Project Grant P425P200058

The Samish Indian Nation received a $147,257 project grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs under the Tribal Climate Resilience federal grant program (CFDA 15.156). The funding will support efforts from August 2021 through August 2023 to use geographic information systems (GIS) mapping to document cultural use plant habitats and develop access and resiliency strategies. The Tribal Climate Resilience program aims to help tribal governments and trust land managers...

The Squaxin Island Tribe received a $150,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs Central Office. The grant was awarded under the Tribal Climate Resilience program (CFDA 15.156) on August 16, 2021 for a period ending August 15, 2023. Under this award, the Squaxin Island Tribe will conduct research to better understand potential climate change impacts and vulnerabilities faced by their community, ecosystems, and infrastructure located near where fresh...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration under the WIOA Dislocated Worker National Reserve Demonstration Grants program (CFDA 17.280) provides $991,759 to Resilience Force, a non-profit organization, to implement a sectoral strategy to create good climate resilience jobs and develop a skilled, scaled resilience workforce. The project, titled "A Good Jobs Blueprint in the Climate Resilience Economy", will recruit, train, and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program provides $300,000 to Nevada State College for a planning project titled "Amplifying Climate Resilience Curriculum Using Informal Learning Opportunities for Undergraduates." The goal is to develop climate resilience curriculum and educational resources for undergraduates. Nevada State College will work with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on this project through August 2023. Specifically, UNLV...

The National Science Foundation awarded Salish Kootenai College, Inc. a $307,805 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period of May 1, 2021 through April 30, 2024. The grant funds the "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: SUSTAINABLE LAND AND WATER RESOURCES - A COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES" project. The project will strengthen fundamental knowledge and understanding of the integrated Earth system through supporting basic research...

This $1,994,481 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports the development of a transformative graduate training program at Portland State University (PSU) to address cascading impacts of extreme events and geohazards across scales. The five-year project, running from September 2024 to August 2029, will train 22 NSF-funded graduate students and an additional 100 students in a transdisciplinary curriculum using a...

This $3,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Emerging Frontiers under the Biological Sciences program (CFDA 47.074) to Washington State University (WSU). The overarching goal is to transform academic culture by creating a network connecting universities with local tribes and building a collaborative framework to engage indigenous knowledge systems in biological research on systems resilience. Key products and services under this grant include:...

This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $510,436 provides funding from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2028 to San Francisco State University under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041). The award will support research and educational efforts to advance understanding of green infrastructure systems' influences on structural performance during natural hazard events. Specifically, the university will conduct sensitivity analyses and nonlinear time history analyses to...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), provides $239,278 to the University of Washington to conduct research focused on three main topics: Modeling flood hazards in river delta systems, with a focus on the Nooksack River and understanding the impacts of morphological changes on flooding under future sea level rise scenarios. Developing a conceptual framework for modeling compound flood hazards in...

This $498,129 three-year Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports an REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) site at Oregon State University focused on integrating resiliency and engineering disciplines through systems thinking. The project aims to provide 10 undergraduate students per year with exciting interdisciplinary research opportunities and professional development related to improving the resiliency of infrastructure...