The University of Denver will receive a two-year, $120,508 project grant from the United States Institute of Peace to evaluate United Nations-African Union special political missions for conflict prevention and peacebuilding. The grant was awarded on April 1, 2022 under the Priority Grant Competition program of the USIP, which provides funding to nonprofit organizations through CFDA #91.005 to increase the breadth and depth of the Institute's peacebuilding work. As the awardee, the University of...
The United States Institute of Peace awarded a $140,047 two-year Project Grant to the University of Toronto under the Priority Grant Competition federal grant program (CFDA 91.005). The grant funds a project titled "PREVENTING CIVIL WAR RECURRENCE: LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR EFFECTIVE REINTEGRATION" taking place in Ottawa, Canada from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024. The project aims to increase the breadth and depth of USIP's peacebuilding work by supporting a University of...
The United States Institute of Peace awarded a $298,268 project grant to the United Nations University Centre for Policy Research to improve multilateral approaches to countering organized crime in conflict-affected states of Mali and the Central African Republic. This grant was awarded on September 30, 2023 under the Priority Grant Competition program (CFDA #91.005) to increase the breadth and depth of the Institute's work by supporting peacebuilding projects managed by nonprofit organizations....
This Project Grant award of $774,265, funded by the Department of Defense through the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630), supports research focused on modeling societal resilience to concurrent environmental shocks in the Asia-Pacific region. The primary awardee, The Washington University, is leading this three-year project with the following key objectives: 1) developing conceptual and quantitative frameworks for understanding societal...
The federal Project Grant award of $143,772.78 was provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on August 12, 2024. The award supports the "AUKUS INNOVATION: TRILATERAL UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW STRATEGIC AGE" project, which is being implemented by the United States Studies Centre (USSC), a non-profit educational institution based in Australia. The grant will fund initiatives that strengthen...
The U.S. Department of Defense's Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630) awarded a $485,109 project grant to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as the Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania, to conduct research on "Modeling Climate-Induced Societal Adaptation and Population Displacement with New Machine Coded Environmental Event Data." The project aims to develop innovative computational techniques...
This $408,516 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey's National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) funds a project to improve the availability and accessibility of climate data and information for users in Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam. The University of Hawaii, the primary awardee, will work with sub-recipients the East-West Center and Clark University to accomplish the following key objectives: Conduct participatory scenario planning with...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $991,795 Project Grant to the University of Hawaii to support the project "FUTURE WARMING PATTERN CONSTRAINTS FROM INTERNAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY" under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). This grant, awarded on September 1, 2024 with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2025, will fund research to advance understanding of future global warming patterns and the role of internal climate...
The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $200,000 Project Grant to Serica Initiative, Inc., a New York-based non-profit organization, under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant, titled "Climate Bridges," aims to highlight the contributions of Chinese and American artists in addressing the climate crisis and raise awareness about the shared imperative of cross-border climate action to ensure global...
This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs under the Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs (CFDA 19.017) will provide $150,000.00 to support the efforts of Caribbean small island developing states to reach climate resilience. The project will be carried out by The Ashley Lashley Foundation in Barbados over a 12-month period from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2025. The funding will...