Project Grant SGH10018GR0033

The University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. was awarded a $999,998 project grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Sea Grant Support program (CFDA 11.417) to develop enhanced guidelines and a geospatial visualization tool for marsh spatial planning in coastal Georgia. The project will integrate previous coastal research, conduct field sampling, and develop a high-resolution hydrodynamic model for coastal Georgia marshes. Researchers will use field study...

The Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES) awarded a $175,289.50 Cooperative Agreement under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) to the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. The funding will support a three-day training and networking event for entrepreneurs from Pacific countries in Africa focused on emerging marine issues, followed by a virtual event to promote network building and cross-Atlantic...

This Project Grant award, valued at $100,245.00, was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs under the Regional Peace and Security (CFDA 19.979) federal grant program. The award was intended to improve communication and the relationship between defense and security actors and their local communities in coastal West Africa. However, the award has been terminated in alignment with an Executive Order or ALDAC. The primary awardee for this grant was Miscellaneous Foreign...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $299,664 Cooperative Agreement on Sep 1, 2023 under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), a non-profit organization, to conduct participatory research in three coastal indigenous fishing communities in Fiji. The project aims to: (1) understand existing and future vulnerabilities to climate impacts; (2) identify resilience features of the...

This Project Grant award of $1,388,877.00 from the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports a research project investigating mercury biogeochemical cycling and environmental risk from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities in Ghana. The project aims to: (1) determine the local and regional fate of mercury vaporized from ASGM, (2) assess mercury accumulation in crops grown near ASGM sites, and (3) understand local...

The Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $821,786 Cooperative Agreement to the Water Institute of the Gulf, a non-profit research organization located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The funding is provided through NOAA's Habitat Conservation grant program (CFDA 11.463) to support the Institute's partnership with community liaisons to engage Southeast Louisiana's Asian American shrimping and processing communities in developing a climate change...

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs awarded a $100,000 Project Grant under the State/African Regional - Other Economic Support Funds (ESF) Projects/Programs (CFDA 19.989) to the Niger Delta Stakeholder Initiative For Community Development And Empowerment, a Nigerian non-profit organization. The grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the creation of community-based mangrove conservation and livelihood programs in protected wetlands areas of Bayelsa State, Nigeria....

This $10 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Congressionally Identified Awards and Projects program (CFDA 11.469), aims to develop knowledge and tools for adaptive coastal infrastructure and equitable resilience strategies under sea-level rise scenarios along the vulnerable Georgia coastline through August 31, 2027. Key work includes expanding an existing network of sea-level sensors and water-level...

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 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Conservation Program (CFDA 11.482) provides $930,000 in funding from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027 to the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) to coordinate the MPAconnect learning network of marine protected area (MPA) managers. GCFI, in partnership with NOAA, will develop and implement capacity-building activities for the 40 member MPA sites within the MPAconnect...