Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
USGS will fund a CESU partner to support cisco restoration in Lakes Huron and Erie through structured decision-making for fisheries managers and experiments on hatchery conditions for reintroduction planning.
⚑ Eligible applicants must be participating partners of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU). · Cooperative agreement; the work includes a structured decision-making workshop and experimental hatchery-condition research. · Funding is tied to cisco restoration priorities in Lakes Huron and Erie. · Award ceiling: $485,000.
This is fisheries restoration and hatchery biology, with a structured-decision-making component that is methodologically social-science adjacent but not in IPPRA’s core hazard, energy, climate, or education-policy lines. The team could potentially advise on decision facilitation, but none of the listed researchers’ main programs fit this grant as a PI-led pursuit.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-10-15
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 65 good | peripheral portfolio topic: environment; signature methods: community engaged; social/behavioral work is substantial; funds applied research; university can only partner, not lead; capped at 65 (limited social-science role) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 40 partial | technical depth: minor; funds applied research |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 25 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research that supports cisco restoration priorities in Lakes Huron and Erie by hiring a structured decision-making expert and convening a structured decision-making workshop to help fisheries managers develop a restoration plan and by hiring a scientist to conduct experiments to determine what environmental conditions can lead to the highest quality cisco that can be produced in hatcheries for reintroduction.
Eligibility
This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Program. CESU's are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Lakes-Northern Forest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
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