Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Desert Southwest CESU

Post Date

July 1st 2015

Application Due Date

July 17th 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

G15AS00120

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 Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $88031

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in the framework of two major projects using remote sensing to address environmental challenges in Africa. (1) The project "Land Use Dynamics and Adapting to Climate Change in West Africa" documents and analyzes changes in land use and land cover in 16 West African countries based on a combination of remote sensing data at a range of spatial and temporal resolutions spanning over 40 years and field observations. (2) The project ___Mapping and Monitoring Land Resources, Land Uses, and Development Impacts in Ghana___ in Support of the USAID/Ghana___s Economic Growth Program.

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/