Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Geological Survey
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- Posted
- Nov 2, 2026
- Amount
- Program total $480K
- Closes
- Dec 23, 2026 (in 50 days)
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Classification and identifiers
- Solicitation number
- G27AS00090
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 15.808
Amount
Program total $480K
Who can apply
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 Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
About this opportunity
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in carbon cycling in seabed mineral environments. Seabed minerals may contain economically significant concentrations of valuable metals and rare earth elements which are essential to transportation, technological products, and defense and national security applications (i.e., critical minerals; Energy Act, 2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 2025; Hein et al., 2013, 2020). Of particular interest are manganese nodule fields throughout the abyssal Pacific Ocean, including in some U.S. EEZs, which have garnered attention over recent decades as potential areas for deep-sea mineral mining. Still, much more research is needed to understand the environmental settings where these minerals occur, how they form, and potential impli...