# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g21as00578-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/334492

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $200,000 (at least $120,000) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on July 30, 2021.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G21AS00578 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | July 30, 2021 |
| Award ceiling | $200,000 |
| Award floor | $120,000 |
| 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 Colorado Plateau ooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Fort Collins Science Center (FORT), in collaboration with the Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), and Colorado Water Science Center (COWSC), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for enhancing effective science communication capacity for the USGS Grand Canyon Uranium Project. Effectively communicating science concerning potential routes of exposure, including wind-borne dusts, surface and groundwater, soil, sediment, and food-chain pathways will improve our ability to describe risk at landscape scales and at various levels within the ecosystems of the Southwest. Understanding the risk of exposure from uranium exploration and mining is crucial for managing the resources of the Grand Canyon watershed, such as the Colorado River. Effective communication of science to non-scientists is a challenge. Many scientists have difficulty recognizing that terms, ideas, and thoughts that they are attempting to relay are fraught with jargon, technical details, and concepts that may be off-putting to the non-scientist. A scientist caught up in the complexities and fascination of their own research may have difficulty distilling their work into an interesting message where they covey the “so what” of their results, rather than the intricate details of how they accomplished the research. This cooperative project will expand USGS knowledge and use of communication methods to deliver actionable science to non-science audiences; this knowledge will be applied the Grand Canyon Region and adapted to be used in other scientific contexts. The new communication tools will increase exposure and thus impact of USGS’s work to society that will ultimately lead to our science being more societally relevant and included in more policy and management decisions.

## Questions people ask

### Is G21AS00578 still open?

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

### Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

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 for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed July 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 $200,000 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.