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WaterSMART-Applied Science Grants for Fiscal Year 2023

Award ceiling
up to $400,000
Closes
Oct 17, 2023
Last verified
2026-09-19

Awards up to $400,000 per recipient for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Oct 17, 2023.

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Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)AKASAZCACOGUHIIDKSMPMTNDNENMNVOKORPRSDTXUTVIWAWYScience, Technology, Research & Development

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WaterSMART-Applied Science Grants for Fiscal Year 2023 awards up to $400,000 per recipient, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification) in AK, AS, AZ, CA, CO, GU, HI, ID, KS, MP, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, SD, TX, UT, VI, WA, WY, closing…

Record fields
Program pool (total)
$400,000
Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
Award ceiling (per project)
$400,000
Award floor
Not confirmed
Typical award
Not confirmed
Deadline
Oct 17, 2023
Deadline type
Fixed date
Opens
Jun 29, 2023
Status
Closed
Eligible entities
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Geography
AK · AS · AZ · CA · CO · GU · HI · ID · KS · MP · MT · ND · NE · NM · NV · OK · OR · PR · SD · TX · UT · VI · WA · WY
Matching funds
Yes
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Application effort
Not confirmed
Use of funds
improve access to and use of hydrologic data · develop and improve water management tools · improve modeling and forecasting capabilities · increase water supply reliability · provide flexibility in water operations · improve water management · support nature-based solutions · water rights administration · meet endangered species requirements · watershed health · conservation and efficiency
Currency
USD

How much money is available?

Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.

Program pool (total)Across all awards this cycle
$400,000
Award ceiling (per project)The most one applicant can receive
$400,000

Who can apply?

level
federal
Derived from the source that published this record
entity
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Source field: entity types
state
AK, AS, AZ, CA, CO, GU, HI, ID, KS, MP
+14more, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, SD, TX, UT, VI, WA, WY
Source field: states
industry
demographic
Indian Tribes, State regional or local authorities with water or power delivery authority, States, Universities, federally funded research and development centers, irrigation districts, non-profit entities, nonprofit research institutions, other organizations with water or power delivery authority, water districts
Source field: demographics
use
conservation and efficiency, develop and improve water management tools, improve access to and use of hydrologic data, improve modeling and forecasting capabilities, improve water management, increase water supply reliability, meet endangered species requirements, provide flexibility in water operations, support nature-based solutions, water rights administration
+1more, watershed health
Source field: use of funds
size limit

Not confirmed

Source field: applicant size limit
clause text

Applicants eligible to receive an award under this NOFO include:Category A:States, Indian Tribes, irrigation districts, and water districts;State, regional, or local authorities, which include one or more organizations with water or power…

We store the structured fields above. Clause-by-clause text from the guidelines is not connected for this record.

When does it close?

Oct 17, 2023ClosedDeadline type Fixed date

What can the money be used for?

11 categorysThe source’s own spending categories, and what is not parsed.
improve access to and use of hydrologic datadevelop and improve water management toolsimprove modeling and forecasting capabilitiesincrease water supply reliabilityprovide flexibility in water operationsimprove water managementsupport nature-based solutionswater rights administrationmeet endangered species requirementswatershed healthconservation and efficiency

These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.

How hard is the application?

2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
Application effort
Not confirmed
Disbursement
Not confirmed
Matching funds
Yes
Partners do not necessarily need to contribute cost share funding.

What comparable notices state

105 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.

Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 105 of 342 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:

  • 25th percentile$600,000
  • Median$2,000,000
  • 75th percentile$7,000,000

A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.

Common questions

7 questionsEvery answer is a stored field from this record. Questions the source did not answer are not asked.
How much can one applicant receive?
Up to $400,000 per recipient.
How much funding is available in total?
$400,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
When is the application deadline?
Oct 17, 2023.
Who is eligible to apply?
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification).
Which locations are eligible?
AK, AS, AZ, CA, CO, GU, HI, ID, KS, MP, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, PR, SD, TX, UT, VI, WA, WY.
What can the funding be used for?
improve access to and use of hydrologic data, develop and improve water management tools, improve modeling and forecasting capabilities, increase water supply reliability, provide flexibility in water operations, improve water management, support nature-based solutions, water rights administration, meet endangered species requirements, watershed health, conservation and efficiency, as classified by the source.
Is matching funding required?
Yes. This programme requires matching funds. Partners do not necessarily need to contribute cost share funding.

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Provenance
Source pagegrants.gov
Retrieved2026-09-19
MethodAutomated check
First seen2026-09-19

The official page governs. If the source and this record disagree, the source is correct — programmes change their terms between our checks, so confirm every figure above before you apply.