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

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g23as00320-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with-great/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/347037

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $3.5 million (at least $634,546) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on April 21, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G23AS00320 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | April 21, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $3.5 million |
| Award floor | $634,546 |
| 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 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

The US Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) partner for research to support the restoration of native coregonine fishes in the Great Lakes. Similar to many freshwater ecosystems, the Great Lakes of North America have undergone numerous anthropogenic stressors resulting in considerable loss of biodiversity and simplification or loss of habitat. The coregonine sub-family has endured the most extensive declines, including extinction for several species and multiple instances of local extirpations of other species. In 2018, a science-based, basin-wide approach to restore coregonines called the Coregonine Restoration Framework (herein, “Framework”) was universally endorsed by fishery managers throughout the basin. The Framework seeks to develop a restoration plan that includes several components of science support, including experimental and genetic approaches to improve our understanding of threats to existing stocks of conservation concern or impediments to reintroducing native fishes that were locally extirpated. Likewise, reintroduction will undoubtedly be required and is already being used, yet the ability to experimentally evaluate the best techniques for translocating or rearing and stocking hatchery fish is limited within the Great Lakes basin. Many of the species extirpated from Lake Ontario, for example, persist in Lake Superior yet the techniques to rear these rare deepwater fish could be further evaluated to ensure that hatchery products are genetically, morphologically, and behaviorally similar to their wild counterparts. This funding opportunity seeks a CESU partnership to provide experimental support to USGS stations located in Cortland, NY and Oswego, NY, such that science support to restoration and conservation of native coregonines can be enhanced.

## Questions people ask

### Is G23AS00320 still open?

No. It closed on April 21, 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 Forest 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 Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed April 21, 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 $3.5 million 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.