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Grant Opportunities

Check out some of the projects we help fund through our annual Student Competitive Grants! These are a few of the ways that the VWRRC helps support interdisciplinary, meaningful water research and projects.

Brendan Player, an Environmental Masters student at Christopher Newport University, is a 2017 Seed Grant Recipient. His project focused on assessing nutrient uptake within restored and degraded reaches of urban streams.
Dexter Howard was a 2021 Seed Grant Recipient. A doctorate student at Virginia Tech, he studies drinking water quality forecasting.
Kathryn Lopez received a 2020 Student Competitive Grant to support her work studying emerging challenges with drinking water infrastructure; she is a doctorate student at Virginia Tech. Read more HERE
Joseph Morina, a 2019 Student Competitive Grant recipient from VCU, studies the effect of salinization on Virginia’s coastal waters. Read more HERE

VWRRC Grant Opportunities

The Water Center has provided funding to hundreds of researchers from Virginia’s colleges and universities. Each year, the Water Center issues requests for peer-reviewed research proposals and funds several research projects on a competitive basis addressing critical water issues in Virginia.

Student Competitive Grants

This program provides support for students at Virginia’s colleges and universities to conduct cutting-edge research that addresses critical water issues in Virginia and the region. The call for proposals is issued in January with a submittal deadline of mid-March. Successful proposals are announced by early May.

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Coordination Grants

Coordination grants (sometimes referred to as Supplemental Grants or Pass-Through Grants) allow other Federal agencies (including agencies within the Department of the Interior) to use and take advantage of the expertise and capabilities that are available through the network of Institutes established by the Water Resources Research Act.

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NIWR-USGS National Competitive Grants

The Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the annual National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR)/U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Competitive Grants 104g Program can be found here. The VWRRC at Virginia Tech coordinates applications from universities or colleges in Virginia. Applications for FY24 from Virginia institutions must be submitted to the VWRRC by May 19, 2024 at 5:00 pm EDT to allow time for the VWRRC to meet the deadlines of the announcements. Contact the VWRRC (mclaugd@vt.edu) by April 26, 2024 with notification of intent to submit otherwise proposals will not be accepted.

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