Project Grant 2542300
- Louisiana State University will receive $352,460 in funding from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for a project grant titled "Collaborative Research: Experimental Quantification of Tsunami-Driven Debris Damming on Structures" set to run from August 1, 2022 through July 31, 2026. The funding will support experimental research at Oregon State University's large wave flume facility to better understand how debris accumulation in...
- This $347,172 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Northeastern University to develop integrated numerical modeling of hurricane impacts on natural and hybrid coastal infrastructure. The Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation award falls under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to foster innovation and excellence in engineering research. Researchers will leverage field data from Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020 to model wetland...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $274,573 Project Grant to the University of Alabama Office for Sponsored Programs Division under CFDA Program #47.041 Engineering. The award, which runs from August 15, 2023 to July 31, 2028, will fund research to develop a resilience assessment framework that tracks the accumulated costs of nuisance floods as an indicator of sea-level rise. The project aims to use this information to...
- The National Science Foundation awarded a $149,944 Project Grant to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette through the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support the project "Enhancing Community Engagement in Flood Mitigation Using Integrated Hydrodynamic Modeling and Multi-Scale Socio-Economic Risk Assessment" from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Under this award, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will work to improve community engagement in flood mitigation...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded South Carolina State University $199,421 on September 1, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to advance forecasting tools for coastal flooding and extreme rainfall in South Carolina. The project will investigate relationships between large-scale oceanic and atmospheric variability and regional extreme precipitation and sea-level variability. Historical climate observations will be...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded William Marsh Rice University $599,581 on July 1, 2026, to develop physics-informed machine learning methods for evaluating how flood and stormwater infrastructure portfolios perform as integrated systems under realistic storm conditions. This is a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Project Grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The recipient will develop computational...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems awarded Louisiana State University $445,503 on August 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop physics-informed, data-driven control frameworks for wave energy converters that enable reliable grid integration. The project addresses variability in ocean wave energy conversion by combining predictive wave-force modeling, reinforcement-learned virtual inertia control, and coordinated...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) awarded $473,305 to the University of Texas at Arlington on September 1, 2025, for a collaborative research project on home mitigation strategies for hurricane-induced multi-hazards. The project, which runs through August 31, 2028, develops and evaluates a multi-level interdisciplinary mitigation behavior model that simulates household-level home retrofit decisions in response to hurricane...
- Louisiana State University received a $247,800 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The award is part of the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support the research project "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: NANO-ENGINEERED SUPERWOOD FOR RESILIENT FOUNDATION SYSTEMS" from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024. Under this award, Louisiana State University will conduct research to develop nano-engineered...
- The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded North Carolina State University $642,143 on July 15, 2026, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to decode soil behavior during transitions from solid-like to fluid-like motion, such as during landslides. The research addresses understanding, modeling, and predicting how soil behaves during these inertial transitions, with applications to early warning systems for natural disasters,...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Louisiana State University $586,625 on January 1, 2027, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research on hurricane surge, wave, and debris-induced forces affecting non-stationary urban shorelines. The research establishes a new direction to understand how building damage from hurricane storm surge affects flooding and forces on remaining coastal structures in urban areas. The work employs large-scale experiments at the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory at Oregon State University, using a 1:20-scale model of realistic urban shorelines with buildings calibrated to fail at specific loads, complemented by computational fluid dynamics simulations. The research findings will inform coastal design standards, reduce reliance on overly cautious assumptions, and support more accurate hurricane-damage simulations to improve community resilience planning. The award integrates an education and workforce pipeline component translating research findings into immersive STEM activities spanning middle school through college. Activities include a new undergraduate course on coastal hazards and loads, research modules integrated into community college curricula, and annual workshops for middle and high school teachers to develop classroom activities on natural hazards engineering, addressing a growing shortage of engineers trained in natural hazards response. Place of performance is Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The period of performance runs from January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2031.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $586.6k | 8/14/26 |