Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Rivers CESU

Post Date

April 23rd 2012

Application Due Date

May 7th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

G12AS20028

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

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $39950

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The US Geological Survey is offering a funding opportunity to conduct research on Developing methods for laboratory culture of diverse species of freshwater mussels. The goal of this research will be to refine methods for laboratory culture unique species of juvenile freshwater mussels for use in toxicity testing (Table 1). Research projects will use these unique species of mussels to conduct water or sediment toxicity tests. Results of studies associated with this task will also be used to establish methods that can be used in inter-laboratory (ring) testing of sediments with these unique species of mussels by multiple laboratories. Methods to be evaluated for culturing the mussel species will be adapted from standard methods for conducting water toxicity tests with early life stages of mussels (ASTM 2011), and recent work conducted in USGS and university laboratories.

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/