Author: WeWorldMedia-admin

Public Notice for Texas Counties Affected by July Flooding

Published: 8 August 2025
Categories: FEMA News

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

AUSTIN, Texas – A public notice has been posted that describes FEMA’s proposed funding for work projects resulting from the July flooding in Central Texas – projects that may adversely affect historic properties, floodplains or wetlands, or may result in continuing vulnerability of these areas to flood damage.

By law, FEMA is required to announce its intent to provide federal assistance and grant opportunities under its Individual Assistance and Public Assistance programs after the major disaster declaration for the July 2-18 flooding.

The public notice is posted on FEMA’s disaster web page at 4879-DR-TX Public Notice 001.

The major presidential disaster declaration authorizes FEMA to provide financial assistance and direct services to individuals and households affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding in Burnet, Guadalupe, Kerr, Kimble, McCulloch, Menard, San Saba, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson counties.

The declaration also authorizes FEMA to provide, under its Public Assistance program, reimbursement or direct federal assistance for emergency and permanent work to eligible state and local agencies and certain private nonprofits. Counties authorized under the Public Assistance program are: Burnet, Coke, Concho, Edwards, Hamilton, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Real, Reeves, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis and Williamson counties.

For more information about these actions or a specific project, write to La Toya Leger-Taylor, Regional Environmental Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 6, 800 North Loop 288,

Click this link to continue reading the article on the source website.

Office of Policy Fellowship Opportunity

Published: 8 August 2025
Categories: Eng Jobs Academic Keys

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

DOE Science, Technology and Policy Program– Office of Policy Fellowship Opportunity

https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/DOE-STP-OP-2025-0001

 

About the Office of Policy

The Office of Policy (OP) supports the Secretary of Energy and the entire Department of Energy (DOE), providing analysis on domestic energy policy. Its work spans technology policy, infrastructure policy, state, local, tribal, and territorial policy, and energy jobs. It provides expertise in electricity systems, permitting, buildings and industry, mobility and fuels, energy security, supply chains, and the energy system. Working in coordination with the White House, Capitol Hill, other federal agencies, and local stakeholders, the Office of Policy aims to facilitate an affordable, reliable, and secure energy economy.

 

What will I be doing?

During your ORISE fellowship, you will receive guidance from a mentor and will learn about conducting research analysis within OP. You will engage with current OP staff on policy analysis projects and assignments

Click this link to continue reading the article on the source website.

NSF invests $29.2 million in EPSCoR Research Infrastructure collaborations for transformative impact across 11 jurisdictions

Published: 8 August 2025
Categories: National Science Foundation

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced six major awards through its EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: Focused EPSCoR Collaborations (FEC), investing $29.2 million across 11 jurisdictions to strengthen research capacity and drive translational research across the nation.

These four-year awards aim to catalyze transformative research and infrastructure enhancement in states historically underfunded in federal research. The selected projects span critical areas, including use-inspired research in the study of Earth systems, wildfire management, water resource management, ecosystem and human health risks, functionality of electronic devices, biotechnology and artificial intelligence-driven health care.

“These EPSCoR FEC awards are an example of NSF’s commitment to ensuring that all states and jurisdictions across the United States have the opportunity to be part of our research enterprise and benefit from the jobs and economic prosperity that result from American innovation,” said Brian Stone, performing the duties of the NSF director. “These multi-state collaborative teams are tackling real-world research challenges that matter to the citizens of their regions while also building competitive research environments for the entire nation.”

This year’s FEC awards include:

Optical properties of mineral dust aerosols: Building capacity for use-inspired applications through experimental and theoretical investigations (Nevada System of Higher Education – Desert Research Institute, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus and University of Wyoming) — Mineral dust aerosols are significant in the atmosphere, affecting radiative forcing, ecosystem fertilization,

Click this link to continue reading the article on the source website.

INESC TEC | Research Grant (AE2025-0323)

Published: 8 August 2025
Categories: Eng Jobs Academic Keys

RSS feed source: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Job ID: 260942

INESC TEC | Research Grant (AE2025-0323)
INESC TEC

Research Opportunities

Informatics, Electronics and Digital Systems, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors, Heterogeneous Systems

Work description

Literature review on WiFi localization, with special attention to the WiFi 6 standard, and on the design of reconfigurable smart surfaces (RIS) in the 5GHz band, as well as their respective integration and control methods. Design of a RIS with at least 16×16 elements, for operation at the 5GHz central frequency, considering support for at least two levels of control over the operational status of each RIS unit element. Validation through simulation and anechoic chamber testing of the RIS operation and functional characteristics (i.e., signal redirection and channel manipulation capabilities). Conceptualization and implementation of a RIS-based localization methodology, including a strategy for positioning the RIS (one

Click this link to continue reading the article on the source website.