Project Grant 05D35825
- The Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 awarded a $654,271 Project Grant to the University of Miami under the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484). The grant will support the University's project to combine coral reef restoration tools with citizen science engagement to establish a showcase restoration site in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Key deliverables include outplanting over 10,000 Acropora corals from at least 80 genotypes and 4,000 juveniles and fragments from...
- This $399,893 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) is funding a boating community outreach and education campaign in Biscayne Bay, Florida. The purpose is to engage the boating public through branded educational materials, including a web resource, public service announcements, digital learning tools, and physical signage at boat launching locations. The expected...
- This $388,362 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) will fund the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to characterize nutrient and microbial water quality in the nearshore "halo zone" of the Florida Keys and its connections to the broader regional water quality of the reef tract. Key activities include...
- This Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, provided under the EPA South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), will fund the University of Florida (UF) to address expanding sponge restoration research in the Florida Keys and Biscayne Bay. The $749,829 award will support a 3-year project to revise the identification of sponge restoration species, evaluate the water quality benefits of sponge aquaculture, and restore at least 1,500 sponges...
- This $394,692 federal Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) will fund the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to modernize the Biscayne Bay Simulation Model (BBSM). The project involves converting the BBSM's Fortran 77 code to the Fortran 2018 standard and adding NVIDIA ISO Fortran parallel computing capabilities to enable...
- This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) provides $1,400,000 to the University of Miami and partners to support capacity building, coastal habitat restoration, and climate resilience efforts in Miami, Florida. Key project activities include: Creating internship opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and early career scientists interested in habitat restoration,...
- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 awarded a $400,000 Project Grant under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) to Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, Inc., a woman-owned, non-profit organization, to provide environmental literacy education and outreach to protect and restore Biscayne Bay and its aquatic habitats in South Florida. The project will directly reach approximately 1,500 individuals over four years through 12 annual education...
- This EPA Region 4 Project Grant award provides $650,000 to Miami-Dade County to integrate and analyze existing datasets in order to restore seagrass in Biscayne Bay. Key activities include researching, preparing, and joining all relevant seagrass, algae, manatee, and bathymetry databases into one workspace, training staff on software and data workflows, and producing maps, graphics, and presentations for dissemination to the public and partners. Expected deliverables include best management...
- This Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 provides $601,022 to Biscayne Bay Waterkeeper, Inc. to support their FY20 South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program. The program will evaluate sources of nutrients and enterococci in Biscayne Bay, Florida from March 2021 through February 2024. The funding supports research, investigations, experiments, training, demonstrations, surveys, and studies relating to water quality issues as part of the EPA's Section 104(b)(3) of...
- This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4's South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) provides $480,822 to Mote Marine Laboratory, Inc. to effectively capture both episodic events and seasonal changes in water quality at 11 restoration sites in the Florida Keys. Key activities include collecting and analyzing water quality parameters such as nutrients, carbon, chlorophyll, turbidity, and current speed/direction. This data will be integrated...
This federal Project Grant award of $749,985, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), supports nature-based restoration of aquatic habitat in South Florida using native oysters. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Demonstration of an innovative nature-based solution using native oysters for habitat restoration in Biscayne Bay, identification and mapping of remnant oyster populations and prospective restoration sites to support development of restoration plans, and development and implementation of advanced strategies to improve climate resilience of native oysters. Expected outcomes include increased native oyster populations in Biscayne Bay, which will support habitat restoration efforts dependent on water quality. The primary awardee is the University of Miami, with the Tritium Laboratory serving as a key subcontractor providing specialized low-level tritium analysis services to support the scientific research and monitoring activities.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $750.0k | 8/1/25 |