Cooperative Agreement L23AC00193

This cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Utah Region provides $146,908 to support experienced services under the Experienced Services Program (ESP) CFDA 15.016. The funding will support the Bureau of Land Management Paria River District in complying with Proclamation 10286 which restored over 800,000 acres to the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Products and services include leading National Environmental Policy Act compliance for...

The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) has been awarded a $1,281,424 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810). This 2-year award will support the "2023-2025 New Mexico STATEMAP Project" to conduct geologic mapping and 3D modeling in three priority areas of New Mexico - the Rio Grande Watershed, Pecos River Watershed, and the San Juan Basin....

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073), will fund the University of Texas at Austin to conduct 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping and geochemical sampling activities across six quadrangles in the alkaline igneous belt of Trans-Pecos, Texas. The $329,962.68 award, spanning September 2024 to August 2027, aims to support rare-earth element assessments in this region by producing detailed...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Texas at Austin's Bureau of Economic Geology received a $330,867 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) to conduct geologic mapping of critical mineral resources in the Eagle Mountains Fluorite District of Trans-Pecos, West Texas. The three-year project, running from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2029, will deliver...

The National Experienced Workforce Solutions Inc. received a $146,908 cooperative agreement award from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management Utah Region on July 29, 2022 to provide technical assistance and support services to BLM offices through May 3, 2027. Under the Experienced Services Program (CFDA 15.016), National Experienced Workforce Solutions will deliver services supporting BLM's mission such as developing and executing projects. The Experienced Services Program aims...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas at Dallas received a $540,000 Project Grant awarded April 15, 2026, by the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The project, "Advancing Coherent and Incoherent Scatter Radar Observations and Understanding of the Equatorial Ionosphere," will be completed by March 31, 2029. This research initiative will advance understanding of ionospheric...

The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $1,124,784 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to produce detailed geologic maps and supporting technical products across Washington State. The project, spanning from December 1, 2025 through November 30, 2027, will deliver three new geologic maps at 1:24,000-scale and one at 1:48,000-scale covering the Northern Olympics Coastline and the Thorp...

This $109,466 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will fund collaborative research between the University of Texas at El Paso and researchers in Ecuador. The research aims to provide insights into the geologic processes and hazards along ocean-continent subduction plate boundaries through an integrated study of sedimentary basins and magmatism records across Ecuador. Researchers will employ...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $219,902 to Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2025. The funding supports research using Euler potentials to determine field-aligned and shell currents in Earth's ionosphere. Specifically, the Principal Investigator and undergraduate researchers will analyze ionospheric data to study field-aligned...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Memphis received a $147,817 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP), Educational Component (EDMAP) (CFDA 15.810), effective January 15, 2026, through June 30, 2028. The project will produce detailed geologic maps and supporting deliverables documenting the Miocene transtensional basin evolution and Quaternary development of the Amargosa River...