The USGS is offering this grant to support research on APC chick diets within the Gulf Coast Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit. This grant is for documenting historical and contemporary food sources, and clarifying diet switches in post-release animals. It seeks to determine if diet shifts are influenced by season, year, or are a consequence of choice versus availability at the APC National Wildlife Refuge (APCNWR). The project will also characterize carbon and nitrogen content of consumed plant and insect material, correlating findings with APC blood and feather samples from the Refuge.
Opportunity ID: 111513
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G11AS20076 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast Mountain |
| 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: | Aug 04, 2011 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 15, 2011 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 15, 2011 |
| Archive Date: | Nov 03, 2011 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $86,000 |
| 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. CESUs are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Gulf Coast Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS is offering a funding opportunity for research to document food sources used by APC chicks historically and contemporaneously, to elucidate diet switches in post-release animals, and to determine whether these switches are affected by season and year; determine if the apparent switch to diets dominated by plants and insects with C3 signatures from the diet mix of C4 and C3 plants provided to captives is a consequence of choice or availability at the APCNWR; characterize the carbon and nitrogen content of selected plant material and insect biomass used by APCs at the APC National Wildlife Refuge (APCNWR) and correlate it with the profile obtained in blood and feather samples of individuals currently occurring at the Refuge. |
| 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 111513 Full Announcement-1 -> objective statement.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 | G11AS20076 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Gulf Coast Mountain | PKG00069490 | Aug 04, 2011 | Aug 15, 2011 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
111513 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
111513 Project-1.1.pdf
111513 SF424A-1.0.pdf
111513 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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