Project Grant SBR93022GR0017

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) provided $139,650.04 to train 250-300 journalists and media professionals across 6 workshops in 6 cities in India on climate reporting. The goal was to influence policy and inform people about climate change and its effects. The award was issued on September 10, 2024 and was scheduled for completion by March 4, 2025. The...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement to The Marine Mammal Center under the NOAA Mission-Related Education Awards program to build national capacity for evidence-based climate communication. The Marine Mammal Center will work with the National Network for Ocean and Climate Change Interpretation, Knology, and the Frameworks Institute to develop innovative training programs and a community of practice engaging educators, scientists,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research (CFDA 11.431) program provides $299,670 to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to enhance equitable access and use of climate services among vulnerable farming populations in Guatemala and Mexico. The project will take a mixed methods case study approach to examine participation in Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs) and...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA #47.075) program awarded Northwestern University a $100,000 Project Grant to plan for the creation of an interdisciplinary center that would study the social and behavioral aspects of climate change. The planning will involve meetings of experts from disciplines including psychology, sociology, and environmental science to explore how people receive, process, and respond to information about climate change....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $960,000 to develop a prototype climate service system that will deliver information on climate-related risks to decision-makers across various sectors. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028. The proposed system will leverage existing infrastructure and new cloud-based platforms to provide climate...

This Project Grant award from the Inter-American Foundation provides $236,850 to Instituto Fazer Acontecer for their work reaching young leaders in low-income communities of Bahia State, Brazil through May 2024. The funding supports IFA's curriculum that engages youth in problem-solving and critical thinking to address local challenges, and involves young people in community development activities and youth-led microenterprises. The award is part of the IAF's COVID-19 response strategy under...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $552,636 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate and Atmospheric Research (CFDA 11.431) program to Arizona State University to develop participatory tools for improving adaptation governance in the Rio Piedras urban watershed in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This project aims to address policy fragmentation, disrupted climate knowledge flows, and potential maladaptive outcomes for vulnerable communities in Puerto Rico following...

The University of Florida will receive $100,000 through a cooperative agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the agency's Climate and Atmospheric Research program. The two-year project, running from September 2021 through August 2023, seeks to explore landscapes of thermal inequity in the Southeastern United States through the Heat + Affordable Housing Network. The Climate and Atmospheric Research program aims to develop predictive capabilities for short...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $291,000 cooperative agreement to The University of the West Indies under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program. The three-year award, running from April 2021 through March 2024, will support the NOAA-CERMES Climate Resilience Enhancement Programme (NCCREP) to be conducted in Barbados. As indicated in the program description, the Climate and Atmospheric Research program aims to develop predictive climate modeling...

The Southeast Climate & Energy Network Inc. was awarded a $100,000 cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) to capture local climate knowledge for future research in the Southeastern United States. The two-year award running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2023 will support efforts to develop the knowledge required to establish a predictive capability for short...