Formula Grant F13AF00204

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 Science Foundation awarded Designer Ecosystems LLC a $1,242,694 Cooperative Agreement on August 1, 2026, to design, deploy, and evaluate full-scale modular submerged barriers for coastal protection, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084). The project advances an engineered barrier system that integrates hydrodynamic performance with ecological function and embeds in situ sensing to measure real-world performance. Designer Ecosystems...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $4,500,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Borough of Tuckerton in New Jersey. The grant will fund a "Little Egg Harbor Boulevard Living Shoreline" project aimed at increasing salt marsh habitat, reducing erosion, and enhancing water quality and storm resilience in the Tuckerton Beach area. Specifically, the funding will support five key tasks:...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana $4.621 million on October 1, 2026, under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463) to assess the feasibility of and generate engineered designs for 416 acres of marsh creation between Bayou Lafourche and Isle de Jean Charles. The landbridge design scope includes primarily marsh creation but may also include bank stabilization, terraces, and strategic shoreline...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing a $4,500,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Village of Bald Head Island in North Carolina for a $16,200,000 Coastal Storm Damage Reduction (CSDR) project. The CSDR project involves dredging and placement of approximately 1 million cubic yards of beach-quality sand from the nearby Jay Bird Shoals to increase the resilience of Bald Head Island's...

Award Summary The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) awarded $1,131,500 to the Strafford County Conservation District through the FY2024 and FY2025 Coastal Zone Management Habitat Protection and Restoration Grant Competition. The award, effective October 1, 2025, with completion targeted for March 31, 2027, funds the establishment of a conservation easement to protect 44.3 acres of high-priority coastal habitat in Dover, New...

The Northwest Straits Foundation, Washington State Parks, and the Skagit and Whatcom County Marine Resources Committees will develop a feasibility study, design, permitting, and initiate community outreach for the restoration of over 1,200 linear feet of shoreline, 9 acres of backshore, and adjacent upland habitat at Clayton Beach in Larrabee State Park, Skagit County, WA under a $122,716 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1. The award...

This three-year, $267,089 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at Stony Brook University to improve understanding and modeling of flood-borne debris impacts on coastal structures. Using computational fluid dynamics, computational solid mechanics, and laboratory experiments, the researchers will quantify critical mechanics processes involved in water-wind-debris-structure interactions. Specific tasks include innovative...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $3.73 million to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program via a Cooperative Agreement effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2029. This funding supports coastal habitat protection and restoration initiatives across Massachusetts' coastal counties, with a primary focus on restoring tidal connectivity to one of the largest...

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...