Opportunity Information: Apply for G21AS00521
The FY2021 Water Resources Research Act Program: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) Substances Competitive Grants announcement (Funding Opportunity Number G21AS00521) is a discretionary grant opportunity administered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is authorized under Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-242), as amended by multiple subsequent laws. Through this authority, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to provide program grants to the nationwide network of Water Resources Research Institutes and Centers that were established under Section 104(a) of the Act.
A key feature of this program is that funding is routed through the established Water Resources Research Institutes or Centers (often abbreviated as WRRIs). There are 54 Institutes/Centers in total, covering each of the 50 states 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. The program references the USGS directory of these Institutes (https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/index.php) as the definitive list of eligible entities for purposes of award.
In terms of who can apply, the formal eligible applicants are the Water Resources Research Institutes or Centers themselves (that is, only organizations established pursuant to Section 104 and listed by USGS can receive awards). At the same time, the announcement makes clear that investigators at U.S. institutions of higher education are eligible to seek funding as project leaders, as long as their proposal is submitted through a WRRI/Center. In practice, that means a university-based researcher does not submit directly to USGS as an independent applicant; instead, they coordinate with the relevant Institute/Center, and the university that hosts that Institute/Center submits the application on Grants.gov on the Institute/Center's behalf.
The opportunity is positioned as a competitive grants program focused on PFAS-related water resources research, consistent with the title of the announcement. While the excerpt provided does not lay out specific research topic areas, evaluation criteria, or project requirements, it does clearly establish the program structure, the statutory basis, and the submission pathway for PFAS competitive research funding within the WRRA framework. The funding activity category is listed as Natural Resources, and the CFDA number associated with the program is 15.805.
From an administrative and submission standpoint, applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov by the university where the WRRI/Center is located. The required package includes a full proposal along with standard federal forms SF-424 and SF-424B and all required budget forms. The announcement also notes that proposals may request matching funds from an Institute or Center, but that any such cost-sharing or matching support is entirely at the discretion of the Institute/Center Director, meaning it is not automatically provided and would typically require coordination and approval at the Institute/Center level before submission.
For planning purposes, the announcement lists an award ceiling of $250,000. The original closing date is June 24, 2021, and the opportunity was created on May 18, 2021. The funding instrument type is a grant, and the opportunity is categorized as discretionary, indicating awards are made through a competitive review and agency selection process rather than by formula or entitlement.Apply for G21AS00521
- The Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM: PER-AND POLYFLOUROALKYL (PFAS) SUBSTANCES 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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