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G23AS00140: Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program

Closed Closed February 6, 2023 Opportunity G23AS00140

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 2023.

Geological Survey offered grants of up to $14,000 to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on February 6, 2023.

From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed January 5, 2023. Checked November 7, 2026.

Key dates

PostedJanuary 5, 2023
DeadlineFebruary 6, 2023

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

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 Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Is this a realistic fit?

What the grant funds

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research on improving discharge and water velocity monitoring of stratified flows through an engineered channel in a railroad causeway at Great Salt Lake (GSL) and to improve understanding of water column mixing. Essential components of the funding opportunity are student, faculty, and computational support to 1) conduct computational fluid dynamic (CFD) model simulations of conditions specific to the day and time USGS conducts field discharge measurements at the railroad causeway channel using a mechanical current meter and an acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP); 2) assist USGS in analyzing velocity and discharge data measured via multiple instruments and model simulations to help reduce uncertainty associated with field discharge measurements and a potential index-velocity rating for reporting discharge on a near continuous basis; and 3) conduct CFD model simulations to evaluate water column mixing south of the causeway and work with USGS in determining deployment locations of one or more up-looking ADCPs to validate model simulations of mixing.

Category: Science and Technology and other Research and Development.

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.

Largest recipients, fiscal 2021 to 2025
RecipientStateAwardsAmount
Trustees of the Colorado School of MinesColorado12$242 million
University of Alaska FairbanksAlaska18$28.7 million
California Institute of TechnologyCalifornia5$19.0 million
University of WashingtonWashington17$17.6 million
University Enterprises, Inc.California4$15.4 million

Top states: Colorado ($259 million), California ($85.8 million), Alaska ($45.5 million), Washington ($20.8 million), Oregon ($19.2 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 G23AS00140 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 Affiliated Partner with Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program?

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 Affiliated Partner with Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program?

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 $14,000 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.

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