G21AS00326: Cooperative Agreement issued to Partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Closed
This grant is closed. A newer notice from the same program is open now: Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (G27AS00066). Status: Closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left). It is in our archive of Geological Survey notices from 2021.
Geological Survey offered grants of up to $500,000 (at least $168,721) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make $168,721 in total. Applications closed on March 23, 2021.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed February 22, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$500,000
- Award floor$168,721
- Total funding$168,721
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | February 10, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | March 23, 2021 |
Who can apply
This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.
Is this a realistic fit?
- Past U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection awards averaged $557,251; this notice allows up to $500,000 per award.
- Most of the program's money (84% over five years) went to colleges and universities.
- No cost sharing or match is required.
What the grant funds
The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research project to study survival, movements, and habitat use of Grass Carp in the Great Lakes with emphasis on Lake Erie. Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) have been identified by a binational Ecological Risk Assessment as a threat to Lake Erie fisheries and the Great Lakes ecosystem in general. Invasion of the species has been confirmed via capture of reproductively capable fish and the presence of eggs and larvae in tributaries of Lake Erie. An assessment of the potential socio-economic impacts of Grass Carp becoming established in the Great Lakes estimated that losses could exceed $2 billion over the next decade. Thus, fishery management authorities, working through A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries (Joint Strategic Plan or JSP), have utilized a structured decision-making (SDM) process to establish objectives for research needed to support eradication and control actions. Through US Congressional action funding has been supplied to USGS for Grass Carp research in support of JSP objectives. In addition to monitoring of early life history stages of Grass Carp, JSP partners have identified acoustic telemetry to understand migration and habitat use as priority information to inform management actions. Specifically, managers wish to leverage the existing Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) by expanding coverage into nearshore and tributary environments to better understand survival of tagged fish, migration corridors, and habitats of Grass Carp that are currently not well monitored in the existing GLATOS network. The USGS research program seeks to address these critical objectives and provide scientific information needed by state and federal natural resource managers to develop tools for reducing or eliminating Grass Carp. This project will collaboratively support the expansion of the GLATOS system into nearshore and tributary habitats by providing fieldwork support as well as timely quantitative analysis telemetry data as decision support for managers. 2. Objectives: Specific objectives include: Support the expansion of the GLATOS acoustic telemetry network via establishment of new monitoring stations of for improved information on movements of Grass Carp in Lake Erie Evaluate the detection performance of acoustic receivers in nearshore and inshore habitats.
Who has won U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection (15.808) awarded $629 million across 1,128 grant awards, an average of $557,251 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines | Colorado | 12 | $242 million |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Alaska | 18 | $28.7 million |
| California Institute of Technology | California | 5 | $19.0 million |
| University of Washington | Washington | 17 | $17.6 million |
| University Enterprises, Inc. | California | 4 | $15.4 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, G27AS00066, which is open now.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is G21AS00326 still open?
No. It closed on March 23, 2021. A newer notice is open: G27AS00066, closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left).
Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement issued to Partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.?
Geological Survey accepted applications from the applicants described in the notice. The notice adds further conditions, so read its eligibility section.
What is the deadline for Cooperative Agreement issued to Partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.?
Closed March 23, 2021. Applications are no longer accepted; the program's newer notices are on this page when there are any.
How much funding is available?
Awards of up to $500,000 each. About $168,721 in total.
Who has won U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection grants before?
The largest recipients over five fiscal years were Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines, University of Alaska Fairbanks, California Institute of Technology. The program made 1,128 awards worth $629 million in that time.