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G21AS00520: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2021 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT

Closed Closed June 24, 2021 Opportunity G21AS00520

This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM NATIONAL COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2026 (104g General) (G27AS00164). Status: Closes November 12, 2026 (5 days left). It is in our archive of Geological Survey notices from 2021.

Geological Survey offered grants of up to $250,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make $1.0 million in total. Applications closed on June 24, 2021.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed May 18, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedMay 18, 2021
DeadlineJune 24, 2021

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

Awards are available only to Water Research Institutes or Centers established pursuant to the provisions of section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act and listed at (http://water.usgs.gov/wrri/index.php). However, any investigator at an institution of higher learning in the United States is eligible to apply for an award through a Water Research Institute or Center. The application consisting of a full proposal along with the SF-424 and SF-424B and all required budget forms must be submitted through grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) by the university at which the Institute or Center is located. Proposals requesting matching funds from an Institute or Center are authorized at the discretion of the Institute or Center Director.

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What the grant funds

This Program Announcement is issued under the provisions of section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (Public Law 98-242), as amended by Public Laws 101-397, 104-147, 106-374, and 109-471. Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer program grants to Institutes and Centers established under the provisions of section 104(a) of the Act. Water Resources Institutes or Centers have been established in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam. The Institute in Guam also serves the Federated States of Micronesia and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Institute in Hawaii also serves American Samoa. The addresses of the 54 Institutes are available on the Internet at https://water.usgs.gov/wrri/index.php. Responsibility for administration of the Water Resources Research Act Program has been delegated to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Category: Natural Resources.

Who has won Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes grants before

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes (15.805) awarded $69.1 million across 199 grant awards, an average of $347,095 per award.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Nevada System of Higher EducationNevada6$4.0 million
Purdue UniversityIndiana15$3.7 million
Regents of the University of MinnesotaMinnesota15$3.7 million
Cornell UniversityNew York8$3.0 million
University of Wisconsin SystemWisconsin12$2.8 million

Top states: Nevada ($4.0 million), Indiana ($3.7 million), Minnesota ($3.7 million), New York ($3.0 million), Wisconsin ($2.8 million).

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, G27AS00164, which is open now.

The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.

Questions people ask

Is G21AS00520 still open?

No. It closed on June 24, 2021. A newer notice is open: G27AS00164, closes November 12, 2026 (5 days left).

Who can apply for WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2021 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT?

Geological Survey accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

What is the deadline for WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT PROGRAM AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COMPETITIVE GRANTS FY2021 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT?

Closed June 24, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.

How much funding is available?

Awards of up to $250,000 each. About $1.0 million in total.

Who has won Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Nevada System of Higher Education, Purdue University, Regents of the University of Minnesota. The program made 199 awards worth $69.1 million in that time.

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