Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
Funds a cooperative agreement for a CESU partner to research stable isotopes in mosquitoes collected around Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge.
⚑ Eligible applicants must be participating partners of the Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. · Cooperative agreement under the CESU program; award ceiling is $49,994.
This is an ecological/biomedical field study of mosquito stable isotopes and vector habitat in Hawaiʻi, not a social-behavioral, risk-perception, warning, policy, or education project. None of the team’s standing lines map onto this kind of applied natural-science work.
JUDGED AGAINST THE ROSTER'S PUBLICATION DOSSIER · GPT-5.4-MINI · 2026-10-31
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 70 strong | technical depth: substantial; funds applied research |
| IPPRA | 45 partial | portfolio topics: environment, climate_weather (primary); social/behavioral work is none; funds applied research; capped at 45 (limited social-science role) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 25 weak | funds applied research; deep-tech content |
Description
The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to characterize stable isotopes in mosquitoes collected in and around Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge (hereafter, Hakalau). Hakalau provides habitat for the most intact community of native Hawaiian birds remaining in Hawaiʻi, at least partly due to the lack of disease-carrying Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes (hereafter, Culex ) in the higher elevation portions of the refuge.
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 Hawaiʻi-Pacific Islands Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit.
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