Cooperative Agreement W912HZ2220015

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $963,000 Cooperative Agreement to Florida International University (FIU) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). The project, titled "NOAA Living Shoreline Project: Community-wide Biscayne Bay Restoration, Conservation, and Education Program," focuses on developing eco-friendly coastal infrastructure to mitigate rising sea levels and support marine biodiversity. The project will...

This $398,891 Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) project from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) explores participatory transformation of barrier islands to enhance coastal resilience. The key objectives are to: Identify "acceptable" locations for allowing sections of barrier islands to naturally erode and "return to nature" to mitigate flood risks at nearby communities. Quantify reductions in flood risk from these "extreme...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $920,372 project grant to North Carolina State University under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to co-develop a coastal protection design and siting framework and living shoreline training courses and certification program from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. The university will collect stakeholder survey data on coastal adaptation options to compile in a centralized database, and continue monitoring living shoreline...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $6,782,805 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463). This 4-year project will construct a living shoreline at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, accelerate living shoreline projects in underserved communities, and develop a statewide resilience implementation plan using nature-based solutions. These actions will protect eroding marshes,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $120,865 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MD DNR) to design a living shoreline project along the Potomac River in Charles County, Maryland. This project will stabilize the shoreline with nature-based features to address sea level rise, erosion, and storm impacts resulting from climate change, while transforming a former...

This $111,858 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) will fund Phase I planning and design for an integrated shoreline protection and habitat restoration project at a research reserve headquarters in Virginia. The project aims to develop a high-energy, natural and nature-based shoreline protection strategy that integrates structural elements like breakwaters with the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $250,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards (CFDA 11.419) program to the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) to comprehensively update the agency's "Shoreline Plants, A Landscape Guide for the San Francisco Bay Area" public access design guideline document. The grant focuses on integrating traditional ecological knowledge and climate resilience...

This $134,207 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund collaborative research to transform the scientific community's understanding and forecasting of coastline changes in response to shifting storm climates and sea-level rise. The project will develop new techniques to downscale global climate model outputs to produce detailed forecasts of the winds, waves, and water levels affecting specific coastlines, such as the Carolina...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by 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 $1,745,708 project, awarded on August 1, 2024, brings together researchers and community stakeholders from Delaware, Rhode Island, and South Carolina to empower...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) provides $2,999,924 to Brown University to develop the Community-Driven Coastal Climate Research & Solutions (3CRS) Project. The key products and services being delivered include: The project aims to create a New England hub for coastal climate resilience by developing knowledge, data, modeling, and human network infrastructure. This will involve 1) identifying and...