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Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Geological Survey · Department of the Interior

At a glance

Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountains Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) is a closed federal cooperative agreement opportunity from the Geological Survey (Department of the Interior). The application deadline was March 7, 2025. Individual awards are listed as $1 – $30K, with $399K 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).

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Key facts

  1. Feb 7, 2025Posted
  2. Mar 7, 2025Application deadline
Posted
Feb 7, 2025
Close date
Mar 7, 2025
Award floor
$1
Award ceiling
$30,000
Est. total funding
$399,000
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 Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (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 US Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the following research area: the immunology of insects with a focus on imperiled bumble bees. The research is to develop tools for the recovery of endangered or imperiled bumble bees such as Bombus affinis (rusty patched bumble bee) and Bombus occidentalis (western bumble bee). Each of these species were once widespread and dominant throughout parts of North America but have declined rapidly in the past 20 years. The leading hypothesis for the cause of this decline has been the proliferation of a pathogen, Variomorpha bombi, in wild bumble bees. Strategies to decrease the negative effects of this pathogen are therefore of great interest to the recovery of these bumble bee species.

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.

Assistance Listing

What is an ALN?

Reported obligations under ALN 15.808

Historical data · not a prediction
FY24$125M
FY25$54.7M
FY26$60M est.
Source: SAM.gov Assistance Listing 15.808. Program-wide totals, not awards from this specific opportunity.

Who was funded under ALN 15.808

Historical data · not a prediction

Since October 1, 2023, 747 grant awards had funding actions under U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection, with 55 sub-awards passed on to other organizations. These are program-wide awards, not awards from this specific notice.

  1. TRUSTEES OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES$39.2M
  2. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS$17.5M
  3. UNIVERSITY ENTERPRISES, INC.$8.83M
  4. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA$7.15M
  5. UNIVERSITY CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$5.66M
Recipients, states, recent awards and sub-awards →Source: USAspending.gov.

Agency contact (as published)

Geological Survey
fgraves@usgs.gov
916-278-9331

Quick answers

Who is eligible to apply for this opportunity?

The official notice names 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 – $30k and total estimated program funding is $399,000.

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 G25AS00227), 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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