Formula Grant F12AF70002

The Texas A&M University at Galveston will research sources and transport pathways of microplastics in a coastal estuary under a $287,347 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works. The research supports the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) to contribute to technology for Department of Defense missions through basic, applied, or advanced research in environmental and life sciences. Over a three-year period...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $109,866 to the University of North Texas to conduct a multi-proxy study to discriminate between marine and terrestrial sediments in coastal wetlands. The research aims to improve understanding of the relative contributions of marine and terrestrial sources to compound flooding events caused by hurricane impacts, which have intensified due to climate change. The study will employ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $875,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) Federal Grant Program to the Texas General Land Office (GLO). The funding will build the GLO's capacity to implement coastal resilience projects and programs within Texas' coastal counties. Specifically, the GLO will develop a sediment placement database and dashboard to inform state and local policy-makers on sediment resource management....

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality was awarded a $2.37 million Formula Grant from the Department of the Treasury under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States program on February 18, 2022. The grant funds the Texas Master Plan for Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Project, which will create a planning document and tools to identify placement area locations along the Texas Gulf Coast where dredged materials may...

This federal Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) will support a pilot project led by Texas State University to develop an environmental forensics approach for understanding and predicting fecal bacterial contamination in the Texas coastal zone. The project aims to analyze a suite of water quality parameters, including traditional indicators like...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences awarded a $213,648 project grant to Texas A&M University under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) federal grant program. The grant supports a collaborative research project to study how changes in freshwater runoff affect the production and consumption of alkalinity, or acid-neutralizing capacity, in sediments of estuaries along the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. The project will examine three estuaries with varying freshwater inputs,...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $11.2 million Cooperative Agreement under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards program (CFDA 11.419) to the Texas General Land Office, effective October 1, 2025, through March 31, 2027. This award supports the administration and implementation of Texas's federally approved Coastal Zone Management Program, leveraging an additional $2.62 million in state, local, and private matching funds. The program addresses...

This $1,038,171 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into methane efflux from river-influenced coastal marine sediments in the Gulf of Mexico. The Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium will measure methane fluxes from coastal sediments into Gulf waters using an in situ lander to collect benthic flux measurements of oxygen and methane. Sediment microprofiles of oxygen and sulfide will also be analyzed. Naturally occurring...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 awarded a $5,826,000 Project Grant to the San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) under the Geographic Programs - San Francisco Bay Water Quality Improvement Fund (CFDA 66.126). The 4-year project aims to: (1) develop strategies to increase beneficial reuse of up to 45,000 tons of flood control channel sediment for habitat restoration; (2) implement pilot projects to restore several acres of tidal marsh and creek habitat; (3) develop visions...

Federal Grant Award Summary Texas A&M University received a $233,887 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences (CFDA 47.050, Geosciences Program) awarded on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2028. This collaborative research project develops novel numerical and computational modeling approaches to understand how human engineering decisions influence delta morphodynamics and landscape evolution across centuries. The research integrates...