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<br><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><b>Technical Announcement:<br>
USGS Offers $7 Million in Earthquake Research Grants</b></font>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><b>Applications due May 13, 2010</b></font>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS) will award up to $7 million in grants and cooperative agreements
for earthquake research in 2011.</font>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">Interested researchers can apply
online at </font><a href=http://www.grants.gov/><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><u>GRANTS.GOV</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
under the funding opportunity number 11HQPA0001. Applications are due May
13, 2010.</font>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">The USGS awards approximately 90
research grants to universities, state geological surveys and private institutions.
Key projects include cataloging earthquakes in southern California to better
prepare emergency responders, the public and the media about earthquakes;
providing seismic hazard estimates so communities and critical institutions
can engineer their buildings and roads to be structurally sound; and providing
data on ground shaking to help minimize damage.</font>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">"We seek research proposals
focused on the geographical areas in the United States that are most at
risk from earthquakes, earthquake physics, earthquake effects and nationally
applicable earthquake hazards issues," said Elizabeth Lemersal, external
research support manager for the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program.</font>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">A </font><a href=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><u>complete
list of funded projects and reports</u></font></a><font size=3 face="Times New Roman">
can be found on the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program external research support
Web site.</font>
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