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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G12AS20023) was a discretionary U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) funding call issued by the USGS Alaska Science Center to support a single research project through a cooperative agreement. The scientific focus was on building precisely dated, year-by-year chronologies from lake trout otoliths (ear bones) and using those chronologies as indicators of lake productivity, then comparing the resulting fish-based time series with existing dendrochronologies (tree-ring chronologies). Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) are specifically highlighted because they are long-lived and non-migratory, which makes them potentially useful recorders of local lake conditions over long time periods. In practical terms, the project goal was to test whether otolith growth patterns can be dated with the same kind of accuracy and cross-year comparability that has made tree rings so valuable for reconstructing past environmental variability, and to see how well fish-derived signals align with established terrestrial climate and productivity records.

Administratively, the opportunity was categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development and carried a total estimated funding amount of $24,663. The announcement anticipated one award. Both the award ceiling and floor were listed as $0, which typically signals that the agency did not set formal per-award bounds in the listing and instead expected applicants to follow the detailed announcement guidance or propose an appropriate budget consistent with the project scope. No cost sharing or matching was required, meaning applicants were not obligated to contribute non-federal funds to be considered competitive or eligible.

Eligibility was restricted to organizations that were already participating partners in the Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are structured partnerships designed to facilitate collaborative research, technical assistance, and educational activities between federal agencies and non-federal partners (often universities, nonprofits, tribes, and other research institutions that are formal CESU members). Because this was issued under the CESU mechanism, it was not an open competition for all applicant types; it was limited to the defined pool of Pacific Northwest CESU partners, described in the notice under the eligibility clarification field as “Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).”

The timeline in the listing reflects a short application window typical of targeted CESU awards. The opportunity was posted on April 23, 2012, originally closed on May 2, 2012, and later reflected a current closing date of May 21, 2012. The archive date was July 23, 2012, indicating the opportunity was no longer active after that point. The listing references Grants.gov as the location for the full announcement details (http://www.grants.gov/), which would normally include the specific statement of work, proposal format requirements, evaluation criteria, deliverable expectations, and administrative conditions attached to the cooperative agreement.

For questions or difficulties accessing the full announcement, the posted point of contact was Faith Graves (phone: 703-648-7356; email: fgraves@usgs.gov). The issuing agency was the Geological Survey, and the assistance listing included CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection), placing the project within USGS’s research and data collection assistance portfolio.

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