Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G13AS00060) is a US Geological Survey (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) cooperative agreement issued through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, specifically the Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU. The work is framed as science and technology research and development, and it targets applied ecosystem and fisheries science questions in the Great Lakes, with a strong geographic emphasis on the Huron-Erie Corridor (HEC) and western Lake Erie.

The main purpose of the award is to support research that improves and further standardizes how key food web information is collected and analyzed, especially at the lower trophic levels that underpin fish production. The project is intended to refine methods and workflows for (1) collecting and processing zooplankton samples, (2) conducting lower-trophic food web analyses, and (3) analyzing fish diets for Great Lakes species. In practice, that means enhancing field and laboratory approaches that allow scientists and managers to better link what is happening at the plankton and invertebrate level to what fish are eating, how young fish survive, and how energy moves through the ecosystem. Because the HEC functions as a connecting channel between major Great Lakes basins, the project is positioned to improve understanding of how this corridor contributes to broader fisheries production and water quality outcomes in the central Great Lakes.

The scientific and management motivation behind the funding is tied to recent investments in restoring functional aquatic habitat in the Huron-Erie Corridor. Those restoration efforts have increased interest in quantifying whether the corridor is delivering measurable ecosystem services, such as supporting productive fisheries and influencing water quality. USGS notes that extensive annual monitoring of fish spawning and larval fish production has already revealed notable departures from historical patterns, including widespread reproduction of several economically and ecologically valuable fish species. The grant is meant to strengthen the supporting food web and diet data needed to interpret those changes, connect habitat restoration to biological responses, and provide evidence that can guide future management decisions for this unique corridor system. The results are expected to help managers continue directing restoration and conservation strategies toward maintaining or improving ecosystem services.

Administratively, the opportunity is a discretionary funding announcement that anticipates making a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an estimated total funding amount of $375,000. The award uses a cooperative agreement instrument, which typically signals substantial involvement by the federal agency in the project during performance (for example, collaboration on study design, data needs, or coordination with existing monitoring). There is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed. The CFDA number associated with the program is 15.808 (US Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). No explicit award floor or ceiling is stated in the listing (both shown as 0), which often means applicants must rely on the total estimated funding and the agency’s full announcement for any budget expectations or constraints.

Eligibility is restricted to organizations that are already participating partners in the Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU Program. In other words, this is not an open competition to the general public or all universities; it is specifically set aside for CESU members within that network, which is designed to facilitate research, technical assistance, and education collaborations between federal agencies and partner institutions. The opportunity was posted June 27, 2013, with an original and current closing date of July 8, 2013, and it was archived September 27, 2013. For access issues related to the full announcement, the listed contact is Faith Graves at USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov).

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