# Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g23as00439-cooperative-agreement-for-cesu-affiliated-partner-with-gulf/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/348965

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $181,500 to the applicants described in the notice. Applications closed on August 28, 2023.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G23AS00439 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | August 28, 2023 |
| Award ceiling | $181,500 |
| 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 Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

## What the grant funds

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for technical assistance to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) on native and invasive wildlife disease surveillance and investigations with dissemination of information through the proper channels for use in wildlife management and public relations. Disease investigation priorities will include avian influenza, white-nose syndrome, cervid health including Chronic Wasting Disease, herptile diseases, tick- borne-diseases, and wildlife zoonoses. Information dissemination will include integration of the CESU partner’s disease surveillance data into the National Wildlife Disease Database (USGS’s Wildlife Health Information Sharing Partnership – Event Reporting System (WHISPers) and the Aquatic Disease and Pathogen Repository (AquaDePTH)) that was mandated under Section 6003(a) of the American Rescue Plan Act (Public Law 117-2). Information dissemination will also include presentations and participation in meetings with USGS scientists to encourage academic-federal collaborations on wildlife disease surveillance, morbidity and mortality investigations, and evidence-based disease management strategies. Wildlife includes native and invasive species.

## Questions people ask

### Is G23AS00439 still open?

No. It closed on August 28, 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 Gulf Coast 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 Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed August 28, 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 $181,500 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.