Closed · G26AS00076 · CFDA 15.808 · Discretionary
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Geological Survey, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- $1-$48K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- March 12, 2026
- Close date
- 1
- Expected awards
The verdict
Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) is a closed discretionary listing from Geological Survey that offered $1 -- $47,632 across 1 expected award. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number.
- $1-$48K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 1
- expected award
- 15.808
- CFDA program
Opportunity snapshot. This Grants.gov announcement - Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) - is cataloged under number G26AS00076 and tied to CFDA assistance listing 15.808, posted by Geological Survey. Grants.gov currently shows the opportunity as closed, first posted on February 12, 2026. The funding category is Discretionary, delivered as a cooperative agreement.
Award economics. The award range on file is $1 -- $47,632. The agency has projected $48,000 in total estimated funding for this announcement. It expects to issue 1 award. If the agency funds the expected 1 award from the $48,000 estimated pool, the average award works out to roughly $48,000. 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 March 12, 2026. 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 -- $47,632
Close Date
March 12, 2026
Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 11:59 PM, ET, on the listed application due date
Posted
February 12, 2026
Est. Total Funding
$47,632
Expected Awards
1
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research that will support the development of resources that expedite review and authorization of new projects. Resources include web-based tools that support project proponents and federal staff that review project documentation to conduct reviews more efficiently. This work is supporting the Permitting Council and their priorities by developing a cloud-native Environmental Review Partner Portal to support environmental review workflows. Central to this is improving availability and accessibility to sound ecological science products and data to inform and defend environmental permitting decisions. Therefore, this is inherently tied to ecosystem research and requires a performer with domain knowledge. The research to be completed under this opportunity is to investigate and identify source information most relevant to different workflows and solving barriers to timely access such that – in alignment with EO 14303 – Restoring Gold Standard Science – federal decisions may be informed by the most credible and impartial scientific evidence. The purpose of this study is to get a baseline understanding of existing processes and the functionality that will most effectively deliver the intended benefits. As such, discovery research needs to be conducted to gather and synthesize necessary information on various management workflows, what systems are used, who is involved at which stages, where and how data are accessed and input, and where processes align or diverge based on land ownership, scale, and statutory authority. What is discovered shall be used to inform requirements for new resources that will maintain integrity while creating efficiencies and improving transparency. The goal of this research is to provide timely and actionable science that helps resource managers make informed decisions related to project authorization and natural resource management. The cooperation of the USGS and its CESU partner brings a combination of expertise to address this objective that is greater than that possessed by either partner on its own.
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
Katie Calder kcalder@usgs.gov
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