Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast CESU

Post Date

April 5th 2016

Application Due Date

April 22nd 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

G16AS00047

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

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $158885

• Award Range:

  $0 - $158885

Grant Description

U.S. Geological SurveyДккs (USGS) Great Lakes Science Center is offering a funding opportunity for research on development of geospatial models for prioritizing coastal wetland and lower river restoration in the Great Lakes basin. This research will support a continued collaboration to spatially and comprehensively assess the Great Lakes landscape for the restoration of both coastal wetlands and lower river areas, which have been explicitly identified as a high priority need in the GLRI Action Plan II, as well as the USGS Science Framework Habitat and Species Theme Objectives, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and many other regional, national and binational initiatives.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Geological Survey

• Agency Contact:

  Faith Graves 703-648-7356
  fgraves@usgs.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contract Specialist

• Agency Email Address:

  fgraves@usgs.gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/