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G23AS00072: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Closed Closed December 9, 2022 Opportunity G23AS00072 ☆ 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 2022.

• Award ceiling$181,522
• 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 $181,522 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 U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK) is offering a funding opportunity to develop ante-mortem chronic wasting disease (CWD) diagnostics on mule deer as well as to assess and identify areas of high transmission in and around the Wind River Reservation in western Wyoming. CWD is enzootic in southeastern Wyoming and has now been detected in most mule deer hunt units statewide. Estimated prevalence varies greatly across the state but is generally highest in regions where CWD is long established. Recent surveillance efforts, however, have identified hunt units where CWD has only recently been detected but is markedly higher in prevalence. Statewide surveillance revealed 60% prevalence in adult mule deer in the greater Wind River region in 2019, which was confirmed during surveillance in 2020 and 2021. This region is under management purview of both the Wind River Reservation (Wind River Intertribal Council) and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD). The high prevalence has prompted both groups to improve the epidemiological understanding of CWD in the area, especially in regard to the ecology and behavior of the impacted populations. This opportunity will allow for 1) development of ante-mortem CWD testing methods using a banked set of known CWD positive and negative samples, 2) develop spatial movement information for deer in the Wind River reservation relative, and 3) enhance the CWD sampling through hunting with GPS monitored deer of known CWD status. The proposed sampling, diagnostics, and analyses will provide managers with information on the factors that may be enhancing deer aggregations and CWD transmission in the region and point towards potential management actions.

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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