Project Grant 720FDA19GR00207

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 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $3.9 million Project Grant to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas program (CFDA #98.001). The award period runs from January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 and will support UNDRR's efforts to advance long-term and equitable economic growth through reducing disaster risks globally. As the lead UN office for disaster risk reduction, UNDRR will...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program provides $905,487.00 to strengthen the Pacific Islands Emergency Management Alliance (PIEMA) in the sectors of disaster risk reduction, protection, and humanitarian coordination. The award supports an Assistance Award for Emergency Disaster Risk Reduction, Protection, and Humanitarian Coordination Program to the Pacific Community...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $199,998 to Trustees of Dartmouth College to strengthen community resilience to river flood hazards in hilly and mountainous areas. The two-year project aims to: (1) build partnerships with local communities impacted by river floods, (2) co-develop critical research questions on flood erosion hazards and adaptation solutions, (3) develop a database of flood impacts and adaptation...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES) a $250,000 cooperative agreement under the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards (CFDA 11.419) program. The award's completion date is March 31, 2024. NH DES will use the funding to support the Flood Smart Seacoast partnership in developing a regional capacity-building strategy focused on enhancing coastal resilience, floodplain management, and hazard...

The National Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA), a non-profit organization, received a $100,000 Project Grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) under the Flood Mitigation Assistance (CFDA 97.029) program. The grant funding will enable NHMA to offer hazard mitigation services and advisory support focused on community resilience and disaster risk reduction initiatives. This includes coordinating cross-sector working groups, developing policy recommendations, and fostering...

The University of New Mexico was awarded a $824,678 cooperative agreement from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards on September 15, 2022. The award supports efforts under FEMA's Cooperating Technical Partners Program (CFDA #97.045), which exists to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of the National Flood Insurance Program. As a cooperating technical partner, the University will deliver products and services that strengthen national...

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 from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $100,000 to support the planning and development of a new shared-use, community-scale testbed for research on climate adaptation and disaster resilience. The testbed will serve as a cyber-physical environment representative of real-world community systems, enabling policy design, model integration, and theory development related to climate change impacts and natural hazards. The planning...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Engineering Directorate (CFDA 47.041) provides $500,000 to Purdue University from July 2023 through June 2028. Purdue will develop risk-informed, adaptive, and equitable flood risk management strategies for coastal Louisiana through improved quantification of natural hazards risks under climate change. Leveraging unique datasets and modeling capabilities, Purdue will better characterize joint risks from storm surge, riverine, and...