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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Plains CESU funding opportunity (G16AS00083) is a US Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary grant solicitation under the US Department of the Interior that supports science and technology research and development through a cooperative agreement. The goal is to fund a single CESU partner to build and improve models that predict how emerging and re-emerging wildlife diseases spread across landscapes, with a clear emphasis on White-Nose Syndrome. The underlying problem the opportunity is trying to address is that new disease outbreaks can move quickly, cause steep population declines, and in some cases threaten a species ability to persist, yet managers are often forced to make decisions before the disease ecology and pathology are fully understood. By investing in forecasting and risk modeling, USGS aims to provide decision makers with stronger, evidence-based information about where disease is most likely to move next and what areas may face the highest risk.

The opportunity frames disease spread modeling as an essential management tool because it translates limited and rapidly evolving outbreak information into actionable geographic predictions. White-Nose Syndrome is highlighted because of its major impacts on bat populations, but the scope also recognizes other high-concern pathogens, including chytrid fungus affecting amphibians, as well as re-emerging zoonotic diseases that have public health consequences, such as plague and West Nile virus. In practical terms, the work supported by this award is meant to help wildlife managers and other stakeholders anticipate potential outbreak trajectories, prioritize surveillance and monitoring, plan mitigation strategies, and better communicate risk. The solicitation emphasizes the real-world constraint that decisions frequently must be made with incomplete data, and that predictive models are one of the best ways to support timely, defensible action under uncertainty.

Administratively, this is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, which typically implies substantial involvement or collaboration with USGS during the period of performance, such as coordination on technical approaches, data use, deliverables, or integration with agency priorities. The funding opportunity lists an award ceiling of $68,250, with one expected award, indicating a small, targeted project designed to produce specific modeling outputs rather than a large multi-year program. The relevant CFDA number is 15.808, and eligibility is limited to entities that qualify as CESU partners, with the notice pointing applicants to additional eligibility details in the full announcement. The solicitation was posted June 9, 2016, created the same day, and had an application deadline of June 24, 2016, signaling a short turnaround typical of some focused research needs.

Overall, the opportunity is best understood as a focused investment in decision-support science: building predictive, spatially informed models that estimate the likely geographic spread and risk patterns of wildlife diseases, especially White-Nose Syndrome, so that management agencies can act earlier and more strategically. The intended impact is improved preparedness and response, better prioritization of limited conservation and monitoring resources, and clearer insight into potential ecological and, where relevant, human health consequences associated with disease emergence and re-emergence.

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