# Cooperative Agreement with Participating Partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests (CESU) Program.

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g21as00469-cooperative-agreement-with-participating-partner-of-the/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/332864

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $499,999 (at least $128,616) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on April 30, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G21AS00469 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 30, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $499,999 |
| Award floor | $128,616 |
| Expected awards | not stated |
| Total funding | not stated |
| Cost sharing | not required |
| Assistance Listings | 15.808 |

## Who can apply

- 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 Forests (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is committed to the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and Great Lakes Council of Lake Committees (CLC), and is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner to make acoustic estimations of prey fish abundances on an annual basis in all five Great Lakes. Active down-looking acoustic surveys using scientific echosounders from USGS’s vessels in lakes Michigan, Huron, Ontario, and Superior are supportive of predator stocking decisions, tracking of lake productive status, and coregonine population restoration, but these decisions are only as good as the data used supporting them. Recognizing and eliminating major sources of sampling bias in USGS’s surveys of prey fish density will lead to data that are more accurate and products that are more useful to managers

## Questions people ask

### Is G21AS00469 still open?

No. It closed on April 30, 2021. A newer notice is open: G27AS00066, closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left).

### Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement with Participating Partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests (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 with Participating Partner of the Great Lakes Northern Forests (CESU) Program.?

Closed April 30, 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 $499,999 each.

### 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.