Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU | G20AS00107

Opportunity Information: Apply for G20AS00107

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Great Lakes Northern Forests opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G20AS00107) is a discretionary research funding announcement from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), within the Department of the Interior. It is issued as a cooperative agreement, which typically means the USGS expects to have substantial involvement during the project rather than simply providing funds and receiving a final report. The program sits in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category and is associated with CFDA 15.808. The opportunity was created on June 30, 2020, with an original closing date of August 1, 2020, and it anticipates making one award.

The purpose of the project is to improve large-scale understanding of winter ecology in the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS) by studying fish over-wintering habitat conditions. The core scientific goal is to quantify where suitable overwintering conditions occur, how often they occur, and what factors control them. In practical terms, the work is aimed at mapping and characterizing the distribution and frequency of winter conditions that allow fish to survive and persist through the cold season in the UMRS, and then linking those patterns to physical and environmental drivers that influence winter habitat suitability. The emphasis on "controls" points to evaluating the mechanisms that create or limit suitable overwintering environments, such as hydrologic and geomorphic features, temperature regimes, ice dynamics, flow conditions, connectivity to refuges, or other system-level factors that shape winter habitat availability.

Eligibility is limited to a CESU partner under the Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU network, with the listing indicating "Others" and directing applicants to an additional eligibility clarification field. This structure is common for CESU opportunities, which are designed to support research partnerships with a defined set of member institutions and organizations. The total funding available is capped at an award ceiling of $74,260, and only one award is expected, suggesting a focused, single-project effort rather than a multi-award program.

Overall, this grant opportunity is a targeted, partner-based USGS research award intended to produce actionable, system-scale knowledge about winter fish ecology in the UMRS, specifically by identifying and explaining the spatial and temporal patterns of suitable overwintering conditions and the key drivers that govern those patterns.

• The Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jun 30, 2020.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 01, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $74,260.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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