Opportunity Information: Apply for F19AS00294
This funding opportunity is a discretionary cooperative agreement issued under the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) program by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). It falls under the Environment activity category (CFDA 15.678) and is focused on work described as "Expanded Bay Delta Monitoring," specifically highlighting EDSM and the SHERLOCK Method. In practice, this signals a project aimed at strengthening monitoring and analytical capacity in the Bay-Delta system, using particular monitoring frameworks or methodologies identified by the agency as priorities for the work.
The instrument type is a cooperative agreement rather than a standard grant, which generally means the federal agency expects to have substantial involvement during the project period. That involvement can take the form of technical collaboration, coordinated planning, shared data standards, review of work products, and joint decision-making on study design or implementation details. The CESU structure also typically emphasizes applied science that directly supports resource management needs, with strong linkages between research institutions and federal partners.
Eligibility is limited to public and state-controlled institutions of higher education. That restriction indicates the agency was targeting university-based capacity (often including faculty, research staff, and students) to carry out the monitoring expansion and method implementation. Although CESU opportunities sometimes involve collaboration with other partners, the eligible applicant category listed here makes it clear that the prime applicant needed to be a qualifying public university or similar state-controlled higher education institution.
The posting shows a creation date of July 10, 2019, with an original closing date of July 24, 2019, indicating a relatively short application window (about two weeks). This is consistent with many CESU announcements that are intentionally narrow in scope or geared toward a limited set of potential applicants who already have relevant expertise or ongoing coordination with the agency. The award ceiling is listed as $310,552, which represents the maximum federal funding amount expected for a single award under this announcement. The "ExpectedAwards: 0" field sometimes appears in government listings when the agency does not commit to a specific number of awards in the posting metadata, or when the anticipated award count is not captured in that field, but the presence of an award ceiling and a defined project description still indicates an intent to fund qualified work if suitable applications are received.
Substantively, the project focus described as Expanded Bay Delta Monitoring suggests an effort to broaden the scale, frequency, coverage, or analytical depth of existing monitoring in the Bay-Delta environment. The mention of EDSM and the SHERLOCK Method implies the agency was seeking application of specific tools or approaches to monitoring design, data integration, or interpretation. Even without additional narrative detail in the provided text, the combination of terms indicates the work would likely involve structured field and/or data workflows, consistent protocols, and deliverables that help managers understand ecosystem conditions and trends, evaluate stressors, or support decision-making in a complex estuarine system.
Overall, this opportunity can be summarized as a targeted FWS CESU cooperative agreement solicitation from mid-2019, restricted to public/state higher education institutions, offering up to $310,552 to support an expansion of Bay-Delta monitoring activities using designated methods (EDSM and SHERLOCK), with the expectation of active agency collaboration throughout the project.Apply for F19AS00294
- The Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service in the environment sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.678.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jul 10, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 24, 2019. (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 $310,552.00 in funding.
- Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education.
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