Opportunity Information: Apply for G23AS00445
This funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number G23AS00445) is a discretionary cooperative agreement offered by the US Geological Survey (USGS) under CFDA 15.808. It is aimed at supporting science and technology research and development that improves how stream health is characterized and monitored across the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The award ceiling listed is $130,000, and the opportunity was created on June 28, 2023, with an original closing date of July 28, 2023. Because it is issued through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program, only organizations that are official, participating partners in the Chesapeake Watershed CESU are eligible to apply. The CESU structure is intended to strengthen collaboration between federal agencies and partner institutions by providing a streamlined way to conduct research, technical assistance, and education activities tied to real management needs.
The central purpose of the project is to expand technical capacity and speed up delivery of information that decision-makers and the public rely on when evaluating watershed conditions. USGS highlights its ongoing responsibility for developing and applying advanced tools for mapping land use and land cover, improving hydrography datasets, and monitoring stream and watershed health throughout the Chesapeake region. Through this cooperative agreement, USGS is specifically looking to collaborate with the Chesapeake Watershed CESU partner network to push forward methods and recommendations that can be used broadly by stakeholders working in the watershed, including those involved in restoration, regulatory planning, and long-term monitoring.
The work is framed around two connected goals that are expected to advance in parallel. The first goal focuses on convening expertise and aligning monitoring practices by organizing and facilitating a stream health monitoring workshop. The intent is not just to host a meeting, but to bring together relevant practitioners and researchers, capture what is working and what is missing in current monitoring approaches, and then produce a clear summary of results along with actionable recommendations. In practical terms, this implies planning the workshop, facilitating discussion in a way that leads to concrete outcomes, documenting consensus points and areas of disagreement, and translating those discussions into guidance that USGS and regional partners can use to improve stream health characterization.
The second goal is technical and methods-oriented: developing and demonstrating approaches to assess and extrapolate streamflow metrics. Streamflow is a foundational driver of stream condition and habitat, and it influences how biological, chemical, and physical indicators are interpreted. This part of the project is aimed at improving the ability to estimate or extend streamflow-related measures beyond locations where measurements are directly available, supporting broader-scale assessments across the watershed. The description emphasizes demonstration of methods, suggesting that the selected partner should not only develop analytical techniques but also show how they work in practice, likely by applying them to Chesapeake watershed settings and producing outputs that can be used or tested by USGS and stakeholders.
Overall, the opportunity is designed to produce both (1) stakeholder-informed recommendations emerging from a structured workshop process and (2) practical, demonstrated methods for streamflow metric assessment and extrapolation. Together, these deliverables are meant to strengthen monitoring strategies and improve the information base used for decision-making across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, while leveraging the CESU partnership model to connect federal science capacity with external expertise.Apply for G23AS00445
- The Geological Survey in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2023-06-28.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2023-07-28. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $130,000.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Others.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What is the funding opportunity number for this grant?
The Funding Opportunity Number is G23AS00445.
Which federal agency is offering this opportunity?
This is offered by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
What type of funding instrument is this?
This opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement.
What CFDA number is associated with this program?
The opportunity is listed under CFDA 15.808.
What is the maximum award amount (award ceiling)?
The listed award ceiling is $130,000.
When was this opportunity created?
The opportunity was created on June 28, 2023.
What was the original closing date?
The original closing date was July 28, 2023.
Who is eligible to apply?
Only organizations that are official, participating partners in the Chesapeake Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) are eligible to apply.
Why is eligibility limited to Chesapeake Watershed CESU partners?
The opportunity is issued through the CESU Program, which is designed to strengthen collaboration between federal agencies and partner institutions by providing a streamlined way to conduct research, technical assistance, and education activities connected to real management needs.
What geographic area is the work focused on?
The work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
What is the main purpose of this cooperative agreement?
The central purpose is to support science and technology research and development that improves how stream health is characterized and monitored across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, expanding technical capacity and speeding up delivery of information used by decision-makers and the public.
What kinds of stakeholders are expected to benefit from the project outcomes?
The description indicates broad use by stakeholders working in the watershed, including those involved in restoration, regulatory planning, and long-term monitoring.
How does this project connect to USGS ongoing work in the region?
USGS highlights ongoing responsibilities for developing and applying advanced tools for mapping land use and land cover, improving hydrography datasets, and monitoring stream and watershed health throughout the Chesapeake region. This cooperative agreement is intended to collaborate with CESU partners to advance methods and recommendations that can be used broadly.
What are the two main goals of the project?
The work is framed around two connected goals expected to advance in parallel:
- Goal 1: Convene expertise and align monitoring practices by organizing and facilitating a stream health monitoring workshop, then produce a summary and actionable recommendations.
- Goal 2: Develop and demonstrate approaches to assess and extrapolate streamflow metrics to support broader-scale assessments across the watershed.
What is the purpose of the stream health monitoring workshop?
The workshop is intended to bring together relevant practitioners and researchers, capture what is working and what is missing in current monitoring approaches, and produce a clear summary of results along with actionable recommendations that USGS and regional partners can use to improve stream health characterization.
What activities are implied under the workshop goal?
Based on the description, this includes planning the workshop, facilitating discussions toward concrete outcomes, documenting consensus points and areas of disagreement, and translating the discussion into guidance usable by USGS and partners.
What does "aligning monitoring practices" mean in this context?
Within the information provided, it refers to convening experts and practitioners to compare current stream health monitoring approaches, identify gaps and successes, and develop recommendations that can be broadly used across the watershed to improve stream health characterization and monitoring strategies.
What are "streamflow metrics," and why are they important to stream health monitoring?
The opportunity notes that streamflow is a foundational driver of stream condition and habitat and influences how biological, chemical, and physical indicators are interpreted. Streamflow metrics, in this context, are measures related to streamflow that support understanding and assessment of watershed and stream conditions.
What does "assess and extrapolate streamflow metrics" mean here?
The project aims to improve the ability to estimate or extend streamflow-related measures beyond locations where measurements are directly available, enabling broader-scale assessments across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
What kind of outputs are expected from the streamflow metrics work?
The description emphasizes developing and demonstrating methods, which implies producing analytical approaches and showing how they work in practice, likely through application in Chesapeake watershed settings and generation of outputs that can be used or tested by USGS and stakeholders.
Are the two goals independent, or do they connect to each other?
They are described as two connected goals expected to advance in parallel, with one producing stakeholder-informed monitoring recommendations and the other producing practical, demonstrated methods for streamflow metric assessment and extrapolation. Together, they are intended to strengthen monitoring strategies and decision-making information across the watershed.
What are the main deliverables described for this opportunity?
The opportunity is designed to produce:
- Stakeholder-informed recommendations emerging from a structured workshop process (including a clear summary of results and actionable recommendations).
- Practical, demonstrated methods for streamflow metric assessment and extrapolation that support broader-scale watershed assessments.
What is the broader impact this funding is trying to achieve?
The stated intent is to strengthen monitoring strategies and improve the information base used for decision-making across the Chesapeake Bay watershed, while leveraging the CESU partnership model to connect federal science capacity with external expertise.
What collaboration model is emphasized in this opportunity?
The opportunity emphasizes the CESU partnership model, which is intended to strengthen collaboration between federal agencies and partner institutions and streamline research, technical assistance, and education activities tied to real management needs.
Is this opportunity focused more on research, convening stakeholders, or both?
Both. One goal centers on convening expertise via a workshop to produce recommendations, and the other goal centers on technical development and demonstration of methods for assessing and extrapolating streamflow metrics.
What is meant by improving "how stream health is characterized and monitored"?
Within the provided description, it means improving monitoring practices through shared expertise and recommendations (workshop outputs) and improving analytical capability related to streamflow metrics (methods development and demonstration), so that watershed conditions can be evaluated more effectively across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
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