Cooperative Agreement D22AC00100

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $212,200 Project Grant under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research (CFDA 12.300) program to the University of Rhode Island (URI) Research Office Division, doing business as URI - Research. The award, entitled "ESTIMATION OF SEAFLOOR PROPERTIES USING LOW FREQUENCY ACOUSTIC SIGNALS," will support research and development to study the use of low-frequency acoustic signals for characterizing seafloor properties. The project will be performed...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $1,247,708.00, was issued by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The grant is funding Concept To Capability Research LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to conduct research and development on "Multi-Function Sonar Algorithm Development - Exploration of Sonar Resolution Space." The project, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to November 30, 2026, aims...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) to the University of Oklahoma. The project aims to: 1) Increase the robustness of the Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) computer code to take advantage of new radar volume scan strategies; 2) Continue to mature robust capabilities for running MRMS within a cloud environment; and 3) Utilize other data sets of...

This Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), provides $210,740.00 to the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) to develop retrons into genetic engineering tools for non-canonical host microbes. The award period runs from September 1, 2024 to August 30, 2027. The ONR Basic and Applied Scientific Research program supports fundamental and applied research at academic institutions and research...

This $199,988.17 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (CFDA 10.932), is to provide technical assistance to develop an inventory of high-ranking, climate-smart eligible, and funding-ready irrigation upgrade projects. The non-profit organization The Freshwater Trust, also known as Oregon Trout, will be responsible for executing this 5-year project, which runs...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $1.126 million under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) to the California Department of Parks and Recreation (CDPR) for a cooperative agreement from July 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023. $386,673 in federal funds will support operations, research and monitoring, education, training, and invasive species control activities at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve...

This federal Project Grant award from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) provides $381,458.00 to the University of Washington to develop "A Parsimonious Deep Learning Earth System Model for Sub-Seasonal and Seasonal Forecasting." The award period runs from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027. The University of Washington, a prominent public research institution, will leverage its extensive expertise in areas such as...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award of $253,233.56 was granted on September 10, 2024 by the Department of Defense's Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The award supports fundamental research efforts at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated (ORAU) in areas critical to national security, such as quantum computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials, and behavioral sciences. ORAU, a...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) will improve sea ice prediction capabilities for Alaska through advanced modeling and iterative community engagement. The $377,905 project, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, will refine an existing state-of-the-art sea ice prediction model to incorporate higher spatial resolution and tidal impacts....

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves (CFDA 11.420) program provides $1,258,525 in funding to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) from July 1, 2024 through December 31, 2026. The funding will support operations, research and monitoring, education, training, and stewardship activities at the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (NCNERR)....