The national sea grant college program was established by the U.S. Congress in 1966 (amended in 2008, public law 110-394) to be a highly leveraged federal and state partnership to harness the…

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Award ID
NA24OARX417C0151
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$12,079,695

Award facts

Assistance listing
11.417 Sea Grant Support
Completion date 68% complete
Funding
  • $7,942,988.00 Federal
  • $4,136,707.00 Non-federal
Place of performance
Erie, PA 16505, USA

Award details come from USAspending.gov.

Description

As the agency reported it.

Activities
Each university-based sea grant program contributes to the national focus areas and goals, and pennsylvania sea grant is no different, aligning their focus areas with the national sea grant strategic plan's focus areas of: healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, resilient communities and economies, and environmental literacy and workforce development. Activities within each of these focus areas include research, extension, and educational projects that aim to further the national sea grant college program's stated mission.
Expected outcomes
NOAA provides funding to sea grant institutions to increase the understanding, assessment, development, management, utilization, and conservation of the nation's ocean, coastal, and great lakes resources. These important efforts promote a strong educational base, responsive research and training activities, broad and prompt dissemination of knowledge and techniques, and multidisciplinary approaches to environmental problems, in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 1121(b). Specific outcomes identified by the recipient include, but are not limited to: engage an ecosystem approach to watershed management of the commonwealth's coastal resources, focusing on the lake erie, delaware, and susquehanna watersheds. Capitalize on the intellectual and physical resources of pennsylvania's colleges and universities to further pennsylvania sea grant research and collaborative efforts. Collaborate with partner organizations and seek new partnerships that build on pennsylvania sea grant's strength. Serve as a local resource to support and disseminate findings and resources of NOAA and other partner organizations. Advance innovative solutions that address emerging challenges and encourage creativity, initiative, and innovation. Be responsive and accessible, respect partners, maintain scientific neutrality, integrate diverse expertise, and provide the science and knowledge needed to inform stakeholders. Communicate the importance of stewardship and the value of the services that the coastal, ocean, and great lakes' ecosystems provide to the nation. Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion principles that increase the breadth of services and opportunities to underserved and underrepresented individuals and communities intended beneficiaries: residents, stakeholders, and decision-makers of the state of pennsylvania as well as throughout the great lakes and mid-atlantic regions.
Subrecipient activities
The recipient plans to subaward funds to principal investigators throughout the state of pennsylvania who successfully competed for funding according to the national sea grant college program's competition policy. Additionally, funding may be subawarded for extension or education work.

Transactions

Action Federal Non-federal Date
Amendment $1,477,496 $738,748
Amendment $910,828 $293,888
Amendment $910,828 $293,888
Amendment $0 $0
Amendment $0 $0
Amendment $564,436 $444,973
Amendment $564,436 $444,973
Amendment $564,436 $444,973
Amendment $1,475,264 $737,632
Original award $1,475,264 $737,632

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
Villanova University In The State Of Pennsylvania Collaboration on, "From streams to seas: Using community-based science to track the source and date of marine debris from a mixed-use watershed." $102,468
Bryn Mawr College Collaboration on, "Improving coastal exosystem resiliency and wetland restoration by leveraging heritable trait variation in populations." $75,000
Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education Collaboration on, "Using sorbent media to address the impact of deicing salt on contaminant dynamics in infirtation-based green stormwater management:… $155,680
Allegheny College Collaboration on, "Predicting the impacts and spread for an emerging invasion of non-native round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) in a stream biodiversity… $99,873
Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia Collaboration on, "Understanding the food web impacts of the invasive northern snakehead on Pennsylvania's largest tidal freshwater wetland." $167,550
Lehigh University Collaboration on, "Microbial Menaces on Microplastics: A Spatiotemporal Study in the Schuykill River Watershed." $148,057
Stroud Water Research Center Inc. Collaboration on, "Research, Develop, and Evaluate New Ocean, Great Lakes, and Watershed Curricula for the New PA Standards." $129,718
Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System Of Higher Education Collaboration on, "Using sorbent media to address the impact of deicing salt on contaminant dynamics in infiltration-based green stormwater management:… $77,370
Lehigh University Collaboration on, "Microbial Menaces on Microplastics: A Spatiotemporal Study in the Schuykill River Wastershed." $76,259
Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Philadelphia Collaboration on,"Understanding the food web impacts of the invasive northern snakehead on Pennsylvania's largest tidal freshwater wetland." $83,775

Quick answers

Who received award NA24OARX417C0151?

NA24OARX417C0151 was awarded to The Pennsylvania State University by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Department of Commerce) on February 1, 2024.

How much is award NA24OARX417C0151 worth?

$12,079,695 has been obligated on NA24OARX417C0151: $7,942,988 in federal funding and $4,136,707 in non-federal funding.

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