ATTACHMENT C - Project Abstract Summary Requirement..docx

This attachment establishes the Project Abstract Summary requirement for all Department of the Interior financial assistance awards submitted via Grants.gov, mandated by Office of Management and Budget Memoranda M-21-20 and M-22-02 to ensure complete and accurate award descriptions on USAspending.gov. The Project Abstract Summary must be organized into the following sections: project title, plain language description of award purpose (excluding acronyms and agency-specific terminology), activities to be performed, deliverables and expected outcomes, intended beneficiaries, and any known subrecipient activities. The summary is limited to one page or less (approximately 4,000 characters maximum) in 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.

This requirement applies specifically to the Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partners with the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, a USGS funding opportunity supporting research on GeoAI-enabled automated landform mapping, expansion of the Landform Reference Ontology using knowledge graphs, and improvement of Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) summit feature positional accuracy using lidar-derived elevation datasets. The opportunity is administered by the Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey under the U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection program (CFDA 15.808), with a close date of July 24, 2026. Applicants must use Standard Form 424 and submit applications exclusively through Grants.gov in compliance with 2 CFR Part 200 and Department of the Interior regulations 2 CFR Part 1402.