The Division of Earth Sciences is offering this grant through its Hydrologic Sciences Program to support fundamental research focused on continental water processes across all scales. This grant is for studying water on and beneath Earth’s surface, its interactions with environmental components, and key hydrologic processes like rainfall, runoff, infiltration, and evaporation. It also funds research on water fluxes in soils, aquifers, and streams, and hydrologic transport of dissolved solutes and sediment. Projects can explore the coupling of water processes with ecosystems, geochemical cycles, and socio-ecological systems, or investigate hydrologic responses to changes in land use, climate, or watershed management, utilizing observational, experimental, theoretical, and modeling approaches.
Opportunity ID: 359318
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 22-540 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Hydrologic Sciences (HS) |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 30 |
| Assistance Listings: | 47.050 — Geosciences |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2025 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – Proposals accepted anytime |
| Archive Date: | Jun 07, 2025 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $12,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $30,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | *Who May Submit Proposals: Proposals may only be submitted by the following: -Non-profit, non-academic organizations: Independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. that are directly associated with educational or research activities. -Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs): Two- and four-year IHEs (including community colleges) accredited in, and having a campus located in the US, acting on behalf of their faculty members. Special Instructions for International Branch Campuses of US IHEs: If the proposal includes funding to be provided to an international branch campus of a US institution of higher education (including through use of sub-awards and consultant arrangements), the proposer must explain the benefit(s) to the project of performance at the international branch campus, and justify why the project activities cannot be performed at the US campus. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | U.S. National Science Foundation |
| Description: | The Hydrologic Sciences Program is a disciplinary program within the Division of Earth Sciences. Hydrologic science has a distinct focus on continental water processes at all scales, and the program supports research with a primary focus on these processes. The program supports fundamental research about water on and beneath the Earth’s surface, as well as relationships of water with material and living components of the environment. A major focus is the study of hydrologic processes (e.g., rainfall and runoff; infiltration and subsurface flow; evaporation and transpiration), as well as fluxes of water (e.g. in soils, aquifers, and streams). Many projects involve the study of hydrologic transport (e.g., of dissolved solutes, sediment), coupling of hydrological processes with other systems (e.g., ecosystem processes, geochemical cycles, food and energy systems, socio-ecological systems), or hydrologic responses to change (e.g., changes in land use, climate, or watershed management). Observational, experimental, theoretical, and modeling approaches are supported. |
| Link to Additional Information: | NSF Publication 22-540 |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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