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G23AS00341: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Closed Closed May 22, 2023 Opportunity G23AS00341 ☆ 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 2023.

• Award ceiling$84,773
• 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 $84,773 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 US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research on genetics of a threatened amphibian endemic to the Pacific Northwest, the Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa). Information developed from this work will help to serve information needs identified in the US Fish and Wildlife Services Recovery Plan for the species. The study emphasizes use of modern genomic methods to delineate conservation units, quantify connectivity among populations, and quantify a suite of population genetic parameters. The Oregon spotted frog has declined across its range due to loss, degradation, and fragmentation of its wetland habitats caused by altered hydrology and invasive vegetation and predators (USFWS 2014; Duarte et al. 2020). New genomic approaches offer much more detailed analyses to inform recovery of imperiled species. Studies to date of genetics of Oregon spotted frogs have used allozymes or microsatellite markers (Green et al. 1996, Blouin et al. 2010; Robertson et al. 2018), approaches that predominated prior to the genomics revolution that has occurred in the last several years. Modern genomic analytical methods use high-throughput sequencing technologies that generate data for thousands to tens of thousands of loci (genes or other genomic regions), which provides much greater power to characterize genetic population structure, connectivity, and adaptive differences among populations (Zimmerman et al. 2020, Forester et al. 2022a).Information on genetic and population structure is needed to understand risks for declining species and to guide recovery. USGS is working with US Fish and Wildlife Service to understand current distribution, population demography, and responses of amphibians including Oregon spotted frog to restoration and management methods that can stabilize and recover the species.

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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