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Earthquake Hazards Program Assistance

Program Information

Popular name

Earthquake Hazards Program Grants

Program Number

15.807

Program objective

To support earthquake hazards research and monitoring in order to develop information, knowledge, and methods relevant to the major Earthquake Hazards Program elements: Assessment and Characterization of Earthquake Hazards; Monitoring and Reporting Earthquake Activity and Crustal Deformation; Conducting Research into Earthquake Causes and Effects; and Earthquake and Safety Information for Loss Reduction. Specific objectives and research tasks identified as measures of progress towards the goals of these program elements are described in greater detail in Program Announcements posted to Grants.gov.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    As of 3/17/17 212 competitive applications received; awarded 44 earthquake hazards grants. 212 competitive applications received; awarded 77 earthquake hazard grants & cooperative agreements.

  2. 2018

    199 competitive applications received; awarded 60 Earthquake Hazards grants.

  3. 2019

    212 competitive applications received; awarded 66 Earthquake Hazards grants

  4. 2020

    213 competitive applications received; awarded 57 Earthquake Hazards grants.

  5. 2021

    246 competitive applications received; awarded 57 Earthquake Hazards grant

  6. 2022

    167 competitive applications received; awarded 59 Earthquake Hazards grant.

  7. 2023

    145 competitive applications received; awarded 54 Earthquake Hazards grants

  8. 2024

    147 competitive applications received; awarded 53 Earthquake Hazards grants

  9. 2025

    In FY25 the program anticipates receiving 200 applications and issuing 60 awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. 42 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.