ATTACHMENT C - Project Abstract Summary Requirement.docx

This file is a Project Abstract Summary requirement document issued by the Department of the Interior for financial assistance awards under the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808). In compliance with OMB Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02, applicants must submit a Project Abstract Summary alongside their Grants.gov proposals for all financial assistance awards. The abstract must be organized to include: project title, plain language description of award purpose, activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, intended beneficiaries, and any known subrecipient activities. The summary is limited to one page or fewer, approximately 4,000 characters maximum, formatted in 12-point Times New Roman font. Upon award issuance, the Project Abstract Summary will be publicly available at USAspending.gov.

The related federal grant opportunity is a Cooperative Agreement for an affiliated partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, offered by the USGS to support research on developing authoritative knowledge infrastructure for GeoAI applications that will deploy agentic technology to support the Intelligent National Map (INM). The program funds research complementary to USGS program efforts, with estimated funding typically ranging from $40,000 to $500,000 for performance periods of one to five years. Applications must be submitted through Grants.gov using Standard Form 424, and recipients are subject to audit requirements under 2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F with records maintained for three years after submission of the final financial report.