Project Grant 720FDA19GR00257

The Hawaii Department of Defense Civil Defense Division was awarded a $945,859 Project Grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Grant Program. The goal of this three-year award expiring August 31, 2024 is to build regional capacity and enhance community resilience in Hawaii to address the needs of underserved populations in the face of catastrophic disasters and environmental stressors. Funds will support regional catastrophic preparedness...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $500,796 Project Grant to the University of Maryland, College Park through the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The grant will support the CAREER project "TRANSCENDING BARRIERS BETWEEN NATURAL HAZARD RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND PRACTITIONERS - AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO MULTI-HAZARD PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT" from August 2021 through July 2026. The project aims to improve multi-hazard risk assessment through an integrative...

The National Science Foundation Division of Social and Economic Science awarded a $199,434 Project Grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York to support the project "RAPID: OPERATIONALIZING THE CAPABILITIES APPROACH IN THE CONTEXT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE: MEASURING THE SOCIAL BURDEN OF INFRASTRUCTURE DISRUPTIONS" from May 15, 2021 through April 30, 2022. This Project Grant funding will support research to operationalize the Capabilities Approach framework...

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 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 Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded a $113,754 Cooperative Agreement to Rightrisk, LLC in Pueblo, CO under the Risk Management Education Partnerships program (CFDA 10.460). The award, effective September 1, 2024 and running through February 28, 2026, will support the development and implementation of comprehensive risk management training and educational resources for agricultural producers across the United States. The program aims to help farmers...

This $398,891 Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) project from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) explores participatory transformation of barrier islands to enhance coastal resilience. The key objectives are to: Identify "acceptable" locations for allowing sections of barrier islands to naturally erode and "return to nature" to mitigate flood risks at nearby communities. Quantify reductions in flood risk from these "extreme...

The Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management in Pago Pago, American Samoa received a $142,800 project grant award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. The BRIC program makes federal funds available to conduct hazard mitigation activities that reduce risks from disasters and their impacts on infrastructure. This three-year award beginning in March 2022 will support the delivery of hazard mitigation...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award in the amount of $454,236 to the University of Massachusetts Lowell will advance the field of resilience analytics and enhance the ability of civil infrastructure systems to withstand natural disasters. The key research objectives include: (i) Adapting statistical physics and discrete modeling techniques to predict the type, extent, and functional integrity of damage to structural and non-structural building...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency awarded a $243,658.20 Cooperative Agreement under the Risk Management Education Partnerships program (CFDA 10.460) to the University of Maine System. The project period runs from September 1, 2024 to February 28, 2026. The University of Maine System, through its Research & Sponsored Program division, will partner with the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association (MOFGA) to deliver a comprehensive program of risk management...