Tag: USGS
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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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TWRI awards USGS Graduate Research Grants
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded three 2024-25 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Graduate Research Grants to Sarah Davis and Alexandra Prouse, Elena Lundeen, and Nowrina Rahim for their water-related research projects. Learn more about the grant recipients: Since 2001, TWRI has awarded more than $772,000 in USGS grants to support 141 students in water resources-related fields. TWRI…
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Request for Pre-Proposals: 2021–2022 TWRI Graduate Student Research Programs
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is happy to announce its call for pre-proposals for students conducting water resources research. The TWRI Graduate Student Research Program has funds available for graduate students at Texas universities through two programs, the TWRI Mills Scholarship Program (available to Texas A&M College Station, Galveston and Qatar only) and the U.S. Geological Survey Graduate Research Program (available to…
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TWRI awards three USGS Graduate Research Grants
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has awarded 2023-24 U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Graduate Research Grants to three Texas A&M University students for water-related research projects. The grant recipients are: Since 2001, TWRI has awarded more than $742,000 in USGS grants to support 137 students in water resources-related fields. TWRI administers the program with funds from USGS through the…
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TWRI names two Faculty Fellows, awards federal funding
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has named two Texas A&M University professors 2023-2024 Faculty Fellows, awarding $15,000 in federal funding to each faculty member to support their research: The Faculty Fellows program provides unique funding support for faculty researchers seeking further external funding. Upon completion of the year, each fellow will submit a larger proposal to external…
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USGS research grant recipient helps Texans understand groundwater recoverability, costs
Article originally written by Madalyn Richards Justin Thompson, Ph.D., strives to help Texas communities understand groundwater recoverability. With support from a 2021-22 Research Grant from the Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), his research findings are helping citizens, groundwater districts and government leaders begin to understand who can and cannot afford to produce groundwater…
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TWRI-USGS grant recipient’s research shows no-till reduces runoff and soil erosion
Article written by Mackenzie Schneider Reduced or no-tillage management practices are gaining interest among Texas agricultural producers to manage water and soil resources, and Texas A&M University graduate student Sayantan Samanta has produced new data showing those practices’ positive impacts on runoff and soil erosion in a Texas agricultural watershed. A Texas Water Resources Institute…
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TWRI names two professors Faculty Fellows, awards federal funding
Article originally written by Cameron Castilaw The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) has named two Texas A&M University professors 2022 Faculty Fellows, awarding $15,000 in federal funding to each faculty member to support their research: Yina Liu, Ph.D., an assistant professor from the Department of Oceanography and Xingmao ‘Samuel’ Ma, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental…
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TWRI seeking proposals for USGS and Mills Scholarships
The Texas Water Resources Institute (TWRI) is calling for proposals for students conducting water resources research. The deadline for proposal submissions is 11:59 p.m. CST on March 27, 2022. TWRI has funds available for graduate students at Texas universities through two programs, the TWRI Mills Scholarship Program (available to Texas A&M University College Station, Galveston and Qatar only) and…
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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…
