Opportunity Information: Apply for USGS 17 FA 0220
This funding opportunity, titled "Assessing and modeling vegetation change along the Colorado River in support of trends assessment and vegetation resource management," is a discretionary Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) grant action (Funding Opportunity Number USGS 17 FA 0220) focused on natural resource science and management along the Colorado River corridor. The work described by the title centers on evaluating how vegetation is changing over time and building models that can explain or predict those changes, with the practical goal of supporting long-term trend assessments and informing vegetation resource management decisions. In other words, it is aimed at producing actionable scientific information that can help land and river managers understand where vegetation is increasing, declining, or shifting in composition, and how those patterns relate to management needs along a major river system.
The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, which generally indicates that USGS expects to have substantial involvement in the project during performance, such as collaboration on study design, data standards, analysis approaches, or coordination with ongoing USGS monitoring and assessment efforts. The activity category is Natural Resources, and it is listed under CFDA (now Assistance Listing) number 15.808, which aligns with USGS research and related assistance programs. The posting is dated June 12, 2017, with an original closing date of June 30, 2017, reflecting a short window typical of targeted, partner-specific notices rather than broad competitions.
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, and the notice is explicitly labeled "Notice of Intent - Northern Arizona University." That phrasing strongly suggests this was not an open solicitation for multiple applicants, but a formal notice indicating USGS intended to make a single award to Northern Arizona University, likely because the university had specific expertise, existing datasets, an established collaboration, or a unique capacity relevant to vegetation monitoring and modeling in the Colorado River region. Consistent with that, the opportunity anticipates one award.
Financially, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $397,609, meaning the maximum funding level expected for the project under this announcement is just under $400,000. With only one expected award and a ceiling specified, the funding profile suggests a focused project of limited duration and scope compared to larger multi-institution research programs, but still substantial enough to support technical work such as remote sensing analyses, field validation, statistical or process-based modeling, and the development of decision-support products or management-relevant summaries.
Overall, this is a targeted USGS cooperative agreement intended to produce a rigorous assessment and modeling framework for vegetation change along the Colorado River, explicitly tied to long-term trends assessment and practical vegetation resource management needs, and set up as a single anticipated award to Northern Arizona University within the stated funding cap and timeline.Apply for USGS 17 FA 0220
- The Department of the Interior, Geological Survey in the natural resources sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Assessing and modeling vegetation change along the Colorado River in support of trends assessment and vegetation resource management" 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 Jun 12, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 30, 2017. (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 $397,609.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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