NGWOS External Research and Development

The primary objective of the Next Generation Observing System (NGWOS) External Research and Development (R&D) Sub-program is to make strategic investments in academia and industry to develop water monitoring technologies that meet NGWOS needs and can be transitioned into national operations. Our goal is to:

• develop, document and execute the mechanism(s) for funding external R&D
• review and select R&D tasks for funding
• support the external R&D through coordination, administration and science support
• work to transition new technologies towards national operations

This effort addresses the direction from Congress and allows WMA to use several mechanisms (grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts) to provide external funding for R&D with the goal of advancing promising technologies into operations.

(CESU, Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Units; WRRI, Water Resources Research Institutes; QA/QC, quality assurance/quality control)

Award Number	Project Title	Recipient	Primary Investigator	Fiscal Year	Funding