preparedness and resilience by providing technical assistance to communities in Denver, Colorado on flood risk management, floodplain mapping, and other...

This federal Project Grant award of $284,044.00, awarded on April 15, 2025, is funded by the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075). The grant supports a research project to assess the adaptability of resilience models across multiple scales in response to hazards such as hurricanes and wildfires. The project employs a mixed-method, multi-sited approach that includes public conferences, hazard mapping, risk perception surveys, and resilience...

The South Dakota Department of Public Safety was awarded a $476,628.64 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the BRIC: Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program (CFDA #97.047) to deliver hazard mitigation activities from September 2022 through September 2025. As the state administering agency, the Department of Public Safety will utilize the funding to support projects that reduce risks from natural disasters by lessening their impacts on the state's...

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $1,500,000 Project Grant under the 98.001 USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program to Catholic Relief Services - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (CRS-USCCB) to provide integrated support for the recovery of flood-affected communities in Pakistan. The award, which runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will fund agriculture, economic recovery, market systems, multipurpose cash assistance, and water,...