Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Lakes – Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
At a glance
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Lakes – Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Geological Survey (Department of the Interior). The application deadline was January 9, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $1 – $96.3K, with $96.3K in total estimated funding. Applicant types listed as eligible include others (see notice). Cost sharing is not required. It is funded under Assistance Listing 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection).
Summary assembled from the official notice's fields. The official notice governs.
Key facts
- Dec 4, 2024Posted
- Jan 9, 2025Application deadline
- Posted
- Dec 4, 2024
- Close date
- Jan 9, 2025
- Award floor
- $1
- Award ceiling
- $96,305
- Est. total funding
- $96,305
- Expected awards
- Not specified
- Cost sharing
- Not required
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Opportunity category
- Discretionary
Who can apply
- Others (see notice)
Additional information on eligibility (from the notice)
This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests (CESU) Program.
A quick check against the listed applicant types — other requirements in the notice still apply.
Based on the published notice. Review the official notice for complete eligibility requirements.
What it funds
Official synopsis as published by the agency, formatted for readability.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for a research project to describe the growth and diet of alewife in the nearshore environments across Lake Michigan. This work aims to improve understanding of how differences in diet and growth, driven by abiotic and biotic conditions, may impact alewife survival at the larval stage, ultimately influencing recruitment to the population. By sampling across regions with contrasting lower trophic productivity in a single sample year, can examine lake wide patterns in larval production, growth, and diet while generating hypotheses regarding mechanisms that may result in boom or bust recruitment events.
Full announcement & documents
The full announcement has the complete rules — page limits, required attachments, evaluation criteria and any letter-of-intent dates. Files download directly from Grants.gov.
- CESU Funding Opportunity.docxFull Announcement · CESU Funding Opportunity.docxVND. · 49 KB
- ATTACHMENT A -Biographical-sketch-common-form-doi-omb-3145-0279 3.pdfOther Supporting Documents · ATTACHMENT A -Biographical-sketch-common-form-doi-omb-3145-0279 3.pdfPDF · 216 KB
- ATTACHMENT B - Common-form-current-and-pending-support-doi-omb-3145-0279 3.pdfOther Supporting Documents · ATTACHMENT B - Common-form-current-and-pending-support-doi-omb-3145-0279 3.pdfPDF · 199 KB
- ATTACHMENT C - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY USA SPENDING.docxOther Supporting Documents · ATTACHMENT C - PROJECT ABSTRACT SUMMARY USA SPENDING.docxVND. · 14 KB
- Forms SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS RECAP.docxOther Supporting Documents · Forms SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS RECAP.docxVND. · 14 KB
Assistance Listing
What is an ALN?Reported obligations under ALN 15.808
Historical data · not a predictionAgency contact (as published)
Geological Survey
fgraves@usgs.gov
703-648-7376
Places named in the notice
Derived from the notice text. A place being named does not by itself restrict eligibility.
Quick answers
Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?
The official notice lists these applicant types as eligible: Others (see notice). Additional restrictions may apply; review the full notice.
How much funding is available through this opportunity?
Per the notice, individual awards are listed as $1 – $96.3k and total estimated program funding is $96,305.
How do I apply for this opportunity?
Applications are submitted through the official source, not through GrantsJunction. Open the official notice on Grants.gov (opportunity G25AS00166), and review the full announcement and application package. Organizations applying through Grants.gov generally need an active SAM.gov registration and a Grants.gov account, which can take several weeks to set up.
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