This grant from the US Geological Survey aims to enhance understanding of soil carbon storage, stability, and susceptibility to disturbance. The funding will support collaboration among experimentalists and modelers to synthesize information on soil carbon storage mechanisms in various ecosystems. By improving terrestrial carbon cycle models, the project will enhance predictions on soil carbon vulnerability to future environmental changes. Objectives include establishing assessment methods, reviewing datasets with ISCN, developing data-model matching techniques, and promoting widespread scientific engagement. The project outcomes will be shared at scientific conferences and through published literature, with data publicly accessible. Application deadline: Feb 12, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 281161
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G16AS00031 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jan 27, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 12, 2016 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Feb 12, 2016 |
| Archive Date: | Apr 27, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $50,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $50,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | This financial assistance opportunity is being issued under a Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. CESUâ¿¿s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be participating partners of California Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The US Geological Survey, John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, is offering a funding opportunity to increase quantification and prediction of soil carbon storage, stability, and susceptibility to disturbance. Experimentalists and modelers in the biogeochemical research community will be brought together to synthesize information on mechanisms of soil carbon storage across different soil ecosystems. The proposed activities will directly improve existing terrestrial carbon cycle models and thus our ability to predict the vulnerability of soil carbon to future environmental change and feedbacks to climate. Specific objectives are to (i) build consensus on methods and approaches to assess soil C dynamics, (ii) assemble and review large datasets in conjunction with the International Soil Carbon Network (ISCN), (iii) develop approaches for matching data with models and use models to improve spatial and temporal scaling strategies and (iv) facilitate broad participation of scientific community. Results will be presented at scientific meetings and published in the open literature. Data will be made publicly available. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.grants.gov/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Faith Graves 703-648-7356
fgraves@usgs.gov Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 281161 Full Announcement-1 -> FUNDING OPPORTUNITY_SoilCarbon (1).pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Faith Graves 703-648-7356 fgraves@usgs.gov Email: fgraves@usgs.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | G16AS00031 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Californian CESU | PKG00220634 | Jan 27, 2016 | Feb 12, 2016 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
281161 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
281161 Project-1.1.pdf
281161 SF424A-1.0.pdf
281161 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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