Cooperative Agreement SIS70022CA0052

The National Science Foundation awarded a $745,310 project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program (CFDA 47.084) to the University of Delaware on December 15, 2022. The grant supports the Recycled Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Ecosystems project to develop a sustainable recycled materials model for the textile and apparel industry. Key deliverables include advancing mechanical recycling technologies to convert post-consumer clothing waste into...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $638,997 project grant to Ben Gurion University of the Negev to assess the health and environmental impacts of unregulated e-waste recycling and disposal in Israel. Under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' CFDA 19.600 program, which supports the foreign assistance goals and objectives of the Department of State NEA, Ben Gurion University will research and evaluate the effects of improper electronic waste handling practices. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Massachusetts Lowell received a $595,015 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2031. The project, titled "Sustainable Textile Industry Through Circular Handling (STITCH)," will develop evidence-based analytical tools and...

The Dead Sea and Arava Science Center (DSASC) was awarded a $370,418 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs to implement the "Innovative Urban Green Roof and Hydroponic System (IGROW) for Urban Built Environments in Water Scarce Communities" initiative in Israel. The grant was awarded on August 18, 2022 under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs' general foreign assistance program (CFDA #19.600), which supports the Department's goals and objectives...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program totaling $275,030 will fund the development of technology to extract cellulosic raw materials from post-consumer textile waste. The awardee, Regenerated Textile Industries LLC of Everett, Washington, will optimize a non-destructive extraction process to convert end-of-life textile waste into high-value cellulosic feedstocks of equal or greater quality than virgin materials at the kilogram...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program, provides $2,336,172 to fund the "MEPPA: EIN DOR MUSEUM FOR ARCHEOLOGY: ECO-PLAY ACTIVITY" project. The project will engage approximately 250 Arab and Jewish youth from the Galilee region of Israel in a multi-year leadership development program focused on environmental sustainability. The funded activities include creating...

This $600,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a desktop system for spinning biofibers - fibers made from biomaterials - to enable sustainable innovations in smart textiles. The project aims to address the sustainability challenges posed by the projected $15 billion smart textiles market by 2030, which risks combining textile and electronic waste. The research...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs provides $917,027 to Tel Aviv University under the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs federal grant program (CFDA 19.600) to evaluate health risks and treatment strategies associated with residuals of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater and their uptake in vegetables and fruits versus pesticide residuals. Specifically, the award will fund research from July 1, 2022 through June 1, 2025 to...

The Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a $124,403 Project Grant under the ECA – American Spaces federal grant program (CFDA 19.441) to bring together 400 pairs of Jewish and Arab students in Israel's higher education institutions. The grant funding will support shared experiential learning in Hebrew and Arabic between the 800 students through December 2022. As authorized by the Fulbright-Hays Act, the ECA – American Spaces program aims to provide free and open...

The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $100,346 cooperative agreement to Atid Plus Fund For Education In Israel (Ra) from September 30, 2022 through December 31, 2023 under the Investing in People in The Middle East and North Africa federal grant program (CFDA 19.021). The award will support cultural, educational, alumni, information and media efforts focused on active promotion of public diplomacy objectives in the Middle East and North Africa region. Specifically, the...