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Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 10HQPA0020) is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary cooperative agreement under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, specifically the Piedmont South Atlantic CESU. The project is centered on helping the Cooperative Research Units (CRU) program and its state partners tackle real, on-the-ground natural resource management problems by using two well-established decision frameworks: Structured Decision Making (SDM) and Adaptive Resource Management (ARM). In practical terms, the grant is meant to strengthen the connection between science and day-to-day management by bringing biologists, managers, and technical experts together to define problems clearly, weigh tradeoffs, use the best available science, and make decisions that can be adjusted over time as new information comes in.

The core work supported by the award is a workshop-driven effort over a two-year period. The recipient is expected to develop and deliver up to four workshops per year, and each workshop must address at least two resource issues. Those issues are not pre-selected in the announcement; instead, they are to be chosen through consultation with CRU leadership and state cooperators, which signals that the program wants the workshop topics to match current priority needs in participating states and partner agencies. Beyond simply holding meetings, the project emphasizes a consultative planning process: setting clear workshop goals and objectives, identifying and framing the resource problems that will be addressed, and ensuring that the workshop content is tailored to those specific problems rather than being generic training.

A major component of the work involves creating support materials that make the workshops usable and durable. This includes developing a website and producing instructional materials customized for each workshop, which may cover SDM and ARM concepts, problem-specific background information, decision models or templates, and guidance for implementation. After each workshop, the awardee must provide a post-workshop summary and assessment, which suggests the agency expects documentation of what was done, what decisions or decision frameworks were produced, what participants learned, and what next steps were identified for management application.

The announcement also makes clear that the effort is not limited to individual workshops; it includes substantial consultation and strategic objective-setting to connect workshop outcomes to the broader CRU program mission. That means the awardee is expected to help translate the results of individual problem-solving sessions into a coherent, program-level strategy, aligning the work with the CRU program's shared governance structure and the needs of both state and federal cooperators. The description emphasizes that success requires deep familiarity with natural resource issues, a strong understanding of the information needs of agency managers and field biologists, and experience working in partnership environments where priorities are jointly set and outcomes need to be relevant to multiple stakeholders.

In terms of funding and administrative details, the opportunity anticipated a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $100,000. No cost sharing or matching was required. The assistance listing referenced is CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). The award ceiling and floor are listed as $0, which typically indicates the notice did not specify formal minimums or maximums beyond the estimated total. The opportunity was posted in December 2009 with a closing date of December 20, 2009, and it was archived in January 2010.

Eligibility is restricted: applicants must already be participating partners of the Piedmont South Atlantic CESU Program. CESUs are established networks that link federal agencies with universities, nonprofits, and other partners to provide research, technical assistance, and education, and this particular grant is intended to be carried out within that existing partnership structure. The listed contact for access issues or further administrative questions was Faith Graves, Contract Specialist, at 703-648-7356.

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