Opportunity Information: Apply for G21AS00520
The WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2021 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT (Funding Opportunity Number G21AS00520) is a discretionary grant competition run under Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984, as amended by several later public laws. In practical terms, this program is part of the federal framework the Department of the Interior uses to support water-related research through a nationwide network of Water Resources Research Institutes and Centers. Administration of the program has been delegated to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which is the agency listed for this opportunity (CFDA 15.805, Natural Resources activity area). The focus of this particular competition is aquatic invasive species, meaning research that improves understanding, prevention, detection, monitoring, control, or impacts of non-native aquatic organisms that threaten ecosystems, infrastructure, and water resources.
Eligibility is structured around the Water Resources Research Institutes and Centers created under Section 104(a) of the Act. There are 54 eligible Institutes/Centers in total, covering every U.S. state plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The Guam Institute also serves the Federated States of Micronesia and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Hawaii Institute also serves American Samoa. Only these officially established Institutes/Centers can receive awards directly, and the eligible entities are those listed by USGS on the Water Resources Research Institute directory page. At the same time, the program is designed so that investigators at U.S. institutions of higher education are not shut out; any such investigator can apply as long as they route the proposal through one of the eligible Institutes/Centers, which serves as the applicant organization.
Applications must be submitted as a full proposal package through Grants.gov by the university that hosts the Institute or Center. The required federal forms explicitly include the SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance) and SF-424B (Assurances), along with all required budget forms. The announcement also notes that proposals may request matching funds from an Institute or Center, but that type of cost share support is not automatic and is left to the discretion of the relevant Institute or Center Director. That means prospective applicants typically need early coordination with their state or territorial Institute/Center to confirm internal priorities, matching possibilities, and any local submission steps before the final Grants.gov submission.
From a funding perspective, the opportunity is a grant (FundingInstrumentType: Grant) with an award ceiling of $250,000. The posting lists an expected awards field but does not provide a number in the text provided, so applicants would need to consult the full announcement on Grants.gov or related USGS materials to see how many awards were anticipated and how funds might be distributed. The opportunity was created on 2021-05-18, with an original closing date of 2021-06-24, indicating a relatively short application window typical of many federal competitive announcements.
Overall, this program is essentially a USGS-administered, WRRA-authorized competitive research funding stream aimed at strengthening aquatic invasive species science and management-relevant knowledge, using the WRRA Institute/Center network as the formal applicants and conduits for proposals coming from universities and researchers nationwide. For anyone interested in applying, the key practical takeaways are that the submission must go through an eligible WRRA Institute/Center, the host university submits via Grants.gov with standard federal forms and budgets, and any request for Institute/Center matching support depends on the local Director rather than being guaranteed by the federal announcement itself.Apply for G21AS00520
- The Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2021 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.805.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2021-05-18.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2021-06-24. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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