G25AS00330: Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU)
Closed
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 2025.
Geological Survey offered grants of up to $499,999 (at least $1) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make $499,999 in total. Applications closed on August 10, 2025.
From the official notice on Grants.gov, last changed July 10, 2025. Checked November 7, 2026.
- Award ceiling$499,999
- Award floor$1
- Total funding$499,999
- Cost sharingNot required
- Funding typeCooperative Agreement
Key dates
| Posted | July 10, 2025 |
|---|---|
| Deadline | August 10, 2025 |
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 Units (CESU) Program. CESU"s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest 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 $499,999 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 USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to study survival, movements, and habitat use of Grass Carp in the Great Lakes with emphasis on Lake Erie. Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) have been identified by a binational Ecological Risk Assessment as a threat to Lake Erie fisheries and the Great Lakes ecosystem in general. Invasion of the species has been confirmed via capture of reproductively capable fish and the presence of eggs and larvae in tributaries of Lake Erie. An assessment of the potential socio-economic impacts of Grass Carp becoming established in the Great Lakes estimated that losses could exceed $2 billion over the next decade. Thus, fishery management authorities, working through A Joint Strategic Plan for Management of Great Lakes Fisheries (Joint Strategic Plan or JSP), have utilized a structured decision-making (SDM) process to establish objectives for research needed to support eradication and control actions. The need for these actions was used to create an adaptive response strategy for the management and control of Grass Carp in Lake Erie and connecting tributaries which is coordinated through the Grass Carp Advisory Committee (GCAC) within the Lake Erie Committee. Through US Congressional action funding has been supplied to USGS for Grass Carp research in support of JSP objectives. As part of the adaptive response strategy GCAC partners have identified acoustic telemetry to understand movements and habitat use as priority information to inform management actions. Specifically, managers wish to leverage the existing Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System (GLATOS) and specifically the expanded coverage into nearshore and tributary environments which appear as important Grass Carp habitats. Information from this research will help better understand survival of tagged fish, migration corridors, and habitats of Grass Carp. The USGS research program seeks to address these critical objectives and provide scientific information needed by state and federal natural resource managers to develop tools for reducing or eliminating Grass Carp. This project will support a tiered telemetry receiver array which includes 1- a basin-wide array within nearshore and tributary habitats, 2-dense arrays for two-dimensional positioning within spawning tributaries, and 3- an alert array that provides real-time notifications of Grass Carp detections.
Who has won U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection grants before
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection (15.808) awarded $629 million across 1,128 grant awards, an average of $557,251 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of the Colorado School of Mines | Colorado | 12 | $242 million |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Alaska | 18 | $28.7 million |
| California Institute of Technology | California | 5 | $19.0 million |
| University of Washington | Washington | 17 | $17.6 million |
| University Enterprises, Inc. | California | 4 | $15.4 million |
Applying now
This notice no longer takes applications. Apply under the newer notice, G27AS00066, which is open now.
The notice on Grants.gov keeps its full text and attachments, which is useful for planning a resubmission.
Questions people ask
Is G25AS00330 still open?
No. It closed on August 10, 2025. A newer notice is open: G27AS00066, closes December 7, 2026 (30 days left).
Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU)?
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 affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU)?
Closed August 10, 2025. 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 $499,999 each. About $499,999 in total.
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.