Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont-South Atlantic CESU

Post Date

December 9th 2009

Application Due Date

December 20th 2009

Funding Opportunity Number

10HQPA0020

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 is a financial assistance opportunity 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 Piedmont-South Atlantic Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $100000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The goal of this project is to promote and apply the principles of Structured Decision Making (SDM) and Adaptive Resource Management (ARM) to actual resource problems selected in consultation with CRU and their state cooperators. This project will satisfy a key strategic goal– to improve the nexus of science and management with state and federal cooperators. Success in this key strategic initiative requires thorough and complete understanding of the research and information needs of state and federal biologists and managers, broad authoritative knowledge and experience with natural resource and biological issues, and full understanding and experience of the shared governance nature of CRU program operations with its state and federal cooperators. The objectives include developing up to 4 workshops per year for 2 years to address at a minimum 2 resource issues per workshop. Tasks through consultation include development of workshop goals/objectives, identifying the resource problems to be addressed, develop website and instructional materials specific to each workshop and provide post workshop summary assessment. In addition to workshops, significant consultation and strategic objective setting activities will be employed to meld the outcome of specific natural resource problem based workshops with the larger CRU programmatic strategic enterprise.

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