Project Grant 720BHA23GR00156

This $585,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program is intended to cultivate a generation of Indonesian graduates from Georgetown University to be adept in facilitating national-level transitions toward resilient, low-carbon, and environmentally sustainable economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The award period runs from January 17, 2025 to January 16, 2028 and will be...

This National Science Foundation project grant of $100,000 supports research at Purdue University from September 2022 to August 2025 under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041). The research aims to strengthen community resilience to natural hazards like earthquakes by incorporating stakeholder priorities into risk mitigation efforts. Specifically, the university will conduct social and physical experiments to better understand vulnerability of pre-1970s concrete buildings and evaluate community...

This Project Grant award of $1,500,000.00 was provided by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program. The grant supports an evaluation of a social protection program aimed at reducing poverty in Indonesia. The key products and services to be delivered under this award include: 1) Project management and coordination with government counterparts and the U.S.-based research team, 2) Implementation of the...

The District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency (DCEMA) received a $809,298.90 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program to implement hazard mitigation activities. The BRIC program aims to reduce risks from disasters and natural hazards by supporting state and local mitigation projects. Under this award, DCEMA will implement the FloodSmart Homes Retrofit project through a sub-award of...

The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District was awarded a $620,000 cooperative agreement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Cooperating Technical Partners Program (CFDA 97.045) to strengthen and enhance the National Flood Insurance Program. Through September 2023, the District will support efforts to strengthen national preparedness and resilience by providing technical assistance to communities in Denver, Colorado on flood risk management, floodplain mapping, and other...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $299,271 to Lehigh University to develop a novel, human-centered, multi-scale, multi-agent system-of-systems (MSASOS) modeling framework for comprehensive flood risk management. The key products/services include: Establishing a comprehensive US-Japan flood risk data inventory, with a focus on data related to marginalized groups Developing the MSASOS...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $2,400,000 Cooperative Agreement to Health Security Partners to support a "Health Security Approach for Improving Immunization Coverage in Indonesia" under the CDC Investigations and Technical Assistance program (CFDA 93.283). This 5-year award, effective September 30, 2024, will enable Health Security Partners to provide technical assistance, capacity building, and strategic...

The City of Boston was awarded a $2,339,246 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program (RCPGP). The RCPGP aims to build regional capacity and enhance community resilience in the face of catastrophic disasters and other environmental stressors, with a focus on underserved communities and populations. Through this September 26, 2022 grant award, the City of Boston Mayor's Office of Emergency Management will deliver...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey's Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) provides $165,000 to Purdue University to develop new tools for improved flood prediction and risk assessment across the continental United States. The key activities and deliverables include: Creating a computer model that integrates data on rivers, rainfall, city drainage systems, and land characteristics to generate detailed maps showing areas at...

This $271,243 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Cooperating Technical Partners (CFDA 97.045) program. The grant supports Boise State University in delivering a range of technical services to enhance the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and strengthen national preparedness against flooding hazards. Key activities include flood hazard mapping, risk assessments, data modeling, community engagement, and development of...