Project Grant 720BHA22IO00159

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $249,999 to Arizona State University to establish the foundations for a future Global Center focused on heat adaptation strategies. The award will: 1) Coordinate and integrate interdisciplinary knowledge on heat adaptation across disciplines, sectors, and communities; 2) Create the first Global School on Heat Adaptation, providing experiential learning and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $960,000 to develop a prototype climate service system that will deliver information on climate-related risks to decision-makers across various sectors. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028. The proposed system will leverage existing infrastructure and new cloud-based platforms to provide climate...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), will fund the Climate Ready Communities (CRC) project proposed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works (Public Works). The $1,000,000 award will support outreach and engagement activities within Los Angeles County to build resilience and adaptive capacity for communities vulnerable to climate risks, such as...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement to Duke University under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) for the "Center for Community Innovation on Heat Resilience (CCIHR)." This project aims to combine scientific research with community insights to develop practical policy frameworks and catalyze innovative, equitable, and sustainable heat resilience solutions, particularly in underserved and vulnerable...

This $3,690,905 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) under the Environmental Health (CFDA 93.113) program supports the CATALYST (Community Climate Health Equity Research Center) initiative. The primary objective is to generate evidence on how extreme climate events, such as heat waves and poor air quality, impact health outcomes like hypertension and asthma among patients served by community health centers (CHCs) - organizations that provide...

This five-year, $622,775 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's National Center for Atmospheric Research to generate actionable climate intervention scenarios. The research team will advance the scientific understanding of portfolio approaches combining mitigation, carbon dioxide removal, and solar radiation management strategies to limit global warming to 1.5...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $147,474 cooperative agreement to the University of Arizona from June 2021 to May 2023 under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program. The agreement supports development of the Plan Integration for Resilience Scorecard for Heat, which will develop a scoring methodology to assess community resilience to extreme heat events. Arizona State University serves as a sub-awardee, contributing to scorecard development. The Climate and...

This Project Grant award of $3,000,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616) will empower disadvantaged communities in Palm Beach County, Florida to participate in climate resiliency planning. The key activities include training 180 community supporter staff on local government climate planning processes and investment opportunities, instructing participants on climate change impacts, and...

This $1,047,647 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, under the Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants Program (CFDA 66.616), will support the Bronx River Alliance, Inc. in establishing a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force. The Task Force will be composed of 10 community organizations to amplify the voices of disadvantaged communities in climate resilience planning. Key project activities include synthesizing existing habitat...

This Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Division of Preservation and Access program (CFDA 45.149) provides $341,949 to build teaching capacity and improve equitable access to climate resilience resources for cultural heritage organizations. Specifically, the project aims to: 1) Evaluate and improve existing climate resilience resources; 2) Develop and facilitate a "train the trainers" program to build capacity among...