Project Grant 2014DJBX0501

This $499,495 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of computational imaging solutions to facilitate underwater robotic tasks through September 2024. Funded under the NSF's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070), the grantee George Mason University will develop a novel angularly sampled imaging system and algorithms to analyze nonlinear light transport in water, model underwater surface reflectance, and reconstruct three-dimensional...

The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement to Water Sports Foundation, Inc. under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135) for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. The Foundation will develop and disseminate a comprehensive public awareness campaign focused on Level 50 life jackets, producing informational videos, articles, and educational materials that describe the advantages, limitations, and proper use of...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Water Sports Foundation, Inc. received a $150,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Coast Guard under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026. Under this award, the Foundation will launch the RBS Search Engine Content Marketing Project, a digital safety initiative designed to reach boaters and paddlers during active online information...

Federal Grant Award Summary: Urban Search and Rescue The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded West Metro Fire Rescue $1,488,311 on September 1, 2025, under the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System program (CFDA 97.025) to support the management, training, equipment procurement, storage, and maintenance of one of the 28 national US&R task forces through August 31, 2028. The task force provides specialized capabilities for locating and extracting victims...

Marine Advanced Robotics, Inc. was awarded a $300,000 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to further develop collaborative algorithms for autonomous swarming of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs). The company's Wave Adaptive Modular Vessel technology provides a family of portable, foldable and energy-efficient USVs that can rapidly deploy and map predefined survey areas without existing infrastructure....

This federal Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (CFDA 97.025) provides $1,536,884.00 to the City of Miami to maintain, train, and equip a specialized urban search and rescue task force. The grant supports management, training, equipment procurement, storage, and maintenance of the city's US&R team, which is prepared to respond to a range of critical incidents such as earthquakes,...

This three-year, $654,518 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will support the University of Maine in developing an open, platform-agnostic sediment trap controller and imaging sensor to measure sinking organic carbon fluxes in the ocean's mesopelagic zone (500-1,000 meters). Specifically, the University will create a controller to simplify the construction and deployment of neutrally buoyant sediment traps...

The City of Los Angeles Fire Department received a $1.39 million Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System program (CFDA 97.025) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This award supports Los Angeles Fire Department's designation as one of 28 nationally designated Urban Search and Rescue task forces capable of deploying to presidentially declared disasters and emergencies. The funding...

The City of Riverside was awarded a $1,518,384 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the National Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) Response System (CFDA 97.025) to maintain, train, and equip urban search and rescue capabilities. The 36-month grant, awarded on September 1, 2024, will support the City of Riverside in managing, training, and maintaining a specialized emergency response team capable of conducting complex search and rescue operations during major...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Water Solutions Group Inc. (WSG) received a $275,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Coast Guard under the National Nonprofit Organization Recreational Boating Safety Grant Program (CFDA 97.135), effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026. The award funds a national rental boat safety campaign designed to educate rental customers and equip rental liveries with essential safety resources. WSG will leverage its Rentalboatsafety.com website...