Wisconsin Geospatial News

US Geological Survey LiDAR partnership opportunity extended

The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) LiDAR partnership grant opportunity has been extended to September 30, 2015. The grant opportunity provides funds for LiDAR data acquisition. Details were provided in an earlier Bulletin article.

According to grants.gov

“The BAA [Broad Agency Announcement] will remain open and proposals received will be considered for review until September 30, 2015 or until such time as the BAA is cancelled through an amendment or another BAA is issued; additional selections will be made depending on availability of funding and evaluation of proposals consistent with the evaluation criteria provided herein.”

Details of the grant program are as follows:

        Opportunity Number: G14AS00126
        Opportunity Title: 3D Elevation Program (3DEP)
        CFDA Number: 15.817
        CFDA Title: National Geospatial Program: Building The National Map
        Competition ID : G14PS00574
        Opening Date: 07/21/2014
        Closing Date: 09/30/2015

A new application package can be downloaded here.