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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G15AS00105) was a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding announcement offered as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 15.808 (USGS Research and Data Collection). It was issued by the USGS through the Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center (PCMSC) in Santa Cruz, California, with primary support tied to the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program (CMGP) and the Natural Hazards Mission Area. The overall purpose was to fund a CESU partner organization that could carry out research aligned with CMGP goals and that could effectively collaborate with USGS scientists across more than one researcher and, potentially, more than one research topic.

Programmatically, the work was centered on coastal and marine geology and related natural hazards, with an emphasis on environments and processes across the western United States. PCMSC described its core research footprint as spanning continental shelves, nearshore zones, beaches, estuaries, rivers, and lakes, including work relevant to Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific Island Trust Territories. Within that broad geographic scope, the announcement highlighted several representative research interest areas: understanding coastal change (for example, shoreline evolution and erosion), investigating geologic hazards and catastrophic events (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, storms, or other high-impact coastal hazards), studying ocean resources to support national needs, and advancing coastal and marine ecosystem science. The solicitation left room for a range of specific topics as long as they supported CMGP objectives and fit within the PCMSC mission.

A key feature of the opportunity was its intent to act as a bridge between USGS needs and partner capabilities. Rather than funding a narrowly defined single-investigator project, the award was described as covering multiple possible research topics and facilitating connections among multiple USGS researchers and appropriate partner researchers. The announcement also explicitly contemplated involvement of associated staff and both graduate and undergraduate students, signaling that education, workforce development, and collaborative research training were expected benefits alongside the technical research outcomes.

In terms of funding and administrative details, the opportunity anticipated a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $499,999. The listing did not specify a formal award ceiling or floor (both shown as 0 in the source data), which typically indicates that the final amount would be set by the scope proposed and negotiations within the total available funding. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity was posted on June 29, 2015, with an application closing date of July 17, 2015, and it was later archived on September 29, 2015.

Eligibility was restricted to organizations that were already participating partners in the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are structured partnerships designed to provide research, technical assistance, and education, so this announcement was not open to the general public or to institutions outside the Californian CESU network. For applicants and interested parties needing the full announcement or having access issues, the listing pointed to Grants.gov as the additional information link and provided a USGS contact: Faith Graves (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov).

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