Project Grant D21AP10193

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under CFDA 10.902 Soil and Water Conservation, will fund a $4,087,300 project to implement a national conservation planning partnership communications strategy. The award, effective from September 5, 2024 through September 29, 2028, will be executed by the National Conservation District Employees Association to deliver technical assistance, conservation...

This $300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the USDA National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) supports the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition in expanding technical assistance for grazing conservation, sustainable management of existing grazing acreage, and a collaborative approach that brings together diverse stakeholders in California. The project aims to promote sustainable agriculture practices and help private...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) provides $318,606.00 to the California Resource Conservation And Development Council Association, Inc. to implement a pilot program to enhance the retention of interns and workforce participants in priority underserved locations. The funding will be used to execute portions of a plan developed under a previous award...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (CFDA 10.912) provides $150,000.00 in funding to the Coastal San Luis Resource Conservation District (CSLRCD) in California. The award is to support technical assistance and outreach for the implementation of climate-smart agricultural practices, as well as outreach to historically underserved and new producers. The...

The National Resources Conservation Service awarded a $500,000 cooperative agreement to The Arthur Morgan Institute For Community Solutions from July 2022 through June 2024 under the Soil and Water Conservation CFDA 10.902 program. The award will support the Regenerative Pathways to Equity and Conservation for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Farmers project. Deliverables will include providing conservation technical assistance to BIPOC private landowners in Ohio to help them...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research (CFDA 11.431) program provides $299,670 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to enhance equitable access and use of climate services among vulnerable farming populations in Guatemala and Mexico. The project will take a mixed methods case study approach to examine participation in Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs) and...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $242,950 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Soil and Water Conservation program (CFDA 10.902) will enable the East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District to build and expand a culture in Stanislaus County, California to address local food insecurity by targeting disadvantaged households and communities through conservation outreach. The award, which begins on December 15, 2023 and runs through...

This $4,900,000.00 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (CFDA 10.902 - Soil and Water Conservation) supports The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, doing business as Columbia University, in coordinating and supporting a USDA model intercomparison and ensemble effort to improve carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission estimations. The award period runs from Dec 20, 2024 to Dec 19,...

The National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), under the Soil and Water Conservation federal grant program (CFDA 10.902), awarded a $338,248 Cooperative Agreement to Council On The Environment Inc. (doing business as Council On The Environment Of New York City) to conduct targeted outreach to historically underserved producers, with a focus on Spanish-speaking and beginning farmers, about NRCS conservation programs. This 3-year project, beginning on January 1, 2024 and ending on December 1,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Project Grant award, funded under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, provides $130,155 to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) for a project titled "CRII:III:TOWARDS ADVANCED FILTERING AND POOLING OPERATIONS FOR GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKS." The aim is to conduct theoretical analysis and develop innovative algorithms to address limitations in the efficacy and efficiency of graph neural...