Cooperative Agreement F26AC00536

The National Audubon Society Inc. will receive $390,000 through a Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 to implement post-construction adaptive management techniques at the Great Meadows Marsh Unit of the S.B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge from April 29, 2022 to December 31, 2026. Funded activities under the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Activities program (CFDA 15.677) include invasive species control through herbicide...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) awarded a $534,903 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) to the University of Connecticut (UConn) on December 13, 2024. The project will establish a collaborative group to assess existing salt marsh resources, identify data gaps, and coordinate new data collection activities to support effective management of these critical coastal habitats in the face of climate change. The project will deliver a new salt marsh monitoring...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded $391,583 under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program to the University of Maryland, College Park for a collaborative research project spanning January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2030. This project, conducted in partnership with Towson University and the National Audubon Society's "Marshes for Tomorrow" initiative, will investigate whether habitat restoration...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program, aims to use high-resolution data to model salt marsh migration in 9 National Park Service coastal lands in the Northeast region. The $309,979.66 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will fund efforts to: 1) run the Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM) at...

The Smithsonian Institution received a $377,741 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure under the Biological Sciences (47.074) federal grant program. The award will support the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site program to train 30 students over three summers between 2023-2025. Students will gain hands-on research experience in ecology and global change biology through independent...

The Conservation Fund will receive $1,520,320 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements cooperative agreement program to implement marsh restoration strategies at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2027. As part of the award, The Conservation Fund will work with Blackwater NWR staff and an expert advisory panel to identify and implement tidal marsh restoration projects that support wildlife habitat...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The National Park Service (NPS), through the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945), awarded a $130,116 cooperative agreement to the National Audubon Society, Inc., on September 3, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. This agreement supports a monitoring and assessment project focused on the Cape Sable marshes within the Everglades ecosystem. The project will systematically track water...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) Project Grant award of $240,000 provides funding for a 3-year postdoctoral research fellowship to study the dynamics of the marsh-forest ecotone in the Chesapeake Bay region. The key objectives are to: Employ remote sensing techniques to track the migration rates of the leading and lagging edges of the marsh-forest ecotone. Use vegetation monitoring to explore how plant communities respond to varying migration...

Federal Grant Award Summary Towson University received a $401,760 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology (CFDA 47.074) beginning January 1, 2026, and extending through December 31, 2030. This collaborative research initiative, conducted in partnership with the University of Maryland and National Audubon Society, examines the effectiveness of habitat restoration techniques for reversing declines in salt marsh bird populations. The project...

The Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 5 awarded a $142,000 Cooperative Agreement to Northeast Wetland Restoration under the National Wildlife Refuge System Enhancements federal grant program (CFDA 15.654) to support innovative salt marsh restoration efforts at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge in Maine, Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Massachusetts, and Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge in New Hampshire from June 30, 2021 through May 31, 2026. The award...