This National Science Foundation (NSF) award under the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences program (CFDA 47.075) provides $399,900 to Lehigh University to develop a human-centered modeling approach that simulates best management practices (BMPs) and behaviors under uncertainty to meet water quality guidelines. The project, titled "A HUMAN-CENTERED MODELING APPROACH TO SIMULATE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND BEHAVIORS UNDER UNCERTAINTY TO MEET WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES", combines...
This project grant from the United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program provides $649,697 to develop an integrated assessment model called Hydroecon to measure the social costs of nutrient pollution across the United States through 2026. The University of Massachusetts leads a team that includes Cornell University, Iowa State University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to integrate economic...
This Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805), will quantify the bioaccumulation and fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria. The $620,001 award to Kansas State University, with a sub-award to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc., will span 3 years from January 2025 to January 2028. The research aims to understand how...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805), will provide $620,000 to Michigan State University to study the effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on the microbiome, gut, and brain of bluegill, an economically and ecologically important fish species in the Great Lakes region. The key research activities include: Characterizing PFAS bioaccumulation and depuration in...
This Project Grant from the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program will fund research services totaling $649,997 to generate understanding of the relationship between water and sanitation infrastructure and economic development in rural America. The award was issued to Michigan State University on January 1, 2022 for completion by December 31, 2025. Under the grant, the university will...
This $430,230 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a 3-year research project at the University of Arizona to develop the next generation of U.S. water accounting and natural capital accounting methods. The key products and services to be delivered include: Spatially disaggregating USGS water use datasets from 2000-2015 into a high-resolution 30-meter raster data product...
This $5,000,000 cooperative agreement, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Congressionally Mandated Projects program (CFDA 66.202), aims to integrate biophysical, biogeochemical, engineering, and social science research to advance sustainable water resource management in Missouri. Key activities include enhancing the Missouri Water Center's organizational and laboratory infrastructure, conducting high-priority research on water monitoring and flood resiliency...
This $261,984 Project Grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) will fund a study on the behaviors of trout anglers related to the spread of aquatic invasive species in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. The primary recipient, the University of Wisconsin System, will survey anglers in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin to establish baseline data on their understanding, attitudes, beliefs, risks, and behaviors...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) will provide $500,000 to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2029. The project will develop an integrated, real-time forecasting system that predicts water quality in three drinking water reservoirs in Appalachia. By coupling terrestrial and freshwater models, the system will...
This $331,307 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Regional Wetland Program Development Grants (CFDA 66.461) program supports the Kansas Water Office in quantifying the capacity of farm pond wetlands in northeastern Kansas to improve water quality, store water, and provide habitat. The project involves monitoring water chemistry, discharge, and habitat conditions at 10 farm pond wetlands, as well as geospatial analysis to identify predictive...