Project Grant SCS80023GR0036

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...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.431) 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...

This $284.4 million Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Office for Coastal Management federal grant program (CFDA 11.473), will implement four key adaptation strategies to address the highest priority climate risks of flooding and wildfires in California's Monterey Bay region. The project will create a regional, collaborative approach to strengthening ecosystem and habitat resilience, protecting human communities, and building...

This is a 2-year, $369,330 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The project aims to develop a geospatial land change model that can accurately simulate future urbanization patterns in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, despite population decline driven by economic and climate stressors in these regions. The key activities and deliverables under this award include: (1)...

This $419,605.55 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (CFDA 19.750) will strengthen sustainability centers to address water scarcity in rural communities of Costa Rica. The grant was awarded to the Latin American non-profit organization Fundacion Avina, which has expertise in delivering critical services and products that align with U.S. foreign assistance goals in Latin America, particularly in the areas of water security,...

This $1,069,948.82 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) will enable Protectores De Cuencas, Inc. (PDC), a minority-owned non-profit organization, to collaborate with the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources to restore 107 acres of coastal wetlands in the Punta Tuna Natural Reserve. The project will remove debris, reestablish...

This $3,707,343 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) will develop new training curricula and identify existing programs to build the capacity of communities in coastal Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to prepare for and increase resilience to climate change impacts. The project, awarded to the minority-owned non-profit organization Protectores De Cuencas Inc. (PDC), will train...

The Universidad Para La Paz received a $155,550 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs under the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Grant Programs (including Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas) federal grant program. The grant will support building adaptive capacities at the local level to mitigate climate change through improved and strengthened adaptation governance in three rural coastal municipalities in Costa Rica. The...

This $650,920 Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079), aims to investigate the vulnerabilities of community-managed water systems to climate change impacts and identify opportunities to strengthen their resilience. The project will focus on five climate-vulnerable locations globally, including indigenous communities in Kenya, South Sudan, Norway, Canada, and Alaska. Through a combination of climate scenario...

This $1,100,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Geosciences (CFDA 47.050) program supports an innovative research collaboration between New Mexico State University (NMSU) and local stakeholders in northern New Mexico. The goal is to enhance the resilience of traditional acequia irrigation systems and associated socio-environmental systems to climate change and other emerging challenges. The project employs a convergence research approach that integrates...