The National Science Foundation recently announced project awards for its Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) planning grant program, and the team led by Wendy Jepson, Ph.D., Texas Water Resources Institute associate director and University Professor of Geography in the College of Arts and Sciences, was selected as a recipient.

Jepson and the Urban Water Innovation and Sustainability Hub (Urban WISH) team at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Dallas along with co-investigators at the University of North Texas will use this grant to enhance local capacities for climate change adaptation.

Read more from Texas Water Resources Institute here.