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WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2025 (104g General)

Federal funding opportunity G25AS00485 from Geological Survey (Department of the Interior).

Posted
August 15, 2025
Closed
September 30, 2025
Award ceiling
$310,000
Program funding
$1,850,000
Cost sharing
Yes
Instrument
Grant
Assistance listing
15.805
Category
Natural Resources
Archives
February 1, 2026

Program funding history

Awards made under Assistance Listing 15.805 across FY2025–FY2027, from public federal spending records.

FY2025 obligated
$8.2M
FY2026 obligated
$8.3M
FY2027 (to date) obligated
$0
Awards in window
106

Top recipients: Nevada System of Higher Education, Purdue University, Regents of the University of Minnesota, Oregon State University, University of Wisconsin System

Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed October 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →

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Synopsis

This Program Announcement is issued under the provisions of section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-242), as amended by Public Laws 101-397, 104-147, 106-374, 109-471, and 117–58. Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer program grants to Institutes established under the provisions of section 104(a) of the Act. Water Resources Research Institutes have been established in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The Institute in Guam also serves the Federated States of Micronesia and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Institute in Hawaii also serves American Samoa. The addresses of the 54 Institutes are available at https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/index.php. Responsibility for administration of the Water Resources Research Act Program has been delegated to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Who can apply

Awards are available only to Water Resources Research Institutes established pursuant to the provisions of section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act and listed at http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/index.php. However, any investigator at an institution of higher learning in the United States is eligible to apply for an award through a Water Resources Research Institute. The application, with full proposal along with the SF-424 and SF-424B and budget forms, must be submitted through grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) by the university at which the Institute is located. Proposals requesting matching funds from an Institute are authorized at the discretion of the Institute Director.APPLICATIONS not eligible for fundingApplications for research on health effects involving human subjects. Applications for research involving oceanography (estuarine research applications are acceptable).Applications for research that do not meet program objectives as outlined. Applications submitted by an Institute or Center that has not met reporting requirements on a previous award by the USGS.Federal employees may, and are encouraged to, collaborate with college or university investigators in this program. Federal employees may not serve as a principal investigator (PI) but may serve as a Co- PI.Federal employees and agencies may not receive federal funds for any purpose under these awards. Federal employees and agencies may not serve as a source of matching funds under these awards. Excluded Parties: USGS conducts a review of the System for Award Management (SAM) Exclusions database (SAM.gov) for all applicant entities and their key project personnel prior to award. USGS cannot award funds to entities or their key project personnel identified in the SAM.gov Exclusions database as ineligible, prohibited/restricted or otherwise excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal assistance and benefits, as their ineligibility condition applies to this…

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Agency contact: Geological Survey · [email protected] · 916-278-9331

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