Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit | G22AS00123

Opportunity Information: Apply for G22AS00123

This grant opportunity, titled "Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit" (Funding Opportunity Number G22AS00123), is a discretionary financial assistance competition run by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It is offered through the USGS National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NRCASC) and uses a cooperative agreement funding instrument, which generally means the agency expects to have substantial involvement in the project during performance (for example, collaborating on study design, providing technical guidance, coordinating with stakeholders, or helping align products with management needs). The activity area is listed under Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and it is associated with CFDA 15.808.

The program focus is research on hydroclimatic events affecting both upland watersheds and coastal ecosystems in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In practical terms, this points to work that improves understanding of climate-driven or climate-influenced conditions and extremes that connect rainfall, runoff, streamflow, flooding, drought, storm impacts, salinity changes, and related watershed-to-coast linkages. The opportunity emphasizes studying these processes across connected landscapes rather than in isolation, reflecting the reality that changes upstream can cascade into coastal habitats, estuaries, and human communities along the Gulf Coast.

A central requirement of the work is that it must advance the inclusion of historically underrepresented voices in climate adaptation science. This indicates that proposals should not only generate scientific results, but also meaningfully incorporate equity, representation, and participation into how the science is framed and carried out. Competitive projects would typically be expected to demonstrate intentional engagement with communities and groups that have been excluded or underrepresented in climate research and decision-making, and to translate results in ways that are useful and accessible for adaptation planning. The wording suggests this is more than outreach as an add-on; it is meant to shape the research process, partnerships, and the kinds of adaptation-relevant questions being addressed.

Eligibility is restricted to organizations that are participating partners in the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUs are structured partnerships designed to support research, technical assistance, and education, often linking federal agencies with universities, nonprofits, and other organizations to produce applied science that supports resource management. Because this award is issued under the CESU framework, applicants must already be affiliated with the Gulf Coast CESU to apply, and the award is meant to leverage that partnership structure to deliver usable science products and capacity-building.

The opportunity was created on January 7, 2022, with an original application closing date of February 7, 2022. The maximum potential award amount listed is $180,000 (award ceiling $180,000). The posting indicates expected awards are not specified in the provided excerpt, but the ceiling communicates the approximate upper bound of funding available for a single cooperative agreement under this announcement.

Overall, this funding announcement supports applied climate adaptation research in the Northern Gulf of Mexico that links upland and coastal systems through hydroclimatic events, delivered through a CESU-based cooperative agreement structure, and explicitly designed to broaden participation and elevate historically underrepresented perspectives within climate adaptation science.

• The Geological Survey in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2022-01-07.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2022-02-07. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $180,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others.

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