USGS Water Use Data and Research Program Announcement for Fiscal Year 2024

The USGS Water Use Data and Research Program is offering cooperative agreements to support state water resource agencies in collecting and reporting water-use data. The program aims to improve the availability, quality, compatibility, and delivery of water-use data. Applicants must submit proposals electronically via Grants.gov by April 11, 2024. The program has a total funding availability of $1,500,000, with individual awards ranging from $24,000 to $125,000. The program priorities include improving the collection process or quality assurance of water-use data, developing new coefficients or methods to estimate water use, and conducting studies that compare local and regional water use estimated using state or territory data with the volumes and timing of water use modeled as part of the Water Availability and Use Science Program. • The program is open to state water resource agencies that collect or manage water-use data. • Applicants must submit a final work plan to the USGS WUDR Program Management. • The program encourages cost-sharing contributions in the form of in-kind services. • The program has a two-year cycle, with substantial involvement of the USGS expected to aid state collaborators. • The program requires applicants to make water-use or availability datasets resulting from this funding opportunity available in a machine-readable open format that the USGS can integrate with appropriate datasets maintained by the USGS.