Author: Danielle Kalisek
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Coming Soon: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 104G Notice of Funding Opportunities
Kevin Conway, Ph.D., holds out a rock with a Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), an aquatic invasive species, along the Guadalupe River near the Canyon Lake Dam. Photo by Sam Craft, Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications. The U.S. Geological Survey has informed us that the annual 104G General, Per-And Polyflouroalkyl (PFAS) and Aquatic Invasive Species…
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Communications student intern positions available at TWRI
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is hiring communications student interns, and positions are open to both graduate and undergraduate students. Communications interns assist the TWRI communications team, develop social media content, research article topics, interview sources and write articles for TWRI’s publications: our monthly email newsletter TWRI News and txH2O magazine. In addition, interns may develop and/or edit news…
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TWRI awards three graduate student research grants
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) graduate student research grants to three students for September 1, 2021–August 31, 2022. The grant winners are: TWRI administers the program with funds from USGS through the National Institutes for Water Resources. Since 2001, TWRI has awarded more than $697,000 in USGS grants to support…
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Four Programs of Excellence funded through the Water Exceptional Item
The new biennium of funding for the Research, Engineering and Extension: Development of Water Programs of Excellence, also called the Water Exceptional Item, has kicked off. Each submission went through a panel review process, and four projects were selected by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station…
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Mills Scholarships awarded to five TAMU students
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded 2021 Mills Scholarships to five graduate students conducting water-related research at Texas A&M University. The scholarship winners are: TWRI administers the Mills Scholars Program, an annual competitive scholarship program supporting graduate research in water at Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University-Galveston and Texas A&M University-Qatar. This program is funded through the…
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FY2020 USGS 104G Water Resources National Competitive Grant announced
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) announces the release of the Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the FY 2020 National Competitive Grant Program by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources. Proposals are requested on the topics of improving and enhancing the nation’s water supply and availability, and promoting the exploration of new ideas that…
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TWRI to develop future water resources programs in DFW region
Article originally written by Chantal Cough-Schulze and Danielle Kalisek Across Texas, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Texas A&M AgriLife Research address local needs related to everything from mitigating drought impacts to enhancing food security to improving human health outcomes through education, outreach and research activities. To help support AgriLife’s mission, Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has been tasked with leading the…
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FY2019 USGS 104G Water Resources National Competitive Grant announced
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) announces the release of the draft Request for Pre-proposals for the FY 2019 National Competitive Grant Program by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the National Institutes for Water Resources. Pre-proposals are requested on the topics of improving and enhancing the nation’s water supply and availability. Any investigator at an institution of…
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TWRI awards two graduate research grants
By Danielle Kalisek The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) graduate research grants to two students for June 2018–June 2019. The grant winners are: TWRI administers the program with funds from USGS through the National Institutes for Water Resources. Since 2001, TWRI has awarded more than $677,000 in USGS grants to support…
