New grant opportunity on Grants.gov: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont Atlantic Coast CESU

Funding Opportunity ID: 311313 Opportunity Number: G19AS00024 Opportunity Title: Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont Atlantic Coast CESU Opportunity Category: Discretionary Opportunity Category Explanation: Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement Category of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Category Explanation: CFDA Number(s): 15.808 Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification) Additional Information on Eligibility: This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUâ¿¿s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. Agency Code: DOI-USGS1 Agency Name: Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey Posted Date: Dec 17, 2018 Close Date: Jan 11, 2019 Last Updated Date: Dec 17, 2018 Award Ceiling: $345,294 Award Floor: $0 Estimated Total Program Funding: $345,294 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Description: The Wetland and Aquatic Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to one member of the Piedmont-South Atlantic Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program to fund research in tidally influenced forested wetlands on lands administered by the Department of the Interior (DOI). The goal of this project is to promote continued cooperation between the USGS and a Piedmont-South Atlantic CESU Partner in order to support research investigating the role of nutrient loading on tree growth, ecosystem resilience, soil surface elevation change, individual tree physiology, and stand water use in a mangrove forest in Florida, and research on ecosystem resilience and structural shifts in tidal freshwater forested wetlands in coastal South Carolina and Georgia as those ecosystems convert to marsh. Version: 1

Published at: December 17, 2018 at 04:15PM
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