Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS FA 20 0033
This opportunity is a US Geological Survey (USGS) Notice of Intent to make a single cooperative agreement award to the University of South Carolina (USC) to support the continued operation of the Mid-America Integrated Seismic Network for the 2020 to 2024 period. It sits under the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS), which is the national framework USGS uses to coordinate earthquake monitoring, data standards, and public-facing seismic products across participating regional networks. In practical terms, the award is meant to keep a critical regional seismic network running at a level that meets ANSS requirements so its data and earthquake information can reliably feed into the broader national system.
The core work described is the day-to-day operation and maintenance of seismic stations, along with the management of station metadata at ANSS standards. That includes keeping field stations functioning, ensuring sensors and telemetry are working, and maintaining the detailed technical descriptions of each station (location, instrument types, response characteristics, timing, calibrations, and configuration history). A major deliverable is consistent, timely delivery of waveform data (the raw ground-motion recordings) and accurate metadata to other ANSS networks and to ANSS-designated archives, so the data can be used quickly for earthquake detection and analysis and preserved for long-term research use.
Another central objective is software and interoperability. The notice emphasizes implementing ANSS-approved software standards so data and information move efficiently through the ANSS ecosystem and remain interoperable across different networks and repositories. This is about more than just collecting data; it is about ensuring the network fits cleanly into standardized pipelines so ANSS products and services can be delivered robustly and consistently, even when multiple institutions and systems are involved.
The agreement also calls for producing authoritative earthquake catalogs and related ANSS products and services that meet ANSS standards. In plain language, USC is expected to generate vetted event information such as earthquake locations, magnitudes, origin times, and other source parameters, and to do so in a way that is consistent with national methods and quality expectations. These catalogs are foundational for hazard assessment, emergency response, engineering uses, and scientific studies, and they depend on both high-quality waveform data and well-maintained station metadata.
A specific system highlighted is the Station Information System (SIS). USC is expected to contribute to SIS operations and development and to work with ANSS and the ANSS National Implementation Committee (NIC) on using and populating SIS for station inventory control. That means keeping station records current and complete in the system ANSS uses to track what stations exist, how they are configured, and what data quality and capabilities they provide. This is closely tied to metadata governance, auditability, and network-wide coordination.
Coordination is treated as a deliverable in itself. The notice states that USC will coordinate seismic monitoring activities with ANSS management and other ANSS participants. This reflects that ANSS is a partnership model: regional networks operate stations, but the national system depends on coordination around standards, data flow, upgrades, and shared tools so users see a coherent national picture rather than disconnected regional efforts.
This is not framed as an open competition. It is explicitly a Notice of Intent to award to USC, and the justification is that USC is uniquely qualified for the work. The notice points to USC being the only USGS-supported seismic network in the Southeastern United States that covers several high-priority monitoring areas: the epicentral region of the 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake (one of the most significant historical earthquakes in the eastern US), four sites that collectively contain seven nuclear reactors (where strong seismic monitoring capacity is especially important), and areas affected by reservoir-induced seismicity (earthquakes associated with large reservoirs). The notice also emphasizes practical capacity reasons: USC has an established, experienced network staff; the principal investigator has deep experience as a seismic network operator; and specialized monitoring equipment has already been deployed in the target regions. Some sensors and central recording and computing equipment are university-owned and would not readily transfer to another operator. The telemetry and data reception infrastructure is already integrated with USC facilities, and moving those receiving points would be expensive and slow, creating risk to continuous monitoring and data continuity.
Administratively, the opportunity is listed as a discretionary USGS award using a cooperative agreement mechanism, which typically implies substantial involvement by the federal agency compared with a standard grant, often around coordination, standards compliance, and shared technical direction. The eligible applicant category is public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, but the notice indicates the expected number of awards is one, aligned with the intent to fund USC specifically. The opportunity number is USGS FA 20 0033 under CFDA 15.807. The stated award ceiling is $800,000. Key dates shown are a posting/creation date of December 9, 2019 and an original closing date of December 23, 2019.Apply for USGS FA 20 0033
- The Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Notice of Intent: Operation of the Mid-America Integrated Seismic Network – 2020-2024 - USC" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.807.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 09, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 23, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $800,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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