2025 National Geological & Geophysical Data Preservation Program | G25AS00009

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The 2025 National Geological and Geophysical Data Preservation Program (NGGDPP) is a discretionary grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to support the long-term preservation and usability of important geologic and geophysical information held by state geological surveys. The program is aimed at ensuring that physical samples and legacy records (and the information derived from them) are not lost to deterioration, neglect, or inaccessible storage, and that they can be discovered and used for research, education, and other public-benefit purposes. A central theme of the opportunity is improving preservation, cataloging, and access, so that existing data and materials can be more easily found, understood, and applied to modern scientific and practical needs while also aligning with Department of the Interior Secretarial priorities.

The legal authority for this program comes from Section 351 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58, Sec. 351), and the description notes that this authority was amended by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (Public Law 117-58). In practical terms, that means the program is grounded in federal statute and is part of an ongoing national effort to keep geoscience data and collections from being irretrievably lost, especially as older media formats, paper records, and physical materials age. The program announcement is issued annually, signaling that this is a recurring funding stream focused on continuing stewardship of geological and geophysical assets rather than a one-time initiative.

Eligibility is narrowly defined. Only state geological surveys may apply under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The listing identifies the eligible applicant type as state governments, consistent with state surveys being the intended recipients and stewards of these collections. There is, however, an important administrative flexibility: a university may submit an application on behalf of a state geological survey when the survey is organized under a state university system. In that case, the university acts as the submitting institution, but the proposal still must be fundamentally a state geological survey project consistent with NGGDPP requirements.

The opportunity is categorized as a grant (FundingInstrumentType: Grant) within the natural resources activity area (FundingActivityCategory: Natural Resources) and is associated with CFDA number 15.814. The agency administering the opportunity is the USGS (AgencyName: Geological Survey). The opportunity number is G25AS00009, and the original closing date is listed as 2024-12-12, which is the key deadline applicants would need to track for timely submission. The posting information shows a creation date of 2024-05-31, indicating when the opportunity record was created in the system.

In terms of what the program supports, the emphasis is on activities that preserve and make accessible geologic and geophysical data and materials. While the short description does not enumerate specific project types, the language clearly points to efforts like organizing and documenting collections, improving catalog records, stabilizing or rehousing at-risk physical materials, and enabling public or research access through better inventorying and discovery. The repeated focus on preservation, cataloging, and access suggests that proposals should be practical and outcomes-oriented, showing how the work will reduce risk of loss and increase the ability of researchers, educators, and other users to find and use the information.

Some funding details are not fully specified in the provided source text. The award ceiling is shown as 0, which typically indicates that a specific maximum was not entered in this summary record (or is to be defined in the full NOFO). The expected number of awards is also not populated in the excerpt. For applicants, that means the full NOFO would be the place to confirm typical award sizes, any cost-sharing expectations, allowable costs, period of performance, reporting requirements, and the evaluation criteria used to score proposals.

• The Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "2025 National Geological & Geophysical Data Preservation Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.814.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2024-05-31.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-12-12. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments.

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