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

Opportunity Summary:

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), within the Department of the Interior, released a discretionary research funding opportunity under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, specifically the Piedmont South Atlantic Coast CESU. Issued as a cooperative agreement, the project is framed as a science and technology research effort intended to support USGS work on long-range planning and water-resources analysis in the Carolinas. The opportunity is identified as Funding Opportunity Number G16AS00063 and is associated with CFDA 15.808.

The core purpose of the grant is to fund a CESU partner to conduct research that simulates future spatial patterns of urban growth in two major river-basin systems: the Yadkin/PeeDee River basin and the Cape Fear River basin, spanning North Carolina and South Carolina. A key requirement is that the urban-growth modeling must extend out to at least the year 2065, indicating a long-horizon projection designed to inform future resource management rather than near-term development decisions. The work is expected to pay particular attention to coastal portions of these basins, reflecting heightened concern about development pressure, land-cover change, and the resulting impacts on hydrology and water availability in coastal landscapes.

A major expectation is close coordination with the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center, whose staff are working on the USGS National Water Census Coastal Carolinas Water-Availability Study. In practice, this means the awardee would not operate independently; instead, the project is intended to be collaborative, with iterative engagement so that the growth simulations and associated spatial products align with the needs of the broader National Water Census effort. The urban-growth outputs are meant to serve as inputs or supporting evidence for assessing future water availability and related planning questions, especially where changing land use can alter runoff, groundwater recharge, demand patterns, and watershed conditions.

On the data side, the opportunity places strong emphasis on delivering usable GIS products. The recipient must provide GIS datasets that are consistent with the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) format. That requirement is important because NLCD is a widely used national standard for land-cover classification and change analysis; keeping outputs compatible with NLCD 2011 improves comparability, supports integration with existing USGS workflows, and makes it easier to incorporate results into watershed-scale models or geospatial assessments that depend on standardized land-cover categories and raster conventions.

The funding parameters are modest and targeted. The award ceiling is $25,000, and USGS anticipated making one award. The opportunity was posted on May 4, 2016, created the same day, and closed on May 16, 2016. Eligibility is limited to CESU partners, with the formal listing indicating “Others” and directing applicants to additional eligibility information, which is typical for CESU opportunities where participation is restricted to institutions that are already part of the CESU network.

Overall, this grant opportunity can be understood as a small, focused cooperative research project: generate spatially explicit projections of urban growth through 2065 for two key river basins in the Carolinas (with an emphasis on coastal areas), coordinate closely with USGS scientists supporting the National Water Census Coastal Carolinas study, and deliver standardized GIS outputs compatible with NLCD 2011 so the results can be readily used in federal water-availability assessments and related geospatial analyses.

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