Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Hawai-Pacific Islands (HPI) Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- G27AS00056
- Agency
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US Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $49,844
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
USGS is soliciting applications for a Cooperative Agreement to fund research on how wind influences mosquito incursion into Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge, with applications due December 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. Eligibility is restricted to participating partners of the Hawai-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). One award is anticipated, with a ceiling of $49,844 and a floor of $1, and no cost share is required.
The project period runs April 1, 2027 through August 31, 2028, a 17-month term, with work performed at Hakalau in Hawaii. The research deploys wind anemometers, collects continuous data for 15 months, and determines whether elevation, landscape, canopy, corridors, season, and time of day predict wind speed and direction. The refuge supports the most intact remaining community of native Hawaiian birds, at least partly because disease-carrying Culex mosquitoes are absent from its higher elevations.
The award will be a Cooperative Agreement with substantial USGS involvement and collaboration. Indirect costs are capped at 17.5% for CESU awards. Preapplication coordination with USGS is required. Merit review weights purpose and relevance at 30 points, technical approach at 25, budget justification at 20, and qualifications and experience at 25.
Required submissions include SF-424 and SF-424A, a project abstract and Project Abstract Summary, a project narrative, a budget narrative with annual breakdown, biographical sketches, current and pending support disclosures, a data management plan, DOI R&D forms, and geospatial data per the attached instructions. Applicants must hold SAM.gov registration and submit through Grants.gov. The biographical sketch and current and pending support common forms list an OMB expiration of October 31, 2026, before the due date.
The opportunity is assigned to Assistance Listing 15.808, U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection, a program that supports research complementary to USGS efforts and funds awards only to the extent available funds permit, with no separately budgeted pool for external proposals. No incumbent recipient is named.
Synopsis
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in identifying how wind influences the incursion of mosquitoes into Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (hereafter, Hakalau). Hakalau provides habitat for the most intact community of native Hawaiian birds remaining in Hawaiʻi, at least partly due to the lack of disease-carrying Culex mosquitoes in the higher elevation portions of the refuge.
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 Hawai-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
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