Project Grant 201770001259821

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation), provides $374,182 to the University of Wisconsin System to install and operate edge-of-field water quality monitoring stations. The goal is to enable agricultural producers and scientists to quantify the impacts of conservation activities on water quality. The University of Wisconsin System will install two edge-of-field monitoring stations...

Cooperative Agreement Award Summary Oregon State University received a $447,546 Cooperative Agreement (G25AC00373) from the U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2030, to construct and operate an eddy covariance tower in the upper Klamath Basin for direct measurement of evapotranspiration (ET) and water flux data. The project will deliver core eddy covariance datasets along with associated meteorological and...

The University of Vermont & State Agricultural College received a $499,122 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to conduct research on the impact of extreme hydrological events on cyanobacteria blooms in eutrophic lake ecosystems. The project aims to integrate field surveys and ecosystem modeling to comprehensively understand the mechanistic drivers of harmful algal blooms and their...

This $440,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program will assess the value of nature-based solutions (NBS) in reducing flood risks for at-risk communities in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (UMRB). The key products and services to be delivered include: Development of an integrated flood risk index map using the INFORM Risk Index framework to identify high-risk areas where NBS...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $499,999 Cooperative Agreement under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to Cornell University to develop a distributed sensor network that integrates edge-AI and photogrammetric techniques to automate real-time urban flood monitoring and mapping. Key deliverables include: A minimum viable product (MVP) sensor network to map urban pluvial flood extents and depths in real-time, including storm sewer stage...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $249,990 Cooperative Agreement under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to the University of Oklahoma's Office of Research Administration. This 3-year project will operationalize two fixed-mount, laser scanning (LIDAR) instruments to measure cross-sectional channel geometry in shallow rivers with frequently changing geomorphologies. The data collected will be integrated into USGS workflows to produce real-time, stage-area...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities under the NSF Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $145,352 to the University Enterprises, Inc. at Sacramento State University to develop a diverse hydrology workforce through an undergraduate hydrological research experience in a coastal California watershed. The project will engage sophomore and transfer students across three California State University campuses in a year-long learning...

This Project Grant award of $689,092.00 from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes (CFDA 15.805) program aims to develop an integrative approach combining remote sensing and environmental DNA (eDNA) for early detection and management of aquatic invasive plants in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The research team at Oklahoma State University will employ a multiscale approach, starting with experimental work at the plant level and expanding to...

This five-year, $957,349 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund the development of an integrated hydrologic model to better understand groundwater dynamics in the Great Lakes Basin. Michigan State University, as prime awardee, will fuse hydrologic modeling with GPS, satellite imagery, and GRACE data to more accurately simulate surface and subsurface flows. This represents the first integration of geodesy measurements, remote sensing of...

This $649,560.00 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation) will fund the continuation of a project titled "LINKING SOIL HEALTH ASSESSMENT TO EDGE OF FIELD WATER QUALITY IN THE GREAT LAKES BASIN" at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay. The project aims to further develop methods for assessing soil health and linking those assessments to water quality at the edge of...