This department is offering a grant to a CESU partner to collect temperature data from over 200 sensors in the Great Basin to understand climate variability across various scales. The collected data will inform management and conservation decisions, as well as contribute to bioclimatic and wildlife studies. The project includes comparing field data with remote sensing observations, integrating data into remote sensing efforts, and analyzing data to improve models. Applications are open until July 12, 2013.
Opportunity ID: 237131
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | G13AS00072 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Science and Technology and other Research and Development |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 15.808 — U.S. Geological Survey_ Research and Data Collection |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date:: | Jul 02, 2013 |
| Last Updated Date:: | |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jul 12, 2013 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jul 12, 2013 |
| Archive Date:: | Sep 02, 2013 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 10,445 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $0 |
| 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. 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 |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Geological Survey |
| Description:: | The US Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NOROCK), is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner to collect data from over 200 temperature sensors nested within 28 sites across ~100 million acres within the hydrographic Great Basin. The sites span all major aspects and occur up to 700 m of elevation within numerous management jurisdictions spanning 18 mountains ranges. This effort is aimed at helping quantify the variability of climate at micro-, meso-, and macroscales across the Basin, and across diel, seasonal and interannual periods; at informing management and conservation efforts in terms of calibrating and refining the climate ¿stage¿ upon which biological ¿actors¿ and efforts hinge; and at feeding into other bioclimatic and wildlife studies seeking to describe climate and biotic responses to it. After data collection, field data must be compared to remotely sensed observations of surface and ambient temperatures. If possible, project data should be integrated into efforts to model and spatially downscale remote sensing data. Finally, project efforts should analyze project data to improve models and answer ecological and environmental questions. These efforts may include evaluation and visualization of variability of temperatures across space and time, investigation of variability in temperature environmental lapse rates, gridded temperature dataset evaluation and downscaling, and remote sensing dataset corroboration. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 15.808 |
| Competition ID: | G13AS00072 |
| Competition Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00180229 |
| Opening Date: | Jul 02, 2013 |
| Closing Date: | Jul 12, 2013 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | FAITH GRAVES |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
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Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] |
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Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.808 | G13AS00072 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU | PKG00180229 | Jul 02, 2013 | Jul 12, 2013 | View | FAITH GRAVES | Organization Applicants |