New grant opportunity on Grants.gov: Characterizing soil organic matter quality to enhance national-scale assessments of wetland carbon sequestration

Funding Opportunity ID: 311299 Opportunity Number: USGS-19-FA-0042 Opportunity Title: Characterizing soil organic matter quality to enhance national-scale assessments of wetland carbon sequestration 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: Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Additional Information on Eligibility: Agency Code: DOI-USGS1 Agency Name: Department of the Interior U. S. Geological Survey Posted Date: Dec 17, 2018 Close Date: Dec 18, 2018 Last Updated Date: Dec 17, 2018 Award Ceiling: $49,708 Award Floor: $49,708 Estimated Total Program Funding: $49,708 Expected Number of Awards: 1 Description: Collaboration with The Water Institute of the Gulf scientists is intended to provide a more robust understanding of soil organic carbon vulnerability in wetland soils. Studies are needed to characterize the relative content of labile and refractile soil carbon, soil C14 content, changes in C13 and N15 content and their ratios, other bulk soil properties and soil/water physicochemical properties. These properties will be linked to characteristics of microbial community composition and to soil respiration to determine vulnerability of soil carbon following long-term and short-term disturbances. These are the types of problems we wish to study in a collaborative partnership. Version: 1

Published at: December 17, 2018 at 08:15PM
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