<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><blockquote style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">USGS Seeks Earthquake Hazards Research Proposals</span></b></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applications due May 29, 2019</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p></div></blockquote></blockquote><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in 0in 1pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Contacts: Jill Franks, </span></b><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Associate Coordinator for External Research - </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>Earthquake Hazards Program</b></span><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (703-648-6716, </span></b><b style="font-size:12pt"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:jfranks@usgs.gov" target="_blank">jfranks@usgs.gov</a></span></u></b><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">) </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Drew LaPointe, </span></b><b style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Communications Specialist / Speech Writer - </b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><b>USGS Office of Communications and Publishing</b></span><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (703-648-4180, </span></b><a href="mailto:drewlapointe@usgs.gov" target="_blank" style="color:blue;font-size:12pt"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">drewlapointe@usgs.gov</span></b></a><b style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:none;padding:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p></div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is currently soliciting project proposals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 grants on earthquake hazards science and is authorized to award up to $7 million total. Interested researchers can apply online at </span><a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=G19AS00033" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(29,90,171);box-sizing:border-box;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">GRANTS.GOV</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px"> under funding opportunity number G19AS00033. Applications are due May 29, 2019.</span>  </div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">The grants offered through the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program are a long-standing effort that significantly contributes to the advancement of earthquake research. The Earthquake Hazards Program encourages submission of new ideas that would provide more accurate and timely earthquake information, better characterize earthquake sources, and reduce uncertainty in earthquake-hazard and risk assessments.  USGS also seeks proposals that will help to mitigate earthquake losses and better inform the public about earthquakes and earthquake safety, such as earthquake early warning or other scientific efforts that will lead to reduced risk. The complete list of FY2020 EHP science research priorities is included in the grants solicitation found on <a href="https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=G19AS00033" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(29,90,171);box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">GRANTS.GOV</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">Every year, the USGS invites innovative earthquake research proposals from colleges and universities, state and local offices, non-profit organizations, private institutions, unaffiliated scientists, engineers, and foreign organizations. Past funded grants projects include:</p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">Nevada seismicity studies for input to hazard assessments, clusters and sequences, source physics, and ground motions;</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">paleoseismic investigation of the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone;</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">determining the distribution of slip across the Northern San Andreas Fault System through long-term fault slip rates on the Rodgers Creek Fault;</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">analysis of earthquake data from the Greater Los Angeles Basin and adjacent offshore area of Southern California;</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">initial development of Alaska community seismic velocity models; and</li><li style="margin-left:15px;box-sizing:border-box">improved models for site amplification in sedimentary basins.</li></ul><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Source Sans Pro",sans-serif;font-size:14px">A <a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/research.cfm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(29,90,171);box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">complete list of previously funded projects and reports</a> can be found on the USGS EHP external research support website.</p></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div><div class="gmail_default">Thank you,</div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#3333ff" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Deborah McCray-Skinner, Program Analyst</font><div><font color="#3333ff" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Earthquake Hazard Program</font></div><div><font color="#3333ff" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">USGS, 905 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#3333ff">703-648-6724   </font><span style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><a href="mailto:mccrayskinner@usgs.gov" target="_blank">mccrayskinner@usgs.gov</a></span></font></div><div><font color="#3333ff" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font color="#3333ff" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Reporting requirements can be found by accessing the following link:</font></div><div><a href="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/forpis.php" target="_blank"><font color="#3333ff" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/forpis.php</font></a></div></div></div></div>