Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Rocky Mountain CESU

Post Date

November 18th 2015

Application Due Date

December 2nd 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

G16AS00012

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:

  $14000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The purpose of the Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center (WY-MT WSC) funding opportunity is to provide the sequencing and analysis of DNA extracted from sediment water samples collected from sites in Bighorn Lake (Montana and Wyoming). This work is being done in support of a USGS funded project on the investigation microbial mercury methylation in the Lake. Specifically, previously amplified PCR amplicons of the 16S rRNA gene will be barcoded and subjected to multiplex sequencing using the Illumina Miseq sequencing platform.

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/