National Land Remote Sensing Education Outreach and Research

 

To promote the uses of space-based land remote sensing data and technologies through education and outreach at the State and local level and through university based and collaborative research projects. Technologies of interest include multispectral and hyper-spectral electro-optical, thermal, and radar.

Active 15.815 U.S. Geological Survey, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 Several FY16 activities continued, along with a focus on regional and topical working groups to address various needs and issues at the regional, state and local levels. Work continued on data access, educational efforts integrating remote sensing into more K-18 curricula and determining local communities’ remote sensing requirements to address timely issues such as water quantity and quality, hazard mitigation, and resource management. Projects will continue in this final grant period estimated to be a 6-month period of performance.
Fiscal Year 2018 Year 1 of the current grant activity established initial projects at the State level of a multi-state remote sensing education, outreach and research grant activity along with overarching consortium activities such as annual meetings and reporting requirements. Focus included regional and topical working groups to address various needs and issues at the regional, state and local levels. Projects were initiated on data access and training, educational efforts integrating remote sensing into more K-18 curricula and determining local communities' remote sensing requirements to address timely issues such as water quantity and quality, hazard mitigation, and resource management. For each Fiscal Year, award is granted to the nationwide consortium, including sub-tier awards to 39 states with oversight by designated state-level PIs or Coordinators. For FY18, approximately 94 projects and activities were scheduled throughout the 39 state consortiums. Projects at the State level are planned to continue in follow-on, optional years of this grant, subject to management approval and availability of funds.
Fiscal Year 2019 Year 2 of the current grant activity continued initial projects at the State level of a multi-state remote sensing education, outreach and research grant activity along with overarching consortium activities such as annual meetings and reporting requirements. Focus included regional and topical working groups to address various needs and issues at the regional, state and local levels. Projects focused on data access and training, educational efforts integrating remote sensing into more K-18 curricula and determining local communities' remote sensing requirements to address timely issues such as water quantity and quality, hazard mitigation, and resource management. For each Fiscal Year, award is granted to the nationwide consortium, including sub-tier awards to 38 states with oversight by designated state-level PIs or Coordinators. Projects at the State level are planned to continue in follow-on, optional years of this grant, subject to Program management approval and availability of funds.
Fiscal Year 2020 Past Fiscal Year (2020) Year 3 of the current grant activity continued initial projects at the State level of a multi-state remote sensing education, outreach and research grant activity along with overarching consortium activities such as annual meetings and reporting requirements. Focus included regional and topical working groups to address various needs and issues at the regional, state and local levels. Projects focused on data access and training, educational efforts integrating remote sensing into more K-18 curricula and determining local communities' remote sensing requirements to address timely issues such as water quantity and quality, hazard mitigation, and resource management. This work was able to continue even through the pandemic. For each Fiscal Year, award is granted to the nationwide consortium, including sub-tier awards to 39 states with oversight by designated state-level PIs or Coordinators. Projects at the State level are planned to continue in follow-on, optional years of this grant, subject to Program management approval and availability of funds.
Fiscal Year 2021 Option Year 2 of the current grant activity continued initial projects at the State level of a multi-state remote sensing education, outreach and research grant activity along with overarching consortium activities such as annual meetings and reporting requirements. Focus included topical working groups to address various needs and issues at the regional, state and local levels. Projects focused on data access and training, educational efforts integrating remote sensing into more K-18 curricula and determining local communities' remote sensing requirements to address timely issues such as water quantity and quality, hazard mitigation, and resource management. This work was able to continue even through the pandemic. For each Fiscal Year, award is granted to the nationwide consortium, including sub-tier awards to 41 states with oversight by designated state-level PIs or Coordinators. Projects at the State level are planned to continue in one more optional year of this grant, subject to Program management approval and availability of funds.
Fiscal Year 2022 Past Fiscal Year (2022) Final option year #4 of the current 5-year grant activity continued initial projects at the State level of a multi-state remote sensing education, outreach and research grant activity along with overarching consortium activities such as annual meetings and reporting requirements. Focus included topical working groups to address various needs and issues at the regional, state and local levels. Projects focused on data access and training, educational efforts integrating remote sensing into more K-18 curricula and determining local communities' remote sensing requirements to address timely issues such as water quantity and quality, hazard mitigation, and resource management. For each Fiscal Year, award is granted to the nationwide consortium, including sub-tier awards to 41 states with oversight by designated state-level PIs or Coordinators.
Fiscal Year 2023 Current Fiscal Year (2023) A new grant activity is planned to start in FY 2023 with the grant award announcement posted on grants.gov; proposals are due 7/19/23 subject to review and approval by an evaluation panel and final approval by Program and Bureau management. Funding allocated for FY 2023 will fund the first year of this 5-year grant activity.
Fiscal Year 2024 Proposed projects under option year #1 of this new grant activity are planned to progress, subject to Program priorities, management approval and availability of funds. Public Law 110-161, Organic Act 1879, 43 U.S.C. 31 Nonprofit organizations, Public and Private colleges and universities, and State and local governments may make an application for support by a named principal investigator. States, research scientists, engineers, education (0-13+) and the general public will ultimately benefit from the program. Proposals must furnish evidence of the applicant's qualifications for performance of the proposed education, outreach and research activities. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards apply to this program. This program is subject to the provisions of 2 CFR Part 200 and Department of the Interior regulations 2 CFR Part 1402 and 43 CFR Part 12. Application form Standard Form (SF) 424 must be used. The application requirements as contained in the announcement package and the above regulations must be used for this program. Applications may be made only through the internet site http://www.grants.gov. Notification of an award is by receipt of a grant or cooperative agreement from a U.S. Geological Survey contracting officer through GrantSolutions (https://home.grantsolutions.gov/home/) May 17, 2023 to July 19, 2023 A new five-year competitively-awarded grant activity, the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research grant activity, is announced in Grants.gov from May 17, 2023 through July 19, 2023; the notice of funding opportunity can be found at https://www.grants.gov/search-grants.html?cfda=15.815 From 30 to 60 days. Not applicable. Not applicable. Panel composed of expert scientists and administrators drawn from government evaluate all assistance applications. Criteria for judging applications includes: relevance and timeliness of the proposed research to the goals of the program; technical quality of the proposal; competence of the principal investigator and recipient organization; and appropriateness and reasonableness of the budget. Specific objectives are identified in the annual program announcement. Applications for research projects not covered by one of the objectives are not solicited. Performance Reports: Recipients are responsible for monitoring performance for each award and sub-award under this program in accordance with 2 CFR 200. Recipients are subject to the audit requirements of 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F. All records must be retained and made available for audit for 3 years after submission of the final financial report. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Program obligates funds and sends a notice of award to successful applicants. Recipients request funds in accordance with 2 CFR 200, Subpart E-Cost Principles, unless otherwise dictated by program-specific legislation or special award terms. Program will include any special payment terms and conditions in the notice of award. Recipients request payment as needed throughout the award period. None/Not specified. Thomas Cecere,
Land Remote Sensing Program Office, Climate and Land Use Mission Area, Geological Survey, 516 National Center
Reston, VA 20192 US
tcecere@usgs.gov
Phone: (703) 648-5551
Fax: (703) 648-5939. https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-land-imaging-program 14-0804-0-1-306 (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 22$1,250,000.00; FY 23 est $1,465,000.00; FY 24 est $1,250,000.00; FY 21$1,270,000.00; FY 20$1,215,000.00; FY 19$1,247,689.00; FY 18$1,250,000.00; FY 17$378,100.00; - Past Fiscal Year (2022): $1,250,000 Current Fiscal Year (2023): $1,465,000 Budget Fiscal Year (2024): $1,250,000 (per the FY 2024 budget request and subject to availability of funds) Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2017 FY17 is the final option year of the five-year grant which includes projects that provide users equal, efficient access to remotely sensed data, as well as high-impact activities focusing on K-18 education and outreach, remote sensing course development for the public, and research applications developed to meet customer needs at the State and regional level. FY17 was the final option year of the five-year grant which included projects that provide users equal, efficient access to remotely sensed data, as well as high-impact activities focusing on K-18 education and outreach, remote sensing course development for the public, and research applications developed to meet customer needs at the State and regional level.
Fiscal Year 2018 The National Land Imaging Program awarded the current five-year grant activity to the AmericaView consortium. With FY18 funding, the grant was initiated to support high-impact project activities at the State and local level to expand the science of remote sensing through education, outreach and research for environmental monitoring. Projects support capacity building on the use of remote sensing data to assess the effects of land use and land cover change on water quality, quantity and utility; societal adaptation and phenology; natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and public health-related issues such as identifying potential indicators relating to harmful algal blooms. Approved projects addressed the grant's objectives of defining data requirements at the state and local level, providing remote sensing education and outreach at the K-18 levels, and promoting remote sensing science research at the undergraduate and graduate levels to train future workforce candidates in this constantly-evolving, highly technical field.
Fiscal Year 2019 FY2019 covers Year 2 of the current grant (the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity (NLRSEORA)) to the AmericaView consortium, funded by the USGS National Land Imaging Program. Year 2 of this potential 5-year competitively-awarded funding opportunity continues support of high-impact project activities at the State and local levels to expand remote sensing science through education, outreach and research for environmental monitoring. Projects support capacity building on the use of remote sensing data to assess the effects of land use and land cover change on water quality, quantity and utility; societal adaptation and phenology; natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and public health-related issues such as identifying potential indicators relating to harmful algal blooms. Approved projects addressed the grant's objectives of defining data requirements at the state and local level, providing remote sensing education and outreach at the K-18 levels, and promoting remote sensing science research at the undergraduate and graduate levels to train future workforce candidates in this constantly-evolving, highly technical field.
Fiscal Year 2020 FY2020 covers Year 3 of the current grant (the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity (NLRSEORA)) to the AmericaView consortium, funded by the USGS National Land Imaging Program. Year 3 of this potential 5-year competitively-awarded funding opportunity continues support of high-impact project activities at the State and local levels to expand remote sensing science through education, outreach and research for environmental monitoring. Projects support capacity building on the use of remote sensing data to assess the effects of land use and land cover change on water quality, quantity and utility; societal adaptation and phenology; natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and public health-related issues such as identifying potential indicators relating to harmful algal blooms. Approved projects addressed the grant's objectives of defining data requirements at the state and local level, providing remote sensing education and outreach at the K-18 levels, and promoting remote sensing science research at the undergraduate and graduate levels to train future workforce candidates in this constantly-evolving, highly technical field.
Fiscal Year 2021 FY2021 covered option year 2 of the current grant (the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity (NLRSEORA)) to the AmericaView consortium, funded by the USGS National Land Imaging Program. Option year 3 of this potential 5-year competitively-awarded funding opportunity continues support of high-impact project activities at the State and local levels to expand remote sensing science through education, outreach and research for environmental monitoring. Projects support capacity building on the use of remote sensing data to assess the effects of land use and land cover change on water quality, quantity and utility; societal adaptation and phenology; natural resource management, disaster risk reduction and public health-related issues such as identifying potential indicators relating to harmful algal blooms. Approved projects addressed the grant's objectives of defining data requirements at the state and local level, providing remote sensing education and outreach at the K-18 levels, and promoting remote sensing science research at the undergraduate and graduate levels to train future workforce candidates in this constantly-evolving, highly technical field.
Fiscal Year 2022 In final option year 4, the Program continued funding projects supporting the goals and objectives of the National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research grant activity. The Program emphasized a continued focus on remote sensing science and engineering education and outreach, and the conduct of critical applied research.
Fiscal Year 2023 The Program is initiating a new grant activity to start in FY 2023. This next grant would be expected to meet the goals and objectives of NLRSEORA with a continued focus on remote sensing science and engineering education and outreach, and the conduct of critical applied research. This nationwide grant activity would be competitively awarded.
Fiscal Year 2024 The Program anticipates this new NLRSEORA grant activity to continue in FY 2024 as option year #1 and as listed in the FY 2024 requested President’s budget. This first option year would be funded subject to availability of funds.