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G21AS00609: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Closed Closed August 30, 2021 Opportunity G21AS00609 ☆ Save

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.

• Award ceiling$200,000
• Award floor$18,000
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

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 Rocky Mountain 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 $200,000 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 USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research into questions of major interest to the conservation of amphibians focused on field and laboratory work on the boreal toad (Anaxyrus boreas), a state-listed endangered species, and other amphibians sharing the habitat used by boreal toads (e.g. tiger salamanders, chorus frogs, wood frogs). This project has spill-over application to the conservation of amphibian species targeted for pre-listing (e.g., Arizona toads), and herpetofaunal conservation in general. Climate change is of particular interest in species that are already living at the limits of their elevational range (such as boreal toads). For example, changes in how precipitation occurs at high elevations (snow vs rain) has already been noted, and the length and severity of drought is increasing; increasing temperatures can modify active seasons, potentially providing opportunities for toads, but also for disease or invasive species. Predictions about community, species, and disease responses to changes in climate are critical components of management and mitigation plans.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

Applying now

This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, G27AS00066, which is open now.

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