This $900,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks to evaluate water and sanitation services and landscape changes affecting rural Alaskan communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region through 2026. Key products and services include developing high-resolution hydrodynamic models and flood hazard maps; quantifying and modeling...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities provides $916,096 in funding to Alaska Pacific University from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. The award supports research under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which aims to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic research in atmospheric, earth, and ocean sciences. Specifically, the university will evaluate near-term and long-term water and sanitation...
This $400,000 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research towards developing climate-resilient water infrastructure in Alaska Native communities through 2027. The award is part of the Geosciences program, which supports basic research in integrated Earth system sciences through the expansion of fundamental knowledge. Working with Michigan State University researchers, community leaders and utility staff from the Norton Sound region of western Alaska will co-produce knowledge...
This five-year, $1.39 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of Integrative Activities will fund research towards developing climate-resilient water infrastructure in Alaska Native communities. Funded under the Geosciences program, which supports basic research in the earth sciences, this collaborative project will address challenges at the intersection of social, engineered, and natural systems impacting water security. A multidisciplinary team from the University...
This $650,920 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079), aims to investigate the vulnerabilities of community-managed water systems to climate change impacts and identify opportunities to strengthen their resilience. The project will focus on five climate-vulnerable locations globally, including indigenous communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Norway, Canada, and Alaska. Through a combination of climate scenario...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $581,673 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of New Hampshire, operating through its Office of Sponsored Research. The five-year grant aims to analyze the complex linkages between climate, hydrology, and social systems in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of Alaska and Mongolia. The research will assess the combined impacts of climate and socioeconomic changes on human well-being and ecosystem...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $500,000, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) 47.050 Geosciences program, supports research by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River basins of sub-Arctic Alaska and Mongolia. The interdisciplinary research project aims to assess the impact of climate and socioeconomic changes on local communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure,...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities awarded a $700,865 Project Grant under the Geosciences CFDA program to the University of Northern Iowa for the research project "SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION IN RIVER BASINS OF THE SUB-ARCTIC UNDER CLIMATE CHANGE (SESTRA)". This 5-year project, running from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2028, aims to analyze the changing interactions between climate, water, and society in the Kuskokwim and Selenge River...
This $300,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), supports community-based mitigation and adaptation strategies for river flooding and erosion in Alaska Native communities. Iowa State University will lead workshops and field visits with community members, local governments, and scientists in Bethel, Alaska and surrounding villages to solicit input on climate adaptation goals focused on infrastructure,...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $150,000 to the University of Arkansas to develop a low-cost approach to monitor the Qanirtuuq River ecosystem in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska. The project involves researchers from the University of Arkansas and a geospatial company, Nalaquq, to study riverine ecosystem stability and create efficient, technology-driven...
This $1.125 million project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), will fund research and development of water and sanitation resilience strategies for rural Alaskan communities facing environmental change. Over a three-year period from January 2023 through December 2026, the University of Massachusetts will work with community partners in Kongiganak and Mekoryuk to evaluate near-term and long-term water provision under conditions of erosion, permafrost thaw, and flooding. Researchers will measure landscape alteration from sea level rise and permafrost collapse, develop hydrodynamic models using new baseline data, and estimate water/sanitation-related costs. Community-based monitoring programs will allow comparison of current change rates to historical and traditional knowledge. Effective co-production techniques will be documented for broader application in navigating the changing Arctic.