Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit 2026 Grant

DOI-USGS1

About this grant

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) G27AS00083 is a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center (NRCASC) competitive research financial assistance award made to a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) partner. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. The award is issued through a cooperative agreement with one expected award. Projects should advance Administration priorities including American energy dominance, critical mineral development, water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness. Eligible research may draw on hydrology, geology, geospatial science, biosecurity, and near-earth space science, including extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildland fire, coastal erosion, severe storms, and geologic hazards, to produce actionable science, data, and tools for resource managers and stakeholders. The illustrative project addresses degradation of Midwest prairies caused by land-use change, wildfire, drought, and invasive species, where invasive plants outcompete natives after disturbances. The work would leverage the Prairie Reconstruction Initiative database, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which holds planting, monitoring, and management records from 160 locations since 2012, to identify which management actions work best under different weather conditions. The notice links its work to several executive orders and secretarial orders, including efforts on conservation, hunting and fishing access, state and local preparedness, and gold standard science.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are listed as Others, and recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit under the CESU Program. No geographic or sector restriction beyond this CESU partnership membership is stated.

Key requirements

• ✓Applicant must be an affiliated partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), with the award issued as a cooperative agreement
• ✓Research should produce actionable science, data, and tools for resource managers, addressing extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildfire, and invasive species
• ✓Projects should align with Administration priorities including water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness, and with gold standard science principles

Funder contact

The notice names a programme contact you can speak to before applying.

Frequently asked questions

How much funding does DOI-USGS1 offer?

Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit offers $1 – $370K.

When is the Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit deadline?

Applications close 1 Dec 2026 04:59.

Who can apply for Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit?

Eligibility covers organisations in US; university, research-institution, nonprofit. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.

Relevant sectors

About this sector

Biodiversity funding backs habitat restoration, species protection, protected areas and nature-positive business. It comes from environment agencies, multilateral nature funds and conservation philanthropy, often through competitive calls with defined regions. Applicants are usually asked for baseline surveys, local partners and indicators that show ecological change.