Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean CESU

Post Date

May 13th 2009

Application Due Date

May 27th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

09HQPA0034

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 Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the South Florida/Caribbean Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $25000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

Continuation of scoping of quality-of-life, human well-being metric set for later implementation and deployment within a web-enabled GIS-based scenario tool that will be used to assess/evaluate the impact of land use and sea level rise on South Florida’s coupled human-natural system. The web tool will inform land use and environmental/ecological planning processes, benefitting society through the expansion of the set of considerations commonly used in planning.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  FAITH GRAVES
  Contract Specialist
  Phone 703-648-7356

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contract Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov