Project Grant NA19NOS4820129

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $244,831 to the University of Puerto Rico to conduct field observations and measurements at a large-scale coral reef restoration site in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. The purpose is to determine how changes in reef structure influence surface wave transformation processes, in order to evaluate the coastal protection effectiveness of the restoration efforts. The...

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Ocean Exploration Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.011), totals $1,339,868 and spans the period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The award supports a project led by the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to comprehensively characterize fish assemblages in mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) along the western coast of Puerto Rico....

Florida International University will establish an observatory attached to its Aquarius Reef Base underwater laboratory to monitor baseline conditions and changes impacting the health of coastal South Florida's ecological systems through September 2025. Funded by a $2.27 million project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the observatory aims to assess the Florida Current that transports waters from the eastern Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico and conditions driving...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $10.6 million cooperative agreement to the Institute For Socio-Ecological Research to construct five acres of coral reef habitat at three locations in Puerto Rico through the Habitat Conservation (CFDA 11.463) federal grant program. Under this award, the Institute and its subawardees will strengthen ecosystem resilience by addressing the current state of low coral cover and diversity in Puerto Rico's reefs. They will accomplish this...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 awarded the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources a $1.22 million formula grant under the Clean Water State Revolving Fund program (CFDA #66.458). The grant capitalizes Puerto Rico's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to provide low-interest financing to subrecipients for projects addressing emerging contaminants in water sources. Emerging contaminants include chemicals in personal care products, pharmaceuticals, industrial...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482) to Sail For Reefs Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization based in Puerto Rico. The goal of this 2-year project is to support the development of coral reef action plans and stewardship partnerships in the U.S. Caribbean jurisdictions of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The key objectives are to (1) establish coral reef...

This $388,362 Project Grant awarded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484) will fund the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) to characterize nutrient and microbial water quality in the nearshore "halo zone" of the Florida Keys and its connections to the broader regional water quality of the reef tract. Key activities include...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,000,869 Cooperative Agreement under the Habitat Conservation Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.463) to Sea Ventures Inc., a small disadvantaged, veteran-owned business in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The purpose of the award is to implement the largest single-site coral restoration project in Puerto Rico, near the community of Fajardo. The project will focus primarily on propagating threatened elkhorn coral and developing a coral gene...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $2,773,000 Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) Formula Grant (CFDA 66.458) to the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (DNER), operating as Hilo, to provide low-interest financing to subrecipients for projects addressing emerging contaminants in water systems. The primary objectives are to establish monitoring stations, develop hydrodynamic modeling, quantify toxin levels, implement satellite/drone-based...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $334,644 Project Grant to the University of Puerto Rico Research and Development Center Division, doing business as the Chancellor Mayaguez Campus, under NOAA's Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467). The goal of the project is to maintain and strengthen tsunami preparedness in Puerto Rico by supporting communities to renew their TsunamiReady recognition and the...