Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS 17 FA 0096
The Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Evaporative Demand, Drought Monitoring and Assessment across Timescales" under Funding Opportunity Number USGS 17 FA 0096. The opportunity was published as a Notice of Intent (NOI) and falls within the Natural Resources funding activity category, associated with CFDA number 15.820. It was created on July 17, 2017, with an original application closing date of July 31, 2017, indicating a short response window typical of targeted, research-focused federal funding notices.
The central purpose of the opportunity is to support work that improves drought monitoring and assessment by focusing on evaporative demand, which is a key driver of drought impacts and water stress. Evaporative demand generally refers to the atmosphere's "thirst" for water, influenced by variables like temperature, solar radiation, humidity, and wind. When evaporative demand is high, landscapes lose water faster through evaporation and plant transpiration, often worsening drought conditions even when precipitation deficits are not extreme. By emphasizing "across timescales," the notice signals interest in approaches that can characterize, track, and interpret evaporative demand and drought dynamics over short-term to long-term horizons, such as weekly to seasonal to multi-year assessments. This kind of multi-timescale perspective is important because different water users and ecosystems respond to drought on different timelines, and because early warning and ongoing monitoring require consistent metrics that remain meaningful as conditions evolve.
Funding was offered as a grant, with an award ceiling of $99,950 and an expectation of making one award. The relatively modest maximum award amount and single anticipated award suggest a focused project, such as a pilot study, development or refinement of a monitoring method, integration of datasets into a drought indicator, or an applied analysis that can be transitioned into operational drought assessment workflows. The program structure implies the USGS was seeking a clearly scoped effort with deliverables that can strengthen drought intelligence, potentially including improved indices, evaluation of evaporative demand metrics, or analyses that connect atmospheric demand to observed drought impacts.
Eligibility was limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education. In practice, that means proposals would typically come from state universities or public research institutions capable of conducting hydrologic, climatological, or environmental monitoring research, and of delivering reproducible scientific outputs aligned with federal standards. As a USGS-supported natural resources project, the work would likely be expected to produce results useful for decision support, resource management, and broader drought monitoring communities, while also meeting the scientific rigor expected from a federal research grant.
In summary, this NOI describes a USGS grant opportunity aimed at advancing drought monitoring and assessment by better quantifying and applying evaporative demand information over multiple timescales. It offered up to $99,950 for a single project, was open only to public/state-controlled higher education institutions, and was intended to generate practical, science-based improvements to how drought conditions are tracked and interpreted.Apply for USGS 17 FA 0096
- The Department of the Interior, Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NOI" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.820.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 17, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 31, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $99,950.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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