Project Grant 2519604
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) project grant award of $231,652 to Caribbean Regenerative Community Development Inc. (Crcd) will create high-resolution maps of invasive Caribbean pine tree invasion and burn scars in Puerto Rico, predict future wildfire risks, and develop user-friendly applications to support land managers, policymakers, and landowners. The project aims to tackle key knowledge gaps around detecting invasive pines in rugged terrain, mapping...
- The federal Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will fund the "FIRESCAPE NEVADA: MULTISCALE WILDFIRE RISK MODELING AND COMMUNITY-LED PLANNING IN NEVADA'S WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE" project. This project, led by the Nevada System of Higher Education's Desert Research Institute, aims to advance wildfire science and mitigation through the development and application of a high-resolution, coupled...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) provides $472,614 to Cornell University from July 2022 through June 2026 to study the impacts of severe drought on tropical forest post-disturbance recovery. Specifically, the researchers are conducting a rainfall manipulation experiment in a forest in Puerto Rico that is recovering from Hurricane Maria in 2017. The project aims to characterize and predict forest resilience to climate change by...
- This $164,006 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research initiative to enhance community resilience to landslide hazards in underserved rural, isolated, and small communities (RISC) in southwestern Puerto Rico. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish new partnerships with federal and local stakeholders to facilitate data access and coordinated disaster response; (2) co-produce research questions and...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $2,010,368 Project Grant to Columbia University under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074) from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2026. The grant funds collaborative research on the impacts of severe drought on tropical forest recovery after hurricanes. Researchers are conducting a large-scale rainfall manipulation experiment in a forest in Puerto Rico recovering from Hurricane Maria to characterize forest resilience to climate change. Nine...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $142,251 supports research examining the influence of critical zone processes on topography in Puerto Rico. Funded under the Integrative Activities program, the award will test hypotheses about how differences in bedrock geology and associated soil characteristics impact landslide occurrence, sediment grain sizes in rivers, and flood frequencies. Researchers from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez and Colorado State University will conduct...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology awarded a $193,752 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Minnesota under the Biological Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.074). The award will fund collaborative research from July 2022 through June 2026 to study the impacts of severe drought on tropical forest post-disturbance recovery in Puerto Rico. Specifically, researchers will conduct a rainfall manipulation experiment in a forest recovering from...
- This $199,052 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a planning project titled "CHIRRP: Engagement and Mitigation for Building Resilience Against Cascading Events in Puerto Rico." The project aims to collaborate with underserved communities in Puerto Rico to formulate research questions, conceptualize actionable solutions, and co-produce a research program that advances scientific knowledge, builds community capacity, and...
- This $706,641 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) Federal Grant Program supports collaborative research to investigate the role of plant-soil feedbacks in promoting the resilience of pinon woodlands in the western United States to severe drought conditions. The research involves field inoculations of pinon pine seedlings with beneficial soil microbes, laboratory assays, and greenhouse experiments to understand how plant-microbe...
- This $850,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to characterize the effects of ash deposition from terrestrial wildfires on tropical coral reef ecosystems. The project, led by the University of Hawaii at Manoa, aims to expand understanding of how wildfire disturbances impact nutrient cycling and microbial communities in coral reef environments. The award will fund research activities over a 3-year period from...
This federal Project Grant award of $265,721 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research to address the growing threat of invasive Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) and associated wildfire risk in Puerto Rico. The project, led by Kent State University, partners with local agencies and communities to create high-resolution maps of pine invasion and burn scars, predict future risks, and develop user-friendly applications for land managers, policymakers, and landowners. Key objectives include fine-scale detection of invasive pines, mapping low-intensity fires, and forecasting coupled vegetation-disturbance dynamics under future scenarios. The research leverages state-of-the-art remote sensing and artificial intelligence techniques, while also engaging citizens in STEM skill-building. Expected outcomes include multi-temporal invasion and burn maps, risk forecasts, and peer-reviewed algorithms to enhance early-warning capabilities and support resilience across Puerto Rico and other fire-prone island regions.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $265.7k | 8/19/25 |