Project Grant HQ00052310019

This $398,891 Disaster Resilience Research Grant (DRRG) project from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) explores participatory transformation of barrier islands to enhance coastal resilience. The key objectives are to: Identify "acceptable" locations for allowing sections of barrier islands to naturally erode and "return to nature" to mitigate flood risks at nearby communities. Quantify reductions in flood risk from these "extreme...

This $415,768 federal Project Grant award from the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Acquisition, Development and Planning program (CFDA 15.916) will fund critical repairs to the concrete handrail posts and fascia panels on the seawall at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in Beaufort, South Carolina. The project will address rehabilitation of the park's substructure to preserve this well-loved and well-used public recreation area. The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded $400,000 under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation federal grant program (CFDA 12.003) to Charles County Government on March 1, 2021 for completion by August 31, 2022. The project grant funding supports a military installation resilience review for the Naval Support Facility Indian Head in Charles County, Maryland. Charles...

This $1,335,000 Project Grant award from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment (CFDA 12.003 - Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation) supports the design of a potable water main for the Pineda Causeway Phase 2 project in Cocoa, Florida. The funding will enable the City of Cocoa, a U.S. local government municipality, to conduct infrastructure assessments, environmental...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $9.2 million Project Grant to Escambia County, Florida under the Community Investment federal grant program (CFDA 12.600). The grant will fund the Naval Air Station Pensacola Sherman Inlet Living Shoreline project from September 2021 through February 2025. The County will implement nature-based infrastructure solutions to reduce coastal erosion and protect habitat along Sherman Inlet near Naval...

This $111,858 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Coastal Zone Management Estuarine Research Reserves program (CFDA 11.420) will fund Phase I planning and design for an integrated shoreline protection and habitat restoration project at a research reserve headquarters in Virginia. The project aims to develop a high-energy, natural and nature-based shoreline protection strategy that integrates structural elements like breakwaters with the...

The U.S. Department of Defense's Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment has awarded a $1,533,800 Project Grant to the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida under the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (CFDA 12.027). The grant will fund the Naval Station Mayport Emergency Potable Water Source Phase II project, which aims to enhance critical infrastructure supporting the nearby military installation. The project will develop an emergency potable water source to improve the...

This $886,663 federal Project Grant, awarded by the Department of Defense (DOD) Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation program (CFDA 12.003), will support the City of Ridgecrest, California in developing strategies to protect critical resources necessary for enhancing the resilience of the nearby Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. The award will fund...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $2,496,776 Project Grant under the Community Economic Adjustment Assistance for Responding to Threats to the Resilience of a Military Installation (CFDA 12.003) program to the Governors Office Of Planning & Research in California. The grant supports a comprehensive review of existing capabilities supporting military installations in the state and the development of strategies to protect critical...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $920,372 project grant to North Carolina State University under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to co-develop a coastal protection design and siting framework and living shoreline training courses and certification program from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2026. The university will collect stakeholder survey data on coastal adaptation options to compile in a centralized database, and continue monitoring living shoreline...