ATTACHMENT_C_-_Project_Abstract_Summary_Requirement.docx

This is a Project Abstract Summary Requirement document that establishes mandatory submission guidelines for financial assistance awards under Department of the Interior initiatives, specifically aligned with OMB Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02. All proposals must include a Project Abstract Summary (PAS) organized into six required sections: project title, award purpose in plain language without acronyms, activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, intended beneficiaries, and subrecipient activities if applicable. The PAS is limited to one page (approximately 4,000 characters maximum) using 12-point Times New Roman font and must be submitted alongside the proposal via Grants.gov. Upon award issuance, the Project Abstract Summary becomes publicly available on USAspending.gov as part of federal financial transparency requirements.

The requirement applies to the Cooperative Agreement for Affiliated Partner with the Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), a USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center opportunity focused on improving floodplain connectivity and riverscape health assessments in the Great Basin and western United States. The project emphasizes developing lidar-based workflows to estimate floodplain connectivity, comparing these approaches to existing methods, and quantifying continuous connectivity estimates across Great Basin riverscapes. Collaboration between NOROCK researchers, CESU partners, federal and state agencies, and NGO partners will ensure results are accessible, scalable, and transferable to the broader scientific community engaged in riverscape health assessment and restoration. This funding falls under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program), which supports applied earth science and natural resource research through cooperative agreements and project grants, with award sizes historically ranging from $10,000 to over $2 million, and typical review and notification periods spanning 3 to 6 months.