National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map

 

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 15.817 U.S. Geological Survey, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 No current data available. Received 13 applications and issued 11 awards
Fiscal Year 2018 Cooperative Agreement Applicants: 17; Agreements Awarded: 13
Fiscal Year 2019 Cooperative Agreement Applicants: 11, Awarded: 8.
Fiscal Year 2020 Coop Applicants: 11, awarded: 11.
Fiscal Year 2021 Coop Applicants: 4, awarded: 2.
Fiscal Year 2022 Cooperative Agreement applicants: 6; awarded 5
Fiscal Year 2023 Cooperative Agreement applicants: 7; awarded 5
Fiscal Year 2024 Applicants expected: 15-25, Expected Awards: 10-20 Organic Act of 1879; 43 U.S.C. 31; 43 U.S.C. 36c; 43 U.S.C. 36d; Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2003, Public Law 108-7
Public Law 117-169
Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 Proposals from State, Local, Interstate, Federally or State recognized Indian Tribal Governments, US Territories and Possessions, Institutions of Higher Education, Private Foundations, and Nonprofit Organizations are invited. Due to limited availability of funding to support new external projects, consultation with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is strongly recommended prior to submission of applications. Interstate, State, intrastate, and local government agencies, educational institutions, private firms, private foundations, nonprofit organizations, Federally-acknowledged or state-recognized Native American tribes or groups, U.S. territories and possessions, public decision makers, research scientists, engineers, graduate students, students/trainees, and the general public will ultimately benefit from knowledge gained under the program. Proposals must furnish evidence of the applicant's qualifications for performance of the proposed research. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies 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. Application form Standard Form (SF) 424 must be used. The application requirements as contained in the announcement packages 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. See program announcement or contact Brian Hadley at NGP Headquarters for details. One to six months. Not applicable. Not applicable. Panels of expert geographers, cartographers, physical scientists and geodesists within the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) will review and evaluate all applications consistent with authorized USGS program purposes. Criteria for judging applications will include scientific excellence and relevance to the mission of the National Geospatial Program of the USGS . Other factors include geographic location and areal extent, value to potential partners, technical qualifications of the recipients, and amount of matching funds. Applications must be for data collection and research projects which are consistent with the objectives of the National Geospatial Program. The majority of funds are used to support new data collections that will enhance The National Map and to research new methods to use those data. For further information, please contact the headquarters office. For further information, please contact the regional office. 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. Records shall be retained and made available for audit for 3 years after submission of 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. For individually-awarded projects, contact the appropriate office, depending on the location of the study. National Geospatial Program,
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 511
Reston, VA 20192 US
lpalmer@usgs.gov
Phone: (703) 648-5519.

Sue Buto
National Geospatial Program
U.S. Geological Survey
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 511,
Reston, VA 20192 USA
sbuto@usgs.gov
Phone: (775) 546-3059 https://www.usgs.gov/programs/national-geospatial-program 14-0804-0-1-306 (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$1,883,613.00; FY 23 est $2,619,611.00; FY 24 est $2,619,611.00; FY 21$1,347,452.00; FY 20$3,267,605.00; FY 19$1,592,969.00; FY 18$3,549,000.00; FY 17$2,350,000.00; - The FY 2024 obligation estimate is subject to the availability of appropriations provided by Congress. Past Fiscal Year (2022): $137,000 - $704,190; $376,723 average per award; $1,883,613 total. Current Fiscal Year (2023): $73,950 - $$1,480,619; $523,922 average per award; $2,619,611 total. Budget Fiscal Year (2024): $73,950 - $$1,480,619; $523,922 average per award; $2,619,611 total. Not applicable. Fiscal Year 2017 No current data available. The program funded projects that met the goals and objectives of the program.
Fiscal Year 2018 CO - Lidar Acquisition for Eastern Colorado: A multi-agency coalition, consisting of the CGS, CWCB, CO NRCS, DIA, and the Town of Castle Rock are using matching funds from the USGS 3D-Elevation Program (3DEP) to collect lidar over a large portion of eastern Colorado. These multiple agencies and partners will use the high-resolution data to support debris flow and flood hazard mapping, land management, forest and agricultural planning, infrastructure and development planning, and energy applications.
Fiscal Year 2019 Fiscal Year 2019: Wisconsin: The Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP) in cooperation with 3DEP will continue its goal to complete QL2 lidar statewide. In 2019 Wisconsin will acquire QL2 lidar data for five Wisconsin counties. The project area directly overlaps with NRCS and FEMA priority areas for data collection. Together with FEMA’s planned projects, this will update many areas of the state with the oldest elevation data and cover several areas with recent significant flooding.
Fiscal Year 2020 The lidar collection for the 2020 Alabama Multi-Region Lidar Project will result in updated and enhanced elevation coverage for 17 counties within the State of Alabama. Furthermore, the Alabama Geographic Information office (AGIO) and the State of Georgia Geographic Information Office have been working together to maximize the effectiveness of their programs by designing their project areas to help achieve contiguous coverage along both States' borders. This ultimately satisfies the priorities of all levels of government from local, state, federal as well as the general user community. In addition, the majority of the counties selected in this effort would not be able to acquire lidar due to the cost. This project is permitting the state an opportunity to share in the cost for areas that would not acquire it otherwise.
Fiscal Year 2021 High Quality Lidar for the California San Joaquin Valley Floor: This project will acquire high quality lidar data over more than 11,500 sq mi of the CA San Joaquin Valley floor. The acquired data will support initiatives across state, Federal, local, and non-governmental stakeholders. The data will be valuable for developing detailed analyses of surface topography and for hydrologic mapping, including of fine scale drainage patterns such as the agricultural landscapes across the valley. Information derived from the data will improve understanding of the landscape’s characteristics including surficial geology and soils mapping with direct applicability to groundwater recharge and geologic and flooding hazards. Additional uses cases include providing baseline data to support analyses of land subsidence and uplift, transportation and water conveyance infrastructure, agricultural production, and human structures.
Fiscal Year 2022 The Kentucky project will result in the acquisition of 7,540 square miles of lidar data for 20 counties in Kentucky (Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Grant, Scott, Hardin, Meade, Breckinridge, Hancock, Daviess, McLean, Ohio, Grayson, Muhlenberg, Butler, Todd, Logan, Warren, and Simpson). The Kentucky Division of Water, will utilize the newly collected LiDAR data to improve floodplain delineations, perform inundations studies, and dam breach analysis within the AOI. NRCS leverages the data for land assessment, drainage design, development of best land management practices, and other agricultural needs. The Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources is interested in using the data to improve habitats along the Mississippi floodplain. Kentucky's lidar data holdings are regularly leveraged for highway design, infrastructure development, habitat modeling, archeological investigations, and water/wastewater planning. All collected data will be shared across state government and in the public domain.
Fiscal Year 2023 The Texas project will result in the acquisition of 6,090 square miles of lidar data for areas in Central and East Texas. This acquisition covers portions of four major rivers in Texas (Brazos, Colorado, West Fork Trinity, and Sabine) and their watersheds. In addition, there is partial or full coverage of 8 major reservoirs and lakes. The Central and East Texas Lidar Update Project will replace old lidar data sets captured 2014 or prior over portions of northeastern and north central Texas. The HUC based project boundaries overlaps with areas without current 3DEP quality data in addition to federal priority areas of interest demonstrated by the USGS and OSMRE. Lidar acquired from this project will be used for floodplain management and planning, feature extraction, water quality modeling, stream restoration potential analysis, change detection, wildfire mitigation, and habitat identification/modeling for endangered species.
Fiscal Year 2024 Program has not selected projects for funding.