OpportunityTitle: Water Resources Research Aquatic Invasive Species Competitive Grants Program
CategoryExplanation: The U S  Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources requests proposals for matching grants to support research on the real and growing impact of numerous aquatic invasive species on water quality in the Upper Mississippi Basin.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 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/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 Research Institute or Center. The application consisting of a full proposal along with the SF-424 and SF-424B and all required budget forms must be submitted through grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) by the university at which the Institute or Center is located. Proposals requesting matching funds from an Institute or Center are authorized at the discretion of the Institute or Center Director.
Description: Section 104g 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
GrantorContactEmailDescription: kdove@usgs.gov
GrantorContactText: Grant Specialist Kimberly Dove 703-648-7487&lt;br/&gt;kdove@usgs.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Applications due by 5:00 pm EST