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Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G13AS00032), titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Rivers CESU," was issued by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), specifically through the Michigan Water Science Center. It is a discretionary research award that would be made as a cooperative agreement, meaning the USGS expected to stay actively involved with the recipient during the project rather than simply issuing a grant with minimal agency participation. The program sits within the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). The announcement was posted and created on March 11, 2013, with an application deadline of March 20, 2013, and it was later archived on June 11, 2013.

The core purpose of the project was to strengthen collaboration among specialists working on hydrodynamic modeling and sediment and oil transport modeling, with the goal of improving the scientific tools used to simulate how residual submerged oil behaves in a river environment. In practical terms, the work targeted better model performance for predicting when and where submerged oil is likely to become suspended, how it moves downstream with flow and sediment dynamics, and where it may settle and accumulate again. This is a technically demanding problem because submerged oil transport is influenced by river hydraulics, sediment interactions, turbulence, changing flow conditions, and the tendency of oil to bind with or be carried by particulate matter, all of which can vary across river reaches and over time.

The modeling focus was directly tied to the real-world incident involving Enbridge Line 6B, a heavy oil release that occurred in July 2010 and affected the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Residual submerged oil from heavy crude releases can persist in river systems and pose ongoing environmental and remediation challenges, so improved predictive models are valuable for understanding impacts, guiding monitoring strategies, and supporting cleanup and long-term management decisions. By investing in coordinated model development among expert teams, the USGS aimed to advance the ability to represent these processes in a riverine system in a way that is scientifically defensible and useful for decision-makers.

In terms of award structure and funding level, the opportunity anticipated making a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an estimated total funding amount of $130,000. The listing shows an award ceiling and floor of $0, which typically indicates that specific upper and lower bounds were not formally specified in the summary fields, rather than implying no funding would be 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 Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). CESUs are formal partnership networks designed to connect federal agencies with universities, research institutions, and other partners to deliver research, technical assistance, and education in a collaborative framework. As a result, only members of that established CESU partnership were eligible to apply for this particular cooperative agreement.

For applicants or interested parties who needed help obtaining the full announcement materials, the notice provided a point of contact: Faith Graves at USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov). The announcement also referenced Grants.gov as the location for additional information.

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