ATTACHMENT_C_-_Project_Abstract_Summary_Requirement.docx

This document outlines the Project Abstract Summary (PAS) requirement for the Department of the Interior's financial assistance awards, mandated by OMB Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02 to ensure complete and accurate award descriptions in USAspending.gov. Applicants must submit a PAS of no more than one page (~4000 characters) using 12-point Times New Roman font that includes: project title, plain language award purpose description (avoiding acronyms and agency-specific terminology), activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, intended beneficiaries, and any known subrecipient activities. The PAS must be submitted alongside the proposal via Grants.gov and will become publicly available on USAspending.gov upon cooperative agreement issuance.

For the specific Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partners with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, this PAS requirement applies to research addressing fish ecology, behavior, population dynamics, and resource management across the Great Lakes basin and tributary systems. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Columbia Environmental Research Center is developing a cooperative research program to address knowledge gaps in fish population responses to environmental stressors including habitat alteration, invasive species, nutrient loading, and contaminants. Eligible recipients must be participating partners of the Great Rivers CESU, and research may span individual lakes or tributary systems, covering topics such as population connectivity, movement ecology, habitat selection, community dynamics, behavioral ecology, and restoration effectiveness. This opportunity is funded under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection), with applications requiring Standard Form 424 submission through Grants.gov and subject to 2 CFR Part 200 compliance.