Project Grant 2614944
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary ECOCARE: Ecological-Economic Collaboratory for Coastal Wetland Restoration and Resilience Louisiana State University, as the prime awardee, leads the ECOCARE collaborative research initiative funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) with $1,476,876 in federal obligations. The award, effective September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030, delivers an integrated suite of research products and decision-support...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island Research Office received a $200,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective March 1, 2025 through February 28, 2027. This Experimental Research Initiative (ERI) project delivers experimental research investigating the hydrodynamic interactions between mangrove root systems and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island received a $3.94 million Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) on July 15, 2025, to support the E-RISE RII (Enhancing Research Infrastructure and Science Education Research Instrumentation) initiative addressing the socio-ecological impact of microplastics in coastal ecosystems through June 30, 2029. This multidisciplinary research incubator project,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Award Details: The University of Rhode Island received a $548,667 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Engineering (CFDA 47.041) effective August 1, 2026, through July 31, 2029. This collaborative research initiative develops a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) sensor platform to detect anionic nutrient pollutants—particularly nitrogen and phosphorus compounds—in freshwater and seawater environments. Products and Services:...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island, Research Office Division, received a $290,552 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) effective August 15, 2025, with completion scheduled for July 31, 2028. This collaborative research initiative will recover, calibrate, and analyze dissolved oxygen sensor data from a six-year moored array deployed across the Labrador and Irminger Seas in the North...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island Research Office received an $801,000 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) effective August 1, 2025, through July 31, 2028. This award supports fundamental research investigating toxin activation mechanisms within bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, specifically examining how protein quality control factors...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island received a $848,602 CAREER (Faculty Early-Career Development Program) Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) on June 15, 2025, with a completion date of February 28, 2029. This award funds fundamental research investigating fitness trade-offs associated with female-biased sexual size dimorphism in leopard seals, a large Southern Ocean predator exhibiting extreme size...
- The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $288,890 project grant from the National Science Foundation Office of Integrative Activities under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2024. The grant funding will support the ACREUS project, which will provide authentic cruise and research experiences for underrepresented students through experiential learning opportunities aboard research vessels operating out of Point Judith,...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island received $307,921 in federal funding through the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop MEDFORD, a language and toolset designed to simplify scientific metadata creation and management. Awarded on March 15, 2026, with completion targeted for February 28, 2029, this collaborative research initiative addresses a critical gap in data stewardship by creating...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Rhode Island received a $528,114 Project Grant awarded October 1, 2026, under the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to develop advanced brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies for controlling neuroprosthetic arms. The project delivers three primary products: (1) an immersive multimodal BCI framework that simultaneously records non-invasive brain activity, video, and...
The University of Rhode Island received a $2.52M Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) awarded September 1, 2026, through August 31, 2030, to support the Ecological-Economic Collaboratory for Advancing Coastal Wetland Restoration and Resilience (ECOCARE) initiative. This inter-jurisdictional collaborative research project, led by the University of Rhode Island and Louisiana State University with partnering institutions including Roger Williams University, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, and state agencies, will develop and deliver innovative methodologies in artificial intelligence-enhanced modeling, wetland valuation, molecular biomonitoring, and restoration financing. The project will synthesize research outcomes into a web-based decision support portal and establish generalizable frameworks for assessing wetland condition, predicting trajectory, and valuing ecosystem services across diverse U.S. coastal systems. The ECOCARE project addresses critical capacity-building needs for coastal wetland restoration research across Rhode Island and Louisiana through transdisciplinary collaboration among scientists, practitioners, policy experts, and stakeholders. Deliverables include transferable monitoring and restoration approaches, characterization methods for wetland resilience across varied hydrological and geomorphic settings, and the ECOCARE Web Portal for translational decision support. The initiative will establish a transdisciplinary workforce through training and mentoring of students, postdocs, and early-career faculty, building community resilience and economic sustainability for the approximately 40 percent of Americans residing in coastal counties.Federal Grant Award Summary: ECOCARE Project
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $2.5m | 7/10/26 |