Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Rivers Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

In plain English

Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) is accepting applications for this cooperative agreement until Dec 7, 2026 (26 days left).

Individual awards range from $1 to $300,000, the agency expects to make 1 award and estimated total program funding is $300,000.

Eligibility is described in the listing text (the "Others" category).

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

Built only from the fields in the Grants.gov listing. Always confirm on the official listing.

• Others (see the eligibility details in the listing)

Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

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.

Excerpt from the official synopsis on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a Great Rivers CESU partner for research to assess the efficacy of using in-situ fluorometry for detection of milt (seminal fluid) from invasive carp in rivers downstream from spawning sites. 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 1980s. 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. …

Read the full listing on Grants.gov →