ATTACHMENT_C_-_Project_Abstract_Summary_Requirement..docx

This is a Project Abstract Summary Requirement document mandated by the Office of Management and Budget for Department of the Interior financial assistance awards. Applicants must submit a Project Abstract Summary (PAS) of no more than one page (~4000 characters) using 12-point Times New Roman font alongside their proposal via Grants.gov. The PAS must include: 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. Upon award issuance, the Project Abstract Summary will be publicly available on USAspending.gov to fulfill federal transparency requirements under OMB Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02.

The associated federal grant opportunity is a Cooperative Agreement offered by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) program for research analyzing stream temperature monitoring data in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The project will evaluate long-term trends, identify ecological thresholds, and support adaptive management using best available science and reproducible analytical methods, with collaboration among interagency partners to modernize the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit's 2016 Land Management Plan for water quality monitoring. This opportunity falls under CFDA 15.808 (U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection) and is restricted to participating CESU partners. Applicants must use SF 424 forms through Grants.gov, with preapplication coordination required and typical notification timeframes of 3 to 6 months following review by USGS scientists based on scientific excellence and relevance to USGS mission priorities.