This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to provide insights into the factors controlling soil salinization and saltwater intrusion in coastal landscapes impacted by rising sea levels and changing climate conditions. The research team at East Carolina University will use hydrogeophysical and other hydrogeological methods to study saltwater intrusion processes in the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System and...
Duke University was awarded a three-year, $100,278 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Ocean Sciences. The grant falls under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to increase understanding of the integrated Earth system. Through this funding, Duke University researchers will conduct a collaborative research project called "Combined Waves and Currents Over Multi-Scale Topography: From Boundary Layer Dynamics to...
This $893,081 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research project to transform the understanding of how coastlines respond to changes in storm climate patterns and sea-level rise. The project will develop new techniques to downscale global climate model outputs to produce forecasts of the waves and winds affecting specific coastlines, which will then drive models addressing coastline shape and position...
This $329,272 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research to investigate the impacts of sea level rise on stemflow dynamics and associated hydrological and biogeochemical processes in coastal forests along the Atlantic seaboard. The University of Delaware, as the prime awardee, will use field measurements, laboratory analyses, and statistical modeling to understand how changes in stemflow (precipitation channeled down tree...
This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) provides $405,354 to North Carolina State University (NC State) to address the issue of climate-induced sea-level rise and coastal flooding. The project aims to develop maps, real-time data streams, and sensor-based estimates of flood frequency at the community level. This will support local governments in demonstrating potential inequities and quantifying...
This $499,942 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research investigating the impacts of climate change on coastal communities in an urban environment. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award (August 2024 - July 2027) include: Analysis of the alignment between water infrastructure, policies, and practices with emerging climate and environmental challenges such as...
This $756,237 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports a collaborative research project titled "Risks, Impacts, & Strategies for Coastal Communities: Advancing Convergent Science to Support Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience." The project is led by the College of Charleston in partnership with the University of Delaware, University of Rhode Island, University of South Carolina, and other...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $274,573 Project Grant to the University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division under CFDA Program #47.041 Engineering. The award, which runs from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2028, will fund research to develop a resilience assessment framework that tracks the accumulated costs of nuisance floods as an indicator of sea-level rise. The project aims to use this information to...
This $1,599,142 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research titled "DISES: Pathways and Constraints to Adaptation in Coastal Social-Environmental Systems" conducted by Stanford University from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2025. The grant funds research on adaptation challenges facing coastal communities in relation to environmental variability and change. Key activities include nearshore oceanographic monitoring,...
This $100,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) will fund an Research Experiences for Undergraduates site at East Carolina University's Coastal Studies Institute. Over three years, the project will engage undergraduate researchers from diverse backgrounds in team-based research investigating coastal resilience challenges across communities in the face of climate change impacts like sea level rise and extreme...