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

Opportunity Summary:

Funding Opportunity Number G11AS20066, titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont South Atlantic Coast CESU," is a US Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding opportunity issued as a cooperative agreement under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). It was posted on August 3, 2011, created on August 31, 2011, and ultimately closed on September 9, 2011 (with an original closing date of August 15, 2011). The opportunity anticipated a single award with an estimated total funding amount of $100,000. Both the award ceiling and floor are listed as $0, which typically signals that applicants needed to rely on the narrative announcement and budget instructions rather than those fields for specific per-award limits. No cost sharing or matching funds were required.

The program sits within the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) framework, which is designed to foster partnerships that deliver research, technical assistance, and education in support of federal natural resource and science needs. In practical terms, this solicitation was not open to the general public or all universities by default. Eligibility was limited to organizations that were already participating partners within the Piedmont South Atlantic Coast CESU. The listing uses the category "Others" for eligible applicants, but the key constraint is CESU membership in that specific regional network. This structure is meant to streamline collaboration, contracting, and project start-up by using established partnership agreements and a shared mission across member institutions.

On the technical side, the announcement describes research focused on climate and ecosystem science, specifically referencing glacier dynamics in the Arctic refuge, with coordination through the National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWSC) and the Alaska Climate Science Center (AK CSC). It also states an objective to facilitate collaboration on science-based approaches for studying changes in estuarine chemistry. Taken together, the intent reads like a collaborative research effort where USGS and its partners jointly design and carry out applied studies that improve understanding of environmental change, including cryosphere processes (glacier behavior and dynamics) and coastal or estuarine biogeochemistry (chemical conditions and how they are shifting). Because the instrument is a cooperative agreement, the expectation is typically substantial federal involvement during the project, such as co-developing work plans, coordinating methods, sharing data standards, participating in technical direction, and integrating results into broader USGS science products.

Administratively, the opportunity was managed by USGS (Agency Name: Geological Survey) and was made available through Grants.gov, with an additional information link pointing to http://www.grants.gov/. The contact listed for access issues or assistance was Faith Graves, reachable at 703-648-7356 and fgraves@usgs.gov. The opportunity was archived on November 3, 2011, indicating it is no longer active, but the record is useful as a reference for the type of CESU-based cooperative agreements USGS uses to support targeted research collaborations.

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