USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 grants on earthquake hazards science and is authorized to award up to $7 million. Interested researchers can apply online at GRANTS.GOV under funding Opportunity Number G25AS00240. Note that all proposals submitted to the FY25 open application period are now limited to 15 pages, maximum. Please review the application instructions found in the GRANTS.GOV solicitation for more information.

The grants offered through the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP) are a long-standing effort that contributes to the advancement of earthquake research. The EHP encourages the submission of new ideas that will provide more timely and accurate earthquake information, better characterization of earthquake sources, and a reduction in uncertainty for earthquake hazard and risk assessments. USGS also seeks proposals that will help to mitigate earthquake losses and better inform the public about earthquakes and earthquake safety, such as earthquake early warning or other scientific efforts that will lead to reduced risk. The complete list of FY2025 EHP science research priorities is included in the grant’s solicitation found on GRANTS.GOV, as well as the EHP External Grants website.

Every year, the USGS invites innovative earthquake research proposals from colleges and universities, state and local offices, non-profit organizations, private institutions, unaffiliated scientists, engineers, and foreign organizations. Past funded grant projects include:

• Short-Term Earthquake Forecasting in California
• Understanding responses to ShakeAlert-powered earthquake early warning
• Investigating the use of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) in earthquake early warning
• Improving 3D seismic velocity models in the San Francisco Bay region
• Simulating the evolution of stress on the Wasatch Fault system
• Analyzing global navigation satellite system (GNSS) Strain Rate and uncertainty in the New Madrid Seismic Zone

A complete list of previously funded projects and reports can be found on the USGS EHP external research support website.