Project Grant 720FDA18GR00316

This $164,006 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support a collaborative research initiative to enhance community resilience to landslide hazards in underserved rural, isolated, and small communities (RISC) in southwestern Puerto Rico. The primary objectives are to: (1) establish new partnerships with federal and local stakeholders to facilitate data access and coordinated disaster response; (2) co-produce research questions and...

The Executive Office of the President Inter-American Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Asociacion De Desarrollo Pespirense (ADEPEs) in Honduras under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs federal grant program (CFDA #85.750). Through this award, ADEPEs will train community and school-based emergency committees on disaster prevention, preparation, response and recovery. They will also contribute to the construction and functioning of an early warning system and flood mitigation...

The federal Project Grant award of $191,638.60, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Community Assistance Program - State Support Services Element (CAP-SSSE) (CFDA 97.023), will support the Puerto Rico Planning Board in delivering technical assistance and capacity-building services to National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) communities across Puerto Rico. The grant, with a period of performance from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, will fund activities such as...

The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez has been awarded a $473,895 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to support research and data collection activities related to the deployment of a Landslide-Ready municipal certification program in Puerto Rico. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. Key products and services to be delivered under this award include a geospatial analysis of priority...

This $377,879 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467) supports tsunami preparedness and resilience efforts in Puerto Rico through August 2023. The University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center will implement five key tasks - maintaining TsunamiReady and TsunamiReady Supporter programs for coastal communities; extending tsunami hazard assessments and...

The Inter-American Foundation awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to Fundacion Para El Desarrollo Integral Comunitario Y Conservacion De LOS Ecosistemas En Panama (Fundiccep) under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) federal grant program. Fundiccep will support disaster recovery and resilience efforts at the grassroots level in Panama through March 2025. Specifically, Fundiccep will work with local communities to promote wider participation in disaster readiness committees,...

This Project Grant award of $198,860.00 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267) supports comprehensive homeless assistance services delivered by Instituto Pre-Vocacional E Industrial De P.r. Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization and community development corporation in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The funding will be used to provide transitional housing, rapid re-housing, supportive services, and...

This $284,044 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program aims to assess the adaptability of resilience models across multiple scales to help communities facing disasters of increased intensity. The primary awardee, Northern Illinois University, will employ a mixed-method, multi-sited approach including public conferences, hazard mapping, risk perception surveys, and resilience plan workshops. The research aims to...

This $199,052 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a planning project titled "CHIRRP: Engagement and Mitigation for Building Resilience Against Cascading Events in Puerto Rico." The project aims to collaborate with underserved communities in Puerto Rico to formulate research questions, conceptualize actionable solutions, and co-produce a research program that advances scientific knowledge, builds community capacity, and...

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...