Thriving Communities Grants
Natural disasters, climate change impacts, and other stressors, such as those related to offshore oil and gas operations, present complex challenges to the health and well-being of coastal communities and to the integrity of the environments upon which they depend. In collaboration with others, the Gulf Research Program supports the work of researchers, communities, and public- and private-sector actors to enhance the resilience of communities to the adverse impacts of environmental and economic stressors.
Completed
Cycle 5 (Awarded 2019)
Topic: Enhancing Coastal Community Resilience and Well-being in the Gulf of Mexico Region
Total Awards: 4 projects totaling $10,674,731
Grant Type: Research-Practice
Grant Type Description: For projects that bring together researchers, practitioners, and other perspectives to collaborate on efforts that both inform research and facilitate use of research results.
Resources
View Grant Details - 2019
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Awarded Projects
- Capacity and Change in Climate Migrant-Receiving Communities Along the U.S. Gulf: A Three-Case Comparison
- Climate, Culture, Movement: Navigating Decision-Making in a Shifting Landscape for a Resilient United Houma Nation
- Making Gulf Communities More Resilient: Scaling-up Customized Vulnerability Assessment for Extreme Events in Gulf Cities
- The New First Line of Defense: Building Community Resilience through Residential Risk Disclosure
Cycle 4 (Awarded 2018)
Topic: Improving Risk-Based Evaluations to Support a Public Health Response to the Next Oil Spill
Total Awards: 2 projects totaling $1,692,415
Grant Type: Research-Practice
Grant Type Description: For projects that bring together researchers, practitioners, and other perspectives to collaborate on efforts that both inform research and facilitate use of research results.
Resources
View Grant Details - 2018
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Awarded Projects
Cycle 3 (Awarded 2017)
Topic: Enhancing Coastal Community Resilience and Well-Being in the Gulf of Mexico Region
Total Awards: 4 projects totaling $10,800,550
Grant Type: Research-Practice
Grant Type Description: For projects that bring together researchers, practitioners, and other perspectives to collaborate on efforts that both inform research and facilitate the use of research results.
*Awarded in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Resources
View Grant Details - 2017
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Awarded Projects
- Community and Family Resilience, Strength and Well-Being: Sociocultural Influences on Cambodian and Laotian Refugee Communities' Responses to Environmental Challenges
- Community Resilience Learning Collaborative and Research Network
- Housing Resilience in Greater New Orleans
- Inland from the Coast: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Regional Climate Change Responses
Cycle 2 (Awarded 2016)
Topic: Scientific Synthesis Connecting Environmental, Social, and/or Health Data
Total Awards: 3 Projects totaling $2,120,401
Grant Type: Synthesis
Grant Type Description: For projects that bring together methods or data from different disciplines and sectors to generate novel insights or develop new approaches.
Awarded Projects
- Community Cohesion and Recovery After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- Synthesizing Ship Tracking Data, Oil Spill Model Results, and Subsistence Use Information into a Unique, Interactive Tool to Aid Research and Planning in Coastal Communities Bordering the Alaska Beaufort Sea
- Understanding Oil Spill Impacts on Fishing Communities of the Gulf of Mexico: From Deepwater Horizon to Future Spill Scenarios
Cycle 1 (Awarded 2016)
Topic: Informing Coastal Community Planning and Response to Environmental Change in Regions with Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
Total Awards: 5 Projects totaling $1,762,640
Grant Type: Exploratory
Grant Type Description: For projects that jumpstart innovations and transformative ideas for novel approaches, technologies, or methods in their early phases.
Resources
View Grant Details - 2016
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Awarded Projects
- Advancing a Societal Impact Assessment Framework for Oil and Gas Operations in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
- Building Coastal Community Subject Matter Expert Capacity through an Innovative “Citizen Science” Program to Collect Quantitative Beach Dynamic and Tar Ball Data for Oil Spill Planning and Response in Coastal Regions with Offshore Oil and Gas Operations
- Can Deliberative Discussions Lay a Foundation for Integrated Decision-Making Networks?
- Enhancing Community Resilience and Optimizing Oil Spill Response through the Participatory Design of a Decision Support System
- Multidisciplinary Knowledge Integration to Support Louisiana Coastal Indigenous Communities’ Response to Natural and Technological Disasters and Adaptation to Climate Change
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