OWRRI Grants:
Each year, the Oklahoma Water Resources Research Institute invites proposals for water research from current faculty and staff of any Oklahoma university.

The submission deadline for 2009 is November 2, 2008. Please click on the links below to view the full announcement (PDF) or to open the Guidelines and Forms document.

RFP Announcement:
FY 2009 Water Resources Research Grant Program RFP

Guidelines and Forms:
FY 2009 Water Resources Research Grant Program Guidelines and Forms
(To complete the form, please right click on the above link, click open, and then save the file to your computer. To submit your form you must e-mail the file as an attachment to OWRRI@okstate.edu)

Project Abstracts:
2007-2008 Funded Projects
2006-2007 Funded Projects
2005-2006 Funded Projects
2004-2005 Funded Projects
2003-2004 Funded Projects
2002-2003 Funded Projects

National Competitive Grants:
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources, requests proposals each year for matching grants to support water research on topics of national importance. Proposals are sought in not only the physical dimensions of supply and demand, but also quality trends in raw water supplies, the role of economics and institutions in water supply and demand, institutional arrangements for tracking and reporting water supply and availability, and institutional arrangements for coping with extreme hydrologic conditions. In 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey received 61 proposals, eight of which received funding through the National Competitive Grants Program (104G) which had only $920,000 available.

The successful proposal abstracts are available at http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/06grants/national/national_index.html.

The 2007 preliminary request for proposals can be viewed at https://niwr.net/competitive_grants/2007RFP104G. For planning purposes, the amount available for research under this program is estimated to be $920,000 in federal funds, though that figure could change in the final announcement. Any investigator at an institution of higher learning in the United States is eligible to apply for a grant through a water resources research institute or center. Proposals involving substantial collaboration between the USGS and university scientists are encouraged. Proposals may be for projects of 1 to 3 years in duration and may request up to $250,000 in federal funds. Successful applicants must match each dollar of the federal grant with one dollar from non-federal sources.

Research Priorities
The following research priorities have been established (levels of priority are not assigned, and the order of listing does not indicate the level of priority):

Proposals are requested on the topics of water supply and water availability, which are issues of importance nationwide. Proposals are sought in not only the physical dimensions of supply and demand, but also quality trends in raw water supplies; the role of economics and institutions in water supply and demand; institutional arrangements for tracking and reporting water supply and availability; and institutional arrangements for coping with extreme hydrologic conditions.

Examples of the types of problems that could be addressed include:

• Development of indicators of status and trends in water availability based on hydrologic data collected by the USGS and others;

• Development and assessment of management options under drought or flood conditions;

• Development of cost effective strategies for annually compiling and reporting water availability information to Congress and the public;

• Improved methods of characterizing and quantifying components of the water cycle;

• Improving estimates of the amount of water required to sustain a healthy ecosystem in order to better balance human and ecosystem supplies;

• Improvements in the assessment of water availability, incorporating technological, institutional, cultural, and economic factors that influence water use and water availability;

• Effects of water regulation on availability of water for alternative uses;

• Developing cost effective methods for compiling and reporting source water quality conditions for the nation;

• Effectiveness of Best Management Practices (BMPs) in sustaining urban raw water supply quality;

• Identification and evaluation of institutional characteristics of watershed planning and management organizations that have a demonstrated capability to protect the quality of the nation’s water supply; and,

• Water management in the context of rapid development and conflict for water supply.