The goal of the Alabama Water Resources Research Institute is to support research and training that is responsive to the identified priority problems of our State and the Southeastern Region of the United States. Virtually all "national" water resources problems are thereby covered. We focus on research proposals that have a high probability of producing useful results and/or attracting more adequate funding based on positive results.

FY-2010 USGS Section 104(b) RFP

Proposals submission deadline will be 4:45 pm Friday, November 20, 2009.

Alabama Water Resources Research Institute announces a call for proposals for the FY-2010 USGS Section 104(b) State Competitive Grant Program. The object of this program is to facilitate research faculty in the state in making significant advances, and increasing regional and national competitiveness, in the water resources arena. For the purpose of this competition, “water resources arena” is defined in the broadest possible terms. Proposals are invited from all permanent full time tenured, tenure-track and non-tenured faculty from any university or college in Alabama.

Please visit our web site for program guidelines at http://auei.auburn.edu/pdf/FY2010USGSGuidelines.pdf and follow the instructions precisely.

The Water Resources Council, composed of research faculty from universities throughout the state and representative from state and federal agencies, will review the proposals to select the ones to be recommended for funding. Researchers, whose proposals are selected for funding, will be required to present their research and findings at our annual water resources conference.

Please submit your proposal(s) online to Alabama Water Resources Research Institute, via the INTERNET Portal no later than 4:45 p.m., Friday, November 20, 2009. If you have any questions regarding the Section 104(b) program, please contact Dennis Block by e-mail at blockdh@auburn.edu or by phone at (334) 844-4132. For specific instructions to submit proposal(s) online, please contact Zhen Feng by email at fengzhe@auburn.edu

Five Star Restoration Grant Program

Application Deadline: 02/11/2010

Provides modest financial assistance on a competitive basis to support community-based wetland, riparian, and coastal habitat restoration projects that build diverse partnerships and foster local natural resource stewardship through education, outreach and training activities. >>Details