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.]

FY 08 Deadline

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

Previous Program Announcements

2007 Data Preservation Program Announcement, funding opportunity no. 07HQPA0018
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