# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g23as00225-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with-great/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/345759

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $96,954 to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on March 2, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G23AS00225 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | March 2, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $96,954 |
| 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 Great Lakes Northern Forests CESU Program.

## What the grant funds

U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research on “Exploring past and present spawning habitats for native fishes in the Great Lakes to inform restoration and conservation.” Coregonines (the whitefishes and ciscoes) are the primary focus of this research. Coregonine populations have generally declined over the past century throughout the Great Lakes, with some species (or forms) now considered extirpated, and some considered extinct. A science-based approach for conserving and/or restoring these culturally, ecologically, and economically important fishes has been developed by USGS alongside Tribal, First Nations, state, provincial, and university partners. The plan is referred to as the Coregonine Restoration Framework, herein abbreviated the CRF, and the planning phase of the CRF is currently underway. A primary component of the CRF is to conduct a gap analysis to compare historical and contemporary populations and habitats. This work involves collecting and analyzing historical and contemporary data, developing predictive models to map areas of coregonine occurrence and spawning locations, and comparisons of historical and contemporary maps and data to inform managers about optimal locations to focus restoration and/or conservation efforts. Aim to create a significant partnership between USGS and CESU researchers to address questions of mutual interest, such as how to use modeling and mapping techniques to (1) learn where certain coregonine species once occurred, (2) learn where they occur now, and (3) compare and delineate areas where conservation and restoration activities can occur based on managers’ needs (i.e., areas where spawning habitat exists yet coregonines are now gone, areas where a species has persisted over the decades and still occurs, areas where a species did not historically occur but has since been found). The outcomes of this research are of interest to scientists and resource managers of federal, state, Indigenous, and provincial agencies who are charged with ensuring sustainable fishery resources.

## Questions people ask

### Is G23AS00225 still open?

No. It closed on March 2, 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 Great Lakes Northern Forests 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 with Great Lakes Northern Forests Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed March 2, 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 $96,954 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.