This grant is for a CESU-affiliated partner to enhance science communication capacity for the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Grand Canyon Uranium Project. The project aims to effectively communicate the risk of exposure from uranium exploration and mining, encompassing pathways like wind-borne dusts, surface and groundwater, soil, and food chains, to non-scientific audiences. This is crucial for managing the Grand Canyon watershed’s resources, especially the Colorado River. Recognizing the challenge of translating complex scientific information, this cooperative effort will expand USGS’s knowledge and use of communication methods. New communication tools will be applied to the Grand Canyon Region and adapted for other scientific contexts, ultimately increasing the societal relevance and impact of USGS science in policy and management decisions.
Opportunity ID: 334492
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G21AS00578 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | – |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 30, 2021 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 30, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 30, 2021 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | – |
| Award Ceiling: | $200,000 |
| Award Floor: | $120,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Colorado Plateau ooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Fort Collins Science Center (FORT), in collaboration with the Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), and Colorado Water Science Center (COWSC), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for enhancing effective science communication capacity for the USGS Grand Canyon Uranium Project. Effectively communicating science concerning potential routes of exposure, including wind-borne dusts, surface and groundwater, soil, sediment, and food-chain pathways will improve our ability to describe risk at landscape scales and at various levels within the ecosystems of the Southwest. Understanding the risk of exposure from uranium exploration and mining is crucial for managing the resources of the Grand Canyon watershed, such as the Colorado River. Effective communication of science to non-scientists is a challenge. Many scientists have difficulty recognizing that terms, ideas, and thoughts that they are attempting to relay are fraught with jargon, technical details, and concepts that may be off-putting to the non-scientist. A scientist caught up in the complexities and fascination of their own research may have difficulty distilling their work into an interesting message where they covey the “so what” of their results, rather than the intricate details of how they accomplished the research. This cooperative project will expand USGS knowledge and use of communication methods to deliver actionable science to non-science audiences; this knowledge will be applied the Grand Canyon Region and adapted to be used in other scientific contexts. The new communication tools will increase exposure and thus impact of USGS’s work to society that will ultimately lead to our science being more societally relevant and included in more policy and management decisions. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
fgraves@usgs.gov Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 334492 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES fgraves@usgs.gov Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | G21AS00578 | Cooperative Agreement for CESU-affiliated Partner with Colorado Plateau Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit | PKG00268011 | Jun 30, 2021 | Jul 30, 2021 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
334492 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
334492 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
334492 SF424A-1.0.pdf
334492 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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