Notice of Intent | USGS 19 FA 0148

Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS 19 FA 0148

This Notice of Intent (Funding Opportunity Number USGS 19 FA 0148) is a discretionary funding opportunity from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It supports natural resources work under CFDA 15.808 and will be issued as a cooperative agreement, meaning the USGS is expected to have substantial involvement during the project rather than acting only as a pass-through funder. The opportunity was created on May 2, 2019, with an original closing date of May 15, 2019, indicating a short response window typical of certain targeted research or rapid-response coastal hazards needs.

The focus of the project is shoreline mapping, shoreline change estimation, and forecasting for the coast of Puerto Rico in areas impacted by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. In practical terms, this centers on documenting where the shoreline was, how it shifted because of the hurricanes and post-storm processes, and developing approaches to anticipate future shoreline positions or change trends. The work implied by the title generally involves assembling and analyzing coastal geospatial data (for example, aerial or satellite imagery, lidar-derived elevation products, historical shoreline datasets, and post-storm surveys), extracting consistent shoreline proxies, quantifying erosion and accretion patterns, and then applying statistical or process-informed methods to forecast likely shoreline movement over relevant time horizons. Because Irma and Maria caused widespread coastal impacts in 2017, the project is aimed at improving understanding of storm-driven coastal change and supporting planning or hazard assessments in Puerto Rico.

Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education. That restriction indicates the USGS intended to partner with a qualifying university or similar public higher-education entity with capacity in coastal geomorphology, remote sensing, GIS, and coastal change modeling. Only one award was expected, reinforcing that this was designed as a single, focused collaboration rather than a broad, multi-award competition.

The maximum federal funding amount listed is an award ceiling of $150,000, with one anticipated award. With that budget level and the cooperative agreement structure, the project scope is likely intended to produce concrete deliverables such as updated shoreline maps for segments of Puerto Rico, quantified change rates or uncertainty estimates tied to hurricane impacts, and a forecasting framework or set of predictive products that the USGS can integrate into broader coastal hazards and resilience efforts. The emphasis on mapping, estimating change, and forecasting suggests the outputs would be decision-relevant and technically defensible, supporting both scientific understanding and applied coastal management following the hurricanes.

• The Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
• This funding opportunity was created on May 02, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 15, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $150,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.

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