Project Grant 1624453

This $127,149 National Science Foundation Project Grant through the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) will fund facility improvements and research at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, Inc. (CCMI) in the Cayman Islands. The award will leverage CCMI's 22-year record of coral reef research by establishing infrastructure for experiments on the physiological and molecular mechanisms driving coral reef resilience. Specifically, the funding will develop an outdoor mesocosm facility to...

The Center for Coastal Studies, Inc. received a $177,649 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Biological Infrastructure on June 15, 2021 to enhance research capacity on Cape Cod for studies of coastal ecosystems that are at risk from climate change and other human impacts. The grant supports the Center's efforts to strengthen scientific understanding of major biological problems under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). As the sole...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Ocean Exploration Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.011), will provide $1,339,868 to the University of Miami to conduct research on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) along the western coast of Puerto Rico. The key products and services to be delivered include: Comprehensive characterization of fish assemblages in MCEs at depths of 30-120 meters, leveraging advanced technologies such...

The Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute (MOCMI) was awarded a $340,411 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482). The grant supports MOCMI's partnership with the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Coral Resilience Lab to outplant 1,000 thermally tolerant coral fragments at Olowalu Reef on Maui. The project will also involve conducting thermal tolerance testing, enhancing husbandry techniques, and...

This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund an Research Experiences for Undergraduates site at East Carolina University's Coastal Studies Institute. Over three years, the project will engage undergraduate researchers from diverse backgrounds in team-based research investigating coastal resilience challenges across communities in the face of climate change impacts like sea level rise and extreme...

This $132,177 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a research and educational program at Tulane University focused on studying the impacts of ocean warming and acidification on coral growth and calcification over the past century. The key products and services to be delivered under this 4-year award include: 1) Developing new tools and methods for analyzing coral growth rates from coral cores, 2) Building a...

The National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities awarded the University of the Virgin Islands $1 million under the Integrative Activities federal grant program (CFDA 47.083) on June 1, 2022 to improve the university's scientific research data movement infrastructure and network capacity through May 31, 2024. Specifically, the award will upgrade campus networking electronics, implement a Science DMZ perimeter network, and provide training for undergraduate students in computer...

The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center Division, Chancellor Mayaguez Campus, was awarded a $988,884 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) programs. This 3-year award will be used to acquire a high-resolution field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) to study nanoscale surface parameters and their effects on bacterial attachment, biofilm...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program. The grant will fund a collaborative planning workshop that convenes UVI and partner institutions, including the University of Hawai'i-Hilo, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, and University of Guam, to explore research enterprise solutions for academic institutions in insular or remote...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) will provide $100,000 to Nova Southeastern University in Florida to host a series of conferences focused on supporting early-career faculty and enhancing research infrastructure at emerging research institutions and minority-serving institutions. The conferences will bring together research development professionals, university administrators, and early-career faculty to capture...