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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
15.807: Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: Colleges, universities, profit-making, and nonprofit organizations, and State and local governments may make application for support by a named principal investigator.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Research scientists, engineers, and the general public will ultimately benefit from the program.
Credentials/Documentation: Proposals must furnish evidence of the applicant's qualifications for performance of the proposed research. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments; OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions; OMB Circular No. A-122 for nonprofit organizations; and Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 31.2 for private firms, individuals, and other nonprofits excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-122.
Preapplication Coordination: None. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: This program is subject to the provisions of OMB Circular Nos. A-102 and A-110, or their successor(s), and the Department of the Interior regulations at 43 CFR Part 12, Subparts C and D, or any subsequent revisions. The standard application form as required by the individual program announcement package and the above regulations must be used for this program. Links to USGS program announcements are available through the internet site www.usgs.gov/contracts/.
Award Procedure: Notification of an award is by a grant or cooperative agreement document signed by a contracting officer.
Deadlines: Of 251 proposals received for 2000, 75 received funding for 1 year and 51 received multi-year funding. Deadline for proposals for 2000 was May 1, 1999.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 3 to 6 months.
Appeals: Not applicable.
Renewals: Not applicable.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: Panels composed of expert scientists and engineers drawn from government, universities, and private industry will evaluate all applications. Criteria for judging applications will include relevance and timeliness of the proposed research to the goals of the program, technical quality of the proposed research, competence of the principal investigator and recipient organization; and appropriateness and reasonableness of the budget.
Examples of Funded Projects: (1) Products for earthquake loss reduction; (2) Source zone characteristics; (3) Earthquake monitoring and forecasting experiments; (4) Induced seismicity studies; and (5) Fault zone studies; (6) Seismic zonation and engineering studies; and (7) Socio-economic effects of earthquakes.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: $6,000 to $1,100,000; $56,000.
The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program has funded projects covering recent tectonics and earthquake potential, research on earthquake occurrence and effects, and evaluation of regional and urban earthquake hazards. During fiscal year 2000, 126 out of 251 applications received funding.
Federal Agency: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Type of Assistance: Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements).
Obligations: (Grants and Cooperative Agreements) FY 99 $10,840,000; FY 00 est $10,780,000; and FY 01 est $10,700,000.
Budget Account Number: 14-0804-0-1-300.
Authorization: 42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: None.
Regional or Local Office: None.
Headquarters Office: John D. Unger, External Research Program Manager, Earthquake Hazards Program Office, Geologic Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 905A National Center, Reston, VA 20192. Phone: (703) 648-6722. Use same number for FTS. Fax: (703) 648-6642. Web address: erp-web.er.usgs.gov email address: gd-erp-coordinator@usgs.gov.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: No statutory requirement. Recipients are encouraged to share in the cost of each research project.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Grants and cooperative agreements will normally be awarded in 12 or 24 month budget periods.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Specific objectives are identified in the annual program announcement. Applications for research projects not covered by one of the objectives are not solicited.
Reports: Annual and final technical and financial reports are required.
Audits: Applicants agree to give the sponsoring agency, the Comptroller General or other authorized audit agency access to and the right to examine records related to the award. Awards to educational institutions and nonprofit organizations are subject to the audit requirements of OMB Circular No. A-110, or superseding regulations. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations", nonfederal entities that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 or more in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records: All records must be maintained for 3 years after submission of the final financial report.
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