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South Carolina LiDAR Consortium Partnership Meeting July 21 , 2008. Jim Scurry S.C. Department of Natural Resources Gary Merrill U.S. Geological Survey. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). USGS ARRA Program Announcement Open to both Elevation and Orthoimagery
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South Carolina LiDAR ConsortiumPartnership MeetingJuly 21, 2008 Jim Scurry S.C. Department of Natural Resources Gary Merrill U.S. Geological Survey
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) • USGS ARRA Program Announcement • Open to both Elevation and Orthoimagery • Will be posted on Grants.gov late Aug or Sept • All Proposals are Nationally Competitive • Awards from $50K and $500K • Awards > $500K will be considered if a Consortium or another named group are pulling resources together for a proposal • ***** Disclaimer – Some Information could change *****
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) • USGS ARRA Program Announcement • No requirement for Matching Funds • However, matching funds will be considered as an evaluation criteria. • Proposals with matching funds to offer will receive credit in the evaluation process • Selection criteria will be made available with USGS ARRA Announcement • ***** Disclaimer – Some Information could change *****
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) • USGS ARRA Program Announcement • Criteria will include priority areas of interest • Proposals within an area of interest will be given credit during evaluation process • Elevation LiDARpriorities are: • Coastal Counties (two deep) or, • Inland areas subject to flooding • Orthoimagery priorities: • Appear to be more broad • ***** Disclaimer – Some Information could change *****
USGS Elevation Program FY 2010 • SC Partnership Funding Proposal • Funds Proposal by: Gary Merrill, Geospatial Liaison to SC • Plan is to submit a cost share proposal of between 15% and 20% of 2010 project total estimate for a 2010 flight • Between $200K and $300K possibly • Final proposal amount will be decided on by USGS/NGP Proposal Review Committee
Contact Information Jim Scurry Gary Merrill Dept. of Natural Resources U.S. Geological Survey (803) 734-9494 (803) 750-6124 ScurryJ@dnr.sc.govglmerrill@usgs.gov