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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number 10HQPA0088) is a US Geological Survey (USGS) research grant offered through a cooperative agreement to support scientific modeling work on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The sponsoring program office is the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK). The central purpose is to build an evolutionary framework that can help explain and project the long-term, "ultimate" outcomes of CWD infection across wildlife populations and across landscapes, rather than focusing only on short-term disease dynamics.

A key issue driving this project is uncertainty about whether the existing scientific data are strong and complete enough to support a truly data-driven, CWD-specific evolutionary ecology model. Because of that uncertainty, the work is explicitly framed as a feasibility and model-development effort. The recipient is expected to evaluate two potential pathways: (1) creating a model that is parameterized primarily from available empirical CWD data (a data-driven approach), or (2) developing a more theoretical model structure that can still generate useful insights when parameter data are limited. After determining which approach is realistic and defensible based on the literature and available datasets, the project then moves into building the chosen model and using it to test hypotheses about CWD outcomes.

The opportunity lays out three main objectives. First, the awardee must conduct a thorough literature review to assess what parameters and information are available for modeling CWD evolutionary ecology, and to judge whether those data support a robust data-driven model. This stage also includes identifying a sensible model structure, whether empirical or theoretical, that can meaningfully address CWD questions at population and landscape scales. Second, the awardee must develop the selected model, explore the range of outcomes the model predicts, and run sensitivity analyses to determine which parameters and assumptions most strongly influence results. Sensitivity analysis is emphasized as a way to evaluate model robustness and to identify where uncertainty in inputs could most affect conclusions. Third, the awardee must prepare and disseminate results in the form of a peer-reviewed scientific journal publication, signaling that the expected deliverable is not just an internal technical product but a publishable contribution to the scientific literature.

Administratively, this is a discretionary USGS funding opportunity under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). The funding instrument is a cooperative agreement, which typically implies substantial involvement or collaboration from the federal sponsor during the project rather than a hands-off grant. The opportunity anticipated a single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an estimated total funding amount of $24,325. No cost sharing or matching requirement was listed. The award ceiling and floor are both shown as 0 in the posting, which usually indicates that specific limits were not entered into that field even though an estimated total amount is provided elsewhere.

Eligibility is limited to partners within the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are partnership networks designed to connect federal agencies with universities and other research organizations to deliver research, technical assistance, and education aligned with resource management needs. The listing indicates that eligibility details are contained in an additional information field in the full announcement, but the basic requirement is clear: applicants must already be participating Rocky Mountain CESU partners.

The posting timeline shows it was posted and created on June 28, 2010, with an original and current closing date of July 12, 2010, and an archive date of August 11, 2010, indicating it is an older, archived opportunity rather than an open solicitation. For support accessing the full announcement, the contact provided is Faith Graves, Contract Specialist, at (703) 648-7356.

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