Cooperative Agreement W912HZ262A001

This five-year, $1.58 million Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) supports research by the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh to study the social and environmental drivers of toxic algal blooms in freshwater systems. The university will examine historical, socio-cultural, policy, and ecological factors contributing to algal blooms through partnerships with community organizations. Researchers will develop a predictive model to forecast...

The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College received a $499,122 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to conduct research on the impact of extreme hydrological events on cyanobacteria blooms in eutrophic lake ecosystems. The project aims to integrate field surveys and ecosystem modeling to comprehensively understand the mechanistic drivers of harmful algal blooms and their...

This $175,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Department of the Interior National Park Service Southeast Region under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) program aims to improve the understanding of Florida Bay algal blooms. The project, conducted by Florida International University, will identify potential triggers, drivers, and stressors that influence the spatial distribution and phytoplankton concentrations in Florida Bay....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc. received a $462,645 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research Coastal Ocean Program (CFDA 11.478), effective June 1, 2026 through May 31, 2029. The agreement funds research to identify and characterize Karenia brevis source or seed populations that initiate harmful algal blooms in the Gulf of Mexico. The research team will employ...

The Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. was awarded a two-year, $199,989 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems to quantify inositol phosphate dephosphorylation and its role in harmful algal blooms. The grant supports research under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to investigate the impact of recalcitrant organic phosphorus, specifically inositol phosphate, on harmful...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for $111,215 will support research by the Regents of the University of Michigan to study cyanobacteria, nitrogen cycling, and export production in the Laurentian Great Lakes. The key objectives are to: 1) determine the relative contributions of cyanobacteria versus eukaryotic algae to primary production, 2) evaluate export production of cyanobacterial productivity, and 3) constrain historical...

The University of Massachusetts was awarded a $475,420.73 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to conduct research on climate, storms, and the drivers of cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Superior. The goal of the three-year project, beginning April 1, 2021, is to support USGS efforts to examine the geological structure, water, mineral, and biological resources of the national domain by studying how climate and weather...

This $191,770 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), funds research at the University of California, Davis to develop a trait-based modeling framework for macroalgal communities. The researchers will measure key functional traits of at least 20 common macroalgae species in the Santa Barbara Channel to relate traits like mass-specific photosynthetic rate and blade properties to species' depth distributions. An...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $399,132 project grant to the University of Virginia for a three-year collaborative research project titled "Whole Ecosystem Test of Restoring Resilience in Lakes". The goal of the project is to experimentally test methods for enhancing the resilience of lake ecosystems to algal blooms, which threaten drinking water, reduce tourism, and harm wildlife. The researchers will measure and evaluate the...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), provides $239,278 to the University of Washington to conduct research focused on three main topics: Modeling flood hazards in river delta systems, with a focus on the Nooksack River and understanding the impacts of morphological changes on flooding under future sea level rise scenarios. Developing a conceptual framework for modeling compound flood hazards in...