Grant/Contract Program
Capacity Building Grants
The projects and activities supported by the Capacity Building Grants enhance the ability of researchers, decision makers, and communities to use science to solve challenges at the intersections of human, environmental, and offshore energy systems.
Closed
Awarded 2017
Topic: Enhancing Community Networks That Improve Coastal Environments, Health, and Well-Being
Total Awards: 12 projects totaling $3,163,568
Grant Type: Community Networks
Grant Type Description: To help non-profit organizations enhance the use of science to serve community needs and address coastal challenges.
Learn more about this opportunity by watching a recording of the May 26 informational webinar.
Awarded Projects
- Building Bridges to Understand Fishing Communities and Fisheries
- Building Industry Engagement Within the Gulf of Mexico Alliance to Increase Impacts to Regional Efforts
- Building Organizational Capacity Through a Community-Based Citizen Science Program for Monitoring Environmental Contamination in Louisiana Coastal Parishes
- Building Scientific Literacy and Resilience Through Community Citizen Science in the Gulf of Mexico
- CoastWatch for Action: Engaging Alaska Teachers, Youth, and Community in Preparedness and Response to Coastal Hazards and Climate Change
- Enhancing Community Resilience by Linking Conservation and Restoration with Coastal Hazards Risk Reduction via the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Community-Rating System
- Expanding Coastal Community Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation
- Making Monitoring Matter: Breaking Down Barriers to Interdisciplinary Collaboration in the Houston-Galveston Area
- Strengthening Gulf Coast Resilience by Engaging, Educating, and Empowering Vulnerable Populations
- Supporting the Isle de Jean Charles Community Resettlement Through Cross-Boundary Networks and Knowledge Synthesis
- Sustainable Solutions During Disaster
- Using Island Institute Cross-Boundary Connections to Build Disaster Preparedness in Maine and Beyond
Awarded 2018
Advancing Scientific and Environmental Literacy in Children and Youth
Awarded Projects
- Building Sea-Level Rise and Flood Resilience Capacity in the Northern Gulf Through Students and Teachers
- Conceptualizing Human Alteration and Natural Growth in Estuaries and Savannas (CHANGES)
- Environmental Health Youth Council Promoting Science-Based Learning and Leadership for Underserved Houston-Area Youth
- Magnolia Bayou: A Catalyst for Change in Downtown Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
- Okefenokee—Understanding Real-world Relevance through Suwannee Watershed Assessment and Monitoring Project (OUR2 SWAMP)
- Project Resilience: Empowering Gulf Coast Youth to Thrive in Transformative Communities
- Seeding Wetland Restoration and Conservation in Mississippi High Schools
- WeatherBlur: Engaging Students in Mississippi, Alabama, and Maine Through Citizen Science and Inquiry-Driven, Project-Based Learning
- Youth-Led, Community-Based Citizen Science Projects in the Gulf Region
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