Coastal Flood Modeling, Hazards, Risk and Impact Assessment Across the Pacific Northwest U.S. Coast | USGS 17 FA 0246

Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS 17 FA 0246

This funding opportunity is a US Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary award to support work focused on coastal flood modeling and the assessment of hazards, risk, and impacts along the Pacific Northwest coastline of the United States. The title, "Coastal Flood Modeling, Hazards, Risk and Impact Assessment Across the Pacific Northwest U.S. Coast," signals a scope that typically includes developing or improving technical models of coastal flooding and translating those modeling results into practical evaluations of where flooding is likely to occur, how severe it could be, who or what is exposed, and what the resulting consequences may be for communities, infrastructure, and natural systems.

The opportunity is issued as a non-competitive cooperative agreement, meaning the award is not being competed among multiple applicants in an open solicitation. Instead, it is intended for a specific partner or a very limited set of eligible partners, and the cooperative agreement structure indicates that USGS expects to be substantially involved in the project rather than acting solely as a pass-through funder. In practice, that usually means the recipient and USGS collaborate on technical direction, data sharing, methods, review of interim products, and alignment with USGS program goals and standards.

The listing identifies the opportunity number as USGS-17-FA-0246 and classifies it under a discretionary opportunity category, with the funding instrument type explicitly stated as a cooperative agreement. The funding activity category is listed as "Other," and the CFDA number is 15.808, which corresponds to USGS-related assistance programs. Eligibility is shown as "Others," which is a broad label commonly used in federal listings to cover nontraditional or specifically identified recipients such as certain research entities, organizations, or partners, particularly in a non-competitive context where eligibility is not the central selection mechanism.

In terms of timing and funding levels, the posting was created on June 15, 2017, with an original closing date of June 25, 2017, reflecting a short window that is typical of non-competitive announcements published to satisfy transparency and administrative requirements rather than to solicit proposals widely. The award ceiling is $300,000, indicating the maximum anticipated amount for a single award under this announcement. The number of expected awards is not provided in the source data, but given the non-competitive nature, it often implies a single planned award or a very limited number of awards tied to a specific collaboration.

Overall, this announcement describes a targeted USGS partnership effort to advance understanding and decision-support related to coastal flooding across the Pacific Northwest, combining technical flood modeling with broader hazard, risk, and impact assessment outputs that can inform coastal planning, resilience investments, and hazard mitigation activities.

• The Geological Survey in the other sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Coastal Flood Modeling, Hazards, Risk and Impact Assessment Across the Pacific Northwest U.S. Coast" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2017-06-15.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2017-06-25. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $300,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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