W81EWF-25-SOI-0011: 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
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: ERDC Broad Agency Announcement (W912HZ26S0001). Status: Closes January 1, 2027 (55 days left). It is in our archive of Engineer Research and Development Center notices from 2025.
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.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed June 25, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$248,000
- Total funding$248,000
- Expected awards1
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | June 25, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | August 25, 2025 |
| Archived by Grants.gov | September 24, 2025 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- 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).
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering awards averaged $1.1 million; this notice allows up to $248,000 per award.
- Most of the program's money (69% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
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.
Who has won Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering (12.630) awarded $1.3 billion across 1,101 grant awards, an average of $1.1 million per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Ohio | 1 | $82.6 million |
| Msi Stem Research & Development Consortium | District of Columbia | 1 | $78.2 million |
| University of California San Diego | California | 4 | $53.1 million |
| Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation | Connecticut | 4 | $38.1 million |
| The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | 3 | $35.0 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, W912HZ26S0001, 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 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.