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Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G15AS00108) was issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) through its National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC). It sits under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program, specifically the Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU network, which is a partnership framework designed to connect federal agencies with universities and other partner organizations to deliver research, technical assistance, and education. The award was offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the USGS expected to have substantial involvement with the recipient during the work rather than simply providing funds with minimal interaction.

The purpose of the funding was to support a research effort titled "Global assessment of inland fisheries production and projected response to climate change." At its core, the project aimed to improve how scientists and resource managers estimate fish production in rivers around the world, especially in places where traditional fisheries data are sparse or missing. Many river fisheries are important for food security and livelihoods, yet they are often under-monitored compared to marine or large-lake systems. This opportunity emphasized building a research program that could push beyond standard, data-heavy modeling approaches and instead develop practical methods that still work when the available information is limited.

The recipient CESU partner was expected to take on three main technical responsibilities. First, they would develop "data-limited" production models for river fisheries, using non-traditional approaches. In practice, that points to methods that can infer production from indirect indicators or incomplete datasets, such as environmental proxies, remotely sensed variables, broad biological traits, hydrologic information, or other innovative modeling strategies that do not depend on long-term, high-resolution catch and effort records. Second, they would project river fish production under climate change, extending those production estimates into future scenarios. That implies integrating modeled relationships with climate-driven changes in temperature, flow regimes, seasonality, extreme events, and other stressors known to affect freshwater ecosystems. Third, the partner would manage a global river fisheries database, which suggests responsibility not only for compiling and organizing information, but also for maintaining data quality, documentation, and usability for global-scale analyses.

From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity was categorized as discretionary funding with a science and technology / research and development activity focus. USGS anticipated making one award, with an estimated total funding amount of $200,000. The notice did not specify a formal award ceiling or floor (both listed as 0), which typically indicates that the agency was not committing to a fixed per-award range in the public synopsis even though an estimated total amount was provided. There was no cost-sharing or matching requirement, so applicants were not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of receiving the award.

Eligibility was limited to organizations that were already participating partners in the Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU. In other words, this was not open to the general public or to all universities by default; an applicant had to be part of that specific CESU partnership to qualify. The original posting date was June 29, 2015, and the application closing date was July 17, 2015, with the opportunity archived on September 29, 2015. The CFDA number associated with the program was 15.820 (National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center), tying the funding to NCCWSC's broader mission of supporting actionable science related to climate impacts on wildlife and ecosystems.

For applicants needing help accessing the full announcement, the listed point of contact was Faith Graves at USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov). The notice directed readers to Grants.gov for additional information and the full posting.

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