Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Geological Survey
Want a reminder before this closes?
We'll email you 3 days before the deadline. One email, then we stop.
Free. Verify your email, then we send one reminder only.
- Posted
- Nov 6, 2026
- Amount
- Program total $234.5K
- Closes
- Dec 7, 2026 (in 31 days)
Similar opportunities open now
- Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies UnitSame funderOpenGeological SurveyCloses Nov 14, 2026
- Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)Same funderOpenGeological SurveyCloses Nov 14, 2026
- Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies UnitSame funderOpenGeological SurveyCloses Nov 14, 2026
- Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies UnitSame funderOpenGeological SurveyCloses Nov 14, 2026
- Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the North Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)Same funderOpenGeological SurveyCloses Nov 14, 2026
Classification and identifiers
- Solicitation number
- G27AS00066
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 15.808
Amount
Program total $234.5K
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 Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
About this opportunity
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to develop an integrated population model (IPM) and conduct a Bayesian Population Viability Analysis (BPVA) for the Atlantic Coast population of Piping Plovers. Listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1986, the Atlantic Coast population comprises four recovery units (Atlantic Canada, New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern states). Although intensive management has contributed to population growth, recovery has been uneven among units, and some have not grown despite years of targeted management and monitoring. Ongoing threats include habitat loss and degradation, predation, and human disturbance. Emerging challenges include habitat alteration driven by environmental change, ...