# Evaluating Snow Water Equivalent and Soil Moisture in a Complex Wildfire-Impacted Area of the Rocky Mountains using a Mobile Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/w81ewf-25-soi-0011-evaluating-snow-water-equivalent-and-soil-moisture-in/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/359826

> Engineer Research and Development Center offered grants of up to $248,000 to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $248,000 in total. Applications closed on August 25, 2025.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | W81EWF-25-SOI-0011 |
| Agency | Engineer Research and Development Center |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 25, 2025 |
| Award ceiling | $248,000 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $248,000 |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 12.630 |

## Who can apply

- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).

## What the grant funds

The goals for this project are to collect repeat cosmic ray sensor transects of SWE and soil moisture in the Rocky Mountains, identify differences in water year annual trends between burned and unburned areas based on elevation, and partition snowmelt into infiltration and direct runoff to inform calibration and parameterization of future model development. To achieve these goals, the work addressing this funding opportunity must: · Provide processed SWE and soil moisture data from five to six mobile cosmic ray sensor data collections in the Rocky Mountains. The surveys should cover a range of snowpack and soil moisture conditions to capture the water year cycle of SWE and soil moisture in burned and unburned areas. · Provide data analysis to compare the annual (water year) SWE and soil moisture processes between burned and unburned areas in the Rocky Mountains. · Provide data analysis to inform future model development in burned and unburned areas to improve the parameterization and calibration of seasonal snowmelt by improving our understanding of direct runoff and infiltration partitioning. · Quality control, analyze, and document collected field data in technical reports or peer reviewed journal manuscripts.

## Questions people ask

### Is W81EWF-25-SOI-0011 still open?

No. It closed on August 25, 2025. A newer notice is open: W912HZ26S0001, closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left).

### Who can apply for Evaluating Snow Water Equivalent and Soil Moisture in a Complex Wildfire-Impacted Area of the Rocky Mountains using a Mobile Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor?

Engineer Research and Development Center accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.

### What is the deadline for Evaluating Snow Water Equivalent and Soil Moisture in a Complex Wildfire-Impacted Area of the Rocky Mountains using a Mobile Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor?

Closed August 25, 2025. 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 $248,000 each. About $248,000 in total for one award.

### Who has won Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering grants before?

The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Battelle Memorial Institute, Msi Stem Research & Development Consortium, University of California San Diego. The program made 1,101 awards worth $1.3 billion in that time.