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Funding Opportunity for Groundwater Monitoring Adapted from Information by the uSGS Office of Water Information The USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) is starting a new cooperative funding opportunity to support NGWMN efforts beginning in 2016. The NGWMN is a compilation of selected groundwater monitoring wells from federal, state, and local groundwater monitoring networks across the nation. This set of cooperative agreements will support both new and existing data providers. The first round of funding will be for a two-year period in 2016-2017. The focus of the initial funding is on bringing in new data providers for the Network and supporting existing data providers. Future opportunities may include funding for existing data providers to fill gaps within the NGWMN. During the first round of funding, the USGS will work with new data providers to select and classify sites within existing monitoring programs, to set up web services to link the data to the NGWMN Portal, and produce a report describing this process. New data providers will also be funded to document their data collection techniques and database management processes. Existing data providers will receive support to maintain web services and keep site information current. The projects to fund new data providers are expected to range from $30,000 - $60,000 based on the reports from pilot ventures. Projects to support database maintenance for existing data providers are expected to range from $10,000 - $30,000. Applicants will be required to provide cost-sharing in the form of in-kind services which ideally will be 50% of the project with USGS funds providing the remaining 50%. Interested agencies can apply online at www.Grants.gov under funding opportunity number G16AS00008. Applications will be accepted through January 19, 2016. Applications will only be accepted electronically; paper copies will not be accepted. 26 JANUARY 2016 WorldWide Drilling Resource ®