Notice of Intent: Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)

Funding Opportunity ID: 290666 Opportunity Number: USGS-FA-17-0047 Opportunity Title: Notice of Intent: Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryOpportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)Category Explanation: Earthquake HazardsCFDA Number(s): 15.807Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher educationAdditional Information on Eligibility: Agency Code: DOI-USGS1Agency Name: Department of the InteriorGeological SurveyPosted Date: Dec 15, 2016Close Date: Dec 29, 2016Last Updated Date: Dec 15, 2016Award Ceiling: $8,116,355Award Floor: $1,595,882Estimated Total Program Funding: Expected Number of Awards: 1Description: Notice of Intent to Award a Cooperative Agreement to the University of California in support of the project entitled "Southern California Earthquake Center". The project objectives include: (1) Modeling the Fault System, (2) Understanding Earthquake Processes, (3) Characterizing Seismic Hazards, and (4) Reducing Seismic Risk. The topical elements within these thematic areas cover a wide spectrum of activities including gathering basic data, compiling data into Community Models, developing physics-based models of earthquake rupture and ground motion characterization, improving probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and operat...

Source: Grants.gov - December 16, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding