# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g23as00137-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/345237

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $68,244 to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on February 6, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G23AS00137 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | February 6, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $68,244 |
| Award floor | not stated |
| 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 Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

The US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), is offering a funding opportunity to use a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design to measure responses of aquatic species to eradication of invasive America Bullfrogs. Invasive bullfrogs threaten the persistence of many native herpetofauna in the western USA through predation and spread of emerging infectious diseases, especially in the Southwest. Under the 2016 Cooperative Recovery Initiative (CRI), the USFWS funded a large landscape-level effort to eradicate American bullfrogs from one of their last strongholds in south-central Arizona. In 2016, the USGS used environmental DNA (eDNA) methods to characterize aquatic communities in 21 bullfrog eradication sites and 17 control sites (8 with bullfrogs, 9 without), just prior to eradication efforts. These 2016 samples revealed sites with bullfrogs were very unlikely to host Chiricahua Leopard Frogs but were more likely to have amphibian chytrid fungus (Bd) and ranaviruses (RV), pathogens that are threats to the Chiricahua leopard frog. Have observed Chiricahua Leopard Frogs quickly re-colonizing sites where bullfrogs were eradicated, and these observations suggest the eradication actions were successful and produced the intended management response. ThIS opportunity will allow for the analysis of environmental DNA filters collected in 2020-2021, from the same 39 sites that were originally sampled in 2016. The proposed analysis is needed to validate successful eradication of invasive bullfrogs and to measure responses by aquatic pathogens and several imperiled herpetofauna and pathogens.

## Questions people ask

### Is G23AS00137 still open?

No. It closed on February 6, 2023. A newer notice is open: G27AS00066, closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left).

### Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)?

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 Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)?

Closed February 6, 2023. 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 $68,244 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.