Project Planning
Planning a Project
This page contains links, documents, instructions and assistance in planning and funding a project under the Great Rivers CESU. Before working on forms for a new agreement or to modify an existing agreement please contact Dr. Allison Pease by email at PeaseA@missouri.edu or by phone at 573-882-1496.
Required Documentation
National Park Service (NPS)
- NPS Guidebook (In the process of being updated, no file available at this time.)
- CESU Interim Task Agreement Document
- Budget Worksheet Document
- FY2016 Justification For Use Of Financial Assistance Document
- FY2016 Financial Assistance Project Supplemental Information Document
Indirect Cost Rate
The current indirect cost rates for CESU projects are 10% for NRCS and 17.5% for all other federal agencies.
View the fact sheet on the indirect rate for CESU Partners here.
Faculty and Staff Expertise
An updated list of Great Rivers CESU Faculty and their areas of study is under development.
Working with 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.
Managers Committee
Bureau of Land Management
Becca Theodorakos
Natural Resources Specialist
BLM Eastern States Office
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041
Phone: (703) 888-7711
rtheodorakos@blm.gov
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Weihuan “Mark” Xu
Director, Resource Inventory and Assessment
USDA – NRCS
5601 Sunnyside Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705
Phone: (301) 504-0303
weihuan.xu@usda.gov
Department of Defense
Zachary Rigg
Natural Resources Management
Offutt Installation Support Section
Air Force Civil Engineer Center
402-232-3022
zachary.rigg@us.af.mil
U.S. Geological Survey
Mark Gaikowski
Deputy Regional Director for Science
USGS Midwest Region
Lacrosse, WI
Phone: 608-781-6221
mgaikowski@usgs.gov
Army Corps of Engineers: Civil Works
Jennifer Seiter-Moser
Technical Director, Civil Works,
Env. Eng. & Sci.
Engineering R and D Center
Environmental Laboratory
Waterways Experimental Station,
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199
Phone: 601-634-3750
jennifer.m.seitermoser@usace.army.mil
USDA Forest Service
Daniel C. Dey
Project Leader
USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station
202 ABNR Bldg
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: 573-875-5341 Ext 225
ddey@fs.fed.us
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
John Weber
Field Supervisor
Missouri Field Office
101 Park Deville Drive, Suite A
Columbia, MO 65203
573-825-6048
John_S_Weber@fws.gov