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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G15AS00053) was a US Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding announcement issued through the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC). It was offered as a cooperative agreement in the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, with the intent of supporting a project called the Science to Action Fellowship. In practical terms, the program was designed to create and run a fellowship experience that connects graduate students more directly with the USGS NCCWSC mission and day-to-day professional environment, while also producing a tangible, policy-relevant output focused on climate change impacts to fish and/or wildlife resources.

At the center of the announcement is the idea of "putting science into action." Rather than funding research for research's sake, the grant emphasized the development of a decision-focused product that helps translate scientific understanding into something usable by natural resource managers, policymakers, and other decision makers. The funded fellowship was expected to support students in creating this type of applied deliverable, ideally one that draws a clear line from evidence to management implications. The announcement explicitly allowed the product to be tied to a graduate student's existing research, which could help a student take work already underway and reshape it into a format that is more accessible and actionable for a broader community beyond academia.

The award structure was straightforward: USGS anticipated making a single award, with an estimated total funding amount of $47,000 and no cost sharing or matching requirement. The opportunity listed an award ceiling and floor of $0, which typically signals that the agency did not want to lock in rigid per-award limits in the public synopsis and instead relied on the total estimate and the full announcement details on Grants.gov for the complete financial structure and expectations.

Eligibility was limited to organizations that were already partners in the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. CESUs are formal partnership networks that support research, technical assistance, and education by connecting federal agencies with universities and other qualified institutions. Because this funding was issued under the CESU mechanism, applicants had to be participating members of that specific CESU unit rather than the general public or any institution nationwide.

Timing-wise, the opportunity was posted and created on March 16, 2015, with an original and current closing date of March 30, 2015, and it was later archived on September 16, 2015. The CFDA number associated with the program was 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). For applicants or interested parties who needed help accessing the full announcement, the listed point of contact was Faith Graves at USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov), and the general announcement materials were available through Grants.gov.

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