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G24AS00416: Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Closed Closed July 29, 2024 Opportunity G24AS00416 ☆ 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 2024.

• Award ceiling$131,500
• 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 Gulf Coast 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 $131,500 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 technical assistance 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 white-nose syndrome, cervid health including Chronic Wasting Disease, herptile 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.

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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