Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont South Atlantic CESU | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

Funding Opportunity Number G11AS20075, titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont South Atlantic CESU," is a discretionary federal funding opportunity offered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), specifically through its National Wetlands Research Center. The award is intended to support science and technology research and related research and development activities focused on a restoration salt marsh site in coastal North Carolina. The core research themes highlighted in the announcement are greenhouse gas flux (how gases like carbon dioxide and methane move between the marsh and the atmosphere), sea level rise impacts, and carbon sequestration (how effectively the restored marsh captures and stores carbon over time). In practical terms, the project is positioned to generate data and analysis that help evaluate how salt marsh restoration performs as both a climate mitigation strategy (through carbon storage and greenhouse gas dynamics) and a climate adaptation strategy (through resilience to rising seas).

The funding mechanism is a cooperative agreement, which usually means the USGS expects to have substantial involvement during the project rather than simply providing funds and receiving a final report. This can include collaboration on study design, field methods, data management, interpretation, and coordination with other related USGS efforts. The opportunity falls under CFDA 15.808, "U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection," which signals that the work is meant to contribute to USGS research priorities and to produce usable scientific information and datasets.

The estimated total funding available is $60,000, with the notice indicating an expected number of awards of one. No cost sharing or matching is required, which reduces the financial barrier for eligible applicants and suggests the award amount is intended to cover the project scope without requiring non-federal contributions. The listed award ceiling and floor are both shown as zero, a common artifact in some postings that can indicate the specific award amount is determined by the proposal and negotiations rather than being constrained by a stated minimum or maximum in the synopsis; the estimated total funding figure is the best indicator of expected scale.

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are already participating partners in the Piedmont South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are structured partnerships that connect federal agencies with universities, non-profits, and other research institutions to deliver research, technical assistance, and education. Because this opportunity is issued under the CESU authority, applicants must be within that established CESU network rather than being open to the general public. The synopsis lists eligible applicants broadly as "Others" and then clarifies that eligibility is restricted to Piedmont South Atlantic CESU partners.

Key administrative details include a posted date and creation date of July 11, 2011, with an original and current closing date of July 21, 2011, reflecting a short application window typical of some targeted CESU competitions. The opportunity was later archived on October 7, 2011. For applicants or interested parties who could not access the full announcement through Grants.gov, the contact listed is Faith Graves at the USGS (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov). The synopsis also provides an additional information link pointing to Grants.gov for the full announcement details, requirements, and any project-specific instructions.

Overall, this opportunity is best understood as a targeted, single-award CESU cooperative agreement supporting applied coastal wetland science in North Carolina, with an emphasis on quantifying greenhouse gas exchanges, evaluating restoration performance under sea level rise, and measuring carbon storage outcomes that are increasingly important for coastal management and climate-related decision making.

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