Numerical Modelling in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Waters | USGS 19 FAC 0405

Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS 19 FAC 0405

The grant opportunity titled "Numerical Modelling in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Waters" is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) funding notice describing the agency's intent to make an award through a noncompetitive cooperative agreement. In practical terms, this type of announcement is not a broad call for new proposals from the general public; it signals that USGS has identified a specific partner or a narrow set of circumstances under which it plans to fund work related to numerical modeling in riverine, estuarine, and coastal environments. The public posting functions mainly as an official transparency step and as documentation that USGS intends to proceed with an award without running a full competitive solicitation. The listing explicitly points to an attached "Notice of Intent" for the substantive details, suggesting that the key technical scope, rationale for noncompetitive selection, and partner information would be contained in that attachment rather than in the short summary text.

Based on the title and the typical nature of USGS cooperative agreements, the work implied by this opportunity would likely center on developing, improving, or applying computational models that simulate water movement and related processes across connected aquatic systems, such as river channels, tidal estuaries, and nearshore coastal waters. Numerical modeling in these settings commonly supports tasks like predicting flows and water levels under tides and storm surge, understanding sediment transport and erosion or deposition patterns, assessing salinity intrusion and mixing, evaluating habitat conditions, and supporting coastal resilience or flood-risk management decisions. Projects in this area often involve coupling hydrodynamic models with transport modules for sediment or water quality, calibrating and validating models using field observations, and producing scenario analyses that help scientists and decision-makers compare management or climate-driven outcomes.

Administratively, the opportunity is categorized under "Other" for both opportunity category and funding activity category, and it uses a "Cooperative Agreement" as the funding instrument. A cooperative agreement generally indicates substantial involvement by the federal agency during the project, which can include collaboration on technical direction, sharing of data resources, coordinated field or modeling activities, and joint review of deliverables. The funding opportunity number is USGS-19-FAC-0405, and the CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance) number is 15.808, which corresponds to the USGS program area through which this award would be administered. The eligible applicant field is listed as "Others," a broad label that can encompass various non-federal entities depending on the specific notice, but in a noncompetitive notice like this, eligibility in practice is usually limited by the agency's intended recipient and justification.

The posting lists an award ceiling of $2,105,000, indicating the maximum anticipated federal funding associated with the intended agreement. The expected number of awards is not specified in the provided data, which is consistent with a notice of intent that may be aimed at a single recipient or a very limited set of recipients rather than multiple awards. The original closing date shown is 2019-09-21, and the creation date is 2019-09-12. For a noncompetitive notice, the "closing date" often functions more like the end of the public notice period rather than a standard proposal submission deadline, though the attached notice would typically clarify whether any statements of interest, comments, or required paperwork are expected by that date.

Overall, the key takeaway is that this is not a standard competitive grant solicitation but a formal notice that USGS planned to fund numerical modeling work focused on rivers, estuaries, and coastal waters through a cooperative agreement, with up to $2.105 million indicated as the ceiling. The short description repeatedly directs readers to the attached "Notice of Intent" for full details, meaning the public summary alone does not provide specifics on the technical objectives, performance period, deliverables, or the identity of the intended awardee.

• The Geological Survey in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Numerical Modelling in Rivers, Estuaries and Coastal Waters" 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 2019-09-12.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2019-09-21. (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 $2,105,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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