Water Resources Research National Competitive Grants Program
G20AS00026
Grants.gov  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=323567
Applications due March 19, 2020

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. All portions of the preproposals must be submitted through their State Water Institute or Center by the deadline established in this announcement.

The U S Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources requests proposals for matching grants to support research on the topic of improving and enhancing the nations water supply including evaluation of innovative approaches to water treatment infrastructure design retrofitting maintenance management and replacement exploration and advancement of our understanding of changes in the quantity and quality of water resources in response to a changing climate population shifts and land use changes development of methods for better estimation of water supply both surface and groundwater including estimation of the physical supply and of the economic supply of water development and evaluation of processes and governance mechanisms for integrated surface ground water management and the evaluation and assessment of conservation practices
Matching:  Each applicant must match each Federal dollar provided to support each proposed project with not less than one dollar from non-federal sources. States may have different guidelines as to the sources of matching funds - please check with your Institute or Center Director for details.