Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS FA 20 0038
The Notice of Intent: Western Great Basin Seismic Network (Funding Opportunity Number USGS FA 20 0038) is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding action under CFDA 15.808 to issue a cooperative agreement in support of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). The opportunity is narrowly focused: it signals the USGS intent to make a single award (Expected Awards: 1) to the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), a public/state-controlled institution of higher education, to continue operating and sustaining the Western Great Basin Seismic Network. The posting was created on December 11, 2019, with an original closing date of December 25, 2019, and it lists an award ceiling of $5,252,000.
At its core, the project is about keeping a regional seismic monitoring network running at a level that meets ANSS technical and operational standards, while ensuring that the data products coming out of that network are consistent, reliable, and integrated with national systems. The work includes routine operation and maintenance of seismic stations across the Western Great Basin and surrounding Intermountain West region, along with the ongoing upkeep of station metadata (the detailed descriptive information about each station, such as location, instrumentation, calibration, timing, and configuration history). Because seismic monitoring depends heavily on the accuracy and completeness of metadata, the opportunity emphasizes not just collecting waveforms, but also maintaining authoritative station descriptions that support downstream processing and interpretation.
A major deliverable is the dependable delivery of waveform data and accurate metadata to other ANSS networks and to ANSS-designated archives. In practice, that means continuous or near-real-time data flow from field instruments through telemetry and receiving systems, into processing pipelines and shared repositories where other researchers, agencies, and operational earthquake-response systems can access the information. The opportunity also calls for adherence to ANSS-approved software standards, reflecting the need for interoperability across the broader ANSS ecosystem. Standardized software and data practices reduce friction between networks, improve the speed and stability of information exchange, and support consistent generation of ANSS products and services.
Another central objective is producing authoritative earthquake catalogs and related products that meet ANSS standards. This includes compiling earthquake source parameters (for example, event locations, magnitudes, depths, origin times, and other characterization outputs) derived from the network data. These catalogs are foundational for hazard assessment, situational awareness during earthquake sequences, and long-term research on regional tectonics and deformation. By emphasizing authoritative catalogs and compliance with ANSS standards, the notice highlights the operational nature of the work: the network is expected to produce dependable, nationally compatible outputs, not just raw observations.
The agreement also includes responsibilities tied to ANSS-wide infrastructure for managing station information, specifically the Station Information System (SIS). UNR would contribute to the operation and development of SIS and work with ANSS management and the ANSS National Implementation Committee (NIC) to use or populate SIS for station inventory control, station description, and metadata maintenance. This positions UNR not only as a regional data provider, but also as an active participant in the national framework that tracks station assets and standardizes how station details are recorded, updated, and shared.
Coordination is explicitly part of the scope. The notice calls for coordinating seismic monitoring activities with ANSS management and other ANSS participants, which typically means aligning operational practices, responding to network needs and upgrades, participating in national planning discussions, and ensuring the regional network complements broader monitoring goals. This is especially important in seismically active areas where multiple networks and agencies may rely on the same data streams during significant events.
The notice explains why UNR is the intended recipient and why a cooperative agreement with UNR is considered necessary. UNR is portrayed as uniquely qualified due to its established expertise in monitoring earthquakes and crustal deformation in the Intermountain West, with particular emphasis on Nevada and eastern California. The principal investigators are described as having specialized, region-specific knowledge and extensive hands-on experience as seismic network operators. The institution also has an existing, well-developed network staff, which matters because operating a seismic network is continuous, labor-intensive work that depends on field maintenance, instrumentation troubleshooting, telemetry support, data quality control, and processing oversight.
In addition to expertise and staffing, the notice stresses practical infrastructure constraints that make UNR the efficient and logical operator. Specialized monitoring equipment has already been deployed by UNR in the target regions, and some field sensors along with central recording and computing equipment are university-owned and therefore not readily transferable. The data telemetry and receiving architecture is already routed into UNR facilities, and relocating the data receiving point and associated telemetry would be costly and time-consuming. Taken together, these points justify the intent to award to UNR by emphasizing continuity of operations, avoidance of duplicative reinvestment, and the operational risk of transitioning critical monitoring systems to a different organization.
Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a continuation and sustainment action within ANSS rather than an open, broadly competed research grant. It is designed to ensure that the Western Great Basin Seismic Network remains operational, standards-compliant, and fully integrated with national seismic monitoring and information systems, while producing high-quality data streams and earthquake products that support both immediate public-safety needs and long-term scientific and hazard-analysis objectives.Apply for USGS FA 20 0038
- The Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent: Western Great Basin Seismic Network" 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 Dec 11, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 25, 2019. (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 $5,252,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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