This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award, totaling $128,716, will support rapid response research by Georgia TECH Research Corp (the Office of Sponsored Programs) to characterize subsurface conditions and ground performance at sites affected by the 2023 Kahramanmaras, Turkey earthquake sequence. The goal is to develop well-documented case histories on building and infrastructure damage, with a focus on near-fault ground motions, liquefaction-induced...
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) received a $269,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Earthquake State Assistance program (CFDA 97.082). The award period is from August 1, 2023 to January 31, 2025. EERI, a national non-profit focused on earthquake risk reduction, will use the funding to provide technical guidance, education, information sharing, and other services to support the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program...
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) received a $275,062 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Earthquake State Assistance Federal Grant Program (CFDA 97.082). The award, effective September 1, 2024, supports EERI's efforts to enhance earthquake preparedness and risk reduction across the United States through research, technical assistance, public education, and infrastructure...
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) was awarded a $320,000 cooperative agreement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Earthquake State Assistance program (CFDA #97.082) for the period of August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. As part of FEMA's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, the award will support EERI's Earthquake Consortium to address earthquake risks. The Consortium will likely provide services and products to reduce earthquake hazards...
The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) was awarded a $540,000 cooperative agreement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Earthquake State Assistance program (CFDA #97.082) on July 22, 2022. Under this award, EERI will provide earthquake risk reduction services and technical assistance to support FEMA's National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) objectives. As the NEHRP aims to coordinate federal efforts to address earthquake risks, this...
This $544,307 federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports a collaborative research project investigating seismic cycle processes in the earthquake critical zone of major continental strike-slip faults. The research team, led by Utah State University (USU), will bridge geoscience and engineering concepts, data, and models to deliver research products and broader impacts across six key pathways: Establishing a...
This $100,000.00 Project Grant was awarded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Earthquake State Assistance Program (CFDA 97.082). The grant supports comprehensive earthquake preparedness and risk reduction efforts through the Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Incorporated (Orau), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Orau will leverage its expertise and extensive university network to conduct...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earthquake Hazards Program Assistance (CFDA 15.807) program provides $669,000.00 in funding to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) from February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2030. The award supports the Alaska Earthquake Center as a Tier 1 partner in the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). Key activities include generating and disseminating automatic earthquake solutions, a regional earthquake...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $299,539 to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation to develop advanced machine learning models and algorithms to study the intricate dynamics of earthquakes. The key objectives are to uncover precursory signals that may precede major seismic events, enhance earthquake forecasting capabilities, and create open-source tools accessible to researchers and practitioners worldwide. The...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program totaling $417,406 provides funding to The Regents of the University of California, doing business as the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), to investigate earthquake injury mechanisms and develop new models to predict earthquake impacts on health and life. The research aims to enhance the spatiotemporal granularity of infrastructure damage assessments and refine earthquake injury...