Cooperative Agreement R16AC00130

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Office Engineer Division received a $137,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) under the State, Planning and Research (SPR) Program (CFDA 20.258), awarded on April 22, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2029. This Phase I laboratory study will develop improved asphalt mix design procedures and specifications that account for the impact of recycled...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Office Engineer Division on April 22, 2026, under the State, Planning and Research (SPR) Program (CFDA 20.258). The project, titled "Transition from Marshall to IDT-Based Volumetric Design of Plant Mix, Bituminous Base Mixes," is scheduled for completion by September 30, 2029, with performance activities conducted in...

Summary The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a Cooperative Agreement totaling $437,544 to Orange County Water District under the SECURE Water Act – Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560) on December 4, 2025, with a completion date of March 31, 2027. The award funds research to develop modernized microbial water quality monitoring methods for engineered water treatment and potable water reuse systems. The project leverages droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and whole-genome...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Monterey-Salinas Transit District (MST) a $568,553 Cooperative Agreement under the Public Transportation Innovation program (CFDA 20.530) effective January 27, 2026, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2028. This award supports the development and implementation of software and systems that enable MST to transition to open-loop bank card payments while automatically verifying and applying discount...

Federal Grant Award Summary Raising The Floor - US. Inc. received a $750,000 Project Grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) under the ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research program (CFDA 93.433), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. The ATA3 Toolkit for Assistive Technology (AT) Awareness and Anywhere Access to Computers project will develop and deploy free,...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) awarded The Research Foundation for the State University of New York a $220,552 Project Grant on October 1, 2025, under the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training (RLTT) program (CFDA 84.129) to support the project "Preparing Rehabilitation Counselors to Meet 21st Century Agency and Client Needs." The grant, with a completion date of September 30, 2026, funds academic training initiatives...

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) Office Engineer Division received a $302,014 Formula Grant from the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Highway Planning and Construction program (CFDA 20.205) on May 7, 2024. This grant will fund the implementation of a Document Management System for ALDOT's Design Bureau, project number 931-120S. The Document Management System will provide digital infrastructure to improve the organization and accessibility of transportation project design...

Directed Analytics Inc. received a $276,000 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program to develop an automated employability skills framework. The one-year project will create a scalable software platform integrating data from school districts and higher education programs on transition methods and employment outcomes for individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities. Using machine learning, the...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Oklahoma, through its Office of Research Administration, received a $456,606 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Weather and Air Quality Research program (CFDA 11.459) beginning August 1, 2025 and concluding July 31, 2028. The award funds the evaluation and development of a Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS)-based data assimilation and prediction system designed to improve...

Under this $649,970 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Bureau of Reclamation under the SECURE Water Act - Research Agreements program (CFDA 15.560), the recipient Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) aims to pilot distributed modeling and enhanced snow products at two River Forecast Centers. The project will evaluate and apply distributed modeling techniques coupled with advanced snow data to enhance river flow forecasting capabilities at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center...