Water Resources Research National Competitive Grants Program

Post Date

January 18th 2011

Application Due Date

March 10th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

11HQPA0008

CFDA Number(s)

15.805

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Other

The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources requests proposals for matching grants to support research on the topics of water supply and water availability, including investigations of possible new sources of supply, improvement of impaired waters to usable quality, conservation of existing sources, and limiting growth in demand.

Number of Awards

6

Eligibility Categories

Other

Awards are available only to Water Research Institutes or Centers established pursuant to the provisions of Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act and listed at http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/institutes.html. However, any investigator at an institution of higher learning in the United States is eligible to apply for an award through a Water Research Institute or Center. (See announcement, Section V for further information).

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $250000

Grant Description

Section 104(g) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 requires that this competitive grant program focus on: “water problems and issues of a regional or interstate nature beyond those of concern only to a single State and which relate to specific program priorities identified jointly by the Secretary (of the Interior) and the (water resources research) institutes.” (see announcement, Section II for additional description)

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Kimberly Dove
  Grant Specialist
  Phone 703-648-7487

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Grant Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  kdove@usgs.gov