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Opportunity Summary:

This funding opportunity, titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean CESU" (Funding Opportunity Number G16AS00040), is a discretionary U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) grant under the Department of the Interior. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, which generally means the USGS expects to have substantial involvement in the work beyond simply providing funds, such as collaborating on study design, coordinating data needs, or participating in technical oversight. The program falls under the Science and Technology and other Research and Development category, with CFDA number 15.808, signaling it is part of USGS research support rather than construction or standard service delivery.

The core purpose of the award is to support research conducted through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, specifically the South Florida/Caribbean CESU. The project focus described is research to assess carbon dynamics and sea level rise dynamics in the Greater Everglades region. While the listing text is truncated, the intent is clear: this is aimed at producing applied, science-based understanding relevant to ecosystem change in the Everglades, especially how rising sea levels and carbon processes interact across landscapes that are extremely sensitive to inundation, salinity intrusion, peat stability, wetland accretion, and shifts in vegetation and habitat. In practical terms, studies like this often involve measuring or modeling carbon storage and flux (for example, peat formation or loss, carbon sequestration in wetlands, and greenhouse gas emissions) alongside sea level rise impacts (such as hydrologic changes, coastal wetland migration, or elevation change). The results would typically be expected to inform management decisions, restoration planning, or long-term monitoring strategies in the Everglades and surrounding coastal systems.

Eligibility is limited to CESU partners, listed in the notice as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)." In CESU opportunities, that usually means the competition is restricted to organizations that are formal members of the relevant CESU network, often universities, nonprofit research organizations, and certain state or tribal entities that have entered into CESU partnership agreements. The solicitation indicates the USGS intends to make a single award ("Expected Awards: 1"), suggesting the agency is looking for one partner team or institution to carry out a defined scope of work rather than distributing funding across multiple smaller projects.

Financially, the award ceiling is $480,000, which is the maximum amount anticipated for this single cooperative agreement. The opportunity originally opened and was posted on March 14, 2016, with a closing date of March 28, 2016, indicating a short application window. Because only one award was expected and the topic is narrowly framed around carbon and sea level rise dynamics in the Greater Everglades, it reads like a targeted research need rather than a broad open call. Overall, the listing describes a focused USGS-supported research collaboration through the South Florida/Caribbean CESU to generate actionable science on how carbon processes and sea level rise are reshaping a nationally significant and highly vulnerable coastal wetland ecosystem.

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