Great Rivers
Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit

Planning a Project

This page contains links, documents, instructions and assistance in planning and funding a project under the Great Rivers CESU.

Forms

Standard Forms

• Standard Form 424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
• SF 424A (Budget Information)
• SF 424B (Assurances - Non-Construction Programs)

National Park Service (NPS)

• NPS Guidebook
• 2013 Cooperative Agreement TA SOW Document
• Justification 4.8 document
• TA Modification No Cost Extension Document
• TA Modification To Add Money Document

US Geological Survey (USGS)

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

• NRCS CESU Modification form

Task Agreement Form for use with BLM, DoD, COE, USFWS

• Task Agreement Form

Indirect Cost Rate

The current indirect cost rates for CESU projects are 10% for NRCS and 17.5% for all other federal agencies.

Please see this link for the fact sheet on the indirect rate for CESU Partners: http://cesu.psu.edu/materials/fs-indirect.pdf

Faculty and Staff Expertise

The Great Rivers CESU Faculty List is an Excel spreadsheet containing faculty members of the various partner institutions and their areas of study.

Information on Federal Partners

Individuals in non-federal partner institutions who have an idea for a CESU project may want to consult these descriptions in determining which federal agency is most likely to be interested in their idea.  In planning your project, please feel free to contact the person listed for each federal agency in the Managers Committee.

• Bureau of Land Management
• Department of Defense
• National Park Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• US Geological Survey
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works

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