Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, South Florida/Caribbean CESU

Post Date

August 10th 2011

Application Due Date

August 22nd 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

G11AS20090

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

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $167000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The U.S. Geological Surveyкs (USGS) Greater Everglades Priority Ecosystems Science (Fort Lauderdale, FL) and Southeast Ecological Science Center (Gainesville, FL) is offering a funding opportunity for research, technical assistance, and conducting workshops and synthesis for assessing: Climate Change, Sea Level Rise and Salinity Dynamics in the Greater Everglades. The USGS is offering a cooperative-agreement opportunity to CESU partners with the capability to conduct research on ecological topics related to providing a scientifically based assessment of ecosystem response of Greater Everglades restoration alternatives to emerging challenges of climate change, sea level rise, and altered salinities on estuarine and freshwater wetland ecosystem.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves, 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/