The Educational Component of the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program

Key facts

Summary from the notice

Who can apply

The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible:

• Private colleges and universities
• Public and state colleges and universities

Eligibility details from the notice

Additional Information on EligibilityProposals may be submitted by a faculty member (including adjunct faculty) affiliated with geoscience or related departments or programs at an accredited university or college in the United States. However, faculty or adjunct faculty members who are also employed by the Federal government may neither submit a proposal nor serve as PI or co-PI on an EDMAP project.Only one proposal will be accepted from an individual Principal Investigator (PI; faculty advisor). Multiple proposals can be accepted from a single institution if authored by different PIs. PIs may submit proposals containing multiple sub-projects (i.e., proposal can support multiple Primary Student Mappers) so long as a different geologic map deliverable is proposed for each project/Primary Student Mapper. The PI is required to write and submit the proposal.PIs that have been previously funded under EDMAP must comply with the requirements specified in the previous EDMAP award(s) and must be in good standing (i.e., no delinquent deliverables still pending on a previous award without a Program-approved extension). Additionally, a PI may only have two active EDMAP Projects at any given time. As an example to help clarify this – in order to be eligible for EDMAP funding in FY2026, a PI must have no more than one currently active EDMAP project at the time that FY2026 EDMAP funding decisions are made.EDMAP Primary Student Mappers should be graduate (Master"s and Doctoral) students and/...

Cost sharing: this notice requires cost sharing or matching funds. Check the notice for the required share and what counts toward it.

Registrations you will likely need

Most applications submitted through Grants.gov need the following. Registration can take several weeks, so start early. The notice lists the exact requirements.

• SAM.gov registration for your organization, which also gives you a Unique Entity ID (UEI). Registration is free.
• A Login.gov account, which Grants.gov uses for sign-in.
• A Grants.gov applicant registration linked to your organization's UEI.

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