Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Geological Survey
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- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
- Amount
- Program total $300K
- Closes
- Dec 7, 2026 (in 31 days)
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Classification and identifiers
- Solicitation number
- G27AS00058
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 15.808
Amount
Program total $300K
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 Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
About this opportunity
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a Great Rivers CESU partner for research to develop and test hydrodynamically based, passive ichthyoplankton samplers for capture of downstream-drifting invasive carp eggs and larvae in rivers. Invasive carp–bighead ( Hypophthalmichthys nobilis ) silver ( H. molitrix ), grass ( Ctenopharyngodon idella ), and black ( Mylopharyngodon piceus ) carp–are native to Southeast Asia and have spread throughout much of the Mississippi River Basin since their escape from private, wastewater, and aquaculture ponds in the 1980's. Technologies allowing for early detection of these species, especially evidence of natural reproduction, are needed by state and federal agencies throughout the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins to control the spread of invas...