Project Grant 2620508
- This $411,496 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research to understand and predict the evolution of backward erosion piping (BEP) - a type of internal erosion that can cause failures in geotechnical flood protection infrastructure. The research aims to develop novel computational modeling capabilities to mechanistically characterize the relationship between hydraulic conditions and the time-dependent evolution of BEP. Key...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $300,000 to the University of Miami under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) as an Early-Concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) project. Effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, this project develops and tests fast-flood-modeling technologies designed to accelerate flood risk simulations while maintaining accuracy. The research addresses the...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $433,641 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective August 1, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2027. This award supports the sixth round of the "Enabling the Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers" initiative, which aims to develop and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded $300,000 to the University of Wisconsin–Madison under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop and pilot a satellite-based evaluation methodology for assessing flood-mitigation infrastructure performance across the United States. The project, titled "EAGER: Satellite-Based Evaluation of US Flood-Mitigation Infrastructure Performance,"...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a $300,000 project grant to Mississippi State University on October 1, 2025, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to develop an integrated risk assessment and housing planning tool addressing housing resilience in rural communities facing natural hazards. The project, which extends through September 30, 2028, delivers a web-based, interactive, real-time...
- 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...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Florida received a $123,320 EAGER (Early-Concept Grant for Experimental Research) award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), effective October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2027. This collaborative research project investigates the formation and evolution of two hurricane-generated barrier island breaches located at Midnight Pass in Venice,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary This $100,000 Project Grant, awarded July 15, 2025, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Computer and Network Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), supports rapid-response research on community resilience to inland flooding. The project, administered by The Research Foundation For The State University of New York (SUNY ESF) in Syracuse, NY, and conducted in collaboration with Warren Wilson...
- This $757,974 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research by The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to develop a systems modeling framework for designing climate-resilient levee infrastructure that supports equitable, resilient, and sustainable floodplain communities. The project aims to address interactions between levee network performance, future climates, natural infrastructure, and behavioral...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) grant of $618,863 to The Pennsylvania State University, with an award date of July 1, 2025, and a project completion date of June 30, 2030. Under this Engineering program grant (CFDA 47.041), Penn State will develop an interdisciplinary research framework to improve the structural resilience and recovery of...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded a collaborative Project Grant of $258,972 to the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (effective February 1, 2026, with completion by August 31, 2027) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). This research initiative develops novel modeling and computational capabilities to understand and predict backward erosion piping (BEP)—an internal erosion mechanism responsible for nearly one-third of all recorded water-retaining structure failures. The project will deliver a stochastic multiphase model characterizing the relationship between hydraulic conditions, soil characteristics, infrastructure geometry, and erosion evolution in geotechnical flood protection infrastructure such as river levees. These modeling and computational tools are designed to provide fundamental understanding of BEP mechanics, enabling improved prediction and mitigation of internal erosion in flood protection systems. In addition to technical research deliverables, the award supports educational and outreach activities across Pennsylvania and Tennessee regions. The research team will create augmented reality-based learning tools and activities targeting K-12 students, undergraduate students, and the general public to build awareness of flood protection and hazard mitigation topics. These educational products and public engagement activities align with NSF's emphasis on integrating workforce development and outreach components with fundamental research, particularly given the expected increase in flood risk and associated damages across the United States due to climate change.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $259.0k | 4/1/26 |