Financial and Technical Assistance

The program is administered by the USGS and includes State geological surveys and bureaus within the DOI that maintain geological and geophysical data and samples. Other organizations are encouraged to participate by partnering with eligible Federal and State agencies. Proposals are accepted and evaluated once each Federal fiscal year.

The federal share of any state originated activity may not exceed 50% of the total cost. The State match may be either with their own resources, with other State agencies' resources, or with private industry resources.  

In FY08 the program priority is to create and populate the National Digital Catalog of archived materials. In future years as additional funding is available, other categories of awards including physical infrastructure, digital infrastructure (conversion, maintenance and updating), outreach and application, and special needs (data rescues), will be considered. [See the FY08 Program Announcement No. 08HQPA0015 for details.]

Funded Grants to State Geological Surveys

Examples of Proposals and Final Technical Reports

FY 09 Examples of Proposals

FY 07 Example of Final Technical Report

FY 10 Deadline

Program Announcement No. 10HQPA0012
Issue Date: October 23, 2009
Closing Date & Time: November 23, 2009
URL: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=pcXcKrGJD6kGp
8g1bQR2GwLMGsvkz5FdG6CSzKvJk1Dn0hQQfz1l!-1163459943?oppId=49967&mode=VIEW

Previous Program Announcements

Program Announcement No. 09HQPA0009
Issue Date: December 11, 2008
Closing Date & Time: January 26, 2009, 4:30 PM EST
URL:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=JC1CW62jzs27Y1ZFpzGFv3wyZ1m7j0GYh56f0FyjLtyyqsv3yDTQ!-1378680570?oppId=44315&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW

Program Announcement No.08HQPA0015
Issue Date: February 27, 2008
Closing Date & Time: March 31, 2008, Midnight (EDT)
URL: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=HFJHvr8109PPJtQzxtGC3bXSTrLyXvhBVGF6RN1RFH85shCxcd2R!-2082398634?oppId=40847&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW

2007 Data Preservation Program Announcement, funding opportunity no. 07HQPA0018
Issue Date: February 27, 2008
Closing Date & Time: March 31, 2008, Midnight (EDT)