Cooperative Agreement NA18OAR0110287

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded $14 million to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection under the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Comprehensive Plan Component Program (CFDA #87.051) to support the Florida Strategic Gulf Coast Land Acquisition Program. This 10-year project grant will fund the acquisition of 10,000 to 20,000 acres of conservation lands along Florida's Gulf Coast through fee simple purchases and conservation easements from willing sellers....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support research led by Rutgers, The State University to improve understanding of how continental shelf regions, shorelines, and coastlines have responded to changes in sea level, sediment supply, and tectonic processes over the Miocene epoch. The $462,435 award will fund the integration of sediment core data, high-resolution 3D seismic imaging, and forward stratigraphic modeling to test...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $800,670 will support research to extend tree-ring based reconstructions of Atlantic Gulf Basin hydroclimate over the Common Era. Led by the University of Arizona with completion expected by June 2025, the project aims to collect old-growth bald cypress and longleaf pine samples from trees harvested in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These extended tree-ring chronologies will be used to develop regional and seasonal hydroclimate...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences Project Grant award of $262,393 to Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) from July 15, 2023 to June 30, 2026 will support research to extend the hurricane record along the Southwest Florida coast by thousands of years. The project will analyze sediment cores from coastal "blue holes" to reconstruct the history of tropical cyclones in the region, resulting in a more robust understanding of the tropical cyclone frequency...

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) awarded a $514,832 Cooperative Agreement to Florida State University (FSU) under the BOEM Environmental Studies (ES) program (CFDA 15.423) to reevaluate BOEM's guidelines for identifying submerged pre-contact archaeological sites in the Gulf of Mexico using an extensive geoarchaeological approach. The project, which runs from March 2024 through March 2029, will develop mathematical survey models, conduct fieldwork and laboratory analysis, create...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) provides $1,100,000 to the University of Illinois to conduct offshore geophysical data collection and stratigraphic mapping within Illinois Lake Michigan waters beyond 3 km from the Chicago shoreline. The project leverages results from a recent 2022-2024 NOAA Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant effort and uses advanced geospatial datasets,...

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council awarded $4 million under the Comprehensive Plan Component Program (CFDA 87.051) to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on January 22, 2021. The project grant supports the implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive living shoreline initiative through August 30, 2026. As part of the award, $250,000 was provided to the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium (doing business as Dauphin Island Sea Lab) to conduct living...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $433,859 Cooperative Agreement through its Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority of Louisiana (CPRA) to restore the Chandeleur Islands. This project aims to improve the function, resilience, and longevity of the island chain by reintroducing sand and helping to extend the islands' lifespan and prevent complete submergence. The restoration efforts will...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $963,000 Cooperative Agreement to Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida for the NOAA Living Shoreline Project: Community-Wide Biscayne Bay Restoration, Conservation, and Education Program. The project focuses on developing eco-friendly coastal infrastructure to mitigate the effects of rising sea levels and support marine biodiversity. Key project activities include designing and implementing modular seawall...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Coastal Program (CFDA 15.630) aims to enhance coastal habitat conditions for shorebirds and seabirds through the innovative use of crushed shell debris. The $136,828 project, with a performance period from August 1, 2024 to July 30, 2027, involves sourcing mollusk and bivalve shells from recent beach nourishment efforts in Panama City Beach, Florida, crushing the material, and manually...