Project Grant AM200100XXXXG182

Criticality Sciences, Inc. will develop the NetResilience software tool under a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology. The award falls under NIST's Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach program (CFDA 11.620), which aims to stimulate technological innovation. NetResilience will provide scalable, cost-informed resilience metrics and mitigation guidance for networked infrastructure against catastrophic...

The Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce awarded a $20 million Project Grant to Ecoexploratorio, Inc. to establish the Ecoex Resilience Institute in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, this funding will support the development of the multi-use Institute as a hub for disaster preparedness, recovery education and training in the Caribbean region. The Institute aims to build resilience capacity and develop more effective emergency...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) provides $991,759 to Resilience Force, a non-profit organization, to implement a sectoral strategy to create good climate resilience jobs and develop a skilled, scaled resilience workforce. The project, titled "A Good Jobs Blueprint in the Climate Resilience Economy", will recruit, train, and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the State Energy Program (CFDA 81.041) provides $500,000 in funding to the Central Pines Regional Council, a local government entity in North Carolina, to begin planning a network of regional, energy resilient, community hubs. The goal is for these hubs to offer power to residents during and after disasters, as well as provide community programming including workforce development and sustainability training during...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,743,707 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.117) to The Resilience Authority Of Annapolis And Anne Arundel County, Inc. to develop a Building Energy and Resilience Performance Standard (BERPS) ordinance. The project is structured into four parallel tracks: 1) The Policy Working Group will draft the BERPS ordinance, including eligible building measures, points, and implementation timelines; 2) The Insurance...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086), seeks to develop frameworks, metrics, and tools to quantify the resilience of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure and potential mitigation strategies for the state of Colorado. The $1,296,937 award to Colorado State University will create an EV charging infrastructure resiliency plan for...

This 3-year, $481,691 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service Acer Access and Development Program (CFDA 10.174) will develop resources to educate maple sugarbush managers, consulting foresters, and other professionals on climate adaptation and mitigation practices to enhance the resilience of the maple industry. The primary awardee, the University of Maine System, will oversee the project's coordination, pedagogy, promotion, and reporting....

This $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (CFDA 81.122 Electricity Research, Development and Analysis) will address the need to improve grid reliability and resilience in the face of increased severe weather risks and integration of offshore wind power. The project, led by the University of Connecticut, will leverage novel observations from the WFIP-3 project in the region to develop atmospheric and grid...

This $8 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Oasis Accelerator: Inland Empire Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Project led by the Regents of the University of California at Riverside from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The project will create an interconnected network of test beds and domain experts administered by the Oasis Accelerator to conduct research and demonstration projects...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $2.2 million Project Grant to the Chico Economic Planning Corporation under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The funding supports the ChicoStart Accelerate Innovation by Mobilization to Rural Communities (AIM-RC) Technology-based Business Incubator Development Project. Through this project, ChicoStart will partner with CleanStart and California State University, Fresno to support innovation...