Closed · G25AS00326 · CFDA 15.808 · Discretionary
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Geological Survey, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$99K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- August 31, 2025
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) is a closed discretionary listing from Geological Survey that offered $1 -- $99,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $1-$99K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 15.808
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) - is cataloged under number G25AS00326 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.808, posted by Geological Survey. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on July 10, 2025 and last updated on August 7, 2025. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $1 -- $99,000. The agency has projected $99,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. Cost sharing is not required, so applicants do not need to commit matching funds to be competitive on this opportunity. Federal award ranges are often upper bounds; actual allocations reflect program appropriations, the strength of the applicant pool, and the evaluation committee's scoring.
Deadline and action path. This opportunity closed on August 31, 2025. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number, so monitoring the parent program page is the most reliable way to catch re-announcements. Every Grants.gov submission requires an active SAM.gov registration and a Unique Entity ID. Review the Eligibility section below carefully, federal eligibility categories (nonprofit, state or local government, tribal, individual, educational institution, small business) have distinct registration and reporting requirements. Pre-application outreach to the listed agency contact is permitted and often welcomed, it helps clarify scope and scoring priorities. Before acting on the deadline or award figures above, verify them directly on the official Grants.gov listing, amendments can change dates and amounts after this page was last refreshed.
Award Range
$1 -- $99,000
Close Date
August 31, 2025
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Posted
July 10, 2025
Est. Total Funding
$99,000
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in investigating remotely-sensed changes in vegetation greenness and water use in the Lower Colorado River unrestored riparian corridor as well as the Multi-Species Conservation Plan (MSCP) restoration sites. This research supports the science and monitoring of the Lower Colorado River"s unrestored and restored ecosystems. This current call for research assistance is in response to the planting of over 100 restoration plots as mandated by MSCP and is being measured using long-term experiments and monitoring activities. Remote sensing methods allow the measurement of these ecological restoration and habitat developments and ongoing site growth within the MSCP plots. The Department of Interior and U.S. Geological Survey developed algorithms for measuring the water resources for natural and anthropogenic uses.Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC) has a research requirement for measurement and monitoring activities along the riparian corridor of the Lower Colorado River. There is a need to acquire data in order to understand how unrestored riparian vegetation and native vegetation in restoration sites respond to added water and drought, as well as how water deliveries effect the health of riparian vegetation annually and over consecutive growing seasons. The USGS seeks measurement of changes in greenup and actual evapotranspiration (ETa) using satellite images, including vegetation indices (VI), a valuable indicator of plant health and vigor, and VI-based ETa, with one purpose being the collection of time-series data for trends analysis and the other being monitoring of all restoration activities for these two metrics. Future trajectories should also be estimated using drought indices for each measured metric.
Eligibility
Grants.gov lists this opportunity under eligibility category code 25. These codes correspond to applicant types (state/local government, tribal organization, nonprofit, educational institution, individual, small business, etc.) defined in Grants.gov's own eligibility reference. See the current Grants.gov eligibility categories or check the official listing below for this opportunity's exact eligibility statement.
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Agency Contact
RACHEL MILLER rachelmiller@usgs.gov
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