Advancing communication and visualization of climate adaptation science center (casc) researchproject dates: 1 1 2025 through 12 31 2027AWARD purpose: the project explorer provides a user-friendly…

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program, will fund the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to host and develop the Project Explorer web-based platform. The Project Explorer provides a user-friendly interface for accessing climate adaptation research, data, and tools generated by the Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs). UAF will be responsible for website hosting, system monitoring, code optimization, user feedback logging, and programming support to maintain the functionality and security of the Project Explorer over the 3-year award period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The total funding amount for this Cooperative Agreement is $124,960.

Activities

Website hosting, system monitoring and support analysis of codebase quality issues: updating core libraries and frameworks, removing unused code pathways and continually optimizing the code to work on modern platforms logging feedback from users on bugs and functional enhancements, including accessibility providing programming support to fix bugs and implement functional and user interface improvements producing specifications, mockups and additional work products as required to support the ongoing development and maintenance of the project explorerdeliverables and expected outcomes: a hosted casc project explorer website a working website and associated codebase a log of all website user feedbackintended beneficiary(IES): the intended beneficiaries of this effort include natural and cultural resource managers, decision makers, scientists, students, and members of the public who have a need to locate research projects (and associated research results, data, and tools) focused on fish, wildlife, water, land, and people adapting to a changing climate.