Project Grant 00J30401

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, through its National Fish Habitat Partnership (CFDA 15.686) program, awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to Delmarva R C & D Inc., a non-profit conservation organization, to restore degraded salt marshes in the Maryland Coastal Bays. The project aims to improve fish habitat, water quality, and coastal resiliency by reversing human impacts on at least 114 acres of salt marsh. Key restoration techniques include sediment addition to nourish degraded...

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 Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $598,187 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) to develop social and technology infrastructure that expands critical coastal flooding data collection and leverages it to enhance resilience in rural Maine coastal communities. The key products and services to be delivered under this one-year project include: Installation of low-cost tide gauges to...

This $500,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will work with California coastal communities to produce research and adaptation strategies that address resiliency in the face of increasing coastal flooding, storm intensity, and storm frequency. The University of California, Berkeley will lead the project, which aims to: 1) develop scenarios for future shorelines, 2) identify knowledge gaps, and 3) evaluate technical assistance tools and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has 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 the effects of rising sea levels and support marine...

This $10 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), aims to develop knowledge and tools for adaptive coastal infrastructure and equitable resilience strategies under sea-level rise scenarios along the vulnerable Georgia coastline through August 31, 2027. Key work includes expanding an existing network of sea-level sensors and water-level...

This $2 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund research and development activities through the University of South Florida from March 2023 to February 2027. The award is being made under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), which facilitates R&D in marine and atmospheric science. Specifically, the University of South Florida will conduct research and develop tools and...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded $3.72 million to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program for habitat protection and restoration initiatives within the Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, a component of the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve—Maryland. The cooperative agreement, effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028, funds shoreline and stream reach restoration projects...

The National Science Foundation's Geosciences program awarded a $429,311 project grant to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) on March 1, 2024 to investigate the factors that generate and amplify coastal flooding related to high tides and storm surge in the United States. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Analysis of publicly available data, simplified ocean dynamics modeling, and evaluation of results from a global ocean community model...