Project Grant CR830976010

The Hudson River Park Trust was awarded a $750,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469). The funding supports a four-year community monitoring project to assess the efficacy and environmental impacts of the Gansevoort Peninsula Habitat Enhancement Project. The project will conduct rigorous field research on oyster health, estuarine ecosystems,...

The Hudson River Valley Greenway was awarded a $67,665 cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program. The funding will support operational activities at the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Specifically, the award will provide supplies and contractual support for the Reserve's research and water...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $499,999 Cooperative Agreement under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to Cornell University to develop a distributed sensor network that integrates edge-AI and photogrammetric techniques to automate real-time urban flood monitoring and mapping. Key deliverables include: A minimum viable product (MVP) sensor network to map urban pluvial flood extents and depths in real-time, including storm sewer stage...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417), aims to develop an AI-assisted plastic waste collector for rivers and coastlines. The $2,901,166 project, spanning September 2024 to August 2027, focuses on creating a prototype device that can accurately differentiate plastic waste from natural debris using hyperspectral and color imaging data. The device will be stress-tested in the Hudson,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $1,819,600 project grant to the Hudson River Foundation For Science & Environmental Research Inc. under the National Estuary Program (CFDA #66.456) to accelerate implementation of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. Under this award, the Hudson River Foundation and its subawardees will support 13 activities that advance the goals...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Cooperative Institute (Inter-Agency Funded Activities) program (CFDA 11.405), will upgrade the Great Lakes Operational Forecast System (GLOFS) to simulate coastal flood processes along the Lake Ontario shoreline. The $783,134 project will expand the model domain to include critical ports, harbors, and floodplain regions, improving the representation of nearshore processes and the...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $712,835 cooperative agreement to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation for the 2022 fiscal year to support operations of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve. As part of the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program, the funding will allow the reserve to continue implementing its research, monitoring, education, and training programs focused on the Hudson River estuary. Specific...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology. The grant, with a performance period from March 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, will fund the development of the Stevens Extreme Event Coastal Preparedness and Response System (SEECPRS). SEECPRS will leverage Stevens' expertise in assessing and monitoring flood hazards...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $100,000 project grant to The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (operating as State University College) for the "Virtual Aquapolis" project. The grant, funded through the agency's Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164), will support the development of an immersive virtual reality (VR) and interactive web experience that examines over 400 years of environmental history and human...

The Research Foundation For The State University Of New York (RF-SUNY) has been awarded a $407,090 project grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The goal of this 4-year project is to 1) design, build, and field-demonstrate a next-generation infrared gas analyzer engineered to effectively remove motion interference for air-sea CO2 flux measurements, and 2) develop a compact, robust, and low-power eddy covariance...