This Great Basin CESU grant, in collaboration with the USGS, is for developing advanced spatial models to understand and manage species in the Mojave Desert. The project will leverage remote sensing and GIS data, including biological, physical, and social layers, to create predictive models for up to 30 species. This effort aims to evaluate the potential impacts of alternative energy development and climate change, identifying crucial areas of biological and genetic diversity. The resulting spatial analyses will be vital for informing planning decisions related to sensitive species management, recreation, and travel. This grant will provide critical research and technical assistance to federal land managers, fostering interdisciplinary problem-solving and collaboration between government scientists and the academic community.
Opportunity ID: 58619
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | 11HQPA0010 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin 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: | Nov 02, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 15, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Nov 15, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Dec 15, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $55,000 |
| 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. CESU’s are partnerships that provide research, technical assistance, and education. Eligible recipients must be a participating partner of the Great Basin Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The goal of this project is to promote cooperation between the USGS and CESU members to use remote sensing of landscape features to develop spatial models for up to 30 species in the Mojave Desert. Collectively these predictive models will be used to evaluate the potential impacts of proposed alternative energy development, and responses of climate change, using distributional and genetic information to identify key areas of biological and genetic diversity for multiple spatially overlapping species. This spatial modeling effort will be used to evaluate species distributions and habitat connectivity in light of increasing human impacts and potentially changing climate in the Mojave Desert. These analyses will be critical in informing planning decisions regarding sensitive species management, recreation, law enforcement, travel management, and other programs in the Mojave Desert.
This project will provide research, technical assistance and education to federal land managers and their partners to model potential habitat for a variety of species in the Mojave Desert. The modeling will require GIS information that is geospatially rectified portraying biological, physical, and social data layers. Quality assurance and control (QA/QC) will be an important part of preparing data layers for use in these analyses and for comparison with current work. Together, we will acquire and use these data layers to explore interdisciplinary problem-solving at multiple scales in an ecosystem context regionally in the Mojave Desert. This project will require collaboration between government scientists and the academic community for the benefit of resource managers. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
FAITH GRAVES
Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 Email:fgraves@usgs.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 58619 Full Announcement-1 -> announcement.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | FAITH GRAVES Contract Specialist Phone 703-648-7356 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 | 11HQPA0010 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Great Basin CESU | PKG00022321 | Nov 02, 2010 | Nov 15, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
58619 SF424_2_1-2.1.pdf
58619 Project-1.1.pdf
58619 SF424A-1.0.pdf
58619 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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