Project Grant 2112642

This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $201,438 to Colorado State University to study the role of large wood in promoting channel-floodplain connectivity for river restoration. The university will collect data from natural channels on characteristics of logjam formations and their influence on hydrologic connectivity between channels and adjacent floodplains. Researchers will use this data to develop guidelines for...

This $165,288 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research into the geomorphic effects and distribution of anthropogenic debris in urban streams. The University of Vermont will quantify the distribution of macro debris larger than 5 cm within and across stream reaches in an extensive, multi-city study. Time lapse photography and repeated surveys of large debris, streambed topography, and sediment size will quantify debris mobility and...

The National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences awarded $627,744 under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) to The Washington University from July 2022 to June 2025. This Project Grant will support research aimed at developing a physical model to assess the sensitivity of mountain river channels to shifts in climate and associated hazards. Specifically, the grant will fund 1) analysis of high-resolution topography and sediment transport data to establish baseline...

This three-year, $352,826 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research at the University of Texas at Austin to quantify river-floodplain connectivity of the Trinity River in Texas. The university will analyze exchanges of water, solutes, and solids between the river and its floodplain by treating channel banks as moving internal boundaries. Researchers will use extensive field observations, LiDAR data sets, numerical modeling and...

This Project Grant award, valued at $317,289.00, was provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to the Regents of the University of California at Riverside. The award is for a collaborative research project investigating the coupling between superelevation and gradient advantage in river avulsions, a natural hazard where rivers jump out of their banks and create devastating floods. The project aims to develop a unified theory for the processes that prime...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631), awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement to enhance riparian and instream habitat along one mile of the Wood River in Oregon. The project aims to add approximately 50 large woody debris structures to the river to increase habitat complexity and benefit species like bull trout, Lost River and shortnose suckers, and redband trout. Additional benefits are expected for riparian-dependent birds,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), provides $239,278 to the University of Washington to conduct research focused on three main topics: Modeling flood hazards in river delta systems, with a focus on the Nooksack River and understanding the impacts of morphological changes on flooding under future sea level rise scenarios. Developing a conceptual framework for modeling compound flood hazards in...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will support collaborative research to quantify the contribution of wetlands and floodplains to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from streams and rivers. The $300,000 award to Yale University will fund a 3-year project that combines computer modeling and field measurements to determine the magnitude, frequency, and duration of water exchange between these aquatic habitats and adjacent rivers. The...

Federal Grant Award Summary Riverside Forest Products USA Inc. received a $600,000 Project Grant award dated August 20, 2025, under the Wood Utilization Assistance program (CFDA 10.674), administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The award funds the establishment of a state-of-the-art sawmill facility in Forks, Washington, with completion targeted for February 1, 2027. The grant will support the purchase and installation of essential wood processing equipment, including a...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $338,559 to the University of Arkansas will fund a research project titled "Loops in Coastal Channel Networks: A Theoretical, Experimental, and Field-Based Investigation of their Morphodynamic Stability." The project aims to explore the stability of channel loops found in river delta networks, which existing theory suggests should be unstable. The research will use a three-pronged...