The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $473,978 Project Grant to the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries through the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development federal grant program (CFDA 11.467). The grant will fund tsunami hazard mitigation efforts in Oregon from September 2021 through August 2023. Specifically, the Department of Geology and Mineral Industries will work to reduce the impact of tsunamis through...
This federal Project Grant award of $448,214.00 was provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467). The grant aims to support comprehensive tsunami preparedness, mitigation, and research initiatives across Washington state, with a focus on the following key products and services: Funding for National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) meeting travel and coordination. Conducting...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded Oregon State University a $997,832 Project Grant under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025. The grant will support improving and applying a hybrid statistical-dynamical modeling framework to estimate compound flood risk for Oregon's estuaries and developing online tools and guidance documents. Products will include presentations, publications, an enhanced coastal flooding model, a...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $582,556 project grant to the Washington National Guard under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467). The two-year grant will fund the Washington State Tsunami Program to enhance community resilience to tsunami hazards through September 2023. Key services include maintaining tsunami warning systems and educating communities on preparedness and mitigation efforts. A portion of the grant funds...
This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467) provides $170,804 to the Northeast States Emergency Consortium (NESEC) to support tsunami preparedness and risk mitigation efforts along the U.S. East Coast. Key activities include travel support for the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP), identifying and mapping vulnerable populations and critical...
The Hawaii Department of Defense Civil Defense Division (awardee) received a $1.296 million Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development federal grant program (CFDA 11.467) for the period of September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The primary goals of the award are to increase tsunami preparedness and resilience in Hawaii through education, outreach, modeling, and analysis. Specific activities...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $261,123 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to the University of Oregon (UO) to conduct a comprehensive study of the Cascadia subduction zone, focusing on seismic and tsunami activity around the year 1700 CE. The key objectives are to: Map high-resolution paleotsunami deposits at two key locations along the Cascadia subduction zone, and Execute thousands of advanced tsunami inundation models to test hypotheses about...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $725,844 Project Grant under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development Program (CFDA 11.467) to the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) on September 1, 2024. The grant funding supports a range of tsunami preparedness and mitigation activities, including: 1) NTHMP travel and coordination, 2) TsunamiReady support and coordination, 3) tsunami preparedness, 4) California tsunami hazard risk analysis,...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded $624,121 to the Hawaii Department of Defense Civil Defense Division under the Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development federal grant program (CFDA 11.467) for the period of September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2023. The award funded two components: the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program and the National Weather Service TsunamiReady Program. Through sub-awards, the funding also supported several outreach and...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under its Meteorologic and Hydrologic Modernization Development program (CFDA 11.467), awarded $801,329 to the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) for the California Tsunami Preparedness and Mitigation Program project grant. The two-year project, running from September 2021 through August 2023, will support Cal OES's efforts to maintain cooperative partnerships with universities and the Federal government to...