Assistance program
National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
$158.8 Million committed in FY2018–FY2026
- Agency
- Us Geological Survey, Interior, Department of the
- Assistance
- Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)
- CFDA number
- 15.820
- What it does
- To enable the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NRCASC) to be responsive to the research and management needs of Federal and State agencies.
- Who benefits
- Research scientists, policy makers, natural resource managers, educators, and the general public will benefit from the program.
- Who applies
- There are eight (8) DOI Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (RCASC); each CASC has a single "Host Institution" that is eligible to apply on behalf of themselves and members of the CASC university consortium: Alaska CASC: University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Southeast CASC: North Carolina State University, Raleigh; Northwest CASC: University of Washington, Seattle; Southwest CASC: University of Arizona, Tucson; North Central CASC: University of Colorado, Boulder; South Central CASC: Oklahoma University, Norman; Northeast CASC: University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Pacific Islands CASC: University of Hawaii, Manoa.
- Authorized by
- Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008,
Committed by fiscal year
* FY2026 is year-to-date — the fiscal year is still in progress, so its total is still filling in. The striped band and dashed line mark that provisional stretch.
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