Cooperative Agreement G18AC00325

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,158,772 Cooperative Agreement to The Regents of the University of Colorado, doing business as the University of Colorado Office of Contracts and Grants Division, under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405). The four-year award will fund research and development activities to improve short-range fire weather, smoke, and flash flood prediction capabilities in...

The University of Colorado received a $888,273 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The project will develop and deliver detailed quantitative projections of 21st century water balance, water availability, and ecological drought metrics across the contiguous United States. This will be accomplished through ecosystem water balance modeling with a daily time step and multiple soil...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $531,902 to Appalachian State University to develop an Aerosol Chemical Speciation System (ACSS) to be installed at the university's APPALAIR atmospheric research observatory in Boone, North Carolina. The ACSS will enable detailed measurements of aerosol composition, which will support research to improve understanding of aerosol-cloud interactions and aerosol impacts on regional air...

The University of Arizona, as the prime recipient of Cooperative Agreement G24AC00080 from the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will execute a $349,400 research project titled "Atmospheric Rivers and Downslope Winds as Tollgates of Aridification in the Southwest: Impacts on Water Resources and Wildfire Management." The project aims to assess the long-term impacts of climate change on precipitation patterns,...

The University of Colorado was awarded a $200,886 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "PRECISION MILLIMETER-WAVE TIME TRANSFER". The award began on June 15, 2024 and is scheduled for completion by June 14, 2028. The University of Colorado, a U.S. state government entity and accredited public research institution, will utilize its expertise in physics and materials...

The University of Colorado received a $229,815 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The funding supports the development of a time-resolved velocity measurement system for studying gusts under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), will provide $200,000 in funding to Colorado State University from August 2024 to August 2029. The award will support research and development of cloud engineering and networking solutions to improve the performance, security, and accessibility of web applications that inform natural resource management and adaptive decision-making. Key objectives include...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Colorado State University a $517,000 cooperative agreement from September 1, 2021 through December 31, 2023 under the Basic Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.431). The agreement supports the Enhanced Terrain Mobility Analysis System: Testing and Uncertainty Quantification project. Colorado State University will conduct research to improve Army programs and operations through testing and analysis...

This Project Grant award of $577,680.00 from the Defense Health Agency's Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) is supporting research by the University of Colorado to target EHMT1/2 in order to overcome therapy-resistant ovarian cancer. The project will run from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2029. As a prominent public research university, the University of Colorado has a robust portfolio of federal contract and grant awards across multiple scientific and technological...

This Project Grant award for $192,952.51 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001) supports research to expand scientific knowledge on the dynamics and chemistry of the summer stratosphere. The award will enable the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), to conduct this research over the period of June 4, 2025 to June 3,...