This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will fund a $113,650 Research Coordination Network (RCN) focused on enhancing flood resilience and reducing health disparities in rural Appalachian communities. Led by Appalachian State University, the 5-year interdisciplinary network will bring together geoscientists, public health experts, social scientists, and community leaders to: 1) develop advanced flood forecasting models tailored to...
This Project Grant award of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a Research Coordination Network (RCN) titled "CHIRRP RCN: Catalyzing Flood Justice in the USA". The project aims to address the issue of flood injustice by examining the social, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to unequal flood risks and recovery outcomes across communities in the United States. The key focus areas are: (1) mechanisms of urban...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $199,998 to Trustees of Dartmouth College to strengthen community resilience to river flood hazards in hilly and mountainous areas. The two-year project aims to: (1) build partnerships with local communities impacted by river floods, (2) co-develop critical research questions on flood erosion hazards and adaptation solutions, (3) develop a database of flood impacts and adaptation...
This $150,939 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) aims to advance research capacity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and scientific literacy to mitigate the impacts of climate change-driven flash flooding in vulnerable rural communities across the Appalachian region. The 4-year project will integrate engineering, environmental science, and social science to: 1) improve...
This $673,418 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund research at North Carolina State University to improve understanding of monthly flood dynamics over the southeastern and south-central United States. Specifically, the university will quantify shifts in flood climatology, identify moisture delivery pathways for floods, and attribute sources of modulation for floods' spatiotemporal variability. Researchers will examine historical...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) Cooperative Agreement award of $231,304, granted to the West Virginia University Research Corporation, will support a collaborative research initiative focused on mitigating the impacts of climate change and flash flooding in the Appalachian region. The key products and services to be delivered through this 4-year project include: Advancing hydrologic science to better understand the controls of flash floods in disturbed...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $857,280 to the University of Louisville to conduct collaborative research on mitigating the impacts of climate change and flash flooding in the Appalachian region. The key goals of the project are to: Advance the hydrologic sciences to understand controls of flash floods in disturbed and forested stream systems Facilitate community-engaged research to increase...
This Project Grant award of $197,445 from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports research examining how rural communities respond to overlapping flood and ecological disasters. The award, granted to Trustees of Dartmouth College on May 15, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2028, focuses on studying processes of response, recovery, and mitigation in flood-prone river valleys. Key activities include conducting behavioral...
This $178,054 Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program, aims to understand, predict, and prepare for flash flooding impacts in vulnerable Appalachian communities under climate change. The project brings together an interdisciplinary team from the University of Louisville, West Virginia University, University of Kentucky, Marshall University, and Eastern Kentucky University to advance hydrologic research,...
This $199,998 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) aims to advance the understanding of the disproportionate impacts of cascading flood events on vulnerable populations, particularly individuals with disabilities. The primary activities include engaging community partners, conducting stakeholder interviews and community listening tours, assessing the feasibility of existing and emerging flood resilience solutions, and mapping the...