Funding Opportunities

USGS 104g FY2023 Request for Proposals

The USGS announced funding opportunities for the Water Resources Research Act, FY23 104g competitive award RFPs on 2/23/23 its requests on the topics of Aquatic Invasive Species in the Mississippi River Basin, PFAS, and the General 104g program which is limited this year to two research priorities (National-scale evaluation of water budget, and Socioeconomics).

To see the RFP documents, click on the grants.gov links below, the RFPs are found under the Related Documents tabs (Foa_Content_of_...)

National Competitve Grants (General)  

Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Grants

Per-and-Polyfluoroalky Substances (PFAS) Grants

Please note that proposals must come from the WRRC, therefore you must submit your proposal to wrrc[at]umass[dot]edu at the latest on April 13, 2023.
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As in previous years, collaboration with USGS staff is strongly encouraged.  Please carefully read the COLLABORATION BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES section and Attachment 3 (104-g General ONLY).  Note that a letter of support is required for ALL federal collaborations, regardless of whether or not it is funded.  However, as in previous years, ONLY the 104g-General proposals enable a funded USGS collaboration.   

G23AS00483 for AIS: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346316 
G23AS00484 for PFAS: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346326
G23AS00485 for 104g General:  https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=346333

USGS Water Resources Research Institute Program - 104b -FY2023 Request for Pre-Proposals

Pre-Proposals due 1/22/2023 Proposals due 4/14/23

The Massachusetts Water Resources Research Center (MA WRRC) invites pre-proposals for the U.S. Geological Survey's Water Resources Annual Institute Program (WRIP) for Fiscal Year 2023. Eligible projects include seed projects to develop new and innovative research; research projects that respond to water resources research needs of state or regional importance; and information transfer activities for water resources protection. Refer to  for more details on research priorities and topics.

Proposals accepted for $5,000, $15,000 or $50,000 one-year projects

Application deadline for pre-proposals is January 22, 2023.
Full proposals deadline is April 14, 2023.

USGS Request for proposals  MAWRRC FY23 RFP

We encourage proposals

  • From PIs who are from historically underrepresented or underserved groups in STEM, and from institutions that serve majority minority populations
  • That increase diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, which intersect with water research and resources.>

Please fill out this form to submit your pre-proposal.

Awards are subject to the federal 1:1 matching requirement. The anticipated start date for funded projects is September 1, 2023.

Note that we do not need your institution’s grants and contracts office’s approval at this stage. It will be required for full proposals.

Pre-proposals will be reviewed by the WRRC and invitations for full proposals will be sent by February 1, 2023. If you receive an invitation to submit a full proposal, you must commit to confirm within 2 days of invitation message that you will submit a full proposal.

Final MA WRRC awards are contingent upon Congressional approval of FY 2023 funding for the National Water Institute Program

Please email wrrc[at]umass[dot]edu or call (413)545-3969 for specific questions.