Opportunity Information: Apply for G17AS00124
This funding opportunity comes from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), specifically the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), and it is offered through the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) network under the Rocky Mountain CESU. The award is structured as a cooperative agreement, meaning the work is expected to involve substantial collaboration with USGS rather than operating as a hands-off grant. It sits in the science and technology research and development category (CFDA 15.808) and was posted as a discretionary funding opportunity.
The core purpose of the project is to design and develop an energy harvesting tag (EHT) that can integrate with the U.S. weather radar network. In practical terms, the project is aimed at building a tag-like device that can power itself (at least partially) by harvesting energy, while also being detectable and trackable using existing weather radar infrastructure. The lab-based development is ideally to be conducted by a graduate student working under a faculty member at an eligible CESU partner institution, reflecting an emphasis on applied research and student training alongside federal mission needs.
After the initial design and laboratory development phase, the project moves into field-relevant testing. The USGS plans to test the EHT by attaching it to a USGS-operated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and conducting flight trials within an existing radar network. This setup is intended to simulate real operational conditions and determine whether the tag can be consistently detected and tracked by radar while in motion, at varying ranges and under conditions that resemble deployment scenarios.
A key component of the effort is performance evaluation and iterative improvement. Once flight tests are completed, the EHT and radar-derived position information will be assessed by comparing radar-based positional data against the UAVs onboard GPS, which serves as the reference standard. The evaluation metrics are expected to focus on signal strength (how strong or reliable the radar return or detectable signature is), detection range (how far away the system can detect the tag), and location accuracy (how close the radar-derived position is to the GPS truth). Where limitations are found, the project includes diagnosing the underlying causes and developing technical fixes, then repeating the cycle of testing, evaluation, and remediation until the EHT is sufficiently refined for operational missions.
In terms of funding and scale, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $36,000 with an expectation of making one award. That budget level suggests a focused, proof-of-concept or early-stage prototype development effort rather than a large multi-year engineering program. The timeline in the source notice indicates it was created on August 7, 2017, with an original closing date of August 21, 2017, implying a short application window typical of targeted CESU partner calls.
Eligibility is limited to CESU partners (listed generally as "Others" with clarification in an additional eligibility field), which is consistent with CESU mechanisms that channel applied research through a network of partner universities, nonprofits, and other organizations. Overall, the opportunity is best summarized as a small, collaborative USGS-led R&D project to build and iteratively improve a self-powered tag that can be tracked using the national weather radar network, validated through UAV flight testing and rigorous comparison against GPS truth data.Apply for G17AS00124
- The Department of the Interior, Geological Survey in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), Rocky Mountain CESU" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 15.808.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 07, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Aug 21, 2017. (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 $36,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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