# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g23as00366-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/347979

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $45,000 (at least $44,852) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on June 23, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G23AS00366 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 23, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $45,000 |
| Award floor | $44,852 |
| 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. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

The US Geological Survey, Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU Partner for research investigating changes in vegetation greenness and water use in western U.S.A. riparian zones, which include measuring timeseries data from 2000-2025 and continued monitoring of changes to the mix of native and non-native riparian plants that make up the riparian corridors adjacent to ca. 15 Lower Colorado River Basin rivers. This funding opportunity is related to remotely-sensed measurements of riparian ecosystem changes that may occur in part due to drought, as well as anthropogenic management choices. Ongoing monitoring may reveal reasons for landscape change in these narrow corridors that may be due to wither or both natural and anthropogenic riparian changes in plant greenness, density and acreage, so this study accounts for these spatiotemporal changes in the riparian ecosystems of the Lower Colorado River Basin. Monitoring of restoration activities along these tributary streams is also a priority as USGS seeks to measure changes in greenup and actual evapotranspiration (ETa) using satellite images.

## Questions people ask

### Is G23AS00366 still open?

No. It closed on June 23, 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 Desert Southwest 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 Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed June 23, 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 $45,000 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.