Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes Northern Forrest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Open Posted
- Opportunity number
- G27AS00040
- Agency
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US Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
- Applications due
- Award size
- Up to $135,000
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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- Rachel Miller rachel_miller@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, restricted to participating partners of the Great Lakes Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), for research improving accuracy assessment and area estimation in annual remote-sensing land-cover monitoring, with the NOFO setting the application deadline at December 1, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. The opportunity record and package summary list December 2, 2026, so confirm the controlling date on Grants.gov. Applicants must be registered in SAM.gov and Grants.gov before submitting, and preapplication coordination is required.
The award ceiling is $135,000 with a $1 floor, one expected award, and no cost sharing required. Funding runs three years from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2029, with $45,000 for Budget Year 1 and Years 2 and 3 funded based on satisfactory progress and available funding. The budget narrative is subject to a 17.5% indirect cost rate cap.
The research covers four objectives: restratification and reallocation methods for sampling efficiency; stratification designs serving multiple accuracy metrics; quantifying and incorporating interpreter variability in reference data collection; and sampling design and analysis protocols for Alaska and Hawaii accuracy assessments. Work supports the Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD). Reviewers score Purpose, Objectives, and Relevance (30 points), Technical Approach (25 points), Budget Justification and Clarity (20 points), and Qualifications, Experience, and Past Performance (25 points).
Required submissions include SF-424 forms, a project abstract of one page or fewer than 4,000 characters, a Data Management Plan, and DOI Research and Development biographical sketch and current/pending support forms. Recipients must check GeoPlatform.gov before producing geospatial data, submit GIS files in open format, and make all data and methodology available to the Department of the Interior under 2 CFR 1402.315. Annual progress reports are due within 90 days of each agreement anniversary, final technical reports within 120 days of project completion, and SF-425 reports within 90 days of each annual period.
The assistance listing is 15.808, U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection, and funding is limited to available USGS budget.
Synopsis
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in improving accuracy assessment and area estimation for use in annual remote-sensing based land-cover monitoring.
The Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center is a remotely sensed data management, systems development, and science center for the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Land Imaging Program. The USGS EROS has long been at the forefront of land cover research at local to global geographies. The USGS is modernizing its land cover monitoring capabilities and is enabling artificial intelligence, machine learning, and modeling for the detection of land change and the characterization of land cover at any time in the Landsat satellite record. The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research centered on improvements in land cover research by focusing on investigating and implementing state-of-the-art sampling and statistical strategies for accuracy assessment and area estimation, and the impacts of reference data uncertainties. This will be critical for characterizing the validity of USGS land cover change products such as the Annual National Land Cover Database (NLCD) which is used by other federal agencies, agencies of State, tribal, and local governments, institutes of higher education, and the private sector.
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 Lakes Northern Forrest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| ATTACHMENT_D_-_Geospatial_Data_Instructions..docx | DOCX document | |
| ATTACHMENT_C_-_Project_Abstract_Summary_Requirement..docx | DOCX document | |
| ATTACHMENT_B_-_Common-form_current-and-pending-support-doi-omb-3145-0279_3..pdf | ||
| ATTACHMENT_A_-_Biographical-sketch-common-form-doi-omb-3145-0279_3..pdf | ||
| G27AS00040.docx | DOCX document | |
| PKG00294494.pdf |
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