NGGDPP Program goals are:

• Archive geologic, geophysical, and engineering data, maps, well logs, and samples
• Provide a national catalog of such archival material
• Provide technical and financial assistance related to the archival material

Implementation Plan for the National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program

“Up to $3.7 million dollars will be awarded to high quality projects that can demonstrate specific benefits for advancing restoration approaches in the Great Lakes.  For details on proposal guidelines and submission, including all relevant deadlines. “

For more info see  http://graham.umich.edu/water/rfp/
Submit questions in writing to Adrienne Marino (almarino@umich.edu).

• Webinar February 14, 2 p.m. Eastern time, details to be announced via the website above.
• Full rfp: http://graham.umich.edu/pdf/UMWC-RFP-Main.pdf
• Expressions of Interest are due February 22, 2013 by midnight Eastern Time.
• Tier I and II proposals are due March 29, 2013, by midnight Eastern Time.
• Forms: http://www.graham.umich.edu/forms/Proposal.php?pid=GLRestGrants13:32 

Full announcement

See announcement for full details.

• Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Energy Storage, Management and Use
• Environmental Pollution Mitigation and Waste Treatment

For details see the full announcement on the NSF website.

“These grants will support critical work to restore the Great Lakes, which provide drinking water to 30 million Americans and support a multi-billion dollar economy,” said EPA Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman.

Grants will be available on a competitive basis to fund a wide range of projects in the Great Lakes basin, including work to target invasive species, to protect public health, and to reduce the impact of toxic substances and nonpoint source pollution.

“The work funded by these grants will protect waters that are essential to the health and jobs of millions of Americans,” said Hedman.

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 24. Webinars on the application process will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, and at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 14.

• More information about applying for EPA’s GLRI grants in the 2012 Request for Applications is available at www.epa.gov/grtlakes/fund/2012rfa01.
• More information about the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is available at www.glri.us.

The implementation of projects submitted and selected pursuant to the RFA process is expected to provide numerous benefits, including:

• An increase in on-the-ground/in-the-water restoration or protection actions;
• A reduction in phosphorus loading from agricultural and urban lands that contributes to harmful algal blooms and water quality impairments;
• A reduction in the amount of toxic substances entering the Great Lakes;
• Safer Great Lakes beaches; and
• Additional invasive species control.

Funding under the RFA will support work under four of the five Focus Areas of the GLRI Action Plan. GLRI projects principally pertaining to Area of Concern restoration, Asian carp, or habitat and wildlife protection and restoration will not be covered under the RFA, as those areas are being addressed through other GLRI funding mechanisms.

If your organization anticipates submitting an application pursuant to the RFA, but you do not currently have an authorized official representative (AOR) registered with Grants.gov, we encourage you to register now. The RFA application process requires that AORs be registered. For more information, go to http://www.grants.gov and click on “Get Registered.” Registration can take from three business days to as long as four weeks.

Additional information is available at: http://epa.gov/greatlakes/fund/2012rfa01/. We encourage all applicants to register with us at http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/maillist to be further informed about our funding processes.

The Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge contributes to the 2005 -2015 Water for Life Decade, established by the UN General Assembly to support the Millennium Development Goal to halt the unsustainable exploitation of water resources and halve the number of people without access to safe drinking water.  According to the World Health Organisation, nearly 900 million people lack this basic resource and 2.6 billion people suffer from inadequate sanitation facilities, leading to health crises and violent conflict across the developing world.

Applicants submitting proposals to the Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge will have access to relevant Reed Elsevier publications such as Water Research, to help applicants prepare their competition entry. All entries should focus on increasing access to safe water and/or improved sanitation where it is presently at risk. Projects should demonstrate that they are replicable, scalable and sustainable; set a high benchmark for innovation; have practical applicability; address non-discrimination and equity of access; involve and impact a range of stakeholders; and have local, community-level engagement.