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Opportunity Summary:

The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida Caribbean CESU Program opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G13AS00015) is a US Geological Survey (USGS) discretionary funding announcement intended to support applied research and tool development related to sea-level rise impacts in coastal south Florida. The project focus is explicitly multi-disciplinary, calling for the integration of ecological and hydrological models to produce practical decision-support tools that resource managers can use to anticipate and respond to the consequences of rising sea levels. In plain terms, the USGS is looking for a partner team that can bridge ecosystem science and water modeling in a way that improves planning and management in a highly vulnerable coastal region.

The award mechanism is a Cooperative Agreement issued under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are formal partnerships designed to connect federal agencies with universities and other research and technical organizations to deliver research, technical assistance, and education. The announcement emphasizes that CESU assistance is provided through a CESU cooperative agreement, which is neither a traditional procurement contract nor a standard grant. This typically implies active federal involvement and collaboration during the work, with the partner and the agency coordinating more closely than they might under a conventional grant.

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are already participating partners in the South Florida Caribbean CESU Program. The listing indicates “Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification),” but the key eligibility condition is membership/participation in the relevant CESU network. In practice, this means the opportunity is not open to the general public, new applicants, or organizations outside the South Florida Caribbean CESU partnership framework unless they are already recognized as a CESU partner for that specific program.

From a funding and administrative standpoint, USGS anticipated making one award, with an estimated total funding amount of $16,000. The announcement lists an award ceiling and floor of $0, which is often a data-entry artifact in older postings and usually means specific funding limits were handled in the full announcement or by program staff rather than being encoded in the Grants.gov summary fields. There is no cost-sharing or matching requirement, so applicants were not expected to provide non-federal matching funds as a condition of receiving the award. The program is associated with CFDA number 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection), and the activity category is classified as Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

The timeline for the opportunity was short. It was posted and created on December 12, 2012, with an original and current closing date of December 21, 2012. The listing later moved to archive status on March 12, 2013. Anyone looking for the complete announcement details, required elements of the application package, specific deliverables, and evaluation criteria would have been directed to Grants.gov via the Additional Information link, which is provided in the notice.

For applicant support or issues accessing the full announcement electronically, the point of contact listed is Faith Graves at USGS (phone 703-648-7356, email fgraves@usgs.gov).

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