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Opportunity Summary:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced a discretionary funding opportunity under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, specifically through the Great Rivers CESU network. The purpose of the award is to support scientific and technical work to help design a statistically robust, peer-reviewed monitoring protocol for giant sequoias in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (often referred to as SEKI). In practical terms, the project is focused on creating a monitoring approach that can stand up to scientific scrutiny, produce reliable long-term data, and be suitable for review and acceptance by experts, which is especially important for guiding management decisions in nationally significant park ecosystems.

The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, meaning the project is expected to involve substantial involvement or collaboration with USGS compared with a standard grant. The opportunity falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development activity category, and it is tied to CFDA (now commonly referenced as Assistance Listing) 15.808, which covers USGS Research and Data Collection. USGS anticipated making one award, with an estimated total funding amount of $8,500. The notice listed no award ceiling or floor, suggesting the amount was fixed or otherwise not expressed as a range in the public synopsis. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement, so the recipient was not required to contribute non-federal funds as a condition of the award.

Eligibility was limited and program-specific. Applicants had to be active partners within the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. CESUs are structured partnerships intended to connect federal agencies with universities, nonprofits, and other research organizations to deliver research, technical assistance, and education that directly supports public land and resource management needs. Because of that structure, this opportunity was not open to the general public or to organizations that were not already part of the Great Rivers CESU partnership at the time of application.

Key dates in the announcement show a short turnaround typical of some targeted CESU solicitations. The opportunity was posted on August 10, 2011, with an original closing date of August 22, 2011, later extended to a current closing date of September 1, 2011. The record indicates a creation date of August 24, 2011, and an archive date of November 10, 2011, meaning the listing was later closed out and retained for reference rather than remaining active.

For applicants needing the full announcement details, the listing referenced Grants.gov (via the additional information link) and provided a direct contact at USGS: Faith Graves, reachable by phone at 703-648-7356 or by email at fgraves@usgs.gov. Overall, the opportunity was a small, specialized cooperative agreement aimed at producing a defensible monitoring protocol for giant sequoia populations in SEKI, leveraging the CESU partnership model to ensure the work is scientifically rigorous and directly usable by federal resource managers.

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