Project Grant 060605703

This NSF Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) Project Grant award of $572,000 to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) will fund research to develop advanced computational methods for solving heterogeneous-agent macroeconomic models. The research will focus on expanding the capabilities of sequence-space methods to enable the analysis of models with diverse types of heterogeneity, such as location choice and firm-level differences. Key deliverables include new...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $600,000 in funding to the National Bureau of Economic Research Inc. (NBER) for research in macroeconomics. The project combines a large-scale consumer survey with information treatments and external data to investigate four key research questions: 1) the mechanisms underlying wage-price spirals, 2) how economic uncertainty affects household spending...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded E4 Carolinas, Inc. a $1,748,049 project grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program on May 27, 2021. The grant will support a comprehensive study to aid the region of South Carolina in addressing adverse economic changes. The Economic Adjustment Assistance program provides technical, planning, public works and infrastructure assistance to regions facing sudden or gradual economic impacts. Under this award, E4...

This $300,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration supports the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Lowcountry region of South Carolina under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations federal grant program (CFDA 11.302). The Lowcountry Council of Governments, awarded Jan 1, 2022 through Dec 31, 2024, will create a regional economic development roadmap in coordination with...

The Old Colony Planning Council will use a $151,050 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to develop a regional data aggregation and economic development tool. The tool will provide planning assistance and technical support to stakeholders in the Old Colony Planning Council EDD region of Massachusetts as they work to attract, retain and expand businesses. Specifically, the tool will allow the region and disproportionately impacted communities to...

This $416,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research to understand the economics of supply chains where complementary suppliers may have market power. The research effort includes three related projects: Using econometric techniques to describe how shocks to electricity demand, generating costs, and upstream mining/rail industries impact input prices and quantities through the lens...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded the City of Anaheim a $5.19 million Project Grant under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to diversify the regional economy through entrepreneurial innovation and workforce development programs in Orange County, California. Funding will support renovating an existing space into a business incubator and workforce training center providing development support and vocational instruction to underserved...

The Atlanta Regional Commission was awarded a $910,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration to develop and implement a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for the 11-county Atlanta region through December 2025. Under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302), the Commission will lead a collaborative regional planning process to create an economic roadmap that diversifies and strengthens the...

The Southwest Missouri Council of Governments (SMCog) was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's (EDA) Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) for the period of April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024. Under this award, SMCog will create a regional economic development plan to stimulate and guide the economic development efforts of the Springfield, MO area through 2024. The EDA Planning program...

The Economic Development Administration within the Department of Commerce awarded a $300,000 Project Grant to the Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments to support development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, and Sumter counties in South Carolina. Through the Planning program (CFDA #11.302), EDA provides assistance to create regional economic development plans to stimulate and guide economic development. With this...