This Project Grant award of $774,265.00, issued on December 15, 2024 by the Department of Defense under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), supports research on modeling societal resilience to concurrent shocks in the Asia-Pacific region. The primary awardee, Washington University, will lead this 3-year interdisciplinary research project in collaboration with a sub-awardee, the Research Foundation for the State University of New York. Key...
This Project Grant award, valued at $180,000.00, was issued by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) program (CFDA 10.310). The grant funds a 3-year study at Portland State University that explores how "hydrosocial imaginaries" - the political, cultural, and social beliefs and practices that influence water use - affect water conflict, governance, and collaboration in the context of drought, climate...
The Department of Defense's Cooperative Agreement award under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) provides $11,500,000 in funding to the University of Alabama for the Global Water Security Program. The purpose of this program is to furnish data and expert analysis on the water security implications of weather and climate events in support of DoD operational and strategic planning, with a focus on the food and energy implications of water...
This $113,389 National Science Foundation Project Grant, awarded under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will fund research at the University of Alabama from February 2022 to January 2025 to develop integrated drought management strategies for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The research team will evaluate the economic and environmental impacts of droughts on agricultural and urban communities under current water management practices. They will also develop and assess alternative drought...
This $650,920 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079), aims to investigate the vulnerabilities of community-managed water systems to climate change impacts and identify opportunities to strengthen their resilience. The project will focus on five climate-vulnerable locations globally, including indigenous communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Norway, Canada, and Alaska. Through a combination of climate scenario...
This federal Project Grant award of $149,201.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) is for a research project titled "MEASURING AND ENHANCING RESILIENCE IN DYNAMIC HYPERGRAPHS." The award was granted to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a state government research institution, with a performance period from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2028. The project aims to conduct fundamental and...
This Project Grant award, with a total funding amount of $919,999.00, was granted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The award will support the establishment of a Regional Climate Resilience Center for Water Extremes Adaptation Strategies Implementation. The Center will focus on three key areas: 1) assessing the effects of municipal coordination on climate resilience, 2) examining the impacts of different adaptation strategies, and 3)...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command's Basic Scientific Research Program (CFDA 12.431) awarded a $100,000 project grant to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology on May 23, 2025. The grant will fund fundamental research to quantify fluvial processes from seismo-acoustic signals over a 3-year period ending on May 22, 2028. This research aims to expand scientific knowledge and understanding in areas critical to national security, such as materials science and earth sciences....
This $1,100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program supports an innovative research collaboration between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and local stakeholders in northern New Mexico. The goal is to enhance the resilience of traditional acequia irrigation systems and associated socio-environmental systems to climate change and other emerging challenges. The project employs a convergence research approach that integrates...
This $192,970 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Science Foundation under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Texas at Austin. The objective of this 2-year project, titled "Texas Weather: Whole-Community Efforts to Adapt, Thrive, and Enhance Resilience," is to develop a community of practice through outreach and engagement to improve Texas communities' resilience to extreme weather events. The project will foster collaboration between...