This $144,986,898 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program will implement a transformational resilience initiative across 16 coastal New Jersey counties. The project aims to improve community readiness for natural solutions that support ecosystem and community resilience goals. Key components include creating a resilience planning and project design pipeline, supporting...
This $1,454,103 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) will engage stakeholders to drive research and workforce development on the equitable design and implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate resilience. The project, titled "Collaborative Research: RII FEC: Equitable Nature-Based Climate Solutions (ENACTS)," will be conducted around three living hubs in New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and...
This cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund $199,994 to Antioch University New England for the NEST project under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program. The project will convene stakeholders in the Northeast region to identify research questions and strategies promoting integrated climate adaptation. It will review equity in existing regional adaptation efforts and bring together subregional networks in Vermont, New Hampshire, coastal...
The Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition received a $1,310,142 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program. The funding will support the establishment of a resilience hub comprised of 30 community-based organizations in a high-poverty, climate-vulnerable region of Northeast Ohio. Through regional collaboration and local expertise, the coalition will address barriers to climate...
This Project Grant award of $119,770, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), aims to enhance the resilience of Great Lakes coastal cities to flooding risks driven by climate change. The project will create an online "Participatory Urban Modeling and Climate Projections for Community-Driven Flooding Resilience" (PUMP-COR) decision support tool that integrates climate, hydrological, and spatial data. This tool will be developed in partnership...
The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $920,000 Project Grant to Monmouth University Inc. under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects federal grant program (CFDA 11.469). The grant will support the Coastal Resilience Planning Support for EJ Communities project from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The project aims to develop an inclusive community engagement and planning process for local resilience planning in environmental...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $2,500,000 Project Grant under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469) to the East Coast Zoological Society (ECZS) of Florida in Melbourne, Florida. The funds will be used to cover the construction costs of a 24,000 square foot Coastal Conservation Hub science center with classrooms, labs, and workspace. This center aims to strengthen the conservation and management of coastal and marine...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $518,545 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the "Equitable Nature-Based Climate Solutions (ENACTS)" project at the University of Louisville. The project aims to drive research and workforce development on the equitable design and implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate resilience. The research will be conducted across three "living hubs" in New Hampshire, Rhode...
This $160,033 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) will develop a novel analytical framework and quantitative approach using causal-forest machine learning to evaluate and predict the extent to which engagement and capacity-building activities enhance coastal communities' ability to progress towards transformative climate adaptation. The project will analyze data from ~600 Northeast...
This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Congressionally-Identified Projects program (CFDA 11.617) will fund the establishment of the Atlantic Resiliency Innovation Institute (ARII) in Marshfield, MA. ARII is a partnership between Northeastern University, the Town of Marshfield, the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce, and Marshfield Public Schools to create an independent innovation and technology hub and laboratory focused on...