This grant is for modeling soil biogeochemical cycling to assess sustainable forest practices in the Pacific Northwest. Forest harvest practices can deplete vital soil nutrients, yet their removal rates and variability across diverse regional soils are uncertain. The objective is to parameterize, calibrate, and run a multi-element biogeochemical simulation model. This model will evaluate soil nutrient supply and depletion under varying forestry practices and soil conditions. A key focus is to simulate the cycling and depletion of essential nutrients beyond nitrogen, such as phosphorus and sulfur, understanding how nitrogen fertility impacts their overall depletion.
Opportunity ID: 327908
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | G20AS00113 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest 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: | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 30, 2020 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 22, 2020 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 22, 2020 |
| Archive Date: | Sep 30, 2020 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $17,438 |
| Award Ceiling: | $17,438 |
| 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 Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Program. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Geological Survey |
| Description: | The USGS is offering a funding opportunity to a CESU partner for research to parameterize, calibrate and run a computer simulation model of soil biogeochemical cycling and sustainable forest practices in the Pacific Northwest. Both intensive tree production and restoration-oriented forest practices remove biomass that can deplete essential soil nutrients needed to sustain tree growth, timber yield, and habitat development. In the Pacific Northwest, it is unclear how quickly nutrients are removed by a variety of common forest harvest practices, and how rates of nutrient depletion differ among soils that range naturally from N-limited to N-saturated across basaltic and sedimentary soil parent materials. What is needed is to parameterize, calibrate, and run a multi-element biogeochemical model that can evaluate rates of soil nutrient supply and depletion in response to varying forestry practices and soil nutrient conditions. A critical dimension of this work is to simulate nutrient cycling and depletion that go beyond nitrogen (N), and evaluate how differences in soil N fertility affect tree growth and depletion of phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium (Na), and other essential nutrients in forests. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://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 327908 Full Announcement-FUNDING OPPORTUNITY -> CESU Funding Opportunity.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 | G20AS00113 | Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, Pacific Northwest CESU | PKG00262380 | Jun 30, 2020 | Jul 22, 2020 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
327908 SF424_3_0-3.0.pdf
327908 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
327908 SF424A-1.0.pdf
327908 SF424B-1.1.pdf
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