Project Grant D19AP00065

The federal Project Grant award of $250,000 from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875) will support the Guam Preservation Trust's "Historic Jose P. Lujan House Guam Institute Critical Repair Project." This funding will enable critical repairs and restoration efforts for the historic Jose P. Lujan House located in Guam. The Guam Preservation Trust, a non-profit...

The Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs has awarded a $500,000 Project Grant to the Government of Guam's Department of Administration Bureau of Statistics and Plans Division under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant will fund the deployment of an advanced network vulnerability scanning tool, upgrades to the core Government of Guam Wide Area Network (GGWAN) equipment, and the implementation of enhanced wireless...

The Government of Guam Department of Administration Bureau of Statistics and Plans Division was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program (CFDA 15.875). The grant funding will support the following key products and services over a 2-year period: Expansion of the implementation of a Zero Trust Architecture, including the deployment of network identity cards to...

The Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA) received a $296,500 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Insular Affairs under the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories (CFDA 15.875) program. The purpose of this grant is to improve GWA's ability to locate subsurface water line leaks and inspect and clean GWA's wastewater collector lines, including inaccessible lines. GWA will procure trainers to provide classroom and field training to GWA staff on advanced...

The Government of Guam - Department of Administration Bureau of Statistics and Plans Division was awarded a $1,030,000 federal Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's National Park Service under the Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916). The grant funding will be used to acquire Gadaos Cave and the surrounding area in the village of Inarajan, Guam. The project aims to preserve the cultural heritage of Gadaos Cave and provide recreational...

The National Park Service (NPS) awarded a $381,625.50 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 15.945 - Cooperative Research and Training Programs - Resources of the National Park System) to the University of Guam (UOG) on September 5, 2024. The funding will support a 5-year project to conduct archaeological and geophysical surveys, subsurface excavations, and documentation of coastal resources within the War in the Pacific National Historical Park. The project will engage UOG undergraduate and graduate...

This $358,530 Project Grant was awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development Program (CFDA 11.467). The grant will fund the following activities for the Guam Office of Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense: Travel for Guam's emergency management and scientific representatives to attend National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) meetings, Guam/CNMI collaboration meetings, and the PRIMO conference....

The Guam Ancestral Lands Commission (GALC) was awarded $370,602 under a Project Grant from the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs to upgrade its information technology infrastructure and modernize systems. Funded through the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories program, the GALC will use the award to scan and digitize approximately 614,000 existing land records, develop a web-based data system software with a public user interface, and design an...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1, under the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund (CFDA 15.615) program, provides $997,830.00 to the Guam Department of Agriculture (GDOA) to support the completion of the Guam Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). The HCP aims to directly conserve 14 covered threatened and endangered species (7 plants and 7 animals) and 11 no-take species, while facilitating sustainable economic development...

The University of Guam will receive $130,631 under a Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Insular Affairs to continue monitoring forest pests at Guam's ports of entry through September 2025. Specifically, the University will conduct baited ant surveys, identify and catalog ant species collected, and perform audio and visual surveys for the spotted lanternfly. This work directly supports the goals of the Economic, Social, and Political Development of the Territories federal...