ATTACHMENT C - Project Abstract Summary Requirement.docx

This file is a requirements document for the Project Abstract Summary (PAS), mandated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for all Department of the Interior financial assistance awards. All applicants must submit a PAS not exceeding one page (~4,000 characters) in 12-point Times New Roman font alongside their proposal via Grants.gov. The PAS must include the project title, award purpose in plain language without acronyms or agency-specific terminology, activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, intended beneficiaries, and any known subrecipient activities. Upon award issuance, the PAS will be publicly available on USAspending.gov to fulfill transparency requirements.

This requirement applies to the Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Alaska Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), a USGS National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center (NRCASC) competitive research award under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection). Projects must advance Administration priorities including American energy dominance, critical mineral development, water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness, with emphasis on wildfire science, hazard and risk assessments, Alaska resource development, and American energy potential. The program supports research in hydrology, geology, geospatial science, biosecurity, and near-earth space science with applications to extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildland fire, coastal erosion, severe storms, and geologic hazards.