# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g23as00369-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/348071

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $102,000 (at least $34,000) to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on June 12, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G23AS00369 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | June 12, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $102,000 |
| Award floor | $34,000 |
| 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 Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research on cultural ecosystem services assessment in the Salmon River Basin (SRB), Idaho. The SRB contains minerals that are presently in high demand due to the energy transition, which is increasing development pressure in the basin. Legacy mining is being reactivated, new mines have opened, and more are in various stages of exploration and permitting. The SRB is mostly under federal ownership and managed by the U.S. Forest Service; it is renowned for its recreational activities, notably those related to its federally designated wilderness and wild and scenic rivers, and its cultural importance for subsistence hunting and fishing by the Nez Perce and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. These and other values important in the SRB are commonly characterized as cultural ecosystem services - the non-material benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. They are culturally very important, but their value is not easily or appropriately monetized and as a result they are rarely accounted for quantitatively in environmental assessments. The overarching goal of the project is to develop spatial information about the intensity of social values for these ecosystem services such that they can be considered in the context of mineral development proposals, environmental impact assessments, and other resource management decisions.

## Questions people ask

### Is G23AS00369 still open?

No. It closed on June 12, 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 Pacific Northwest 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 Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed June 12, 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 $102,000 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.