January 31, 2019

USACE Funding Opportunity: USCRP Topic 9: Community Resilience Guidance

REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS OF INTEREST
NUMBER W912HZ-19-SOI-0013
PROJECT TO BE INITIATED IN 2019

Project Title: USCRP Research Topic 9: Develop Community Resilience Guidance for Recovery & Mitigation and Adaptation

Full announcement and instructions is available here: W912HZ-19-SOI-0013_Topic09

Responses to this Request for Statements of Interest will be used to identify potential investigators for studies to be sponsored by the U.S. Army Engineer (USACE) Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL). The intent of this request is to seek researchers interested in performing applied research to determine how nearshore communities can develop guidance to utilize best practices for recovery, long-term adaptive management and risk mitigation to recover faster from coastal impacts and adapt more readily to future events. Products from this effort will provide decision-support Guidance for Recovery & Mitigation and Adaptation for use by coastal communities to improve short- and long-term adaptation, and consider tipping points in the decision-making processes. The goal is to compel communities to consider actions to develop community resilient guidance for recovery, mitigation and adaption.

Estimated award amounts for individual proposals of $50,000 to $250,000 may be accepted. Multiple awards may be funded. Possibly no awards will be made if the submitted proposals do not meet the objectives outlined in this RSOI.

Background:
The U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) is a partnership of the coastal research community to coordinate Federal activities, strengthen academic programs, and build a strong workforce. Three primary research needs identified by the USCRP’s nearshore coastal community are to improve understanding of: 1) long-term implications of Community Resilience Guidance for Recovery & Mitigation and Adaptation due to natural and anthropogenic processes; 2) extreme events, including flooding, erosion, and the subsequent recovery; and 3) the physical, biological and chemical processes impacting human and ecosystem health. The USCRP addresses societal needs along the coast through a coordinated effort backed by researchers from Federal agencies, academia, industry, and non-governmental organizations. Awards will be made with the intent of assisting academic institutions in funding coastal and nearshore processes graduate students to address critical research needs within the coastal community, advancing the state of knowledge, and building the future U.S. workforce.

Review of Statements of Interest will begin after the SOI has been posted to all units on the CESU website for 10 working days.

Posted 1/31/2019.