Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU

Post Date

March 16th 2015

Application Due Date

March 30th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

G15AS00045

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

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $43500

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The Southwest Biological Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is offering a funding opportunity to one member of the Californian Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU) Program. The goal of this project is to promote continued cooperation between the USGS and a Californian University in order to support applied decision methods research along the Colorado River in Arizona. This project will improve the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program_s ability to consider, organize and prioritize monitoring, research, and long-term management alternatives related to the operation of Glen Canyon Dam. The proposal shall demonstrate capacity in economic analysis and mathematical modelling necessary to develop applied decision methods applicable to Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program, including knowledge of economic theory and stochastic dynamic programming. Important elements of the university research roles will include assistance with development of a bioeconomic model to identify the economically preferred management strategy for established nonnative fish, in relation to humpback chub survival and application of analytical methods to identify the economic value of information related to Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program monitoring and research.

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/