The United States Department of the Interior (Department), Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is seeking applications for the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program that aims to improve the skill of water supply forecasts via enhancing snow monitoring through the deployment of emerging technologies to complement existing monitoring techniques and networks.
Donor Name: Bureau of Reclamation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/12/2023
Size of the Grant: $999,999
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
As such, the NOFO invites proposals from eligible applicants that are invested in and capable of demonstrating emerging or deploying existing snow monitoring technologies and/or use of snow monitoring data to enhance water supply forecast skill. Considering this and the Act’s emphasis on partner agency coordination, strong applications will have partnerships with water management and forecasting entities to facilitate transfer of knowledge, foster use of data in forecasts, and evaluate utility of information for informing water management decisions. This supports Department of the Interior priority of addressing the drought crisis by providing water managers the best available information to inform the management of this scarce and critical resource.
The objective of the NOFO is to enhance snow information and improve water supply forecasts used by water managers by deploying existing snow monitoring technologies in underserved areas, demonstrating or deploying emerging snow monitoring technologies (or enhancements to existing technologies) that can enhance the characterization of snow conditions, and by improving forecast use of snow information.
Funding Information
- It is expected that up to $11.75 million will be available for award through this funding opportunity.
- Projects must request at minimum, $300,000 in Federal funds to be awarded to the applicant over a 36-month project period.
- Up to $999,999 in Federal funds may be awarded to an applicant over a 36-month project period through this NOFO.
Eligible Projects
Eligible projects include the following or combinations thereof:
- Demonstrating and/or deploying emerging snow monitoring technologies
- Demonstrating and/or deploying improvements to existing snow monitoring technologies
- Deploying existing snow monitoring technologies in underserved areas
- Improving the use of snow monitoring data to enhance the skill of water supply forecasts
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals/entrepreneurs, commercial or industrial organizations, Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals, Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals, federally funded research, and development centers
- Program partners with whom the Secretary enters into cooperative agreements pursuant to paragraph may include water districts, irrigation districts, water associations, universities, State agencies, other Federal agencies, private sector entities, non-governmental organizations, and other entities, as determined by the Secretary.
Ineligible Applicants
- Ineligible applicants include but are not limited to:
- US Federal Agencies
- Applicants outside of the United States
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