Cooperative Agreement W912DR2120002

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $10,000,000.00 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 11.463) to the State of Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to construct approximately 50 acres of reefs in the waters of Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. The goal is for the reefs to provide fish habitat, water filtration, and serve as a source of broodstock to sustain the new reefs and bolster nearby oyster populations....

Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles LLC and the Watershed Innovation Laboratory at Washington College will develop technology and monitoring solutions for near-shore aquaculture installations under a $149,865 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Specifically, the awardees will establish baseline water quality and shellfish testing for aquaculture farms, then develop an efficient and cost-effective material solution to continuously monitor environmental...

The Department of the Interior US Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $129,985 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). The award supports a project to assess the health of freshwater streams in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Key activities include: Hosting a workshop to synthesize expert knowledge and make recommendations on the adequacy of current freshwater monitoring programs in the...

The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) has been awarded a $960,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). The funding will support UMCES's research and restoration efforts focused on oysters in the Chesapeake Bay. Specifically, UMCES scientists will conduct studies on the transport and fate of oyster larvae from sanctuaries...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $2,063,726 in federal funding to the University of Texas at Austin through the FY2023 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law National Estuarine Research Reserve Habitat Restoration and Conservation Competition (CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management). The funding will be used to restore 11.5 acres of oyster reef along Ayres Point in the Mesquite Bay complex. The restored oyster reef will enhance shoreline and marsh habitat...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $1,030,074 to the Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia to conduct research on source-sink dynamics in restored oyster populations. The project aims to resolve the patterns, causes, and consequences of temporal variation in the demography and connectivity of oyster source-sink populations in coastal Virginia. Key research activities include long-term data collection,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $620,313 under a Cooperative Agreement to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources through the Office for Coastal Management's National Estuarine Research Reserve System program (CFDA 11.473). The funding will support a three-year project to address salt marsh erosion and habitat loss in the ACE Basin National Estuarine Research Reserve through the creation of intertidal oyster reefs and engagement of stakeholders....

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Fisheries Development and Utilization Research and Development Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program (CFDA 11.427) will assess and monitor oyster production and performance over a two-year period. The $499,198 award will fund a collaborative research network of 20 commercial oyster farms across 9 southern U.S. states to test the effects of ploidy (diploid and triploid) on oyster growth under...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Restore America's Estuaries $4,993,897 under the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) cooperative agreement program to restore oyster reef habitat across the Gulf of Mexico region through May 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. Restore America's Estuaries will expand and enhance oyster shell recycling programs around the Gulf, collecting shells from restaurants to recycle and place at oyster reef restoration sites. The restored reefs will...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Ocean Acidification Program (CFDA 11.017) provides $150,000 in funding from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027 to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) to sustain and enhance the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Forecast System (CBEFS). The CBEFS provides the Chesapeake Bay community with real-time environmental monitoring and short-term forecasts, including metrics on coastal and ocean...