Project Grant 18SFWAR005

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) received a $210,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609) awarded September 1, 2025, with a completion date of August 31, 2026. ARA will develop updated tornado hazard maps for incorporation into U.S. building standards and codes. The project involves analyzing eight years of recent U.S....

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Incorporated (NARA NW) received a $170,000 annual cooperative agreement award (total five-year obligation of $850,000) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, CFDA 93.767) on August 4, 2025. Through the Connecting Kids to Coverage (CKC) outreach and enrollment program, NARA NW provides year-round outreach and enrollment...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Northern Arizona University (NAU) received a $141,183.77 cooperative agreement from the National Park Service (NPS) under the Cooperative Research and Training Programs – Resources of the National Park System (CFDA 15.945) to support groundwater research at Grand Canyon National Park. The award, effective August 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026, funds the hiring of a post-doctoral researcher to develop an integrated groundwater flow model that...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary All Rise For Justice (doing business as Nadcp, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals) received a $7.09M Cooperative Agreement from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the NHTSA Discretionary Safety Grants and Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 20.614), awarded September 30, 2025, with a completion date of September 29, 2030. The agreement encompasses two primary deliverables focused on impaired driving...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) received a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded September 30, 2025, under the Alzheimer's Disease Program Initiative (ADPI, CFDA 93.470), administered by the Administration for Community Living. The three-year award (through September 29, 2028) supports the Healthy North Central Texas project, which equips community health workers (CHWs) with knowledge and skills to serve people living with dementia...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $416,962.57 Cooperative Agreement to the Museum of Northern Arizona Inc. on September 3, 2024 under the Cultural Resources Management program (CFDA 15.946). The project focuses on the dissemination of information developed by the National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program related to best practices in disposition and repatriation. The museum, a non-profit organization specializing in cultural resource management and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Northern Arizona Recruitment and Retention Initiative (NARRI), awarded to Coconino County by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education under the School Safety National Activities program (CFDA 84.184), provides $3.249 million in project grant funding for a 12-month performance period from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. The initiative focuses on school-based mental health services delivery and workforce...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Theiss Research received a $244,000 Cooperative Agreement from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Measurement and Engineering Research and Standards program (CFDA 11.609), effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2029. The award funds computational research to elucidate anomalous dielectric properties in solvent mixtures through computational dielectric spectroscopy. The primary deliverables include development of...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (CFDA 16.813 - NICS Act Record Improvement Program) provides $1,283,165 to the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to enhance the completeness, accuracy, and automation of criminal justice records reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The key goals are to ensure the state's message switch is converted to the NIEM/XML format to be compatible with the FBI CJIS Division,...

Summary The University of Wisconsin System, through its Office of Sponsored Programs at UW-Milwaukee, received a $149,586 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior National Park Service under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) program (CFDA 15.922) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. The grant supports consultation documentation activities related to the Aztalan Site located in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Under this award, the...