Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- G27AS00058
- Agency
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US Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $300,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Cooperative Agreement
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Other
- Points of contact
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- Katie Calder katherine_calder@ios.doi.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The U.S. Geological Survey is soliciting applications for a cooperative agreement to develop and test hydrodynamically based, passive ichthyoplankton samplers that capture downstream-drifting invasive carp eggs and larvae in rivers, with applications due December 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. Eligibility is restricted to participating partners of the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). The award ceiling is $300,000 with a $1 floor, and one award is expected. Budget Year 1 is estimated at $34,000, with additional funding available for up to three renewal years, contingent on satisfactory progress. No cost sharing is required. Indirect costs are capped at the CESU negotiated rate of 17.5%. The project period runs from an anticipated start date of April 1, 2027 through March 31, 2031.
Required work includes developing and testing passive samplers in laboratory flumes using preserved and live carp eggs and larvae, field testing successful designs alongside traditional sampling methods, publishing results, and seeking patents for novel designs. USGS will have substantial involvement and co-authorship on resulting publications. Proposals are scored on purpose and relevance (30 points), technical approach (25 points), qualifications and experience (25 points), and budget justification (20 points).
Submissions go through Grants.gov and require SF-424, SF-424A, a Project Abstract Summary, biographical sketches and current and pending support for key personnel, a project narrative, a budget narrative, and a data management plan. Applicants must register in SAM.gov and Grants.gov, and preapplication coordination is required. Funding is available only to the extent permitted by available funds. The opportunity is assigned to Assistance Listing 15.808, U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection.
Synopsis
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a Great Rivers CESU partner for research to develop and test hydrodynamically based, passive ichthyoplankton samplers for capture of downstream-drifting invasive carp eggs and larvae in rivers.
Invasive carp-bighead (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) silver (H. molitrix), grass (Ctenopharyngodon idella), and black (Mylopharyngodon piceus) carp-are native to Southeast Asia and have spread throughout much of the Mississippi River Basin since their escape from private, wastewater, and aquaculture ponds in the 1980's. Technologies allowing for early detection of these species, especially evidence of natural reproduction, are needed by state and federal agencies throughout the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins to control the spread of invasive carp and assess risk to uninvaded waters. Invasive carp can make long-distance spawning migrations upriver from adult population fronts to uninvaded waters to spawn. As such, ichthyoplankton may be the first evidence of invasive carp in uninvaded waters
Eligibility
This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program. CESU's are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
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