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Assistance Listing 15.980

National Ground-Water Monitoring Network

Department of the Interior · Us Geological Survey

Assistance Listing 15.980, “National Ground-Water Monitoring Network,” is a federal program administered by Department of the Interior. It provides cooperative agreement assistance. GrantsJunction currently tracks 0 open, 0 forecasted and 5 closed opportunities under this listing. The agency reported $554K in obligations for fiscal year 2025. Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 72 grant awards under this listing; the largest recipient was OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD.

  • Funding up 36% (FY24→FY25)Actual obligations reported in the SAM.gov listing changed +36% from FY2024 to FY2025. Historical data, not a prediction. calculated by GrantsJunction

Program objective

To support data providers for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. The National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) is a cooperative, integrated system of data collection, management, and reporting that will provide data needed to address groundwater management questions. Assistance is provided to new and existing data providers of the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. The program will provide support to state or local Water-Resource agencies which collect groundwater data to serve as data providers for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network. Support will allow the data providers to perform tasks to get their data into the Network such as: selecting and categorizing their wells within NGWMN specifications, adding sites to the network, establishing and maintaining connections between their databases and the NGWMN Portal. Support will also allow agencies to maintain their connections to the NGWMN Portal and to enhance their networks to provide better data to the NGWMN.

As published in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing.

Current opportunities under 15.980

No open or forecasted opportunities are currently posted under this listing. Programs often post notices on an annual cycle — see recently closed opportunities below for timing.

Eligible applicants (program level)

  • Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government
  • Local
  • State

Proposals will be accepted from interstate, State, U.S. territory or possession, local, public nonprofit water-resource agencies/organizations which collect and maintain groundwater-level or groundwater-quality data. Various elements of the data which are required for the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network are often available from different agencies within a state. Each agency within a state which wishes to participate in the Network can submit a proposal for their part of the work. States may also submit a single proposal that covers the work of multiple state agencies. Coordination of agencies within a state is strongly encouraged.

Intended beneficiaries: Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, Local and State.

Program-level eligibility from SAM.gov. Each funding notice sets its own requirements.

Reported obligations by fiscal year

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$406K
FY25$554K
FY26$900K est.

Range and average of financial assistance (from the listing): Past Fiscal Year (2024): Funded projects in Fiscal Year 2024 ranged from $6,254 to $117,454 with an average funding level of $41,420. Current Fiscal Year Estimate (2025): Projects approved for funding in Fiscal Year 2025 ranged from $10,247 to $71,132 with an average funding level of $33,825. Budget Fiscal Year Estimate (2026): Awards for Fiscal Year 2026 are expected to range from $10,000 to $250,000 with an average funding level of $70,000. *Levels shown are notional.

Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.980. Hatched bars are agency estimates. These totals do not indicate approval rates.

Who gets funded

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov shows 72 grant or cooperative agreement awards with funding actions under ALN 15.980.

Grant obligations by fiscal year

FY22$1.2M
FY23$1.35M
FY24$139K
FY25$244K
Obligations recorded in USAspending.gov; FY25 may be partial. Can differ from the agency-reported totals above.

Where recipients are located

  • Oklahoma$176K
  • Texas$64.8K
  • Nebraska$64.6K
  • Illinois$55.2K
  • Missouri$47.4K
  • Delaware$39.6K
  • New Mexico$35.6K
  • Washington$35K
  • Ohio$28.7K
  • Kansas$27.7K
All 17 states and territories

Arizona $26.5K · Wisconsin $24.6K · Indiana $20.9K · Maine $18.9K · Colorado $10.2K · Utah $9.94K · New Hampshire $2.29K

Most recent awards

  • UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS · ILILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEYPROJECT TITLE: SUPPORT OF DATA SERVICES, FILLING DATA GAPS, AND MAINTENANCE OF IL NGWMN SITESPROJECT PERIOD: 9 30 2025 THROUGH 9 29 2027THE ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY (ILSWS) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN). DURING THIS PROJECT THE ILSWS WILL PRO$71.1KStarts Sep 30, 2025 · Award ↗
  • TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · ININDIANA GEOLOGICAL AND WATER SURVEY PROJECT TITLE: REFINING IGWS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NGWMN BY ENSURING DATA QUALITYPROJECT PERIOD: 9 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2027THE INDIANA GEOLOGICAL AND WATER SURVEY (IGS) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL AND WATER QUALITY NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN) AND TO ENHANCE THE $20.9KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY · UTUTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEYPROJECT TITLE: UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GROUNDWATER LEVEL NETWORK EXPANSIONPROJECT PERIOD: 09 15 2025 THROUGH 09 14 2027THE UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (UGS) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL AND WATER QUALITY NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN). DURING THIS PROJECT THE UGS WILL PROVIDE PERSISTEN$58KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC · KSKANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEYPROJECT TITLE: MAINTAIN KANSAS-BASED DATA SERVICES TO THE NGWMN, 2025 2026PROJECT PERIOD: 9 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2027 THE KANSAS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (KGS) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN) AND TO ENHANCE THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE PROVIDER FOR THE NGWMN. $33.9KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD · OKOKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARDPROJECT TITLE: USGS NATIONAL GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK: OKLAHOMA 2025 PROJECT PERIOD: 09 15 2025 THROUGH 09 14 2027THE OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD (OWRB) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL AND WATER QUALITY NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN) AND TO ENHANCE THE DATA COLL$58.9KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES OREGON · OROREGON WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENTPROJECT TITLE: OREGON WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT: MAINTENANCE FUNDING FOR EXISTING NGWMN DATA PROVIDERPROJECT PERIOD: 9 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2027THE OREGON WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT (ORWRD) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL AND WATER QUALITY NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN).$15.2KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY · NMNEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCESPROJECT TITLE: NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES GROUNDWATER LEVEL MONITORING 2025PROJECT PERIOD: 9 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2026THE NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES (NMBGMR) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NE$18.3KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA · NEUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSERVATION SURVEY DIVISIONPROJECT TITLE: UNL 2025 PROPOSAL TO SUPPORT PERSISTENT DATA SERVICESPROJECT PERIOD: 09 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2026 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, NEBRASKA CONSERVATION AND SURVEY DIVISION (UNLCSD) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NA$19.8KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF · NHNEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICESPROJECT TITLE: NEW HAMPSHIRE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK PROPOSALPROJECT PERIOD: 9 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2027THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (NHDES) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWOR$12.5KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · DEDELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYPROJECT TITLE: DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NATIONAL GROUNDWATER MONITORING NETWORK 2025 PROJECT PERIOD: 9 15 2025 THROUGH 9 14 2027 THE DELAWARE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (DGS) IS A CURRENT WATER-LEVEL AND WATER QUALITY NETWORK DATA PROVIDER. THIS PROJECT IS TO SUPPORT THE FLOW OF THE DISTRICTS DATA TO THE NATIONAL GROUND-WATER MONITORING NETWORK (NGWMN) AND TO ENHANCE THE DATA CO$39.6KStarts Sep 15, 2025 · Award ↗

Source: USAspending.gov (grants and cooperative agreements, award types 02–05), refreshed weekly; last checked Oct 9, 2026. Names and amounts are as reported by agencies and prime recipients. Past recipients show where money went — not who is eligible or how likely an application is to succeed.

Recently closed under 15.980

Closed opportunities under 15.980
OpportunityStatusAward rangeClosesALN
Closed$5K – $300KJan 16, 202515.980
Closed$5K – $300KJan 18, 202415.980
Closed$5K – $300KJan 26, 202315.980
Closed$5K – $300KJan 20, 202215.980
Closed$5K – $300KMay 24, 202115.980

Frequently asked questions

What is ALN 15.980?

15.980 is the Assistance Listing Number for “National Ground-Water Monitoring Network.” Assistance Listing Numbers (formerly CFDA numbers) identify federal assistance programs; individual grant opportunities reference the listing they are funded under.

Who can apply under ALN 15.980?

The SAM.gov listing names these applicant types: Federally Recognized Indian/Native American/Alaska Native Tribal Government, Local and State. Each funding notice under the program sets its own eligibility, so check the specific opportunity.

How much funding does 15.980 provide?

The agency reported $553,998 in obligations for FY2025 in the SAM.gov Assistance Listing. These are program-wide totals reported by the agency, not a prediction of future awards.

Who has received funding under ALN 15.980?

Since October 1, 2023, USAspending.gov records 72 grant awards under 15.980. The largest recipients by obligations were OKLAHOMA WATER RESOURCES BOARD ($176K), BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ($68.5K), TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD ($64.8K), UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS ($55.2K) and 1 more. Past recipients do not indicate eligibility or chances of approval.