Project Grant G15AP00145

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) provides $717,769 to the University of New Mexico (UNM) to enhance climate change resilience in Indigenous communities in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The project will establish partnerships between UNM, tribal organizations, and the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center to braid Western and Indigenous climate science approaches. Key activities include: Identifying...

This $1,277,419 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program aims to enhance indigenous community resilience to climate change impacts in New Mexico and Oklahoma. The primary goals are to establish sustainable land-water-air research and educational partnerships by braiding indigenous knowledge and western science. Key products and services include: Co-developing climate adaptation research and solutions with tribal...

This three-year, $482,571 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Polar Programs, under the Polar Programs federal grant program (CFDA 47.078), will fund collaborative research between Columbia University, the University of Alberta, and the University of Toronto to understand the impacts of extreme climate events on Arctic Indigenous peoples. The research team, led by Columbia University, will analyze archival materials, oral histories, and tree ring data to identify...

The Climate Smart Agriculture and Indigenous Knowledge Integration Project (CSAIKI) is a $200,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative Extension Service (CFDA 10.500) to Salish Kootenai College, Inc. The project aims to promote food security, empower youth entrepreneurship, and facilitate implementation of climate-smart food systems among the Salish, Kootenai, and Kalispel tribal communities. Key activities include integrating traditional indigenous...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046), provides $371,750 in funding to the Spirit Lake Tribe to develop climate action plans. The key deliverables include a Priority Climate Action Plan due by April 1, 2024, and a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan due by the end of the grant period on August 15, 2027. The plans will identify strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 under the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CFDA 66.046) provides $448,336 to the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians to develop climate action plans in partnership with the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point and the Mi'kmaq Nation. The key objectives are to assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, identify near-term GHG reduction opportunities through building energy efficiency improvements,...

The College of Menominee Nation, Menominee Tribal Enterprises, and the Continental Scientific Drilling Facility at the University of Minnesota received a $199,999 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) to develop a vegetative and fire timeline of past regional and seasonal climate within the Menominee ancestral homelands in the Upper Great Lakes region. The project aims to build research capacity at the tribal college to sample and analyze lake...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $928,001.00 in funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to participate in a collaborative international research project focused on understanding the complex linkages between climate, environment, and human health. The project, titled "The Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network (IPON): Understanding and Responding to Complex Climate-Health...

This $2,306,004 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) aims to expand and strengthen an indigenous workforce for climate resilience in Alaska. The project will engage the Aleut Community of Saint Paul Island's Indigenous Sentinels Network, Bering Sea Research Center, and Ilisagvik College to develop a climate-ready workforce that centers indigenous knowledge and supports climate resilience...

The Pueblo de San Ildefonso received a two-year, $149,995 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office under the Tribal Climate Resilience federal grant program (CFDA 15.156). The grant will support the development of a resilient farm plan to preserve traditional agricultural knowledge. The Pueblo of San Ildefonso will leverage the funding to better understand potential climate change impacts and vulnerabilities, and develop strategies to...