Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, North Atlantic Coast CESU

Post Date

June 26th 2014

Application Due Date

July 18th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

G14AS00119

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. CESUкs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the North Atlantic Coast (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $30000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center (ASC) is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to support an evaluation of diets of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea relative to changing behaviors and environmental conditions. Specifically, the objectives are to compare diets of bears that summer onshore to those that summer on the sea ice, and investigate whether diets have changed over time in relation to declines in sea ice extent. The southern Beaufort Sea subpopulation of polar bears has experienced sea ice loss leading to an increasing trend of polar bears spending time on land during summer and possibly foraging on novel food items. A comparative analysis of diet may reveal the degree of plasticity present in bears from the southern Beaufort Sea and elucidate the potential for long-term persistence of polar bears.

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/