GEOGRAPHIC, STATISTICAL, AND INDICATOR RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL CONDITION SURVEYS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM

Post Date

December 23rd 2008

Application Due Date

February 20th 2009

Please refer to the full announcement, including Section IV for additional information on submission methods and due dates.

Funding Opportunity Number

EPA-ORD-09-WED29788

CFDA Number(s)

66.511

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

See Section III of the announcement for additional eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1500000

• Award Range:

  $190000 - $1500000

Grant Description

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications proposing innovative approaches to determining how to employ the growing experience in conducting surveys of the ecological condition of freshwater systems (e.g., flowing waters, wetlands, and lakes) to the emerging need to include the value of ecosystem services in environmental decision-making. Services provided by ecosystems to humans include provisioning [e.g., providing water food, fuel, fiber]; support [soil fertility, nutrient cycling, pollination]; regulation [climate moderation, flood control]; cultural [economic, spiritual, and recreational benefits]; and preservation [biodiversity, renewable resources].) Methods for using indicators of and data on wetland condition to quantify the services provided by freshwater systems are vital if land managers, especially the states and tribes, are to ensure continued benefit from those services. The goal of this research is to develop relationships between measures of ecological condition to the delivery of ecosystem services by freshwater systems (e.g., flowing waters, wetlands, and lakes) that can be used in conjunction with surveys of ecological condition.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Environmental Protection Agency

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Larry Hodgson, (740) 261-5036

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Larry Hodgson

• Agency Email Address:

  hodgson.larry@epa.gov

• More Information:

  GEOGRAPHIC, STATISTICAL, AND INDICATOR RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE NATIONAL CONDITION SURVEYS AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH PROGRAM