Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU), Gulf Coast CESU

Post Date

March 16th 2009

Application Due Date

March 25th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

09HQPA0025

CFDA Number(s)

15.808

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a CESU Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Gulf Coast CESU Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $150000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The Surface Water Status and Trends Study of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program seeks to provide financial assistance for research in the development of a new National, Geographic Information System (GIS) database of spatial and tabular data about historical agricultural land use and surface water quality. The emphasis on surface water quality data should be on rare data not already available in online data bases such as the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Information System (NWIS) or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s STORET database. The new online GIS database will be made available to the public upon completion for a period of not less than five years. A copy will also be provided to the USGS. The information compiled in this database will be critical to scientists, managers, and policy makers involved in water quality investigations at a variety of spatial scales.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  FAITH PETERS
  CONTRACT SPECIALIST
  Phone 703-648-7356

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contract Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  fpeters@usgs.gov