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USGS 104g National Competitive Research Grants Announced
<br />Eight proposals were selected for funding by the National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR) and U.S.
<br />Geological Survey National Competitive Grants Program for fiscal year 2006. NIWR received 61 proposals
<br />requesting a total of $8.5 million. Less than $1 million was available in this competition.
<br />Abstracts of the funded proposals, which are listed below, are available at http: / /water.usgs.gov /wrri /06grants/
<br />national/national—index.html.
<br />• Evaluating Alternatives for Watershed -Scale Design of BMPs by John W. Nicklow, Southern Illinois Uni-
<br />versity at Carbondale, Illinois Water Resources Center, University of Illinois, $90,948 (2 years)
<br />• Application of Wireless and Sensor Technologies for Urban Water Quality Management by William A. Ar-
<br />nold, Miki Hondzo, Raymond Hozalski, and Paige Novak, University of Minnesota with Paul Capel, USGS
<br />Minnesota Water Science Center, Water Resources Center, University of Minnesota, $149,176 (2 years)
<br />• Validation, Calibration, and Improvement of Remote Sensing ET Algorithms in Mountainous Regions by
<br />Jan Hendrickx and Jan Kleissl, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology with David Stannard,
<br />Branch of Regional Research, Water Resources Discipline, Central Region, U.S. Geological Survey, and
<br />Alan Flint, USGS California Water Science Center, Water Resources Research Institute, New Mexico State
<br />University, $74,795 (2 years)
<br />• Collaborative Research on In Situ Denitrification and Glyphosate Transformation in Ground
<br />Water: NAWQA Eastern Iowa Basins Study Unit by Scott Korom, University of North Dakota with Paul
<br />Capel, USGS Minnesota Water Science Center, North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute, North
<br />Dakota State University, $91,988 (3 years)
<br />• An Econometric Investigation of Urban Water Demand in the U.S. by Ronald C. Griffin, The Texas A &M
<br />University, Texas Water Resources Institute, The Texas A &M University, $103,683 (2 years)
<br />• Microtopography Effects on Vegetative and Biogeochemical Patterns in Created Wetlands: A Compara-
<br />tive Study to Provide Guidance for Wetland Creation and Restoration by Changwoo Ahn, George Mason
<br />University with Gregory Noe, Branch of Regional Research, Water Resources Discipline, Eastern Region,
<br />U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
<br />University, $58,115 (2 years)
<br />• West -Wide Drought Forecasting System: A Scientific Foundation for NIDIS by Anne Steinemann, Dennis
<br />Lettenmaier, and Andrew Wood, University of Washington with Michael Dettinger, Branch of Regional Re-
<br />search, Water Resources Discipline, Western Region, U.S. Geological Survey, and Randall Hanson, USGS
<br />California Water Science Center, State of Washington Water Research Center, Washington State University,
<br />$250,000 (3 years)
<br />• Identifying High - Infiltration and Groundwater Recharge Areas, Stephen J. Ventura and John M. Norman,
<br />The University of Wisconsin - Madison with Randall Hunt, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, Water
<br />Resources Institute, The University of Wisconsin - Madison, $90,952 (2 years)
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