Cooperative Agreement NA11NOS4200138

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $179,798.00 and issued by the U.S. Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) on February 20, 2025, supports a research project titled "A Universal Framework for Control Systems Testing from Model-in-the-Loop Simulations to Flight." The award extends the period of performance through September 30, 2026 and is funded under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The project is being conducted by...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR), under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), seeks to develop a machine learning model to assess targets on the sea floor using both sidescan sonar (SSS) imagery and imagery collected from the Modulated Underwater Laser Imaging System (MULIS) developed by NAWCAD engineers and scientists. The purposes of this $197,628.00 award, made on June 26, 2025, are to 1) extend the...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $425,000 and provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service under the Market Protection and Promotion program (CFDA 10.163), tasks the Organic Materials Review Institute (OMRI) to provide technical reports and other supporting materials for projects directly related to the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances under the National Organic Program (NOP). The key activities include attending regularly scheduled...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $129,253.00, was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431). The award will continue to build on previous efforts of the Model Diagnostics Task Force (MDTF) to support the integration of MDTF pods into modeling center workflows. Key products and services to be delivered include: Providing technical guidance, disseminating pod development principles, and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $397,884 Cooperative Agreement under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478) to the Greater Farallones Association, doing business as the Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association. The project will adapt and make available the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal Storm Modeling System (COSMOS) to model the co-evolution of beaches, natural and managed dunes, and coastal flooding. This will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will provide $2,137,722 to support the "IDEAS LAB: USPRD: ENABLING CELL-FREE SYNTHESIS OF LONGER HUMAN MILK OLIOGOSACCHARIDES" project. The project aims to enable the cost-effective production of complex sugars called human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) that are essential for infant health and development. The key objectives include...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405), provides $206,734.00 to assess the capability of NOAA's Coastal Ocean Reanalysis (CORA) model for forecasting high tide flooding (HTF) events along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts. The project, effective from July 1, 2025 to March 31, 2027, will evaluate CORA's performance in predicting HTF under different...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $399,996.00 and issued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Research Program (CFDA 11.472), aims to accelerate the adoption of Active Selection (ActSel) bycatch reduction systems among commercial trawlers. The primary objectives are to ensure successful early experiences with ActSel systems, continue improving the related technology, and conduct education and outreach to current ActSel users....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves (CFDA 11.420) program provides $880,967 in funding to the University of South Carolina (USC) for the period of October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2027. The purpose of this award is to maintain the Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO) in support of the System-Wide Monitoring Program and related National Estuarine Research Reserve...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $373,529.00 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405) supports the University of Hawaii at Manoa's project to expand the network of sea-level monitoring stations in the Pacific region. The key activities include installing new instrumentation at strategic locations, developing affordable monitoring packages for efficient network expansion, and producing...