Project Grant SDR86024GR0070

The Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Inc. (CARICOOS) received a $2,029,590 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) federal grant program (CFDA 11.012). This 3-year award (06/01/2025 - 05/31/2028) will enable CARICOOS to enhance its coastal and ocean observing capabilities in the Caribbean region. Key activities include upgrading high-frequency radar systems, adding autonomous...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $5,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012) to the Caribbean Coastal Ocean Observing System, Inc. (CARICOOS), a non-profit organization in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The purpose of this five-year award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, is to enhance CARICOOS's observational capacity to: 1) continue providing water column structure data for...

This $199,376 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) supports a collaborative research project to investigate water mass transformation processes in the Caribbean Sea. The project aims to improve understanding of how water masses are changing in the Caribbean and the processes driving spatial differences in mixing and transport, with implications for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and future climate and hurricane predictions....

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $138,640 to North Carolina State University to investigate water mass transformation processes within the Caribbean Sea. The project aims to improve understanding of how water masses are changing in the Caribbean, a key region for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation that transports heat northward. The research will leverage autonomous underwater vehicle observations, regional...

Florida International University will establish an observatory attached to its Aquarius Reef Base underwater laboratory to monitor baseline conditions and changes impacting the health of coastal South Florida's ecological systems through September 2025. Funded by a $2.27 million project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the observatory aims to assess the Florida Current that transports waters from the eastern Caribbean to the Gulf of Mexico and conditions driving...

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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,849,288 Cooperative Agreement to The Ocean Foundation under the Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.012). The purpose of this 3-year project is to advance technology for low-cost and portable monitoring of ocean acidification, particularly in the US Caribbean region. Key activities include: Developing the "PCO2 to Go" - a handheld sensor system that can cost-effectively measure...

This $199,970 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (CFDA 19.017 - Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs) supports Caribbean small island developing states' efforts to reach energy security. The grant recipient, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, is a non-profit organization that specializes in climate change-related services and works closely with government agencies...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences program Project Grant, CFDA 47.050, provides $303,755 in funding to Georgia Tech Research Corporation to conduct collaborative research on reconstructing climate variability in the Southern Caribbean using coral and speleothem paleoclimate records. The 3-year project from September 2023 to August 2026 will generate high-resolution, precisely dated proxy records of temperature and hydroclimate from the arid Southern Caribbean region, which has...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Earth Sciences awarded the Berkeley Geochronology Center (BGC), a non-profit organization, a $138,373 Project Grant under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to reconstruct southern Caribbean climate variability using coral and speleothem proxies. This 3-year grant, awarded on September 1, 2023, will support BGC's research to generate precisely dated records of local temperature and aridity from reef ecosystems and cave environments on the...