Coopertative Ecoystem Studies Unit, Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

This grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G15AS00065) is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) funding call issued through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network, specifically the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU. It is offered as a cooperative agreement, meaning the USGS expects to be substantially involved in the work as it is carried out rather than simply providing a hands-off award. The activity area is science and technology/research and development under CFDA 15.808 (USGS Research and Data Collection). The posted and creation date was April 13, 2015, with an application deadline of April 24, 2015, and the opportunity was later archived on July 13, 2015. The estimated total funding available was about $38,000, with one award anticipated. There was no cost sharing or matching requirement indicated.

The purpose of the project is to support research that improves and refines methods for monitoring honey bee colony health and productivity in commercial orchards in the Upper Midwest, with particular emphasis on conditions relevant to Michigan orchards. USGS, through its Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC), already conducts extensive honey bee monitoring in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). That broader monitoring effort is tied to practical conservation decision-making: the data help USDA manage conservation programs in the Northern Great Plains, an area that is especially important for pollinators and commercial beekeepers. Within those programs, researchers gather detailed measurements of colony health and productivity and analyze how those outcomes relate to surrounding landscape characteristics. They also study how honey bees and other pollinators use forbs (flowering broadleaf plants) on USDA conservation lands, information that is then used to improve and tailor seed mixes for conservation plantings across the Northern Great Plains and Upper Midwest.

The specific gap this opportunity aims to address is that USGS did not have sufficient information to monitor bee colonies effectively in Michigan orchard settings. Orchards create unique monitoring challenges compared with other landscapes because commercial hives used for orchard pollination are often moved multiple times during the summer as beekeepers provide pollination services for different crops. That movement complicates efforts to track colony condition over time, connect bee health outcomes to the surrounding environment, and standardize data collection in a way that still fits real-world commercial beekeeping operations. The funded research is therefore intended to adapt and improve monitoring techniques so they work reliably in orchard systems where colonies are frequently relocated.

Eligibility is limited to organizations that are already participating partners in the Great Lakes Northern Forest CESU Program. In other words, this was not an open competition for the general public; it was directed to the CESU partnership community, which is designed to deliver research, technical assistance, and education through established cooperative relationships. Administrative details and the full announcement were available via Grants.gov, and a USGS contact (Faith Graves) was listed for assistance with accessing the announcement materials.

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