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Opportunity Summary:

This opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G13AS00101) is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) cooperative agreement offered through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, specifically the South Florida Caribbean CESU. The work is being led out of two USGS centers supporting Everglades science and restoration: the Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science group in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Southeast Ecological Science Center in Gainesville, Florida. The core purpose is to fund research and technical assistance tied to "Dynamic Reserve Design in the Face of Climate Change and Urbanization," with an emphasis on using modern analytical approaches to guide conservation decisions in a rapidly changing South Florida landscape.

At a practical level, the project focus is on improving how land acquisition priorities are evaluated for the potential formation of a new National Wildlife Refuge. USGS is looking for CESU partners who can apply cutting edge tools and decision frameworks to help identify which lands matter most for conservation outcomes, especially as conditions shift due to sea level rise, climate impacts, and continued urban growth. A key phrase in the announcement is "Structured Decision Making," which signals that the agency is interested in transparent, repeatable, defensible methods for comparing alternatives, weighing tradeoffs, and incorporating uncertainty (for example, uncertainty in future climate scenarios or development patterns). In other words, the funded partner would be expected to help build or apply a decision-support approach that can inform real acquisition and planning choices rather than producing research in isolation.

The scientific and management context is the larger Greater Everglades restoration effort. USGS notes that it conducts ecological and hydrological research and monitoring across South Florida in coordination with federal, state, and local partners. The agency frames this grant as part of that broader mission: advancing understanding of restoration outcomes and how climate change and sea level rise could influence ecosystem recovery and long-term success. The deliverables are intended to feed directly into decision making during restoration, meaning the work should be applied and management-relevant, bridging science, data, and on-the-ground planning needs.

From an administrative standpoint, the award mechanism is a cooperative agreement (not a standard grant), which typically implies substantial involvement by USGS staff during the project, such as collaboration on scope, methods, data integration, and interpretation of results. The opportunity is categorized under Science and Technology and other Research and Development, with CFDA number 15.808 (USGS Research and Data Collection). The estimated total funding listed is $150,000, with an expectation of one award. There is no cost sharing or matching requirement stated. The original posting date was July 15, 2013, with a closing date of July 26, 2013, and the opportunity was later archived on October 15, 2013.

Eligibility is narrow by design: applicants must be participating partners in the South Florida Caribbean CESU network. CESUs are partnership-based consortia intended to connect federal agencies with universities, nonprofits, and other research organizations to provide research, technical assistance, and education. So, even though the listing uses a broad "Others" category, the controlling eligibility requirement is CESU partnership status within that specific unit.

For further details or access issues related to the full announcement, the listed point of contact is Faith Graves (703-648-7356, fgraves@usgs.gov), and the general opportunity posting was made available through Grants.gov.

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