Project Grant 83223901

The American Water Works Association (Awwa) received a $291,122 Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water through the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (SDWA 1459E) to implement a water leadership training program. The grant period is from March 1, 2022 to February 28, 2024. Under the award, Awwa will train 50 current water utility employees from around the country to prepare them for leadership roles through an experiential water...

The University of Wisconsin-Madison will provide $1.5 million in virtual water quality trainings under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service. The trainings will utilize current learning technologies and methods to support effective adult education in soil and water conservation from September 2022 through September 2026. As the official federal program is the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program, the virtual trainings will...

This $999,520 Cooperative Agreement award from the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445) will support the Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. in accelerating career tracks and providing access to water utility workforce opportunities. Key activities include establishing regional industry and workforce development collaborations to address water utility employment needs, coordinating candidate development in areas...

This five-year, $499,967 project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310) will fund development of a regional watershed management internship program across seven universities in the Upper Midwest. South Dakota State University will lead the effort in collaboration with Iowa State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Illinois, University of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $852,500 Cooperative Agreement to the American Water Works Association (AWWA) under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445). The agreement provides funding to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and expand access to water utility workforce opportunities. Key activities include establishing leadership development, occupational training, mentoring, and cross-training programs to...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and provide access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing education and training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships,...

The Environmental Protection Agency Office for Water awarded a $290,000 cooperative agreement to The Association of State Wetland Managers Inc. from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023 under the National Wetland Program Development Grants and Five-Star Restoration Training Grant (CFDA 66.462) program. The purpose of this award is to increase the capacity of tribes to protect, restore, and mitigate impacts to tribal wetlands by providing training on innovative tools, wetland science, grant...

This $1,211,066 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Mission Area under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) funds a partnership between the USGS and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) to build a framework for assessing skills gaps, developing training, and managing training for the USGS water enterprise workforce. The key activities under this award include developing a structure and schedule for course...

This $2,033,378 Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water under the Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), provides funding to The Water Tower Institute, Inc. to accelerate career tracks in the water utilities sector and expand access to water utility workforce opportunities. The key activities include establishing targeted internship, apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, and post-secondary bridge programs...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program (CFDA 66.445), will fund Multiplier, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization, to accelerate career pathways in the water utilities sector. Specifically, the $760,463 award will enable Multiplier to establish leadership development, occupational training, mentoring, and cross-training programs that prepare incumbent drinking water and...