This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) program, awarded to Villanova University, provides $1,499,981 to develop integrated data-driven technologies and tools to design smart, sustainable, community-driven, and equitable green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) systems for urban environments. The project team, which includes government agencies and community partners, aims to advance GSI management by incorporating local community needs and...
This $1,374,931 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program supports research at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) to evaluate the complex relationship between socioeconomic factors, water quality, and the well-being of residents in unincorporated coastal communities. The research combines social and environmental data to model risks, improve decision-making, and enhance community resilience. The project engages underrepresented...
This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under their Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084), is funding the development of an open and extensible artificial intelligence (AI) platform to address critical financing and operational challenges in managing water infrastructure. The $989,932 project aims to enhance operational decision-making and facilitate innovative financing for essential water infrastructure by integrating...
This $999,072 National Science Foundation project grant will support the development of an artificial intelligence-enabled model and platform to optimize the design, performance, and equitable distribution of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). Funded through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), a multidisciplinary team from Villanova University will combine GSI performance data with open city data to apply machine learning methods and produce predictive models. The models will forecast GSI...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $254,976 Project Grant to Resbonds International Corporation through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop a digital platform for assessing water quality at urban-watershed interfaces. The platform will integrate physical data from advanced monitoring systems with artificial intelligence to serve as a scalable analytics platform using environmental, economic, and social data. It aims to help cities and utilities finance infrastructure projects...
This $119,999 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will support a collaborative research project to assess the climate resilience of combined sewer systems and its impact on marginalized communities. The project, led by the University of Houston System, will develop an integrated modeling framework to analyze the resilience of a combined sewer system in Des Moines, Iowa to wet weather conditions under climate change. The...
This five-year, $457,099 National Science Foundation Engineering grant funds research and educational activities at San Diego State University addressing the environmental sustainability of wastewater infrastructure along the U.S. West Coast under conditions of sea level rise. Specifically, the project will analyze how sea level rise-induced groundwater intrusion may disrupt sewer systems, examine potential eco-toxicity impacts on marginalized communities, develop machine learning tools to...
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi will receive $199,966 under a three-year National Science Foundation Project Grant in the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct the research project "WHERE THE RUNOFF BEGINS: RETHINKING THE ROLE OF IMPERVIOUS AREA IN URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT" from May 2021 through April 2024. The university, through its Division of Research & Innovation, will explore alternative approaches to impervious area management in urban stormwater systems to...
This $1,000,000 project grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) to a collaborative research team from Prairie View A&M University, University of Texas at San Antonio, and Texas A&M University. The grant will fund the development of Urban Digital Twins (UDTs) - virtual replicas of cities - using responsible foundation AI techniques to enhance community resilience, particularly in underserved urban areas. The project...
The University of Texas at Arlington received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Computer and Network Systems on October 1, 2021 to implement an integrated, wireless monitoring network to enhance decision making in communities impacted by environmental and industrial change. The grant funding will support the development of wireless sensor networks and associated data analytics tools to monitor air and water quality, helping local officials and...