Project Grant 20226801536357
- This $1,060,678 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program will fund a collaborative research project focused on advancing controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to enhance food security and climate resilience for tribal communities across three EPSCoR jurisdictions. The project team, led by the University of Wyoming, includes researchers from community colleges, universities, and tribal organizations in New Mexico,...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service has awarded a $6,561,972 Cooperative Agreement to the First Nations Development Institute (CFDA 10.731 Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program) to build tribal nations' capacity to engage in emerging private markets for climate mitigation or forest resilience. The award period is from January 14, 2025 to December 31, 2029. Through this Cooperative Agreement, the First Nations Development Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit...
- The University of Arizona was awarded a $248,291 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program to support Indigenous-led climate adaptation strategies with the North Fork Mono Tribe. Over a two-year period ending in February 2024, the project will integrate Indigenous cultural burning practices with landscape monitoring to advance climate adaptation across jurisdictions. Deliverables include collaborative...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Northern Arizona University received an $825,000 block grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156) on July 16, 2025, with a completion date of July 15, 2026. Under this award titled "Tribal Wellbeing for Seven Generations," NAU will deliver products and services across the program's four broad funding categories: technical training and capacity-building workshops for...
- This Cooperative Agreement award is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program. The $1,133,122 award supports a collaborative research project focused on harnessing controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to enhance food security, nutritional quality, and climate resilience in tribal communities across New Mexico, Wyoming, and South Dakota. The project is a partnership among the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University,...
- This $358,842 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program supports a collaborative research project led by New Mexico State University to harness controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to enhance food security, nutrition, and climate resilience in tribal communities across three EPSCoR jurisdictions. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) characterize how the environment, plants, and microbes interact in hydroponic...
- This $1,637,038 federal Project Grant awarded on January 10, 2025 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service under the Inflation Reduction Act Landscape Scale Restoration program (CFDA 10.731) supports climate mitigation and forest resilience efforts for the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized Native American tribe based in Oklahoma. The funding will enable the tribe, through its subsidiaries Corvid Technologies and Digitalibiz, to provide cost-sharing, technical...
- The Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office awarded a $143,327 Project Grant to Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156). The grant will support Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians' delivery of climate resilience and ocean and coastal management planning services to tribal governments and trust land managers from August 2021 through August 2023. The Tribal Climate Resilience program aims to help tribal...
- The Dry Creek Rancheria, doing business as the Dry Creek Band of Pomo Indians, received a $149,650 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. The grant was awarded on August 16, 2021 under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156) to support the Northern California Tribal Climate Adaptation, Science Integration & Leadership Project through August 15, 2023. The Tribal Climate Resilience program aims to help tribal governments and...
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) awarded a $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) to the Intertribal Agriculture Council, Inc. (IAC) to develop community conservation partnerships that encourage historically underserved producers to plan and protect farmland ecosystems, watersheds, and wildlife habitat in geographical areas of underserved communities. The award, effective from August 30, 2024...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** OUR COLLABORATIVE TEAM OF RESEARCHERS, TRIBAL EXTENSION EDUCATORS, AND CLIMATE HUB LEADERS WILL EXPAND USDA CLIMATE HUB CAPACITY AND SERVE AS A CLIMATE CLEARINGHOUSE OF TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT CLIMATE RESILIENCE PLANNING AND ACTIONS BY TRIBAL AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST (NORTHERN ROCKIES AND GREAT PLAINS, GREAT BASIN, AND SOUTHWEST). THENATIVE CLIMATEPROJECT AIMS TO ENHANCE NATIVE AGROECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE BY EXPANDING CLIMATE SERVICES AND OUTREACH TO TRIBAL EXTENSION AGENTS, AGRICULTURE PRODUCERS, AND YOUTH EDUCATORS IN THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHERN PLAINS REGIONS.NATIVE CLIMATEACTIVITIES ARE DESIGNED TO FOSTER TRUST BETWEEN CLIMATE HUBS AND NATIVE FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND RESOURCE MANAGERS IN THEIR REGIONS THROUGH RESPECTFUL, EQUITABLE, AND CULTURALLY-APPROPRIATE INFORMATION SHARING. EQUALLY IMPORTANT, THESE ACTIVITIES AIM TO FOSTER TRUST IN INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ADAPTATION KNOWLEDGE AND METHODS AMONG WESTERN SCIENTISTS AND CLIMATE SERVICE PROVIDERS.NATIVE CLIMATEWILL SUPPORT A CADRE OF NATIVE CLIMATE FELLOWS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH SW/NP HUBS COORDINATING CLIMATE DATA NEEDS, EXTENDING OUTREACH TO AG-PRODUCERS, AND SHARING YOUTH CLIMATE EDUCATION MATERIALS, AND CREATE STUDENT INTERNSHIPS FOR NATIVE CLIMATE REPORTERS TO SPOTLIGHT CLIMATE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION BY TRIBES IN THE REGION. THE NATIVE CLIMATE TOOLKITWILL SUPPORT A WEB-BASEDINTERACTIVERESOURCE CLEARINGHOUSE AND IMPACT REPORTING AND ALERT TOOLS.THE NATIVE CLIMATE ADVISORY GROUP WILL HELP THE TEAM ENGAGE TRIBES IN THE REGION, LEVERAGE RESOURCES FROM PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, AND CONDUCT CULTURALLY-RESPECTFUL PROJECT EVALUATION. BUILDING RESPONSIVE AND RESPECTFUL COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRIBAL PARTNERS, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING HISTORICAL INJUSTICES TO NATIVE AMERICANS AND VALUE THE WISDOM OF NATIVE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES, WILL BE ONE STEP TOWARDS MITIGATING CLIMATE INJUSTICE IN INDIAN COUNTRY.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $1.5m | 11/5/21 |