ATTACHMENT_C_-_Project_Abstract_Summary_Requirement.docx

This document is a requirement specification for preparing a Project Abstract Summary (PAS) for federal financial assistance awards issued by the Department of the Interior in compliance with OMB Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02. The PAS must be formatted as a single page or less (approximately 4,000 characters maximum) using 12-point Times New Roman font and must accompany all proposals submitted via Grants.gov. The summary must include five specific organizational sections: project title with plain language description avoiding acronyms and agency-specific terminology; award purpose; activities to be performed; deliverables and expected outcomes; and intended beneficiary(ies) and subrecipient activities if known at time of award. Upon issuance of the cooperative agreement, the Project Abstract Summary will be made publicly available on USAspending.gov.

This requirement applies to the Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partners with the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), which is funded under USGS Research and Data Collection (CFDA 15.808). The specific research solicitation focuses on developing "a spatially explicit framework to assess the risk of aquatic contaminants to insectivorous birds" and involves predicting contaminant and nutrient fluxes by aquatic insects to map areas of elevated risk for aerial insectivorous birds across the U.S. and Europe. Eligible applicants must be participating partners of the Rocky Mountain CESU. Recent awards under this program range from $30,000 to over $2 million, with typical review periods of 3 to 6 months and applications submitted exclusively through Grants.gov using Standard Form 424.