Cooperative Agreement NA12OAR4310096

This $1,100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program supports an innovative research collaboration between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and local stakeholders in northern New Mexico. The goal is to enhance the resilience of traditional acequia irrigation systems and associated socio-environmental systems to climate change and other emerging challenges. The project employs a convergence research approach that integrates...

This Project Grant award of $284,207.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research at Cornell University examining farmer decision-making processes related to climate adaptation through the adoption of new crop varieties. The key products of this 3-year project include: (1) developing a multi-scale modeling approach combining land surface modeling, satellite...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.050 - Geosciences) aims to develop community-driven tools for monitoring and forecasting flash droughts in the agricultural sector. The $300,000 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026, will fund a collaborative effort between researchers, academics, and community leaders to enhance resilience and reduce the socio-economic impacts of rapid climate fluctuations on farmers, ranchers, and other stakeholders....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.083 - Integrative Activities) will provide $299,789 to the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute (DRI) to develop new understanding of how Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO) can be used to improve ecosystem management while also meeting water supply, flood management, and other high priority objectives in the western United States. The project aims to identify and quantify potential...

This $420,167 National Science Foundation project grant funds research at the University of Virginia to develop integrated drought management policies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The goal is to evaluate potential economic, environmental and social impacts of droughts under current water management practices versus forecast-informed coordination of water markets and critical infrastructure operations. The research team will analyze impacts using regression models and develop an...

Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded San Diego State University Research Foundation $500,000 through the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) on October 1, 2025, for the Advanced Water Resilience Through Collaborative Operational Strategies (AWRCOS) Incubator project, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The project delivers integrated water management solutions for California's San Joaquin Valley, combining hydrological modeling, water systems engineering, machine...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), aims to establish a climate change research network to help the Lakota Tribe, Navajo Tribe, and Vermont farming communities manage water quality and quantity issues caused by climate change. The $236,472 award to New Mexico State University, awarded on August 1, 2024, will support the creation of an integrated data science framework, a network of affordable water...

This $166,266 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to develop integrated drought management policies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The researchers will evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of droughts on agricultural and urban communities under current water management practices. They will then develop and analyze alternative plans that coordinate forecast-informed...

This $620,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) supports South Dakota State University in developing a scalable decision support tool (S-DST) for equitable water resource allocation and drought mitigation in the Missouri River Basin. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year project include: (1) analyzing climate change projections to assess drought risks, (2)...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $745,594 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The grant will fund a project titled "DISES-EX: Climate Resilience and Risk Aversion within the Integrated Dynamics of a Hydro-Agricultural System" from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. The project aims to inform the optimization of water use efficiency in farming to ensure sustainable agricultural practices despite climate...