Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Piedmont South Atlantic Coast CESU

Post Date

May 4th 2016

Application Due Date

May 16th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

G16AS00063

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 Piedmont-South Atlantic Coast CESU Program.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $25000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $25000

Grant Description

The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research in simulating future spatial urban growth (out to at least the year 2065) in the Yadkin/PeeDee and Cape Fear River basins of North and South Carolina, with an emphasis on the coastal areas of these basins. The researchers will be required to work closely with researchers from the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center working on the USGS National Water Census Coastal Carolinas Water-Availability Study and provide GIS data that are consistent with the 2011 National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) format.

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:

  https://grants.gov