The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $252,210 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Hawaii under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) for the Coastal Inundation Community of Practice project. This nationwide initiative will establish a trusted network of non-federal and federal adaptation and resilience experts to provide equitable engagement, reliable science, and local knowledge support to decision-makers and communities for improving preparation,...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $813,701 to the University of Rhode Island to conduct research on climate change adaptation and resilience for coastal communities. The project, titled "RISKS, IMPACTS, & STRATEGIES FOR COASTAL COMMUNITIES: ADVANCING CONVERGENT SCIENCE TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE," aims to empower affected communities to make effective and...
This $756,237 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research project titled "Risks, Impacts, & Strategies for Coastal Communities: Advancing Convergent Science to Support Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience." The project is led by the College of Charleston in partnership with the University of Delaware, University of Rhode Island, University of South Carolina, and other...
This $1,745,708 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative research project titled "Risks, Impacts, & Strategies for Coastal Communities: Advancing Convergent Science to Support Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience." The project team, led by the University of Delaware, will work with researchers and community stakeholders across three EPSCoR jurisdictions (Delaware, Rhode Island,...
This $486,990.00 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research (CFDA 11.431) federal grant program. The project aims to co-develop a transferable decision framework that communities can use to assess a broad set of outcomes regarding flood adaptation choices, such as grey and green infrastructure, building retrofits, and relocation. This effort brings together expertise from two...
This $3,707,343 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will develop new training curricula and identify existing programs to build the capacity of communities in coastal Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to prepare for and increase resilience to climate change impacts. The project, awarded to the minority-owned non-profit organization Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), will train...
This $1,998,800 federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) supports a regional collaborative planning and strategy development project led by the Bywater Institute at Tulane University. The project aims to develop a coordinated vision and sustainable resilience-focused action plan for Louisiana's southwest and central Acadiana regions. Key activities include analyzing existing plans,...
The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $821,786 Cooperative Agreement to the Water Institute of the Gulf, a non-profit research organization located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The funding is provided through NOAA's Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463) to support the Institute's partnership with community liaisons to engage Southeast Louisiana's Asian American shrimping and processing communities in developing a climate change...
This $2 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund research and development activities through the University of South Florida from March 2023 to February 2027. The award is being made under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), which facilitates R&D in marine and atmospheric science. Specifically, the University of South Florida will conduct research and develop tools and...
The $1,451,065 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program will fund a project led by the Northwest Regional Planning Commission (NWR) to address repetitive flooding issues in an area across multiple states, counties, cities, and tribal lands. The project aims to 1) identify how the loss of headwater wetland storage and floodplain connectivity is contributing to the flooding, and 2)...
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ADAPTATION PROFESSIONALS (ASAP) WILL COLLABORATE WITH NOAA OFFICE FOR COASTAL MANAGEMENT (OCM) AND NATIONAL SEA GRANT OFFICE (NSGO) TO BUILD AND FACILITATE A COASTAL RESILIENCE TO INUNDATION COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE (COP) OVER THE COURSE OF FOUR YEARS. THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO OUTCOMES SUCH AS INCREASING AND IMPROVING THE USE OF REGIONALLY-RELEVANT, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CLIMATE DATA AND INFORMATION FOR COASTAL INUNDATION SCIENCE AND RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS; ENHANCING CONNECTIONS, PEER LEARNING, AND INFORMATION TRANSFER ACROSS REGIONS; STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL NETWORK OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM ALL SECTORS WORKING ON COASTAL INUNDATION SCIENCE AND RESILIENCE SOLUTIONS, AND INFORMING FUTURE COASTAL INUNDATION RESEARCH, MODELING, TOOL DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. THE VISION OF THIS EFFORT IS THAT COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE ENGAGED AND EMPOWERED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, TOOLS, AND ASSISTANCE TO ADVANCE PREPARATION, ADAPTATION, AND RESI