Assistance Listing 15.820

National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Department of the Interior · Us Geological Survey

Assistance Listing 15.820, “National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers,” is a federal program administered by Department of the Interior. It provides cooperative agreement assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 6 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $35.5M in obligations for fiscal year 2025. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 203 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS.

Program objective

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.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 15.820

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

Nonprofit Organization

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.

Intended beneficiaries: Nonprofit Organization.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction

FY24

$34.4M

FY25

$35.5M

FY26

$38M est.

Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): Past Fiscal Year (2024): Up to $3,800,000 per award. Current Fiscal Year Estimate (2025): Up to $4,000,000 per award.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.820. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 203 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 15.820, and prime recipients reported 81 sub-awards to other organizations.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22

$20.4M

FY23

$25M

FY24

$30.4M

FY25

$16.5M

Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY25 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Largest recipients since October 1, 2023

Where recipients are located

Alaska$7.72M
Arizona$6.57M
North Carolina$5.78M
Colorado$5.09M
Oklahoma$4.91M
Washington$4.65M
Minnesota$4.34M
Massachusetts$3.43M
Hawaii$3.35M
District of Columbia$594K

All 13 states and territories

Florida $258K · Virginia $123K · Indiana $118K

Most recent awards

NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY · NCPROJECT TITLE: HABITAT EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR EASTERN HELLBENDER RECOVERY IN WESTERN NC POST-HURRICANE HELENEPROJECT DATES: 9 11 2025 THROUGH 4 10 2026AWARD PURPOSE: HURRICANE HELENE HAS DEVASTATING IMPACTS ON THE AQUATIC HABITATS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. IN PARTICULAR, EASTERN HELLBENDER, A FULLY AQUATIC SALAMANDER SPECIES CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED FEDERALLY ENDANGERED, WAS NEGATIVELY IMPACT$20.4KStarts Sep 11, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST · AKPROJECT TITLE: IMPROVING FORECASTING AND MITIGATION FOR GLACIER LAKE OUTBURST FLOODS IN ALASKAPROJECT DATES: 6 1 2025 THROUGH 6 30 2028AWARD PURPOSE: GLACIER OUTBURST FLOODS ARE A COMMON HAZARD IN GLACIATED REGIONS THAT AFFECT MORE THAN 10 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE. IN ALASKA, GLACIER LAKE OUTBURST FLOODS (GLOFS) ARE INCREASING IN FREQUENCY, WITH POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO DOWNSTREAM COMMUNITIES AND ECOS$499KStarts Jun 1, 2025 · Award ↗
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · MNPROJECT TITLE: THE COMBINED IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE ON MANOOMIN PSI (WILD RICE), A CULTURALLY CRITICAL RESOURCE AND RELATIVE FOR INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIESPROJECT DATES: 4 1 2025 THROUGH 3 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE: MANOOMIN (OJIBWE) PSI (DAKOTA) WILD RICE IS SACRED AND PROFOUNDLY IMPORTANT TO INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. MANOOMIN PSI HAS WIDELY DECLI$450KStarts Apr 1, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · AZPROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARYPROJECT TITLE BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC DRIVERS OF THE PREVALENCE OF A TICK AND ASSOCIATED VECTORBORNE DISEASEPROJECT DATES 3 1 2025 THROUGH 2 29 2028AWARD PURPOSEEMERGING DISEASES ARE THREATS TO WILDLIFE, DOMESTIC ANIMALS, AND HUMANS. TICKS ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT VECTORS OF DISEASE IN NORTH AMERICA HOWEVER, THEIR PRESENCE IN DESERT ECOSYSTEMS IS OFTEN UNDERESTIMATED. THE G$439KStarts Mar 1, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · WAPROJECT TITLE: FROM WATER TO WILDLIFE: LINKING WATER TIMING AND AVAILABILITY TO MEADOWS AND WILDLIFE IN A CHANGING CLIMATE PROJECT DATES: 2 1 2025 THROUGH 1 31 2026 AWARD PURPOSE: SUBALPINE MEADOW ECOSYSTEMS, VITAL HABITATS FOR PLANTS AND WILDLIFE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, ARE EXPERIENCING WIDESPREAD TREE ENCROACHMENT, ALTERING HABITAT AVAILABILITY AND QUALITY. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES CRITICAL GAPS$25KStarts Feb 1, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · AKPROJECT TITLE: ADVANCING COMMUNICATION AND VISUALIZATION OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION SCIENCE CENTER (CASC) RESEARCHPROJECT DATES: 1 1 2025 THROUGH 12 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE: THE PROJECT EXPLORER PROVIDES A USER-FRIENDLY WEB-BASED PLATFORM FOR EXPLORING CLIMATE ADAPTATION GENERATED RESEARCH, DATA, AND TOOLS AND PROVIDES A BRIDGE TO THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLEX SCIENCEBASE DATABASE. HOSTING AND DEVELO$125KStarts Jan 1, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS · AKPROJECT TITLE: RESEARCH TO ACTION FOR YUKON RIVER SALMON: ADAPTING TO CLIMATIC, FOOD-WEB, AND HABITAT CHANGESPROJECT DATES: 1 1 2025 THROUGH 12 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE: SALMON ABUNDANCE IN THE YUKON RIVER BASIN HAS DECLINED TO HISTORIC LOWS, CAUSING UNPRECEDENTED FISHERIES CLOSURES, CONFLICTS BETWEEN USER GROUPS, AND PROFOUND IMPACTS ON INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TIED TO SALMON FOR MILLENN$500KStarts Jan 1, 2025 · Award ↗
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · COPROJECT TITLE: LANDSCAPE-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANNING FOR NATIONAL WILDLIFEREFUGES IN THE CROWN OF THE CONTINENTPROJECT DATES: 1 1 2025 THROUGH 12 31 2026AWARD PURPOSE: THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE (FWS) IS DEVELOPING NEW GUIDANCE FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLANS (CCPS) TO ENSURE THAT NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES (NWRS) ARE PREPARED TO RESPOND AND ADAPT TO THE POTENTIAL LARGE-SC$400KStarts Jan 1, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · OKPROJECT TITLE: REKINDLING RELATIONS: INTEGRATING MVSKOKE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR BIO-CULTURAL CLIMATE ADAPTATIONPROJECT DATES: 1 1 2025 THROUGH 12 31 2027AWARD PURPOSE:THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INTEGRATE MVSKOKE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE (IK) INTO CLIMATE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT SPECIES, INCLUDING THE JAGUAR AND WILD FOODS. OBJECTIVES INCLUDE: (1) DOCUMENTING MVSKOKE I$194KStarts Jan 1, 2025 · Award ↗
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · FLPROJECT TITLE: HARNESSING DIVERSE DATASETS TO UNDERSTAND THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SPECIES RANGESPROJECT DATES: 1 1 2025 THROUGH 12 31 2026AWARD PURPOSE:THIS PROJECT AIMS TO QUANTIFY CLIMATE-INDUCED RANGE SHIFTS IN NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE SPECIES TO INFORM EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED:-IDENTIFY HIGH-PRIORITY AREAS: COMBINE BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS WITH SPATIAL CONNECTIVITY T$258KStarts Jan 1, 2025 · Award ↗

Pass-through funding: largest sub-awards

Prime recipients (often state agencies, universities or national organizations) passed funding to these organizations. If your organization can't apply directly, a prime recipient may run its own sub-grant competition.

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITYfrom THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$697K · Mar 12, 2024
CORNELL UNIVERSITYfrom UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$468K · Jan 15, 2026
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGEfrom UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$468K · Jan 8, 2026
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER INCfrom UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$451K · Dec 5, 2024
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGEfrom UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS$376K · Nov 20, 2023
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGOfrom UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$336K · Jun 5, 2024
UNIVERSITY OF MONTANAfrom UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$312K · Aug 2, 2024
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITYfrom UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON$292K · Jun 18, 2025
CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST, INC.from UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII$258K · Dec 4, 2024
NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATIONfrom UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA$248K · Mar 20, 2024

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Recently closed under 15.820

Closed opportunities under 15.820
Opportunity	Status	Award range	Closes	ALN
National Climate Adaptation Science Center Program (NCASC)Geological Survey	Closed	Up to $24.1M	Feb 3, 2025	15.820
FY24 National Climate Adaptation Science Center Program (NCASC)Geological Survey	Closed	Up to $14.8M	Feb 1, 2024	15.820
National Climate Adaptation Science Center Program (NCASC)Geological Survey	Closed	Up to $22.2M	Mar 14, 2023	15.820
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Piedmont - South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies UnitGeological Survey	Closed	$100K – $300K	Feb 10, 2023	15.808, 15.820
Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies UnitGeological Survey	Closed	$61K – $300K	Dec 9, 2022	15.808, 15.820
National Climate Adaptation Science Center Program (NCASC)Geological Survey	Closed	Up to $4.5M	Jun 14, 2021	15.820

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 15.820?

15.820 is the Assistance Listing Number for “National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 15.820?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Nonprofit Organization. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 15.820 provide?

The agency reported $35,500,000 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 15.820?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 203 grant awards under 15.820. The largest recipients by obligations were UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS ($7.22M), NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY ($6.18M), UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ($6.15M), THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO ($5.09M) and 1 more. Prime recipients also reported 81 sub-awards to other organizations. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.