Project Grant 20243882142093
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award of $748,674 provides funding under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) to develop predictive models and co-produce actionable outputs with stakeholders to improve resilience of global and local food security in the face of climate extremes. The University of California, Santa Barbara leads this research collaboration awarded on December 15, 2022 for completion by November 30, 2023. The project will...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $1,399,989 awarded on October 1, 2021 will fund the development of artificial intelligence-based decision support tools to enable more equitable and resilient food distribution during pandemics and extreme weather events through March 31, 2024. The grant was awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA #47.070), which supports research and education activities in all areas of computing, communications, and...
- This five-year, $521,938 National Science Foundation project grant supports the development of tools and a theoretical model to bolster food system resilience and reduce human impacts from disasters at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Funded through NSF's Engineering Directorate and its Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Division, the award's objectives are to advance understanding of disruptions to social and built food environments from disasters. Key deliverables...
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program, provides $804,950 to investigate the effects of climate change on rural livelihoods, including food insecurity, health, migration, and changes to traditional practices. The award to the University of Colorado, Boulder will examine how environmental stressors impact vulnerable rural populations and whether they lead to increased social conflict or...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000 in funding to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) to investigate the risks of temporal and spatial compounding climate extremes, such as droughts and heatwaves, on global breadbasket regions and their impact on the supply chain of American multinational food industries like PepsiCo. The key objectives of the project are to: (a) quantify the potential risk of...
- This $198,435 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project titled "P4CLIMATE--A Paleo Perspective on the Links Between Climate and Food Security." The project will quantitatively assess shifts in maize production in North America over the past 1,200 years by merging paleoclimate, weather generation, and crop modeling data. This research aims to understand the impacts of prolonged droughts,...
- This $624,029 National Science Foundation Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a Food Index for Resilience, Security, and Tangible Solutions (FIRST) to measure community food system resilience in the face of hurricanes. A research team led by the University of Maryland Baltimore County and including subawardees the University of Arkansas and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington will develop conceptual and...
- This $185,453 federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports collaborative research to quantify shifts in maize production in North America over the past 1,200 years. The research leverages paleoclimate data, weather modeling, and crop simulation techniques to understand the impacts of historical megadroughts and climate change on food production. Key activities include developing open-source software for climate field...
- This Project Grant award of $284,207.00 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) supports research at Cornell University examining farmer decision-making processes related to climate adaptation through the adoption of new crop varieties. The key products of this 3-year project include: (1) developing a multi-scale modeling approach combining land surface modeling, satellite...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Houston System received a $300,000 project grant from the Institute of Youth, Family, and Community under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI, CFDA 10.310) program, awarded on June 1, 2025, with completion expected by May 31, 2026. The grant funds development and deployment of a digital system designed to improve emergency food distribution coordination during natural disasters. The system enables food pantries to rapidly...
** AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY HAS BEEN RISING, DUE IN LARGE PART TO CLIMATE CHANGE. AS WE CONFRONT THEGROWING CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, OUR RESEARCH AIMS TO UNRAVEL THE PROFOUND AND FAR-REACHINGIMPACTS OF ESCALATING EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ON FOOD SYSTEMS AND THE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS ACROSSTHE UNITED STATES. THE RISING FREQUENCY OF THESE EVENTS--ENCOMPASSING EXTREME TEMPERATUREFLUCTUATIONS, HEAVY PRECIPITATION, FLOODING, DROUGHTS, AND INTENSE STORMS--CAN IMPOSE SIGNIFICANTCONSEQUENCES ON HUMAN LIVES. THESE SITUATIONS, IN TURN, EXACERBATE FOOD INSECURITY,DISPROPORTIONALLY IMPACT SOCIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, AND CONTRIBUTE TO WIDENING SOCIOECONOMICDISPARITIES. IN THIS PROJECT, WE WILL UNDERTAKE A SYSTEMATIC EXAMINATION OF THE PRESSINGISSUE OF FOOD INSECURITY IN RELATION TO EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS BY EXAMINING FOUR SPECIFICCOMPONENTS OF THE FOOD SYSTEM, EACH HIGHLIGHTING A CRUCIAL STAGE IN THE JOURNEY OF OUR FOOD FROMTHE FARM TO THE TABLE. WE WILL (I) ASSESS HOW HISTORICAL EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS DIRECTLY AFFECTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, FOCUSING PARTICULARLY ON THE SOCIOECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, (2)ESTIMATE THE SPATIOTEMPORAL DISRUPTION IN FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS CAUSED BY EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS,WITH A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON HOW THESE DISRUPTIONS DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT THE FOOD SUPPLY TODISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS, (3) EXAMINE THE EFFECTS OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS ON FOOD RETAIL PRICESAND FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERN, AND ASSESS HOW DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, PARTICULARLY THESOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, SHOW RESILIENCE OR VULNERABILITY TO THESE CHANGES.OUR PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF THE SYSTEMIC EFFECTS OF EXTREME WEATHEREVENTS ON FOOD SECURITY, PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTING THE SEVERE SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES IT UNCOVERS.FURTHERMORE, OUR RESULTS WILL INFORM THE FORMULATION OF EFFECTIVE, TARGETED, AND EQUITABLE POLICIES TOMITIGATE THESE IMPACTS, BOLSTERING RESILIENCE IN SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $499.1k | 3/29/24 |