ATTACHMENT_C_-_Project_Abstract_Summary_Requirement.docx

This document is a requirement specification for Project Abstract Summaries mandated by the Office of Management and Budget for all Department of the Interior financial assistance awards, with the summaries to be published on USAspending.gov in compliance with OMB Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02. Applicants must submit a one-page Project Abstract Summary (maximum ~4000 characters, 12-point Times New Roman font) organized into six required sections: project title with plain language description, award purpose avoiding acronyms and agency-specific terminology, activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, intended beneficiaries, and any known subrecipient activities. The Project Abstract Summary must accompany the proposal submitted through Grants.gov and will become publicly available at USAspending.gov upon cooperative agreement issuance.

The associated federal grant opportunity is a Cooperative Agreement for the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit soliciting CESU partner applications for bioinformatic analysis of avian microbiome metatranscriptomic datasets. Research should focus on genome assembly-based identification of viruses and prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms with emphasis on wildlife and zoonotic pathogens, involving taxonomic identification, microbial diversity estimation, and development of reproducible bioinformatic workflows. Awardees must collaborate on peer-reviewed publications and make data products publicly available through repositories such as the National Center for Biotechnology Information or ScienceBase. The funding is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey under Assistance Listing 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection), with eligibility restricted to participating Gulf Coast CESU partners and applications submitted through Grants.gov using Standard Form 424 and governed by 2 CFR Part 200.