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Opportunity Summary:

Funding Opportunity Number G15AS00041, titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU," is a USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) discretionary funding opportunity offered through a cooperative agreement to support applied coastal science in Louisiana. The work is being led by the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center and is intended to be carried out with a partner organization that is already a member of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network. The program is positioned as research and development focused on science and technology, with an expectation of one award and an estimated total funding amount of $225,000. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement listed.

The core purpose of the project is to improve understanding of how coastal Louisiana barrier island and adjacent environments change over time, especially in areas that are historically dynamic. The research emphasis is on the offshore Gulf zone and back-barrier settings, where sediment movement, storm impacts, and evolving seafloor and shoreline shapes can strongly influence erosion rates and the performance of restoration projects. By generating consistent long-term datasets, the project aims to provide practical information that can be used to plan, design, evaluate, maintain, and adapt current and future barrier island restoration efforts along the Louisiana coast.

This opportunity is closely tied to the Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring (BICM) Program, which USGS developed in coordination with the Louisiana Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority (CPRA). BICM is described as a complement to other coastwide monitoring efforts, including the Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) and the proposed System Wide Assessment and Monitoring Framework (SWAMP). In practice, that means the funded work is expected to integrate with broader monitoring strategies already used by Louisiana and federal partners, helping ensure that data products are comparable across programs and useful for decision-making.

Technically, the project focuses on continued coastal research and detailed characterization of sediment texture (grain size) across coastal-zone environments. Grain size information is a foundational input for understanding sediment transport pathways and for predicting how beaches, shorefaces, and barrier islands respond to waves, currents, and storms. The announcement highlights several specific analytical themes: linking grain size and sediment texture to sediment transport patterns; documenting alongshore variability from the shoreline out to the Depth of Closure (DoC), which is the approximate offshore limit where routine wave-driven profile changes become minimal; evaluating geotechnical properties relevant to engineering and restoration design; and using these datasets to model how the coastal system is likely to respond to storm events. Taken together, these tasks support more reliable nourishment planning, better restoration design assumptions, and stronger performance evaluation after construction or storm impacts.

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are participating partners in the Gulf Coast CESU Program, reflecting the CESU model of collaboration among federal agencies, universities, and other research and technical organizations. The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which generally implies substantial involvement by USGS during the project, such as collaboration on study design, data standards, deliverables, and coordination with partner monitoring programs. The CFDA listing provided is 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection).

Key administrative details in the posting include a posted date of March 16, 2015, an original closing date of March 30, 2015, and a current closing date of April 17, 2015, with the opportunity later archived on June 16, 2015. For access issues or questions about the full announcement, the contact listed is Faith Graves (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov). Additional information is referenced through Grants.gov.

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