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Opportunity Summary:

The USGS is offering a small, targeted research award through the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) to support work tied to its Ecosystems and Invasive Species programs. The project is funded under the Cooperative Intermountain Restoration Project and is described as a high priority effort aimed at improving understanding of how Great Basin ecosystems respond to the invasion of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum), particularly within the intermountain sagebrush steppe. In practical terms, the opportunity is focused on belowground biological responses to invasion, using molecular tools to characterize soil microbial communities.

The award is set up as a Cooperative Agreement, meaning the work is expected to be collaborative rather than a hands-off grant where the recipient operates independently. The USGS will provide soil samples collected from the Great Basin, while the recipient is expected to process those samples and generate community data for key microbial groups. Specifically, the deliverables include comparative data on saprophytic fungi, arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, and bacterial communities, using DNA-based methods. The technical capabilities required are clearly spelled out: applicants should be able to extract DNA from soils and run PCR and T-RFLP (terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism) analyses. The agency also makes consistency with prior datasets a central requirement, since this work appears intended to link directly to previous results from the same broader research effort.

To maintain comparability, the opportunity includes a firm condition related to T-RFLP fragment analysis. Either the fragment analyses must be run at Oregon State Universitys Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing (CGRB), or the applicant must demonstrate that their own fragment analysis workflow produces results that match CGRB outputs with at least 90 percent accuracy. This requirement signals that the project is less about developing new methods and more about generating standardized, directly comparable microbial community profiles that can be integrated with existing USGS or partner datasets. Data analysis and interpretation are described as a joint effort between USGS and the successful applicant, reinforcing the cooperative nature of the agreement and implying ongoing coordination on how results are processed, interpreted, and used.

Administratively, this is a discretionary funding opportunity with one expected award. The total estimated funding is $13,198, and both the award ceiling and floor are listed as $13,198, which indicates a single fixed award amount rather than a range. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement. The funding opportunity number is 08HQPA0010, and it is listed under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). The posting date was January 3, 2008, with an original and current closing date of January 11, 2008, and an archive date of February 10, 2008.

Eligibility is limited to partners within the Great Basin CESU network. CESUs are structured partnerships designed to support research, technical assistance, and education, typically connecting federal agencies with universities and other research organizations. In this case, only participating partners of the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit are eligible to receive the award, so applicants would need to confirm their institutions partner status within that CESU.

For questions or issues accessing the full announcement, the listed contact is Faith Peters, Contract Specialist, at 703-648-7356.

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