Project Grant 086604635

The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a $161,400 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to develop and test hydrodynamic models for evaluating the performance of hybrid green-grey reef structures in reducing wave energy and providing coastal defense. The project involves calibrating open-source computational fluid dynamics (CFD) models using OpenFOAM, assessing the wave energy dissipation...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of California Santa Cruz received a $1,482,400 Project Grant award dated October 1, 2025, under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP), CFDA 84.334, administered by the Office of Postsecondary Education. The award supports the "Creating Pathways to College Success" initiative and will conclude on September 30, 2026. GEAR UP is a discretionary federal grant program designed to support eligible students...

Summary The University of California Santa Cruz received a $1,217,600 Project Grant from the Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP, CFDA 84.334) for the period of October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. This award supports comprehensive college preparation and readiness services designed to increase high school graduation rates and postsecondary enrollment among low-income students in...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Regents of the University of California at Riverside received a $4.0 million Project Grant from the Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program (CFDA 84.116), awarded January 1, 2026, with a completion date of December 31, 2029. The grant supports the Civic Openness, Reasoning, and Engagement (CORE) Incubator initiative, which aligns with FIPSE's mission to support institutional reforms...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Cincinnati received a $771,710 Project Grant from the Office of Postsecondary Education under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE, CFDA 84.116) program, effective January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029. The award funds "Applied Civil Discourse for Civic Leaders: Integrating Civility and Civic Life Campus-Wide at the University of Cincinnati's Portman Center for Policy Solutions," an initiative designed to...

The University of California Irvine received a $200,000 cooperative agreement award from the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology under the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620). The award will support the Demonstration Project: Ultimate Personal Indoor Navigator (UPIN) for Emergency Responders through September 30, 2022. The project aims to evaluate the benefits and impacts of NIST research and development...

Summary of Cooperative Agreement Award The University of California, San Diego received a $2.1M Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) for tokamak research, awarded March 1, 2026, with a completion date of February 28, 2027. This award supports fundamental scientific research in fusion energy sciences, one of the core research disciplines funded through the Office of Science's portfolio of basic...

The University of California Office of the President was awarded a $2.7 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program to establish the Vine Center. The Vine Center will develop new technologies and workforce training programs to strengthen communities and rural and urban economies in California impacted by COVID-19. It will focus on commercializing innovations in food safety, water and chemical use reduction,...

The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), operating as the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), received a $750,000 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Broad Agency Announcement (CFDA 11.015) to support the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB) for 2026 and 2027. The award, effective March 1, 2026, through February 29, 2028, will fund the organization and execution of annual regional and national finals...

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has been awarded a $400,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program. The grant, awarded on September 1, 2023, with a completion date of August 31, 2026, will fund collaborative research to develop innovative performance engineering techniques for scientific applications in domains such as earthquake hazard modeling and fast Fourier transform calculations. The research...