Thrust Faulting in Rock and Ice Lithospheres in the Outer Solar System | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This opportunity, titled "Thrust Faulting in Rock and Ice Lithospheres in the Outer Solar System," is a discretionary research funding announcement from the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It was issued as a Notice of Intent to Award, which generally indicates the agency is signaling its plan to make an award, rather than running a broad, open competition with multiple new awards. The research focus, as reflected in the title and activity category, is scientific and technical research on thrust faulting, a compressional tectonic process where rock or ice layers are pushed over one another along fault planes. In the context of the outer solar system, this points to studying tectonic deformation in both rocky and icy lithospheres on bodies such as icy moons and other planetary objects where ice can act as a major structural layer analogous to rock on Earth. The overall intent is consistent with planetary geoscience work that helps interpret surface and structural features seen in spacecraft imagery and topographic data, and that improves understanding of how crusts and lithospheres deform under stress in very cold environments and different gravity regimes.

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, meaning the award would typically involve substantial involvement by USGS in the project compared to a standard grant. Cooperative agreements often imply closer coordination on technical direction, data sharing, reporting, or integration with broader agency research goals. The listing shows a single expected award, reinforcing that this is likely aimed at a specific project or recipient rather than a large program distributing many independent awards.

Eligibility is limited to private institutions of higher education, indicating that the intended recipient pool consists of private colleges and universities (and potentially their associated research units) rather than public universities, nonprofits broadly, companies, or state and local governments. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number is 15.808, which corresponds to USGS research and data programs, and situates the opportunity within established federal assistance authorities for geological and related scientific research.

Key dates and funding limits are clearly defined. The opportunity was created on September 20, 2016, with an original closing date of October 4, 2016, a relatively short window consistent with a notice tied to an intended award rather than a long open solicitation. The award ceiling is $63,655, meaning the maximum anticipated federal funding for the award is capped at that amount. With one expected award, the total federal outlay under this notice would be up to $63,655.

In summary, this is a USGS Notice of Intent to Award for a single cooperative agreement (up to $63,655) to a private higher education institution, supporting research and development in science and technology focused on understanding thrust faulting processes in both rocky and icy lithospheres on outer solar system bodies.

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