; (2) is located in a State which frequently experiences inland flooding; (3) has previously partnered with, or received funds from, Federal and international agencies for flooding, hydrology, and watershed issues, including the Army Corps of Engineers, the United States Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Department of Agriculture, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization; (4) has the capacity to develop and submit a plan on how it will operate as the lead partner institution, the type of research, activities, and collaboration it would undertake, and how it would incorporate its previous work on issues related to the purposes of NFREC into its new mission as the lead partner institution; (5) can demonstrate an ability to take the leading role of coordinating and fulfilling the purposes of NFREC; (6) can demonstrate an ability to provide technical assistance and demonstration project management and oversight both of grantees demonstration projects and of demonstration projects initiated through consortium members; (7) can demonstrate an ability to incorporate NFREC work into undergraduate and graduate educational programs within the public university or college