Cooperative Agreement for affiliated Partner with the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is for a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Center (NRCASC) competitive research award to a CESU partner.Projects supported under this cooperative agreement should advance Administration priorities, including, but not limited to, American energy dominance, critical mineral development, water security, infrastructure resilience, and natural hazard preparedness. Research and activities may incorporate scientific expertise in areas such as hydrology, geology, geospatial science, biosecurity, and near-earth space science, including extreme events such as drought, flooding, wildland fire, coastal erosion, severe storms, and geologic hazards, to develop actionable science, data, and tools that support informed decision-making by resource managers and stakeholders.Invasive species pose a significant threat to biodiversity across the United States, undermining many ecosystem functions that communities depend on. Effectively addressing this threat requires understanding how invasive species establish, spread, and function with ecosystems across multiple scales – from local habitats to regional and national landscapes. A cross-scale perspective enables managers to detect and interpret local changes in a broader context, apply strategies that have proven to be successful across more locations, and coordinate management activities for maximum effectiveness. To address invasive species questions at the national scale, this project will integrate local and regional data, expertise, and management needs to generate actionable information on the distribution and impacts of invasive species and potential management effectiveness. This project will leverage the synthesis expertise of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) and more than 20 invasives species experts through the CASC's CAP post-doctoral research to conduct national level syntheses and amplify regional…