OpportunityTitle: WaterSMART: Applied Science Grants for Fiscal Year 2022
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Category A:&#160;States, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts; state, regional, or local authorities whose members include one or more organizations with water or power delivery authority; and other organizations with water or power delivery authority.&#160;  All&#160;Category A applicants&#160;must&#160;be located in&#160;the Western United States or United States Territories, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.&#160;  Category B:&#160;Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and nonprofit organizations&#160;that are acting in partnership and with the agreement of an entity described in Category A.&#160;&#160;  All Category B applicants must&#160;be in&#160;the United&#160;States&#160;or the&#160;specific&#160;Territories identified above.&#160;
Description: The WaterSMART Applied Science Grants provide support for priorities identified in Presidential Executive Order (E.O.) 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad and aligned with other priorities, such as those identified in E.O. 13985: Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. Applied Science projects also support the goals of the Interagency Drought Relief Working Group established in March 2021 and the National Drought Resiliency Partnership. The objective of this NOFO is to invite eligible non-Federal entities to leverage their money and resources by cost sharing with Reclamation on applied science projects (Project) to improve access to and use of hydrologic data as well as to develop and improve water management tools and improve modeling and forecasting capabilities. Results from these projects will be used by water managers to increase water supply reliability, provide flexibility in water operations, and improve water management. Project results must be readily applicable by water managers&#8212;resulting in tools and information that can be used to support: water supply reliability, water delivery management, water marketing activities, drought management activities, conjunctive use of ground and surface water, water rights administration, ability to meet endangered species requirements, watershed health, conservation and efficiency, and other water management objectives.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: sha-dro-fafoa@usbr.gov
GrantorContactText: Alisha James&lt;br/&gt;sha-dro-fafoa@usbr.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Thursday,&#160;April&#160;14,&#160;2022,&#160;at&#160;4:00 p.m.&#160;Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)&#160;  Applications must be submitted (not postmarked by) no later than:&#160;April 14, 2022, 4:00 p.m. Mountain&#160;Daylight&#160;Time (MDT). Electronic and Physical Proposals received after the application deadline will not be considered unless it can be determined that the delay was caused by Reclamation mishandling or technical issues with the&#160;Grants.gov&#160;application system. Please note that difficulties related to an applicant&#8217;s&#160;Grants.gov&#160;profile (e.g., incorrect organizational representative), uploading documents to&#160;Grants.gov, or an applicant&#8217;s SAM registration are not considered technical issues with the&#160;Grants.gov&#160;system.&#160;