Project Grant 04HQGR0127

This Cooperative Agreement award, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), provides $400,000 to the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (UPR-RP) to conduct a 2-year project focused on building geological hazards capacity in Puerto Rico. The project will involve research coordinated by social scientists and geoscientists at both UPR-RP and USGS, in collaboration with local partners, to assess past and current geologic hazard...

The Colorado School of Mines, through a $114,951.98 project grant award from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (CFDA 15.814), will digitize and make publicly accessible a series of the Colorado Geological Survey's archived maps, slides, geologic hazard reports, and exploration data from the San Juan Sag region. The key deliverables include: Scanning and georeferencing 125 historic CGS maps and 1,500 slides to be made available on the CGS...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) provides $145,400 to Colorado State University (CSU) to conduct research and monitoring activities related to riparian ecosystem restoration in the western United States. The key objectives include: Participating in the science team and working groups for Minute 323 of the U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty, which involves delivering water for active restoration of riparian sites in...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Award Summary The University of Arizona, operating as the Arizona Board of Regents, received a $1.04M cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (NCGMP, CFDA 15.810) awarded September 5, 2025, for a two-year project period concluding September 4, 2027. The Arizona Geological Survey (AGS) will advance geologic mapping coverage across Arizona through three primary activities: detailed geological...

Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded $363,098 to the University of Arizona, Department of Geosciences, under the USGS Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030. This cooperative agreement supports the Arizona Water Science Center's ongoing research programs through funding for geophysical, geochemical, and hydrological research conducted by USGS scientists and University of Arizona undergraduate and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences awarded $324,824 to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for the period September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. This project grant supports activities of the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) and its Standing Committee on Solid Earth Geophysics (COSEG) to provide independent scientific expertise and advisory services addressing critical national...

This Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), part of the Department of the Interior, under the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (CFDA 15.073) program. The $660,018 award will fund a project to reanalyze existing National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) sediment samples from the Colorado Plateau region using modern geochemical methods. The goal is to provide updated data that can support regional mineral resource assessments and geological studies,...

This $268,676 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) will fund analysis of approximately 4 km of sediment cores recovered from the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California through the International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 385. Over a three-year period, the award will support a research team of three master's degree students mentored by two female professors to conduct lithofacies and petrofacies analyses of the cores. This work aims to...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded $854,832 through its National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program (CFDA 15.810) to the Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines for the Colorado Geological Survey under the State Component (STATEMAP) for fiscal years 2025-2026. The award, issued September 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 14, 2027, supports the production and public dissemination of quality geologic mapping in Colorado counties...

The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez has been awarded a $473,895 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808) to support research and data collection activities related to the deployment of a Landslide-Ready municipal certification program in Puerto Rico. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026. Key products and services to be delivered under this award include a geospatial analysis of priority...