# Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Source: https://welltoldgrants.com/grants/g26as00054-cooperative-agreement-for-affiliated-partner-with-the/  
Official notice: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/361004

> Geological Survey offered grants of up to $400,000 (at least $1) to the applicants described in the notice. It expected to make one award worth $400,000 in total. Applications closed on January 13, 2026.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Opportunity number | G26AS00054 |
| Agency | Geological Survey |
| Status | Forecast |
| Deadline | January 13, 2026 |
| Award ceiling | $400,000 |
| Award floor | $1 |
| Expected awards | 1 |
| Total funding | $400,000 |
| 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 Units (CESU) Program. CESU"s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.

## What the grant funds

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for conducting riparian plant physiological experiments and a synthesis of existing data to evaluate how plant interactions are mediated by dam operations by using species occurring along the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead (the Colorado River ecosystem, CRe) and historic data that includes ground-based monitoring data of riparian vegetation along the Colorado River in Arizona and broad-scale regional datasets. Both existing data and new data will be required to complete the research. While large monitoring datasets exist for the CRe, key relationships between hydropower derived flow patterns and plant communities are poorly understood. Additionally, plant interactions are likely altering how plant communities respond to changes in dam operations and these interactions have not been accounted for prior research. Daily fluctuating flows related to hydropower generation can alter riparian plant communities, but how these flows are promoting or hindering species in the CRe is difficult to disentangle from other key flow patterns (periods of high flows and lows flows) in field observations. Experiments are therefore necessary to examine how riparian plant species differ in their responses to daily fluctuating flows, thereby providing insight into which do better under hydropower conditions. Further, ten years of vegetation monitoring in the CRe suggest that the presence and influence of some plant species alter the plant communities observed in the field. These interactions could be altering how the plant community is responding to dam operations, prohibiting a clear understanding of how dam operations could be leveraged to improve vegetation resource conditions. Thus, two lines of research, conducting new experiments and modeling with existing data, are needed. The questions that underpin this research are:1. Which plant species benefit or suffer from daily fluctuations created by a hydropower dam?2. How do plant species interact with one another along a regulated river, and how are these interactions mediated by flow conditions?

## Questions people ask

### Is G26AS00054 still open?

No. It closed on January 13, 2026. A newer notice is open: G27AS00084, closes November 30, 2026 (23 days left).

### Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau 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 affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Closed January 13, 2026. 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 $400,000 each. About $400,000 in total for one award.

### 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.