G21AS00590: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner Great Lakes – Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
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 $300,000 (at least $100,000) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on September 14, 2021.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed September 7, 2021. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$300,000
- Award floor$100,000
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | July 26, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | September 14, 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. CENSUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes – Northern Forests (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 $300,000 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
US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research and development assistance in text and data mining to support critical minerals assessment. Objectives include: Participate in a partnership with the USGS, including other partners that may be engaged, in an initial pilot effort that will build on established methods and techniques for processing literature in text and data mining applications to technical and government reports. Data Mining from NI 43-101 Technical Reports and other Government Reporting Artifacts Develop process for ingesting publicly available and proprietary technical reports from a USGS repository location into appropriate technical frameworks within the university research and development environment. Apply standard algorithms and processes for data extraction from texts to include methods for tables, figures, equations, and other elements. Apply and test efficacy of existing algorithms for identifying key signals in texts having to do with identifying geospatial extent, geographic features of interest, geologic setting, and other details. Research and development enhancements to existing geoscience-specific data mining algorithms. Research and develop new geoscience-specific algorithms needed to identify key properties and variables used in minerals assessment and related practices. Enhance existing methods and develop new practices as necessary to ensure a clear provenance trace from extracted, analysis-ready data to underlying source material and all processing in between. Provide software, data, and knowledge products from pilot work focused on specific classes of documents sufficient to leverage the techniques for additional cases and different types of materials.
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 G21AS00590 still open?
No. It closed on September 14, 2021. A newer notice is open: G27AS00066, closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left).
Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner Great Lakes – Northern Forest 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 Great Lakes – Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?
Closed September 14, 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 $300,000 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.