Hydrologic Sciences (HS)
| Jurisdiction: | Federal |
| Incentive Type: | Grant Program |
| Industries: | Technology, Research |
| Eligible Sector: | Business |
| Category: | Financial Incentive |
| Time Period: | FY 2015 |
| Governing Body: | National Science Foundation |
| What’s it worth?: | $30,000 – $1,000,000 |
The Hydrologic Sciences program is geared towards liking fluxes of water in the environment. The program focuses on studies that identify how the water cycle affects the environment and how the environment affects the water cycle. The program supports studies that examine physical, chemical, and biological processes connected to water transport.
Eligible participants include:
- Nonprofit, non-academic organizations
– Independent museums
– Observations
– Research labs
– Professional societies
– Similar organizations
- Universities and colleges
– Two-year
– Four-year
– Community colleges
Funds may be provided to all levels of researcher that involve basic sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Proposals may be submitted at any time. Funds may be used for the study of:
- Processes from rainfall
– Runoff
– Infiltration
– Streamflow
- Evaporation and transportation
- The flow of water in
– Soils
– Aquifers
- The transport of
– Suspended components
– Dissolved components
– Colloidal components
This program has $10,000,000 to be allocated with awards ranging between $250,000 and $700,000 with a maximum duration of five years. There are no PI restrictions or limits nor are there any limitations on the number of proposals that an applicant can file under the program. Each applicant must include a proposal narrative with budgetary information and all proposals must be submitted before 5 p.m.
