Project Grant G16AP00001

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) federal grant program to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of Extension Natural Resources Institute to enhance the climate resilience of coastal communities within the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. Specifically, the funding will be used to: Hire a part-time project manager and resilience outreach...

This $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) supports a collaborative research project titled "RAISE: CHIRRP: EMPOWERING CLIMATE RESILIENCE (ECR): CONFRONTING COASTAL HAZARDS FOR RURAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES (CCHRIC) IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION". The project combines natural hazard research with local knowledge to create practical tools and strategies to...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $455,437 Cooperative Agreement under its Climate and Atmospheric Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.431) to the Regents of the University of Michigan. The project, titled "Building an Equity-Oriented Engagement Framework for the FloodWise Communities Process in the Great Lakes and South Central Regions", aims to directly engage with four frontline communities in the Great Lakes and South Central regions to...

This $119,770 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) will support the development of a participatory decision support tool called PUMP-COR. The tool will integrate climate, hydrological, and spatial data to help communities in the Great Lakes region better understand and visualize coastal flooding risks and inform resilience-building solutions. The project aims to enhance community participation, cultivate inclusive development...

The Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition was awarded a $1,310,142 Cooperative Agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) to establish a resilience hub of 30 community-based organizations in a high-poverty, climate-vulnerable region of northeast Ohio. Through this regional collaborative project, the coalition will address barriers to climate resilience, invest in climate literacy and public engagement, and secure...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,849,228 Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the Saint Louis County Administration Building in Duluth, Minnesota. The project aims to proactively address the impacts of climate change in the coastal region of Minnesota's Lake Superior, the largest Great Lake and second largest freshwater lake in the world. Key strategies include establishing a regional resilience...

This is a $425,393 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417). The project aims to develop community awareness and action to reduce anthropogenic debris input into the North American Great Lakes, with a focus on plastic pollution. Key activities include: Installing trash capture devices (LittaTrapsTM) in storm drains in Rochester, Buffalo, and Syracuse, NY, and delivering a 12-week educational...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312), will provide $1,545,800 in funding to the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan to improve the resilience of the most vulnerable residents in Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County. The key activities include: Establishing a living Regional Resilience Network to facilitate communication, resource pooling, and collective emergency...

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

This $260,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Region 3 under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (CFDA 15.662) will enable the Great Lakes Commission (GLC) to advance aquatic invasive species (AIS) surveillance efforts across the Great Lakes region. The key objectives of this 26-month project include: Refining the inland lakes site prioritization model and publishing related research. Aligning the surveillance site prioritization models between the Great...