The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $509,164 Cooperative Agreement under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to North Carolina State University (NC State) to organize and lead a coalition focused on reducing marine debris from urbanized areas of the Piedmont region into the Neuse River and Pamlico Sound. The project will involve conducting research, developing and testing litter reduction strategies, investigating land-based litter and human behaviors,...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $900,000 Cooperative Agreement under CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to build the capacity of North Carolina's Coastal Management Program. The funding will support two key tasks: 1) Habitat Acquisition and Restoration Project Implementation, which will employ a Conservation Project Coordinator to plan and implement habitat restoration and conservation...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) under CFDA 11.473 - Office for Coastal Management. This funding will build the capacity of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve to plan for and implement habitat restoration and conservation projects connected to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Key activities include conducting a habitat change assessment,...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $398,411 in federal funding through the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the University of South Carolina. This Cooperative Agreement award will support the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) in implementing projects, initiatives, and programs that increase the climate resilience of coastal communities in Georgetown County, South Carolina. Specifically, the NERR will use...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $6,147,100.00 in federal funding through the Coastal Zone Management Administration Awards program (CFDA 11.419) to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) under a Cooperative Agreement. This funding will support the administration and implementation of North Carolina's federally approved coastal management program from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The award will fund a range of activities to...
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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has been awarded a $486,933 Cooperative Agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431). The award's objective is to assist coastal communities in Hawai'i and North Carolina in developing locally-tailored models and technical capacity to assess flood risks and explore adaptation strategies. Through partnerships with the University...
The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $6,782,805 Cooperative Agreement to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) under the Habitat Conservation program (CFDA 11.463). This 4-year project will construct a living shoreline at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, accelerate living shoreline projects in underserved communities, and develop a statewide resilience implementation plan using nature-based solutions. These actions will protect eroding marshes,...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is providing $1.2M in federal funding through a Cooperative Agreement under the Office for Coastal Management (CFDA 11.473) program to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). This 5-year award, effective May 1, 2024, will build the capacity of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (NC NERR) to implement climate resilience projects and support stewardship, research, education, and training...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), will support collaborative research to transform the understanding of how coastlines respond to shifts in storm climate patterns. The $893,081 award to Duke University, with a project period from August 2024 to July 2027, will develop new approaches to downscale global climate model outputs to forecast the waves and winds affecting specific coastlines, such as the Carolina coastline. This...