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Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity, Funding Opportunity Number G11AS20093, is a US Geological Survey (USGS) funding announcement issued as a discretionary cooperative agreement through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, specifically the Colorado Plateau CESU (CPCESU). Although it sits under the Colorado Plateau CESU partnership mechanism, the work described is driven by the USGS Alaska Science Center and focuses on research relevant to Arctic and tundra ecosystems. The program purpose is to use a CESU partnership to deliver research and technical capacity in support of federal science needs.

The core project goal is to support research that augments, synthesizes, and integrates two major types of biological information: phylogenetic data (information about evolutionary relationships among species or populations) and species distribution data (information about where species occur across landscapes and environmental gradients). By bringing these datasets together, the project aims to generate predictions about how tundra-associated small mammal distributions may shift in the future. The announcement highlights a particular interest in Sorex species (shrews), suggesting that the intended work may prioritize clarifying current and historical patterns for shrews and then using those signatures to forecast future range changes. The emphasis on "past and current signatures" points to an approach that compares historical patterns (potentially including legacy records, museum collections, paleontological or phylogeographic signals, and earlier distribution observations) with contemporary data to understand trends and drivers, then projects those relationships forward.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically indicates that the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project. In practical terms, that often means USGS scientists may collaborate on study design, data integration, interpretation, or dissemination, rather than the recipient operating entirely independently as would be more common under a standard grant. The activity category is listed as Science and Technology and other Research and Development, consistent with a research-focused effort centered on synthesis and predictive modeling.

Financially, the opportunity lists an estimated total funding amount of $60,000 and anticipates making one award. No cost sharing or matching is required, which means applicants are not expected to provide non-federal funds as a condition of receiving the award. The award ceiling and floor are both shown as 0 in the record, which typically reflects that the specific bounds were not entered into those fields even though an estimated total amount is provided elsewhere.

Eligibility is restricted. Applicants must be participating partners in the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program, and the eligible applicant type is described as "Others" with clarification provided in the eligibility text. CESUs function as partnership networks (often involving universities, non-profits, and research organizations) that allow federal agencies to efficiently engage qualified partners for research, technical assistance, and education. For this announcement, being a formal CPCESU partner is a requirement to apply.

Key dates show the announcement was posted and created on August 11, 2011, with an original and current closing date of August 22, 2011, and an archive date of September 21, 2011. The CFDA number associated with the opportunity is 15.808, identified as U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection.

For administrative or access issues related to obtaining the full announcement, the listed contact is Faith Graves, Contract Specialist, reachable by phone at 703-648-7356.

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